Bathybagrus tetranema

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	SILURIFORMES	CLAROTEIDAE

Scientific Name:	Bathybagrus tetranema
Species Authority:	Bailey & Stewart, 1984

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Published:	2006
Assessor/s:	Ntakimazi, G.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika. Although probably restricted to the south of the lake it still has a reasonably wide extent of occurrence and no major threats to the overall population.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to the Zambian part of Lake Tanganyika.
Countries:	Native: Zambia
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Population [top]

Population:	Unknown but rather rare in fisheries catches.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Depth range is from 10 to 80 m and it appears most abundant between 40–80 m. Little is known of its ecology. Max. size: The species is small (maximum length known 138 mm).
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Siltation. Over-fishing.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

Unknown.

Bibliography [top]

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