Haplochromis laprogramma

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 laprogramma
Species Authority:	Greenwood & Gee, 1969

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable A1bce ver 3.1
Year Published:	2006
Assessor/s:	Bayona, J.D.R.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: This species that has suffered a past population decline, however it is now showing signs of recovery based on the collections from Mwanza gulf, Mori Bay, Emin Pasha (Bayona et al. in press, Witte et al. 2000, Mrosso et al. in press). The past decline was thought to be due to predation by the Nile Perch Lates niloticusand eutrophication. The species appears to have now adapted to the new conditions.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Victoria. Recovering from a previous decline in most bays and gulfs, including Mwanza gulf, Mori Bay, Emin pasha and Speke Gulf (Bayona et al. submitted, Witte et al. 2000).
Countries:	Native: Tanzania, United Republic of
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Population [top]

Population:	Observed to be increasing in some locations.
Population Trend:	Increasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a deep water zooplanktivore which has moved to shallow waters due to the upsurge of Nile perch (Witte and Witte-Maas 1987).
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Predation by Nile perch and others; illegal fishing practice; over-fishing; and turbidity and water pollution.

Major Threat(s):

Predation by Nile perch and others; illegal fishing practice; over-fishing; and turbidity and water pollution.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No information available.

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Bibliography [top]

	Bayona, J.D.R., Msuku, B. and Mzighani, S. 2004. Fish species composition and distribution in littoral non-trawlable areas of Mwanza gulf and Mori bay (Lake Victoria Tanzania). Tanzania Journal of Science 30(1): 109–121 IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Witte, F. and Witte-Maas, E.L.M. 1987. Implications for taxonomy and functional morphology of intra specific variation in haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria. In: PhD Thesis. Witte, F., Msuku, B.S., Wanink, J.H., Seehausen, O., Katunzi, E.F.B., Goudswaard, P.C. and Goldschmidt, T. 2000. Recovery of cichlid species in Lake Victoria: an examination of factors leading to differential extinction. Rev. Fish. Biol. & Fish. 10: 233–241

Bayona, J.D.R., Msuku, B. and Mzighani, S. 2004. Fish species composition and distribution in littoral non-trawlable areas of Mwanza gulf and Mori bay (Lake Victoria Tanzania). Tanzania Journal of Science 30(1): 109–121

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

Witte, F. and Witte-Maas, E.L.M. 1987. Implications for taxonomy and functional morphology of intra specific variation in haplochromine cichlids of Lake Victoria. In: PhD Thesis.

Witte, F., Msuku, B.S., Wanink, J.H., Seehausen, O., Katunzi, E.F.B., Goudswaard, P.C. and Goldschmidt, T. 2000. Recovery of cichlid species in Lake Victoria: an examination of factors leading to differential extinction. Rev. Fish. Biol. & Fish. 10: 233–241

Citation:	Bayona, J.D.R. 2006. Haplochromis laprogramma. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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