| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | CYPRINODONTIFORMES | NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Nothobranchius willerti | |||
| Species Authority: | Wildekamp, 1992 | |||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Nothobranchius willerti
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 |
| Year Assessed: | 2006 |
| Assessor/s: | Hanssens, M. |
| Reviewer/s: | Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme) |
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Justification: This species is only recorded from two localities along the Lower Tana drainage (Wildekamp 1992). As such it is threatened by the potential impact of localised actions such as wetland drainage or water pollution. |
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| Range Description: | Only known from the Lower Tana River system in the coastal plains of eastern Kenya. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Kenya
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| Range Map: |
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| Population: | No information available. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Inhabits ephemeral water bodies in the floodplain or connected streams located in open as well as in forested savannah. The water is usually turbid and lacking vegetation (Wildekamp 1992). Max. size: 27.2 mm SL (Wildekamp 1992). |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | No information available. |
| Conservation Actions: | No information available. |
| Citation: | Hanssens, M. 2006. Nothobranchius willerti. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 February 2012. |
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