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Tilapia margaritacea

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII PERCIFORMES CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name: Tilapia margaritacea
Species Authority: Boulenger, 1916
Synonym/s:
Tilapia kottae (non Lönnberg, 1904)
Tilapia tholloni (non Sauvage, 1884)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern 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.
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Justification:
Tilapia margaritacea is only known from maximum of five localities in the Nyong basin in Cameroon. There are currently no threats to the species known though, so it is listed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: A Lower Guinea endemic, only known from the Nyong basin in Cameroon.
Countries:
Native:
Cameroon
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Population [top]

Population: No information available.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This species is benthopelagic.
Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There is no information available on threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: None known.
Citation: Moelants, T. 2010. Tilapia margaritacea. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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