Sargochromis carlottae

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:

Sargochromis carlottae

Species Authority:

(Boulenger, 1905)

Common Name/s:

English

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Rainbow Bream

Assessment Information [top]

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)
Justification: The species is widespread with no major threats.

Geographic Range [top]

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
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	Widespread, though never abundant, in permanent floodplain channels.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

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

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	None known.

Major Threat(s):

None known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species has little protection other then Okavango Delta reserves.

Conservation Actions:

The species has little protection other then Okavango Delta reserves.

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. Tweddle, D., Bills, R., van der Waal, B., Skelton, P., Kolding, J. and Nengu, S. 2003. Fish diversity and fisheries in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. In: L.E. Alonso, L.E. & L.-A. Nordin (eds), A rapid biological assessment of the aquatic ecosystems of the Okavango Delta, Botswana: high water survey. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment. Conservation International, Washington D.C.. Winemiller, K.O. 1991. Comparative ecology of Serranochromis species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in the Upper Zambezi River floodplain. Journal of Fish Biology 39(5): 617-639.

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.

Tweddle, D., Bills, R., van der Waal, B., Skelton, P., Kolding, J. and Nengu, S. 2003. Fish diversity and fisheries in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. In: L.E. Alonso, L.E. & L.-A. Nordin (eds), A rapid biological assessment of the aquatic ecosystems of the Okavango Delta, Botswana: high water survey. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment. Conservation International, Washington D.C..

Winemiller, K.O. 1991. Comparative ecology of Serranochromis species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in the Upper Zambezi River floodplain. Journal of Fish Biology 39(5): 617-639.

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 09 February 2012.
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