Haplochromis crebidens

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Haplochromis crebidens
Species Authority:	Snoeks, De Vos, Coenen & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1990

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Published:	2006
Assessor/s:	Hanssens, M. & Snoeks, J.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: Widespread distribution with no major widespread threats identified

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Kivu.
Countries:	Native: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Rwanda
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Inshore species.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Subsistence fishing, and sedimentation.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

Unknown.

Bibliography [top]

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