Zaireichthys wamiensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	SILURIFORMES	AMPHILIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Zaireichthys wamiensis
Species Authority:	(Seegers, 1989)
Synonym/s:	Leptoglanis wamiensis Seegers, 1989
Taxonomic Notes:	Roberts (2003) removed most species from Leptoglanis and placed them, instead, into Zaireichthys.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2006
Assessor/s:	Hanssens, M. & Snoeks, J.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: Only recorded from its type locality in the Wami River drainage. Such a restricted distribution makes it vulnerable to local habitat degradation.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to the Wami River.
Countries:	Native: Tanzania, United Republic of

Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	No information available.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Restricted distribution makes it more vulnerable to local habitat degradation.

Major Threat(s):

Restricted distribution makes it more vulnerable to local habitat degradation.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None known.

Conservation Actions:

None known.

Bibliography [top]

	Eschmeyer, W.N. and Fricke, R. 2009. Catalog of Fishes electronic version (updated 2 July 2009). Available at: http://research.calacademy.org/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatsearch.html. Ferraris, C.J., Jr. 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1-628. IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Roberts, T.R. 2003. Systematics and osteology of Leptoglaninae, a new subfamily of the African catfish family Amphiliidae, with descriptions of three new genera and six new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54(5): 81-132.

Eschmeyer, W.N. and Fricke, R. 2009. Catalog of Fishes electronic version (updated 2 July 2009). Available at: http://research.calacademy.org/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatsearch.html.

Ferraris, C.J., Jr. 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1-628.

IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.

Roberts, T.R. 2003. Systematics and osteology of Leptoglaninae, a new subfamily of the African catfish family Amphiliidae, with descriptions of three new genera and six new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54(5): 81-132.

Citation:	Hanssens, M. & Snoeks, J. 2006. Zaireichthys wamiensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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