Oreochromis latilabris

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Oreochromis latilabris
Species Authority:	Seegers & Tichy, 1999

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable   D2   ver 3.1
Year Published:	2006
Assessor/s:	Hanssens, M. & Snoeks, J.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: Only known from a few localities (springs and small river inflows) in the Lake Natron drainage. Such a restricted distribution makes it more vulnerable to local habitat degradation and chance events.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to the lake Natron basin where it inhabits some southern and southeastern springs and affluents of the southern Lagoon. In addition, it was collected from one of two springs and the adjacent relatively wide stream between the Moinik River and the southwestern lagoon (Seegers and Tichy 1999).
Countries:	Native: Tanzania, United Republic of
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	IT has been collected in springs and the effluent streams which flow to Lake Natron (Seegers and Tichy 1999). An omnivorous species but is mainly herbivorous living on the bluegreen algae covering the substrate (Seegers and Tichy 1999). It is a maternal mouthbrooder (Seegers and Tichy 1999).
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Restricted distribution makes it more vulnerable to local habitat degradation.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Bibliography [top]

IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Seegers, L. and Tichy, H. 1999. The Oreochromis alcalicus flock (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Natron and Magadi, Tanzania and Kenya, with descriptions of two new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 10(2): 97–146