| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | PERCIFORMES | CICHLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Sargochromis greenwoodi | |||
| Species Authority: | (Bell-Cross, 1975) | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2007 |
| Assessor/s: | Tweddle, D. |
| Reviewer/s: | Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit) |
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Justification: Widespread and fairly common in the Okavango Delta (R. Bills, pers. comm.), though rare elsewhere in the Upper Zambezi system. |
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| Range Description: | Okavango, Upper Zambezi and Kafue systems (Skelton 2001). Not found in Upper Zambezi surveys by Tweddle et al. (2004). |
| Countries: |
Native:
Angola; Botswana; Namibia; Zambia
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| Population: | Not known. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Prefers still or slow-flowing water and dense vegetation. Feeds primarily on insects, small snails and other invertebrates (Skelton 2001). |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | None known. |
| Conservation Actions: | The species has little protection, other than in some reserves in the Okavango Delta and Kafue National Park. |
| Citation: | Tweddle, D. 2007. Sargochromis greenwoodi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012. |
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