Chrysichthys furcatus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	SILURIFORMES	CLAROTEIDAE

Scientific Name:	Chrysichthys furcatus
Species Authority:	Günther, 1864
Synonym/s:	Chrysichthys camaronensis Günther, 1899

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient     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: In southern Africa, known from Kwanza River system. No obvious threats known. Larger distribution expected. More comprehensive surveys required to confirm the true extent of its distribution.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	In Angola, the species is present at the Cabinda province and Kwanza river system.
Countries:	Native: Angola Presence uncertain: Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

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):

No conservation and biological works/projects have been done in Angola, therefore threats are not known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

The species has no protection.

Bibliography [top]

IUCN. 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12th September 2007). Risch, L. 1986. Bagridae. In: J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse & D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). Volume 2, pp.2-35. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelle de Belgique, Brussels, MRAC; Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris.