Steatocranus rouxi

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Steatocranus rouxi
Species Authority:	(Pellegrin, 1928)
Synonym/s:	Leptotilapia rouxi Pellegrin, 1928 Steatocranus elongatus Nichols & LaMonte, 1934

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Moelants, T.

Reviewer/s:

Brummett, R., Mbe Tawe, A.N., Dening Touokong, C., Reid, G.M., Snoeks, J. Staissny, M., Moelants, T., Mamonekene, V., Ndodet, B., Ifuta, S.N.B., Chilala, A., Monsembula, R., Ibala Zamba, A., Opoye Itoua, O., Pouomogne, V., Darwall, W. & Smith, K.

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Steatocranus rouxi is only known from the type locality in the vicinity of Luluabourg, in the rapids of the Lulua River, Kasaï region. More research is needed as this species may be more widespread.

History:

2009	–	Least Concern
2007	–	Least Concern (IUCN 2009.2)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Steatocranus rouxi is only known from the vicinity of Luluabourg, in the rapids of the Lulua River, Kasaï region.
Countries:	Native: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Steatocranus rouxi is a demersal, cave-spawning species with a maximum recorded TL of 7.5 cm (Snoecks and De Boeck 1991).
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Artisanal, but very intensively diamond mining is a very important threat in small rivers in the Kasai region. The sand from digging in the river and the river beds causes sedimentation.

Major Threat(s):

Artisanal, but very intensively diamond mining is a very important threat in small rivers in the Kasai region. The sand from digging in the river and the river beds causes sedimentation.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None known.

Conservation Actions:

None known.

Citation:	Moelants, T. 2010. Steatocranus rouxi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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