Lates stappersii

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	LATIDAE

Scientific Name:	Lates stappersii
Species Authority:	(Boulenger, 1914)
Common Name/s: English – Sleek Lates

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern     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)
Justification: Widespread throughout the pelagic zone of the lake. No serious threat is thought likely to impact the entire pelagic zone of Lake Tanganyika with the exception of fishing.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it is widespread in the pelagic zone.
Countries:	Native: Burundi; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Tanzania, United Republic of; Zambia
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	Abundant in its habitat and very common in fisheries catches.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A deep-water fish, which migrates into nearshore regions in its second year. Juveniles are zooplanctivorous whereas the adults and subadults are piscivorous.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Fishing. Water turbidity due to erosion from the watershed.

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.