| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | CYPRINODONTIFORMES | NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Nothobranchius elongatus | |||
| Species Authority: | Wildekamp, 1982 | |||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Nothobranchius elongatus
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 |
| Year Assessed: | 2006 |
| Assessor/s | Hanssens, M. |
| Evaluator/s: | Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme) |
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Justification: Reported from fewer than six locations near Mombasa and Kaloleni, Kenya (Wildekamp 1982). |
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| Range Description: | Seasonal waters of the southeastern coastal drainage to the northwest of Mombasa near Kaloleni, Kenya. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Kenya
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| Population: | No information available. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Occurs in swamps and temporary pools in the floodplains (Froese and Pauly 2003). It is a bottom spawner with a 2–4 months incubation period (Froese and Pauly 2003). |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | No information available. |
| Conservation Actions: | No information available. |
| Citation: | Hanssens, M. 2006. Nothobranchius elongatus. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010. |
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