Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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Animalia | Chordata | Actinopterygii | Characiformes | Distichodontidae |
Scientific Name: | Distichodus lusosso Schilthuis, 1891 | |||
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Synonym(s): |
Distichodus leptorhynchus Boulenger, 1897
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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. |
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 |
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Population: | No information available. | ||
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Habitat and Ecology: | This is a pelagic species. |
Systems: | Freshwater |
Use and Trade: | This is a commercially harvested aquarium species. |
Major Threat(s): | This is a commercially harvested aquarium species. |
Conservation Actions: | None known. |
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. Distichodus lusosso. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T182158A7819191. . Downloaded on 26 April 2018. |
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