Perissodus microlepis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Perissodus microlepis
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: Widely distributed throughout Lake Tanganyika, with no known major widespread threats.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Tanganyika.
Countries:	Native: Burundi; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Tanzania, United Republic of; Zambia
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Population [top]

Population:	Unknown, but large schools of thousands of juvenile P. microlepis are often seen at sites not far from brooding pairs. This species is very common throughout its habitat, but is never abundant.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species belongs to the deep benthic community. It feed upon the scales of a variety of benthic species, chiefly cichlids. They are probably solitary except during periodsof reproduction. Young P. microlepis have been only been seen close to the shore. Its diet shifts from a variety of micro-organisms and algae when young to an adult diet of mainly fish scales. Little is known about its reproduction although it is known to reproduce inshore among rocks and is remarkable for showing features both of mouth-brooding and substrate-guarding, the two major patterns of parental shown in cichlids
Systems:	Freshwater

Habitat and Ecology:

This species belongs to the deep benthic community. It feed upon the scales of a variety of benthic species, chiefly cichlids. They are probably solitary except during periodsof reproduction. Young P. microlepis have been only been seen close to the shore. Its diet shifts from a variety of micro-organisms and algae when young to an adult diet of mainly fish scales. Little is known about its reproduction although it is known to reproduce inshore among rocks and is remarkable for showing features both of mouth-brooding and substrate-guarding, the two major patterns of parental shown in cichlids

Systems:

Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	No known.

Major Threat(s):

No known.

Conservation Actions [top]

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

Conservation Actions:

There are no conservation measures in place for this species.

Citation:	Bigirimana, C. 2006. Perissodus microlepis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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