Haplochromis bayoni

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII PERCIFORMES CICHLIDAE

Scientific Name: Haplochromis bayoni
Species Authority: Boulenger, 1909
Synonym/s:
Prognathochromis bayoni (Boulenger, 1906)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered   A2bcde   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:
A narrowly distributed species that has finally disappeared from its former known range and has not been recorded since the early 1990s. It may possibly be extant in other unsurveyed regions of the lake or its satellites.
History:
1996 Extinct (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1996 Extinct (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Endemic to Lake Victoria.
Countries:
Possibly extinct:
Kenya; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda

Population [top]

Population: No information available.
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 bayoni. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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