Haplochromis katavi

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Haplochromis katavi
Species Authority:	Seegers, 1996
Common Name/s: English – Katavi Mouthbrooder

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable   D2   ver 3.1
Year Published:	2006
Assessor/s:	Hanssens, M. & Snoeks, J.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: Restricted to a single river system in the Lake Rukwa drainage. Otherwise no recorded population reduction or loss of habitat.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to the Lake Rukwa drainage where it is restricted to the system of the Katuma River in the northen part of the basin (Seegers 1996).
Countries:	Native: Tanzania, United Republic of
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Found in small brooks as well as in the large Katuma River. Seems to prefer cooler and swift flowing water, but is also adapted to a large range of ecological conditions (Seegers 1996). Maternal mouthbrooder (Seegers 1996).
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

No information available.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

Unknown.

Bibliography [top]

IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Seegers, L. 1996. The fishes of the Lake Rukwa Drainage. Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Sciences Zoologiques 287: 1–407.