Cyprichromis leptosoma

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	PERCIFORMES	CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Cyprichromis leptosoma
Species Authority:	(Boulenger, 1898)

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: Widespread distribution in the southern part of Lake Tanganyika with no major widespread threats identified.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Tanganyika and known only from the southern end.
Countries:	Native: Zambia
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Population [top]

Population:	The population size is not known.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species lives in relatively deep water having been caught at 80 m. It is known to be a mouthbrooder and is adapted to life at considerable depths off rocky slopes. Possibly localised to the southern end of lake. A protrusable mouth forms a suction tube as an adaptation for feeding on pelagic zooplankton. Spawns on a rocky surface.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Sedimentation; over-exploitation by the aquarium trade; and water pollution.

Major Threat(s):

Sedimentation; over-exploitation by the aquarium trade; and water pollution.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species is not protected by any specific legislation.

Conservation Actions:

The species is not protected by any specific legislation.

Bibliography [top]

	Brichard, P. 1989. Pierre Brichard's Book of Cichlids and All the Other Fishes of Lake Tanganyika. THF Publications Inc., Neptune, United States. Coulter, G.W. 1991. Lake Tanganyika and its life. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Daget, J., Gosse, J.P., Teugels, G.G. and Thys van den Audenaerde, D.F.E. (eds). 1991. Check-list of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa (CLOFFA IV) ISNB, Brussels and MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium, and ORSTOM, Paris, France. IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.

Brichard, P. 1989. Pierre Brichard's Book of Cichlids and All the Other Fishes of Lake Tanganyika. THF Publications Inc., Neptune, United States.

Coulter, G.W. 1991. Lake Tanganyika and its life. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Daget, J., Gosse, J.P., Teugels, G.G. and Thys van den Audenaerde, D.F.E. (eds). 1991. Check-list of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa (CLOFFA IV) ISNB, Brussels and MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium, and ORSTOM, Paris, France.

IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.

Citation:	Bigirimana, C. 2006. Cyprichromis leptosoma. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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