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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	Characiformes	Distichodontidae

Scientific Name:	Distichodus lusosso
Species Authority:	Schilthuis, 1891
Common Name(s): English – Longsnout Distichodus
Synonym(s):	Distichodus leptorhynchus Boulenger, 1897

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Date Assessed:	2009-02-16
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.
Justification: The species is widespread or without major threats throughout the Central Africa assessment region and is assessed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Distichodus lusosso is known from throughout the Congo River basin, with exception of the Mweru-Luapula-Bangweulu system.
Countries occurrence:	Native: Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Additional data:
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Current Population Trend:	Unknown
Additional data:	♦ Population severely fragmented: No

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This is a pelagic species.
Systems:	Freshwater

Use and Trade [top]

Use and Trade:

This is a commercially harvested aquarium species.

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

This is a commercially harvested aquarium species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

None known.

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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).