Xenotilapia nasus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Xenotilapia nasus
Species Authority:	De Vos, Risch & Dirk Thys van Audenaerde, 1995

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient     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: More information on the species distribution and potential threats are required. This species is newly discovered so field survey has been minimal to date.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it is known from the northern part of the lake in Burundi and Congo.
Countries:	Native: Burundi; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
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Population [top]

Population:	Unknown.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Found in sandy inshore habitats.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

No information available.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Bibliography [top]

De Vos, L., Risch, L. and Thys van den Audenaerde, D.F.E. 1995. Xenotilapia nasus, une nouvelle espece de poisson des zones sous-littorale et benthique du Nord du lac Tanganyika (Perciformes Cichlidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 6(4): 377–384 IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.