Kiunga ballochi

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII ATHERINIFORMES PSEUDOMUGILIDAE

Scientific Name: Kiunga ballochi
Species Authority: Allen, 1983
Common Name/s:
English – Glass Blue-eye

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered   A1ac, B1+2abcde   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s Allen, G.
History:
1994 – Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: K. ballochi is endemic to a few small creeks about 40 km north of Kiunga.
Countries:
Native:
Papua New Guinea

Population [top]

Population: When it was first discovered in 1982, the species was reported as being moderately common. Attempts to locate the fish at the type locality in 1994-1995 were unsuccessful.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The freshwater habitat of this species has been altered through the construction of a road leading to Ok Tedi copper mine.

Conservation Actions [top]

Citation: Allen, G. 1996. Kiunga ballochi. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 December 2008.
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