Bathyclarias foveolatus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	SILURIFORMES	CLARIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Bathyclarias foveolatus
Species Authority:	(Jackson, 1955)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2006
Assessor/s:	Kasembe, J.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: Endemic to Lake Malawi where it is widespread with no major widespread threats identified.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Malawi. Known to occur at Nkhata Bay, Likoma Island & the southeast & southwest arms of the Lake.
Countries:	Native: Malawi; Mozambique; Tanzania, United Republic of
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It only occurs in deep water (never shallower than 30 m) where it skulks among the rocks and mud at great depths. It is caught in the bottom few meshes of deep-set gill nets. Max. size: it is reported to grows to 70 cm or more.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Potential over-exploitation.

Major Threat(s):

Potential over-exploitation.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None.

Conservation Actions:

None.

Bibliography [top]

	Banda, M. 2000. The biology and ecology of the catfishes of the genera Bathyclarias and Bagrus in Lake Malawi. In: Unpublished PhD thesis. IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Jackson, P.B.N. 1955. A new fish of the genus Clarias Gronov. from Lake Nyasa, with notes on the distribution of the Clariidae and other catfishes in the lake. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 125(3–4): 681–684 Jackson, P.B.N. 1961. Check-list of fishes of Nyasaland. Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia 3(25B): 535–621

Banda, M. 2000. The biology and ecology of the catfishes of the genera Bathyclarias and Bagrus in Lake Malawi. In: Unpublished PhD thesis.

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

Jackson, P.B.N. 1955. A new fish of the genus Clarias Gronov. from Lake Nyasa, with notes on the distribution of the Clariidae and other catfishes in the lake. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 125(3–4): 681–684

Jackson, P.B.N. 1961. Check-list of fishes of Nyasaland. Occasional Papers of the National Museums of Southern Rhodesia 3(25B): 535–621

Citation:	Kasembe, J. 2006. Bathyclarias foveolatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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