Bathyclarias jacksoni

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	SILURIFORMES	CLARIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Bathyclarias jacksoni
Species Authority:	(Greenwood, 1961)
Taxonomic Notes:	M. Banda (unpublished PhD thesis) proposes that this species is a junior synonym of B. nyasensis.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient     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 only known from its holotype. More survey is required to determine the full species distribution.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Malawi where it is only known from the holoytpe collected at Nkhata Bay.
Countries:	Native: Malawi
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Unknown.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

None known.

Bibliography [top]

Greenwood, P.H. 1961. A revision of the genus Dinotopterus Blgr. (Pisces, Clariidae) with notes on the comparative anatomy of the suprabranchial organs in the Clariidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology 7: 215–241 IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.