Nothobranchius taeniopygus

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 taeniopygus

Species Authority:

(Hilgendorf, 1891)

Common Name/s:

English

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Striped Nothobranch

Synonym/s:

Astatotilapia stappersii Poll, 1943

Nothobranchius taeniopygus

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2006
Assessor/s:	Natakimazi, G. & Hanssens, M.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: This is a widespread species with no known major widespread threats.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Widely distributed in temporary pools, floodplains and swamps in the Lake Victoria drainage, Lake Kyoga and Aswa River drainages in southern Uganda, and the Malagarasi and Bubu River drainages in central Tanzania. It has been introduced to several localities in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania for mosquito control (Wildekamp et al. 1986).
Countries:	Native: Burundi; Kenya; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda
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Population [top]

Population:	Unknown.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Temporary pools, floodplains and swamps where it thought to feed on insect larvae and crustaceans.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Biotope changes in streams and rivers due to agricultural pressure.

Major Threat(s):

Biotope changes in streams and rivers due to agricultural pressure.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No information available.

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Bibliography [top]

	De Vos, L., Taverne, L. and Thys van den Audenaerde, D.F.E. 2001. L’Ichtyofaune du bassin de la Malagarasi (système du lac Tanganyika): une synthèse de la connaissance actuelle. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sc. Zool. 285: 117–152 Greenwood, P.H. 1966. The Fishes of Uganda. The Uganda Society, Kampala, Uganda. 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.

De Vos, L., Taverne, L. and Thys van den Audenaerde, D.F.E. 2001. L’Ichtyofaune du bassin de la Malagarasi (système du lac Tanganyika): une synthèse de la connaissance actuelle. Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Centr., Sc. Zool. 285: 117–152

Greenwood, P.H. 1966. The Fishes of Uganda. The Uganda Society, Kampala, Uganda.

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