| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | ATHERINIFORMES | MELANOTAENIIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Chilatherina bleheri | |||
| Species Authority: | Allen, 1985 | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable A2e ver 2.3 | |||
| Year Assessed: | 1996 | |||
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s: | Allen, G. | |||
| History: |
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| Range Description: | C. bleheri is endemic to Indonesia, occurring in Danau Biru (Lake Holmes) in the Mamberamo River system of Irian Jaya. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Indonesia (Irian Jaya)
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| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | The habitat consists of three interconnected freshwater lakes lying within a radius of six to seven kilometers. The largest lake in this system is about 4.5 km long and 2 km wide. |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | The main threats to this species are the presence of introduced species such as carp and tilapia, and the increasingly common gill netting fisheries on the lakes. |
| Citation: | Allen, G. 1996. Chilatherina bleheri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012. |
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