Bryconamericus alfredae

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	CHARACIFORMES	CHARACIDAE

Scientific Name:

Bryconamericus alfredae

Species Authority:

Eigenmann, 1927

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Mojarita

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2009
Assessor/s:	Reis, R & Lima, F.
Reviewer/s:	Collen, B., Darwall, W., Ram, M. & Smith, K. (SRLI Freshwater Fish Evaluation Workshop)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Assessed as Least Concern due to its wide distribution, where there are no known major threats to this species. However, further taxonomic research should be carried out.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in the Amazon River basin Andean slope in, Peru.
Countries:	Native: Peru
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Population [top]

Population:	This species has a stable population trend at present.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	B. alfredae is a benthopelagic (ecological region at the lowest level of water body) species.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	None known. The area in which this species is distributed is a pristine so there is no reason to suspect that the species is impacted by any significant threatening processes.

Major Threat(s):

None known. The area in which this species is distributed is a pristine so there is no reason to suspect that the species is impacted by any significant threatening processes.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no conservation measures in place and further taxonomical research is needed.

Conservation Actions:

There are no conservation measures in place and further taxonomical research is needed.

Citation:	Reis, R & Lima, F. 2009. Bryconamericus alfredae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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