Synodontis zanzibaricus
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | SILURIFORMES | MOCHOKIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Synodontis zanzibaricus | |||
| Species Authority: | Peters, 1868 | |||
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| Taxonomic Notes: | Taxonomic status uncertain. | |||
Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Data Deficient 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) |
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Justification: The taxonomic status of this species remains uncertain. Additional information was only obtained for the kenyan part of its distribution range. |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | Eastern Africa: Pangani drainage, Galana-Sabaki, Lower Tana River, Northern Ewaso Nyiro.Also reported by Whitehead (1959, 1962) and Mann (1966, 1968) from the Tana and Northern Ewaso Nyiro as S. zambezensis Peters, 1852, a misidentification. Information for its distribution in other parts of Eastern Africa is yet to be obtained. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Kenya
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Population [top]
| Population: | No information available. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Habitat and Ecology: | Max. size: 131 mm TL (Gosse in Daget et al. 1986). |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
Threats [top]
| Major Threat(s): | No information available. |
Conservation Actions [top]
| Conservation Actions: | No information available. |
Bibliography [top]
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Daget, J., Gosse, J.-P. and Thys van den Audenaerde, D.F.E. (eds). 1986. Check-list of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa (CLOFFA II) ISNB, Brussels and MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium, and ORSTOM, Paris, France. IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Mann, M.J. 1966. A preliminary report on a survey of fisheries of the Tana River, Kenya. In: East African Freshwater fisheries Organization, Annual Report 1965. pp. 36–43. Mann, M.J. 1968. A note on a second survey of the fisheries of the Tana River, Kenya. In: East African Freshwater Fisheries Organization, Annual Report 1967. pp. 38–41. Seegers, L. 1996. The fishes of the Lake Rukwa Drainage. Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Sciences Zoologiques 287: 1–407. Whitehead, P.J.P. 1959. Note on a collection of fishes from the Tana River below Garissa, Kenya. East African Agricultural Journal 25(4): 167–171 Whitehead, P.J.P. 1962. A new species of Synodontis and notes on a mormyrid fish from the eastern rivers of Kenya. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 138: 605–637 |
| Citation: | Hanssens, M. & Snoeks, J. 2006. Synodontis zanzibaricus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012. |
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