Varicorhinus clarkeae

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:	Varicorhinus clarkeae
Species Authority:	Banister, 1984

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient     ver 3.1
Year Published:	2007
Assessor/s:	Da Costa, L.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit)
Justification: Only known from the Upper Kwanza River system (type locality). No obvious known threats.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Angola where it is only known from its type locality: Cunje River in the Upper Kwanza river system.
Countries:	Native: Angola
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Population [top]

Population:	Population size is not known.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Biology and preferred habitat are not known.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Threats are not known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

The species has no protection.

Bibliography [top]

IUCN. 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12th September 2007). Lévêque, C. and Daget, J. 1984. Cyprinidae. In: J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse & D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa (CLOFFA I). pp. 217–342. ORSTOM, Paris, France and MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium.