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Tropheus annectens

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII PERCIFORMES CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name: Tropheus annectens
Species Authority: Boulenger, 1900

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2006
Assessor/s: Bigirimana, C.
Reviewer/s: Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Widely distributed in the northwestern shores of Lake Tanganyika where it has no known major widespread threats.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Endemic to Lake Tanganyika where it is distributed along the west central coast of the lake mainly along the rocky coast south of the Ubwari peninsula. On the northwestern coastline there are three different species of Tropheus sharing the same habitat. As the Ubwari Peninsula was once an island separated from the mainland by a stretch of shallow water it has been proposed that Tropheus annectens might have migrated to the north before the shallow water link between Ubwari Island (or Muzimu Island as it was called 100 years ago) and mainland dried up. The populations of both Tropheus duboisi and Tropheus annectens north of the Ubwari could thus well be relics from a past occupation now facing strong competition from Tropeus moorii.
Countries:
Native:
Burundi; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Tanzania, United Republic of; Zambia
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Population [top]

Population: No information obtained.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Lives on the shallow rocky shore.
Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Sedimentation of the near shore rocky habitat.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: There are no conservation measures in place for this species.
Citation: Bigirimana, C. 2006. Tropheus annectens. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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