| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | SILURIFORMES | CLARIIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Uegitglanis zammaranoi |
| Species Authority: | Gianferrari, 1923 |
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 | |||
| Year Assessed: | 2010 | |||
| Assessor/s: | Getahun, A. | |||
| Reviewer/s: | Stiassny, M. & Brooks, E. | |||
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Justification: This species is only known from a few localities in southern Somalia. Although there is no information currently available on threats to this species, any changes in its habitat quality could have a dramatic effect on the population and it is therefore assessed as Vulnerable. |
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| Range Description: | This species is known from a few localities in southern Somalia. |
| Countries: |
Presence uncertain:
Somalia
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| Population: | No information available. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | It is found in running water. The type series were collected in a pool associated with a spring, but the species is generally considered hypogean and is depigmented with no externally visible eyes. |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | No information available. |
| Conservation Actions: | No information available. |
| Citation: | Getahun, A. 2010. Uegitglanis zammaranoi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 February 2012. |
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