Nothobranchius janpapi

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	CYPRINODONTIFORMES	NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Nothobranchius janpapi
Species Authority:	Wildekamp, 1977
Synonym/s:	Nothobranchius janpapi

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern 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: Relatively widespread throughout the Ruvu and Rufiji river systems with no known major widespread threats.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Floodplains of the Ruvu and Rufiji Rivers, eastern Tanzania (Wildekamp et al. 1986).
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:	Small pools and swamps in the floodplains, living near the water surface (Wildekamp et al. 1986).
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:	No information available.

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Bibliography [top]

	IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Wildekamp, R.H., Romand, R. and Scheel, J.J. 1986. Cyprinodontidae. In: J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). Vol. 2, pp. 165-276. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelle de Belgique, Brussels, MRAC; Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris.

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

Wildekamp, R.H., Romand, R. and Scheel, J.J. 1986. Cyprinodontidae. In: J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). Vol. 2, pp. 165-276. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelle de Belgique, Brussels, MRAC; Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris.

Citation:	Hanssens, M. & Snoeks, J. 2006. Nothobranchius janpapi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2012.
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