Alestopetersius compressus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	Characiformes	Alestidae

Scientific Name:	Alestopetersius compressus
Species Authority:	(Poll & Gosse, 1963)
Synonym(s):	Hemigrammopetersius compressus (Poll & Gosse, 1963) Petersius compressus Poll & Gosse, 1963

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:

Alestopetersius compressus is known from Yangambi and from Buta, and Lac Maindombe in the Central Congo River basin.

Countries occurrence:

Native:

Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

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Population [top]

Population:

No information available.

Current Population Trend:

Unknown

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♦ Population severely fragmented:	No

Habitat and Ecology [top]

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

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	None known.

Major Threat(s):

None known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None known.

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