An updated ichthyofaunal checklist for the Nigerian Lagos Lagoon with notes on nomenclatural changes and the conservation status of species Author Oladipo, Segun Olayinka Department of Zoology, Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State, Nigeria & Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington DC, USA Author Everett, Amaya Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington DC, USA Author Atofarati, Olabisi Tawakalit Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington DC, USA Author Smith, Kennedy K. Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington DC, USA Author Nneji, Ifeanyi C. Department of Marine Ecology, Shantou University, China Author Adelakun, Kehinde Moruf Federal College of Wildlife Management, New Bussa, Niger State, Nigeria Author Nneji, Lotanna Micah Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington DC, USA text Zootaxa 2025 2025-06-06 5646 1 38 62 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5646.1.2 journal article 310933 10.11646/zootaxa.5646.1.2 5483b853-5c2f-4b30-8d72-9920e7eba559 1175-5326 15818464 1EC4390D-E88A-4041-BE08-AF19C1AEE7AD

TABLE 2. Distribution Patterns of Fish Diversity and Distribution in the Nigerian Lagos Lagoon System based on our Current Field Data.

Family	Species	Catalogue	Number of individuals observed
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		number	Badagry	Epe	Ikorodu
Arapaimidae	Heterotis niloticus (Cuvier)	SOLN123	7	0	27
Ariidae	Carlarius heudelotii (Valenciennes)	SOLN121	22	18	0
Belonidae	Strongylura senegalensis (Valenciennes)	SOLN080	24	70	14
Bothidae	Arnoglossus capensis (Boulenger)	SOLN081	0	10	8
Carangidae	Caranx fischeri (Smith-Vaniz & Carpenter)	SOLN052	21	30	7
	Caranx hippos (Linnaeus)	SOLN056	35	0	0
		number	Badagry	Epe	Ikorodu
	Caranx senegallus (Cuvier)	SOLN051	0	28	19
	Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus)	SOLN050	83	98	26
	Hemicaranx bicolor (Günther)	SOLN058	68	125	23
	Selene dorsalis (Gill)	SOLN061	33	90	17
	Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus)	SOLN053	0	0	32
	Trachinotus goreensis (Cuvier)	SOLN054	0	4	0
	Trachinotus ovatus (Linnaeus)	SOLN055	0	0	26
Channidae	Parachanna africana (Steindachner)	SOLN120	17	29	112
Cichlidae	Coptodon zillii (Gervais)	SOLN122	156	96	89
	Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus)	SOLN119	111	32	87
	Hemichromis fasciatus (Peters)	SOLN118	72	69	86
Citharinidae	Citharinus citharus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire)	SOLN124	0	32	86
Clariidae	Clarias buthupogon (Sauvage)	SOLN125	15	8	23
Claroteidae	Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Lacépède)	SOLN130	68	0	55
Clupeidae	Ethmalosa fimbriata (Bowdich)	SOLN057	94	112	78
Cynoglossidae	Cynoglossus cynoglossus (Hamilton)	SOLN083	22	17	34
	Cynoglossus browni (Chabanaud)	SOLN082	2	15	1
Dasyatidae	Fontitrygon margarita (Günther)	SOLN002	0	1	0
	Fontitrygon margaritella (Compagno & Roberts)	SOLN004	0	16	0
Drepaneidae	Drepane africana (Osório)	SOLN085	2	5	1
Elopidae	Elops lacerta (Valenciennes)	SOLN088	4	7	12
Haemulidae	Pomadasys jubelini (Cuvier)	SOLN090	23	0	0
Monodactylidae	Monodactylus sebae (Cuvier)	SOLN089	11	18	16
Mormyridae	Marcusenius brucii (Boulenger)	SOLN086	0	5	14
Mullidae	Pseudupeneus prayensis (Cuvier)	SOLN106	2	0	1
Notopteridae	Xenomystus nigri (Günther)	SOLN084	3	19	0
	Papyrocranus afer (Günther)	SOLN087	1	2	1
Polynemidae	Pentanemus quinquarius (Linnaeus)	SOLN107	53	23	48
Schilbeidae	Schilbe uranoscopus (Rüppell)	SOLN088	0	33	59
Sciaenidae	Pseudotolithus senegalensis (Valenciennes)	SOLN108	65	51	0
Sparidae	Dentex maroccanus (Valenciennes)	SOLN110	0	22	14
Sphyraenidae	Sphyraena afra (Peters)	SOLN089	59	49	67
Tetraodontidae	Ephippion guttifer (Bennett)	SOLN109	23	18	15
	Taxa (S)		28	32	31
	Number of Individuals (N)		1096	1152	1098
	Dominance (D)		0.069	0.059	0.058
	Simpson (1-D)		0.931	0.943	0.942
	Shannon (H)		2.884	3.059	3.045
	Evenness (e^H/S)		0.6388	0.6657	0.6775
	Margalef (M)		3.857	4.398	4.285