Chetia gracilis

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	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Chetia gracilis
Species Authority:	(Greenwood, 1984)
Synonym/s:	Serranochromis gracilis Greenwood, 1984

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2007
Assessor/s:	Da Costa, L.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit)
Justification: Species native from Angola and Namibia. It occurs in Kunene and Okavango River systems. No obvious threats known. Larger distribution expected. More comprehensive surveys required to confirm the true extent of its distribution.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Species native from Angola and Namibia. In Angola, the species occurs in Kunene River (Kuso River) and Okavango River (Cutato River) systems.
Countries:	Native: Angola; Namibia
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

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.

Major Threat(s):

Threats are not known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species has no protection.

Conservation Actions:

The species has no protection.

Bibliography [top]

	Greenwood, P.H. 1984. The haplochromie species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) of the Cunene and certain other Angolan rivers. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology series 47(4): 187-239. 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. Skelton, P.H. and Teugels, G.G. 1991. Serranochromis. In: J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels & D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). Volume 4, pp.442-453. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelle de Belgique, Brussels, MRAC; Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris.

Greenwood, P.H. 1984. The haplochromie species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) of the Cunene and certain other Angolan rivers. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology series 47(4): 187-239.

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.

Skelton, P.H. and Teugels, G.G. 1991. Serranochromis. In: J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, G.G. Teugels & D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). Volume 4, pp.442-453. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelle de Belgique, Brussels, MRAC; Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris.

Citation:	Da Costa, L. 2007. Chetia gracilis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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