Phenacogrammus ansorgii

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CHARACIFORMES	ALESTIDAE

Scientific Name:	Phenacogrammus ansorgii
Species Authority:	(Boulenger, 1910)
Synonym/s:	Nannopetersius ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910) Nannopetersius ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910) Nannopetersius ansorgii (Boulenger, 1910) Petersius ansorgii Boulenger, 1910 Petersius ansorgii Boulenger, 1910 Petersius ansorgii Boulenger, 1910 Petersius ubalo Boulenger, 1910 Petersius ubalo Boulenger, 1910 Petersius ubalo Boulenger, 1910

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Moelants, T.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J., Tweddle, D., Getahun, A., Lalèyè, P., Paugy, D., Zaiss, R., Fishar, M.R.A & Brooks, E.
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Justification: This species has a wide distribution, with no known major widespread threats. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. It has also been assessed regionally as Least Concern for central and southern Africa.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is native to Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea Equatorial, and Angola. The record from Matadi from the Lower Congo and the type locality in Angola are doubtful though. Central Africa: It is known from the Benito, Chiloango, Kouilou, Loeme and Ogowe Rivers and from Equatorial Guinea. Elsewhere, it is known from the Bengo and Congo from Congo to Angola. Southern Africa: In Angola, the species occurs in Bengo River (Lake Kilunda, Lake Rumango), Chiloango River (Loango, Lukula and Luali Rivers, and Lake Chiloango) systems.
Countries:	Native: Angola (Angola, Angola, Cabinda); Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Nannopetersius ansorgii is a pelagic species.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

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

Major Threat(s):

There is no information available on threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No information available.

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Bibliography [top]

	Pan-Africa freshwater assessment references. Currently, full citations for references used in the Pan-Africa biodiversity assessments are unavailable on the Red List web site. These will be added to the site in 2011. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes. IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).

Pan-Africa freshwater assessment references. Currently, full citations for references used in the Pan-Africa biodiversity assessments are unavailable on the Red List web site. These will be added to the site in 2011. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes.

IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).

Citation:	Moelants, T. 2010. Phenacogrammus ansorgii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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