Aplocheilichthys lacustris

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINODONTIFORMES	POECILIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Aplocheilichthys lacustris
Species Authority:	Seegers, 1984
Common Name/s: English – Kibiti Lampeye

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 recorded from two localities. Restricted distribution, and the species’ narrow habitat preferences, makes it more vulnerable to local habitat degradation.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Lake Kibiti in the Luhute River drainage and the Mbezi River system (Wildekamp 1995).
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:	Bodies of water with dense bordering vegetation (Wildekamp 1995).
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Restricted distribution and narrow habitat preferences make the species more vulnerable to 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. Wildekamp, R.H. 1995. A world of killies. Atlas of the Oviparous Cyprinodontiform Fishes of the World. Vol 2. American Killifish Association, Mishawaka, Indiana, United States.