Thoracochromis albolabris

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:

Thoracochromis albolabris

Species Authority:

(Trewavas & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969)

Common Name/s:

English

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Thicklipped Happy, Thicklipped River Bream

Synonym/s:

Haplochromis albolabris Trewavas & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1969

Thoracochromis albolabris Greenwood, 1984

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2007
Assessor/s:	Da Costa, L.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit)
Justification: Only known from the Kunene River systems. No obvious known threats. Larger distribution expected. Scarce data.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Species only known from the Kunene river system.
Countries:	Native: Angola; Namibia
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Population [top]

Population:	Population size is not known.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It prefers rocky habitats. Biology is 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). Van Oijen, M.J.P., Snoeks, J., Skelton, P.H., Maréchal, C. and Teugels, G.G. 1991. Haplochromis. In: J. Daget, G.G. J.-P. Gosse, Teugels & D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa (CLOFFA IV). pp. 100–184. ISNB, Brussels and MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium and ORSTOM, Paris, France.

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).

Van Oijen, M.J.P., Snoeks, J., Skelton, P.H., Maréchal, C. and Teugels, G.G. 1991. Haplochromis. In: J. Daget, G.G. J.-P. Gosse, Teugels & D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa (CLOFFA IV). pp. 100–184. ISNB, Brussels and MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium and ORSTOM, Paris, France.

Citation:	Da Costa, L. 2007. Thoracochromis albolabris. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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