







| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | CYPRINODONTIFORMES | NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Nothobranchius jubbi |
| Species Authority: | Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979 |
| Synonym/s: |
Nothobranchius jubbi
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| Taxonomic Notes: | A record of N. guentheri (Pfeffer, 1893) from the Tana River by Mann (1968) is most likely a misidentification for N. jubbi since N. guentheri is confined to Zanzibar Island. |
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 | |||
| Year Published: | 2010 | |||
| Assessor/s: | Getahun, A. & Hanssens, M. | |||
| 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 enough distribution, with no known major threats, to qualify as Least Concern. More information is needed on this species' regional distribution and abundance, and it is therefore categorised as Data Deficient for eastern and northeastern Africa. |
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| Range Description: |
This species is known from Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. Eastern Africa It is found in seasonal pools northwards of Malindi and in the lower Tana drainage, Kenya. Northeastern Africa It occurs near Dur e Kalin, Whar near Kaisany, near Shalanbod, Somalia, as well as the Wabishebelle system, Ethiopia |
| Countries: |
Native:
Ethiopia; Kenya; Somalia
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| Population: | No information available. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | This species occurs in pools and swamps and rivulets (Radda 1981). |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | No information available. |
| Conservation Actions: | No information available. Population trends should be monitored. |
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Pan-Africa freshwater assessment references. Currently, full citations for references used in the Pan-Africa biodiversity assessments are unavailable on the Red List web site. These will be added to the site in 2011. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes. IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010). |
| Citation: | Getahun, A. & Hanssens, M. 2010. Nothobranchius jubbi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2012. |
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