Caecobarbus geertsi

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Caecobarbus geertsi

Species Authority:

Boulenger, 1921

Common Name/s:

English	–	African Blind Barb Fish, Congo Blind Barb
French	–	Barbu Aveugle, Poisson Cavernicole D'Afrique

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1e, B1+2e, D2 ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1996

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

History:

1994	–	Endangered (IUCN)
1990	–	Endangered (IUCN 1990)

Countries:	Native: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

Countries:

Native:

Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

Systems:	Freshwater

Systems:

Freshwater

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Caecobarbus geertsi. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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