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Clarias alluaudi
– Least Concern
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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ACTINOPTERYGII
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Order:
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SILURIFORMES
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Family:
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CLARIIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Clarias alluaudi
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Species Authority:
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Boulenger, 1906
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | ALLAUAD'S CATFISH |
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Taxonomic Notes:
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Doubtfully distinguished from Clarias werneri.
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LC ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2006
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Assessor/s:
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Hanssens, M.
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Evaluator/s:
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Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
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Justification:
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Large extent of occurrence in the region. No current major widespread threats identified. Future threats include the regression of swamps and illegal fishing practice.
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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Lakes Victoria, Kyoga, Edward, George, and their affluent streams, rivers and associated satellite lakes (Kachira, Nakivali, Kijanebalora, Katwe, Kirumi). Also in the Victoria Nile, Malagarasi River and the Lake Tanzania and Rukwa systems (Seegers 1996).
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Range Map:
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Countries:
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Native:
Burundi; Kenya; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda
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Population
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Population:
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Information on population structure and abundance is lacking, but it has a fragmented distribution and is rarely found in artisanal fish catches.
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Population Trend:
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Habitat and Ecology
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Habitat and Ecology:
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Inhabits areas with marginal macrophytes, water lilies and papyrus. Common in smaller streams or swamps in basins outside Lake Rukwa (Seegers 1996). No information was available on feeding and breeding biology. Max. size: 350 mm TL (Teugels in Daget et al. 1986).
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System:
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Freshwater
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List of Habitats:
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| 5.1 | Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) |
| 5.4 | Wetlands (inland) - Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands |
| 5.5 | Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) |
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Threats
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Threats:
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Regression of swamps and other wetlands around lakes and rivers due to agriculture extension. Illegal fishing practice. Bait fishery where juveniles are used as bait.
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List of Threats:
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| 1.1 | Habitat Loss/Degradation - Agriculture (ongoing) |
| 3.1.1 | Harvesting (hunting/gathering) - Food - Subsistence use/local trade (ongoing) |
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Conservation Actions
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Conservation Actions:
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No information available.
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List of Conservation Actions:
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| 3.9 | Research actions - Trends/Monitoring (needed) |
| 4.1 | Habitat and site-based actions - Maintenance/Conservation (needed) |
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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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. Greenwood, P.H. 1966. The Fishes of Uganda. The Uganda Society, Kampala, Uganda. Seegers, L. 1996. The fishes of the Lake Rukwa Drainage. Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Sciences Zoologiques 287: 1–407.
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