Synodontis zanzibaricus

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	MOCHOKIDAE

Scientific Name:

Synodontis zanzibaricus

Species Authority:

Peters, 1868

Common Name/s:

English

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Eastcoast Squeaker

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.
Evaluator/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: The taxonomic status of this species remains uncertain. Additional information was only obtained for the kenyan part of its distribution range.

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

Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

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.

Major Threat(s):

No information available.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No information available.

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Bibliography [top]

Citations:	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

Citations:

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 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 March 2010.
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