Dormitator lebretonis (Steindachner, 1870)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 220

Dormitator lebretonis (Steindachner, 1870)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 12.4 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish, freshwater

Environment: demersal

Depth range: _

Migration: amphidromous

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Senegal to the Kunene in Namibia. Found from the Cross River in the north to the Chiloango River in the south, but not apparently collected from vicinities of the Ogowe basin but collected in the Komo and Nyanga basins (Fermon, pers. obs.), in Lower Guinea. Elsewhere, in rivers from Senegal to the Kunene River, Namibia. Usually found in brackish waters but also occasionally taken in freshwater.