Bagrus urostigma

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	BAGRIDAE

Scientific Name:

Bagrus urostigma

Species Authority:

Vinciguerra, 1895

Common Name/s:

English

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Somalia Catfish

Synonym/s:

Bagrus urostigma

Taxonomic Notes:

Status uncertain. May be identical to Bagrus orientalis Boulenger, 1902 from the east coast rivers in Tanzania (Seegers et al. unpublished).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2006
Assessor/s:	Hanssens, M.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: Taxonomic identity needs to be confirmed.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Northern Ewaso Nyiro, Lower Tana (Seegers et al. unpub.).
Countries:	Native: Kenya
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	No information
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	No information available.

Major Threat(s):

No information available.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No information available.

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Bibliography [top]

	Copley, H. 1941. A short account to the freshwater fishes of Kenya. Journal of the East African Natural History Society 16(1): 1–24 IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Risch, L.M. 1986. Bagridae. In: J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse & D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa (CLOFFA II). pp. 2–35. ISNB, Brussels and MRAC Tervuren, Belgium, and ORSTOM, Paris, France. Seegers, L., De Vos, L. and Okeyo, D.O. 2003. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Kenya (excluding the lacustrine haplochromines from Lake Victoria). Journal of East African Natural History 92(1): 11-47.

Copley, H. 1941. A short account to the freshwater fishes of Kenya. Journal of the East African Natural History Society 16(1): 1–24

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

Risch, L.M. 1986. Bagridae. In: J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse & D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa (CLOFFA II). pp. 2–35. ISNB, Brussels and MRAC Tervuren, Belgium, and ORSTOM, Paris, France.

Seegers, L., De Vos, L. and Okeyo, D.O. 2003. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Kenya (excluding the lacustrine haplochromines from Lake Victoria). Journal of East African Natural History 92(1): 11-47.

Citation:	Hanssens, M. 2006. Bagrus urostigma. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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