| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | PERCIFORMES | CICHLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Sargochromis carlottae | |||
| Species Authority: | (Boulenger, 1905) | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Assessed: | 2007 |
| Assessor/s: | Tweddle, D. & Marshall, B.E. |
| Reviewer/s: | Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit) |
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Justification: The species is widespread with no major threats. |
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| Range Description: | The upper Zambezi, Okavango and Kafue systems, also in Lake Kariba and introduced to impoundments in the Middle Zambezi catchment (Skelton 2001). |
| Countries: |
Native:
Angola; Botswana; Namibia; Zambia; Zimbabwe
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| Population: | Widespread, though never abundant, in permanent floodplain channels. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Deeper permanent floodplain channels and lagoons (Skelton 2001). Tweddle et al. found it mainly in vegetation such as reed thickets fringing main river channels in the Upper Zambezi, although Winemiller (1991) classified it as a lagoon-dwelling diurnal insectivore on the Barotse floodplain. It was scarce in a survey of the Okavango Delta (Tweddle et al. 2003). |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | None known. |
| Conservation Actions: | The species has little protection other then Okavango Delta reserves. |
| Citation: | Tweddle, D. & Marshall, B.E. 2007. Sargochromis carlottae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 February 2012. |
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