| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | SILURIFORMES | CLAROTEIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Clarotes laticeps | |||
| Species Authority: | (Rüppell, 1829) | |||
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| Synonym/s: |
Bagrus laticeps Heckel, 1849
Bagrus nigrita Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839
Chrysichthys cranchii Steindachner, 1870
Clarotes heuglinii Kner, 1855
Clarotes laticeps Günther, 1864
Octonematichthys nigrita Bleeker, 1858
Pimelodus laticeps Rüppell, 1829
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| Taxonomic Notes: | The taxonomic status of the Kenyan populations is uncertain and needs detailed study. | |||
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 | |||
| Year Published: | 2010 | |||
| Assessor/s: | Azeroual, A., Entsua-Mensah, M., Getahun, A. & Lalèyè, P. | |||
| Reviewer/s: | Snoeks, J., Tweddle, D., Getahun, A., Lalèyè, P., Paugy, D., Zaiss, R., Fishar, M.R.A & Brooks, E. | |||
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Justification: This species has a wide distribution, with no known major widespread threats. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. It has also been assessed regionally as Least Concern for western Africa. Due to limited information on this species distribution and threats, it has been assessed as Data Deficient for eastern and north eastern Africa. Within north Africa, the species may no longer found in the region. Its type locality is near Cairo, and it is now only found in Lake Nasser in Egypt (outside the region). The impacts of the Aswan High Dam (constructed 1970) is thought to be the reason for the extirpation. |
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| Range Description: |
Clarotes laticeps is a wide ranging species with a distribution spreading form Senegal to Somalia, and throughout the Nile basin and as far south as Kenya. Eastern Africa:This species is known in Northern Ewaso Nyiro, Dawa River (Juba system) and Tsavo drainage, Lower Tana. Maybe more widespread. Northern Africa: Its type locality is near Cairo, but it is now only found in Lake Nasser (also known as Lake Nubia). Northeast Africa: It is found in Juba, Somalia, and the Ghazal and Jebel systems, White and Blue Niles, and the Nile to Lake Nasser, Sudan Western Africa: Known from all Nilo-Sudanese basins (Chad, Benue, Niger, Senegal, Volta). |
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Native:
Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Chad; Egypt; Ghana; Guinea; Kenya; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Somalia; Sudan; Togo
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| Population: | No information available. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | It inhabits shallow water of rivers and lakes (Risch in Daget et al. 1986) where it feeds on crustaceans, insects, molluscs, plant material and fish (Bailey1994). Spawning season extends from April to November. |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | No information available. |
| Conservation Actions: | No information available. More research is needed into this species taxonomy, population numbers and range, biology and ecology, and possible threats. |
| Citation: | Azeroual, A., Entsua-Mensah, M., Getahun, A. & Lalèyè, P. 2010. Clarotes laticeps. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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