Diplotaxodon greenwoodi

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:	Diplotaxodon greenwoodi
Species Authority:	Stauffer & McKaye, 1986

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2006
Assessor/s:	Kasembe, J.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Endemic to Lake Malawi. Widespread distribution with no major widespread threats identified.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Malawi. It is widely distributed in the southern part of the lake and has been reported near Nkhata bay and at Chizumulu.
Countries:	Native: Malawi
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs in the open water and can be found in some areas as down to 150 m but has been mostly captured in trawls in small numbers at around 50 m. It was thought to be a paedophage, which steals eggs and fry from the mouths of brooding females but is a piscivore. It occurs in catches of deep-water demersal trawls and is also exploited by the artisanal fishery using hand lines as well as deep-set gill nets. Max. size: 30 cm TL.
Systems:	Freshwater

Habitat and Ecology:

It occurs in the open water and can be found in some areas as down to 150 m but has been mostly captured in trawls in small numbers at around 50 m. It was thought to be a paedophage, which steals eggs and fry from the mouths of brooding females but is a piscivore. It occurs in catches of deep-water demersal trawls and is also exploited by the artisanal fishery using hand lines as well as deep-set gill nets. Max. size: 30 cm TL.

Systems:

Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Potential over-fishing.

Major Threat(s):

Potential over-fishing.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None.

Conservation Actions:

None.

Citation:	Kasembe, J. 2006. Diplotaxodon greenwoodi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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