Hemigrammopetersius barnardi
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
ACTINOPTERYGII |
CHARACIFORMES |
ALESTIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Hemigrammopetersius barnardi |
| Species Authority: |
(Herre, 1936) |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
Barnard's Robber |
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Least Concern
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2007 |
| Assessor/s: |
Bills, R. |
| Reviewer/s: |
Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit) |
Justification:
Widespread and locally abundant in the lower Zambezi, Lake Malawi, Pungwe and Buzi Rivers. No major threats are known.
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Geographic Range
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Population
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| Population: |
Locally common.
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| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
Margins of larger streams, rivers and lakes. Often associated with the fringes of marginal vegetation.
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| Systems: |
Freshwater |
Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
None.
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Bibliography
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Bills, I.R. 1999. An inventory of fishes from the lower Zambezi River, Mozambique (27/7/1999 to 14/8/1999). J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Investigational report. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown.
IUCN. 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12th September 2007).
Skelton, P.H. 2001. A Complete Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa.
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