Hemichromis cerasogaster

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Hemichromis cerasogaster
Species Authority:	(Boulenger, 1899)
Synonym/s:	Paratilapia cerasogaster Boulenger, 1899 Pelmatochromis cerasogaster (Boulenger, 1899)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered B1ab(v) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Moelants, T.
Reviewer/s:	Brummett, R., Mbe Tawe, A.N., Dening Touokong, C., Reid, G.M., Snoeks, J. Staissny, M., Moelants, T., Mamonekene, V., Ndodet, B., Ifuta, S.N.B., Chilala, A., Monsembula, R., Ibala Zamba, A., Opoye Itoua, O., Pouomogne, V., Darwall, W. & Smith, K.
Justification: The species is only known from the type locality in Lake Mai-N'dombe (Leopold II), which has a surface of 2,300 km². The use of small mesh size nets (mosquito nets) pose a threat to the population size. The species is therefore listed as Endangered.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Hemichromis cerasogaster is only known from the type locality in Lake Mai-N'dombe (Leopold II), and its satellite lakes.
Countries:	Native: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This is a benthopelagic species.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The use of small mesh size nets, mosquito nets are used as fishing nets. This nets are called caterpillar nets because they hold every species that is in the lake. Methane reservoirs discovered under the lake are expected to be exploited.

Major Threat(s):

The use of small mesh size nets, mosquito nets are used as fishing nets. This nets are called caterpillar nets because they hold every species that is in the lake. Methane reservoirs discovered under the lake are expected to be exploited.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None known.

Conservation Actions:

None known.

Citation:	Moelants, T. 2010. Hemichromis cerasogaster. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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