Amphilius platychir

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	SILURIFORMES	AMPHILIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Amphilius platychir
Species Authority:	Günther, 1864
Common Name/s: English – Mountain Barbel

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2010
Assessor/s:	Entsua-Mensah, M.
Reviewer/s:	Lalèyè, P. & Smith, K.
Justification: This species is widespread in the region with no known major threats. It is classified as Least Concern
History:	2006 – Least Concern (IUCN 2006)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This fish occurs in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire. Reports from Ghana and Tanzania need confirmation. It is also known from the Senegal, Niger, Gambia, Corubal, Konkouré and Little Scarcies Rivers.
Countries:	Native: Côte d'Ivoire; Gambia; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Sierra Leone
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is common in fast flowing, rocky stretches of streams, in water of low conductivity. It is a carnivore, that lays eggs under stones.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

None known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Bibliography [top]

Pan-Africa freshwater assessment references. Currently, full citations for references used in the Pan-Africa biodiversity assessments are unavailable on the Red List web site. These will be added to the site in 2011. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes. IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).