Lates angustifrons

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	LATIDAE

Scientific Name:	Lates angustifrons
Species Authority:	Boulenger, 1906
Common Name/s: English – Tanganyika Lates

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered   A2bcd   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 where fisheries catches have declined by more than 50% in the last 20 years due to fishing pressure. With an age at maturity estimated to range from 4.5–14 years, the 20-year time span approximates three generations.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Tanganyika and also enters the deltas of its major rivers including the Rusizi and Malagarasi.
Countries:	Native: Burundi; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Tanzania, United Republic of; Zambia
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Population [top]

Population:	Common, but fisheries catches have declined dramatically in the last 15 years.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Adults inhabit the bentho-pelagic and littoral zones of the lake whereas juveniles are only found in the littoral zone, marginal macrophyte beds and river deltas. Piscivorous.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Fisheries pressure in pelagic and littoral zones.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

None known.

Bibliography [top]

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