Nothobranchius microlepis
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
ACTINOPTERYGII |
CYPRINODONTIFORMES |
NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Nothobranchius microlepis |
| Species Authority: |
(Vinciguerra, 1897) |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
Small Scaled Nothobranch |
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| Synonym/s: |
Nothobranchius microlepis
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Least Concern
ver 3.1
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| Year Assessed: |
2006 |
| Assessor/s |
Hanssens, M. |
| Evaluator/s: |
Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme) |
Justification:
This species is widespread throughout the Tana River drainage in seasonal pools. It has a highly resilient life history and, with no major widespread threats identified is assessed as Least Concern.
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
Seasonal pools of the lower to middle Tana drainage, Kenya.
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| Countries: |
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Population
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| Population: |
No information available.
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| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
Typical annual fish, inhabiting temporary bodies of water (Wildekamp and Haas 1992). Diet mainly consists of small planktonic crustaceans (Copepoda) and nauplii and less frequently also of larvae of mosquitoes (Culicines, Anophelines) (Wildekamp and Haas 1992). Eggs are deposited in the bottom substrate where they survive the dry season with diapauses of variable length (Wildekamp and Haas 1992).
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| Systems: |
Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): |
No information available.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
No information available.
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