Haplochromis vittatus

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:	Haplochromis vittatus
Species Authority:	(Boulenger, 1901)
Synonym/s:	Paratilapia vittata Boulenger, 1901 Prognathochromis vittatus (Boulenger, 1901)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2006

Assessor/s:

Snoeks, J.

Reviewer/s:

Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)

Justification:
Widespread throughout Lake Kivu with no widespread major threats identified.

History:

2003	–	Least Concern (IUCN 2003)
1996	–	Extinct
1996	–	Extinct

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	P. vittatus is endemic to Lake Kivu on the border of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The species is present throughout the lake.
Countries:	Native: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Rwanda
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	Unknown.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	P. vittatus is piscivorous. A lake shore species.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Subsistence fishing, and sedimentation.

Major Threat(s):

Subsistence fishing, and sedimentation.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are currently no conservation measures in place for this species.

Conservation Actions:

There are currently no conservation measures in place for this species.

Bibliography [top]

	Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B (editors and compilers). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. De Vos, L., Snoeks, J. and Thys van den Audenaerde, D.F.E. 2001. An annotated checklist of the fishes of Rwanda (East central Africa), with historical data on introductions of commercially important species. Journal of East African Natural History 90: 1–68 IUCN. 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 18 November 2003. IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Snoeks, J. 1994. The haplochromines (Teleostei, Cichlidae) of Lake Kivu (East Africa): a taxonomic revision with notes on their ecology. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centr. Sc. Zool. 270: 221 pp.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B (editors and compilers). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

De Vos, L., Snoeks, J. and Thys van den Audenaerde, D.F.E. 2001. An annotated checklist of the fishes of Rwanda (East central Africa), with historical data on introductions of commercially important species. Journal of East African Natural History 90: 1–68

IUCN. 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 18 November 2003.

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

Snoeks, J. 1994. The haplochromines (Teleostei, Cichlidae) of Lake Kivu (East Africa): a taxonomic revision with notes on their ecology. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centr. Sc. Zool. 270: 221 pp.

Citation:	Snoeks, J. 2006. Haplochromis vittatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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