| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | PERCIFORMES | LATIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Lates microlepis | |||
| Species Authority: | (Boulenger, 1898) | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Endangered A2bcd ver 3.1 |
| Year Assessed: | 2006 |
| Assessor/s: | Ntakimazi, G. |
| Reviewer/s: | Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme) |
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Justification: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika where fisheries catches have declined for more than 50% in the last 20 years due to heavy fishing which is likely to continue. With an estimated generation time of 4.5–14 years, the time period of 20 years can be considered roughly equivalent to three generations. Sedimentation inshore is also a threat to habitat quality for juveniles. |
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| Range Description: | Endemic to Lake Tanganyika. Juveniles enter the deltas of 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: | Common, but fisheries catches have declined dramatically in the last 15 years. |
| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Adults strictly pelagic. Juveniles found in lake's littoral zone among marginal macrophyte beds and river deltas. Piscivorous. |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | Heavy fishing in pelagic and littoral zones. |
| Conservation Actions: | None known. |
| Citation: | Ntakimazi, G. 2006. Lates microlepis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 February 2012. |
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