Kneria ruaha

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	GONORYNCHIFORMES	KNERIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Kneria ruaha
Species Authority:	Seegers, 1995

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: Only known from three localities in the Ruaha drainage. Its restricted distribution and narrow habitat preferences makes it more vulnerable to local habitat degradation.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to the area between Iringa and a point 15 km southwest of Igunda on the northwestern slopes of the Southern Highlands, southwestern Tanzania. This region includes the upper drainages of the Ndembera and Idodi rivers and the middle and lower reaches of the Little Ruaha River (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:	Found in the headwaters of the streams of the northwestern slopes of the Southern Highlands, indicating that it prefers a cooler climate (Seegers, 1995). Detritivore (Seegers 1995). Probably a single spawning period (Seegers 1995). Common throughout its distribution area (Seegers 1995). Max. size: 10–20 mm TL.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Restricted distribution and narrow habitat preferences makes it more vulnerable to local habitat degradation.

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