Haplochromis saxicola

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Haplochromis saxicola
Species Authority:	Greenwood, 1960

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient     ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Witte, F. & de Zeeuw, M.P.
Reviewer/s:	Darwall, W. & Smith, K.
Justification: There is no information available on the population size of this species now, or in the past. Presence of the species has never been confirmed in the Tanzania sector of Lake Victoria by the Haplochromis Ecology Survey Team. A lake wide survey is needed before a full assessment can be made.
History:	2006 – Vulnerable (IUCN 2006)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to Lake Victoria. It has been recorded in surveys carried out in Tanzania and Uganda (Greenwood 1981).
Countries:	Native: Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is restricted to areas in the littoral and sub-littoral zone where the substrate is firm (sand, rock). It is classified as an insectivore.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

The main threat to this species is predation by Nile Perch (a potentially reversible threat). It is also potentially threatened by hybridization due to decreased water transparency (on account of eutrophication and erosion leading to increased sedimentation and runoff) interfering with mate recognition visual cues (Mrosso et al. 2003).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

This species only rarely been reported and more information is needed.

Bibliography [top]

Greenwood, P.H. 1960. A revision of the Lake Victoria Haplochromis species (Pisces, Cichlidae), Part IV. Bulletin British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 6: 227-281. IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).