| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | PERCIFORMES | CICHLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Haplochromis paropius |
| Species Authority: | Greenwood & Gee, 1969 |
| Synonym/s: |
Enterochromis paropius (Greenwood & Gee, 1969)
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 | |||
| Year Assessed: | 2010 | |||
| Assessor/s: | Witte, F., de Zeeuw, M.P. & Brooks, E. | |||
| Reviewer/s: | Darwall, W. & Smith, K. | |||
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Justification: Population density surveys carried out over the last thirty years shows that this species is increasing despite the introduction of the Nile Perch (Lates niloticus) to Lake Victoria. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern. |
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| Range Description: | This species is endemic to Lake Victoria. Exact details on its distribution within the lake are not known. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Tanzania, United Republic of
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| Range Map: |
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| Population: | The population of this species appears to be increasing. The results from a small trawl transect in the Mwanza Gulf (based on 60 catches from Feb-Jan) show the mean number caught per 10 minutes as less than 1 in 1979/80, and 0 for 1987/88, increasing to about 100 for 2006/08. (No exact figures are given for the 1993/95 small trawl). |
| Population Trend: |
Increasing
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| Habitat and Ecology: | The species has been found over off shore mud substrate and mud substrate in the sub-littoral zone. The species is a detritivore. |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | The main threat to this species is predation by Nile Perch (a potentially reversible threat). It is also potentially threatened by hybridization due to decreased water transparency (on account of eutrophication and erosion leading to increased sedimentation and runoff) interfering with mate recognition visual cues (Mrosso et al. 2003). This species is fished, although not targeted specifically. |
| Conservation Actions: | None known, but the population trend of this species should continue to be monitored. |
| Citation: | Witte, F., de Zeeuw, M.P. & Brooks, E. 2010. Haplochromis paropius. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012. |
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