Bathybates ferox

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	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Bathybates ferox
Species Authority:	Boulenger, 1898

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2006
Assessor/s:	Bigirimana, C.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: Abundant and widespread species. No widespread major threats.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	The species is endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it is widespread and abundant.
Countries:	Native: Burundi; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Tanzania, United Republic of; Zambia
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Population [top]

Population:	The population size of the species is not known but is very abundant throughout its habitat.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Benthic species mainly preying on the large variety of small benthic cichlids. It is thought to prefer a shallow inshore habitat (<70 m).
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Water pollution; over exploitation; and habitat disturbance.

Major Threat(s):

Water pollution; over exploitation; and habitat disturbance.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None in place.

Conservation Actions:

None in place.

Bibliography [top]

	Brichard, P. 1989. Pierre Brichard's Book of Cichlids and All the Other Fishes of Lake Tanganyika. THF Publications Inc., Neptune, United States. Coulter, G.W. 1991. Lake Tanganyika and its life. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Daget, J., Gosse, J.P., Teugels, G.G. and Thys van den Audenaerde, D.F.E. (eds). 1991. Check-list of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa (CLOFFA IV) ISNB, Brussels and MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium, and ORSTOM, Paris, France. Hopson, A.J., and Hopson, J. 1982. The fishes of Lake Turkana with a description of three new species: Alestes ferox sp. Nov., Alestes minutus sp. Nov. (Pisces, Characidae), and Barbus turkanae sp. nov. (Pisces, Cyprinidae). In: A.J. Hopson (ed.). Lake Turkana. pp. 283–347. Overseas Development Administration, London, United Kingdom. IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Poll, M. 1956. Poissons Cichlidae. In: Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946–1947). Résultats scientifiques. 3(5B): 390–394. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium.

Brichard, P. 1989. Pierre Brichard's Book of Cichlids and All the Other Fishes of Lake Tanganyika. THF Publications Inc., Neptune, United States.

Coulter, G.W. 1991. Lake Tanganyika and its life. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Daget, J., Gosse, J.P., Teugels, G.G. and Thys van den Audenaerde, D.F.E. (eds). 1991. Check-list of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa (CLOFFA IV) ISNB, Brussels and MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium, and ORSTOM, Paris, France.

Hopson, A.J., and Hopson, J. 1982. The fishes of Lake Turkana with a description of three new species: Alestes ferox sp. Nov., Alestes minutus sp. Nov. (Pisces, Characidae), and Barbus turkanae sp. nov. (Pisces, Cyprinidae). In: A.J. Hopson (ed.). Lake Turkana. pp. 283–347. Overseas Development Administration, London, United Kingdom.

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

Poll, M. 1956. Poissons Cichlidae. In: Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946–1947). Résultats scientifiques. 3(5B): 390–394. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium.

Citation:	Bigirimana, C. 2006. Bathybates ferox. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2012.
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