Haplochromis chromogynos

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII PERCIFORMES CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name: Haplochromis chromogynos
Species Authority: Greenwood, 1959
Synonym/s:
Paralabidochromis chromogynos (Greenwood, 1959)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered   D   ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2006
Assessor/s Bayona, J.D.R.
Evaluator/s: Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification:
Not observed since 1982. Possibly present in, as yet unsurveyed, parts of the lake or its satellites. If it still exists it is probably in a very small population.
History:
1996 – Vulnerable
1996 – Vulnerable

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Endemic to Lake Victoria. Originally known from Butimba and Nyegezi Bays of the Mwanza gulf but has since disappeared.
Countries:
Possibly extinct:
Kenya; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda

Population [top]

Population: Not reported since 1982 (Witte et al. 1992) and not reported in the 1990 to 1996 collections (Seehausen et al. 1998) or the 1997 to 1999 collections Witte et al. (2000). Finally, still not reported in the 2000 to 2003 collections (Bayona et al. submitted) or the 2001 to 2002 collections (Mrosso et al. in press).
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: No information available.
Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): No information available.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: No information available.
Citation: Bayona, J.D.R. 2006. Haplochromis chromogynos. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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