Kneria rukwaensis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	GONORYNCHIFORMES	KNERIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Kneria rukwaensis
Species Authority:	Seegers, 1995

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2006
Assessor/s:	Hanssens, M. & Snoeks, J.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: Found in several localities in the western drainage of the Lake Rukwa system and the upper Kalambo drainage. No major widespread threats identified.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to the western drainage of the Lake Rukwa system and the upper Kalambo drainage, and Tanganyika basin (Seegers 1995).
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:	No information available.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

No information available.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Bibliography [top]

IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Seegers, L. 1995. Revision of the Kneriidae of Tanzania with description of three new Kneria species (Teleostei: Gonorhynchiformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 6(2): 97–128