Mogurnda spilota

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	ELEOTRIDAE

Scientific Name:

Mogurnda spilota

Species Authority:

Allen & Hoese, 1986

Common Name/s:

English

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Blotched Mogurnda

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A2cd ver 2.3

Year Published:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Allen, G.

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1994

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Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	M. spilota is endemic to Lake Kutubu in the Kikori River system of Papua New Guinea.
Countries:	Native: Papua New Guinea
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Population [top]

Population Trend:	Unknown

Population Trend:

Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The freshwater habitat of this species is about 19 km long and 2-4 km wide.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The introduction of gill netting and outboard motors on the lake since the 1980s, and the development of oil drilling and logging in the area over the last ten years are the main threats to the population.

Major Threat(s):

The introduction of gill netting and outboard motors on the lake since the 1980s, and the development of oil drilling and logging in the area over the last ten years are the main threats to the population.

Citation:	Allen, G. 1996. Mogurnda spilota. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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