Kneria uluguru

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	GONORYNCHIFORMES	KNERIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Kneria uluguru
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 two localities in the Ruvu River drainage. Its restricted distribution and narrow habitat preferences makes it more vulnerable to local habitat degradation.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to the streams and rivers of the upper Ruvu drainage descending from the Uluguru mountains (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:	Present in stretches with fast current but more numerous in the quieter stretches. It's preferred water conditions are 26.8°C and pH of 7.2 (Seegers 1995). Feeds mainly on algae and aufwuchs which is rasped from stones (Seegers 1995).
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Its 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