Chetia flaviventris

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Chetia flaviventris
Species Authority:	Trewavas, 1961
Common Name/s: English – Canary Kurper

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Published:	2007
Assessor/s:	Engelbrecht, J., Bills, R. & Marshall, B.E.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit)
Justification: Common in several large subsystems of the Limpopo River. Thriving in several large dams. No major threats recognized.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Parts of the Limpopo River system in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. The species appears to be in certain upper tributaries and has a rather unusual fragmented distribution e.g., in the upper Umzingwane (Zimbabwe), Crocodile, Marico, Mogol, Magalakwena (South Africa). In several dams within these regions e.g., Hartebeespoort, Roodeplaat and Donkerpoort Dams.
Countries:	Native: Botswana; South Africa (Gauteng, Limpopo Province, North-West Province); Zimbabwe
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Population [top]

Population Trend:

Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Prefers slow flowing sections and pools in rivers. More common in upper tributaries of perennial and some intermittent rivers, thrives in several dams.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

None.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

None.

Bibliography [top]

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.