Craterocephalus lacustris

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	ATHERINIFORMES	ATHERINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Craterocephalus lacustris

Species Authority:

Trewavas, 1940

Common Name/s:

English

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Kutubu Hardyhead

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:	C. lacustris is endemic to Lake Kutubu in the Kikori River system, 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 lake habitat is about 19 km long and 2 to 4 km wide and has six villages on its shores.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Gill nets and the use of outboard motors on the lake have been introduced since the 1980s. Oil drilling and logging has also grown in the area over the last ten years.

Major Threat(s):

Gill nets and the use of outboard motors on the lake have been introduced since the 1980s. Oil drilling and logging has also grown in the area over the last ten years.

Citation:	Allen, G. 1996. Craterocephalus lacustris. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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