Mastacembelus albomaculatus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	SYNBRANCHIFORMES	MASTACEMBELIDAE

Scientific Name:	Mastacembelus albomaculatus
Species Authority	Poll, 1953

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2006
Assessor/s	Bigirimana, C. & Vreven, E.
Evaluator/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: Widespread species, distributed throughout Lake Tanganika. No widespread major threats known.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Tanganyika.
Countries:	Native: Burundi; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Tanzania, United Republic of; Zambia

Population [top]

Population:	According to Poll (1953) M. albomaculatus is quite common. Brichard (1978) on the contrary reported it as rare at Cap Chipimbi (Zambia). Brichard (1989) also referred to M. albomaculatus as rare in general. However, according to Kuwamura (1987) it is a common species at Myako (Tanzania).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Rocky zones in coastal waters. Nothing is known about their predatory behaviour or cycle of activity. Poll (1953) mentioned the rocky shores of the Lake up to a depth of 10 m as the habitat of M. albomaculatus. Subsequent authors suggest the following as suitable habitats: rocky shores (Brichard 1978) of the inshore waters (Travers et al. 1986, Coulter 1991, Eccles 1992) gravels, rubbles, boulders and rock (larger than 1 m diameter) (Kuwamura and Hori 1985); inshore rocky bottom or rock and sand intermingled or transitional (Kuwamura 1987). Mastacembelus albomaculatus was recorded from 5–15 m depth by Kuwamura and Hori (1985) and Kuwamura (1987).
Systems:	Freshwater

Habitat and Ecology:

Rocky zones in coastal waters. Nothing is known about their predatory behaviour or cycle of activity. Poll (1953) mentioned the rocky shores of the Lake up to a depth of 10 m as the habitat of M. albomaculatus. Subsequent authors suggest the following as suitable habitats: rocky shores (Brichard 1978) of the inshore waters (Travers et al. 1986, Coulter 1991, Eccles 1992) gravels, rubbles, boulders and rock (larger than 1 m diameter) (Kuwamura and Hori 1985); inshore rocky bottom or rock and sand intermingled or transitional (Kuwamura 1987). Mastacembelus albomaculatus was recorded from 5–15 m depth by Kuwamura and Hori (1985) and Kuwamura (1987).

Systems:

Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Water pollution, habitat deterioration, and over-exploitation.

Major Threat(s):

Water pollution, habitat deterioration, and over-exploitation.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no conservation measures in place for this species.

Conservation Actions:

There are no conservation measures in place for this species.

Citation:	Bigirimana, C. & Vreven, E. 2006. Mastacembelus albomaculatus. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 November 2008.
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