Synodontis rukwaensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	SILURIFORMES	MOCHOKIDAE

Scientific Name:

Synodontis rukwaensis

Species Authority:

Hilgendorf & Pappenheim, 1903

Common Name/s:

English

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Lake Rukwa Squeaker

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern 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)
Justification: Found in several major lake and river basins in Tanzania with no major widespread threats identified.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to the Lower Malagarasi (Ugalla), Lake Rukwa drainage, and rivers Wami, Ruvu, and Rufiji-Ruaha (Seegers 1996).
Countries:	Native: Tanzania, United Republic of

Population [top]

Population:	Unknown.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Little is known about this species ecology. In the Lake Rukwa drainage it prefers the lake to rivers where it is very numerous (Seegers 1996). It lives in shallow waters in the marginal vegetation feeding on a wide range of food items including plant matter, odonata larvae, chironomid larvae, terrestrial insects, gastropod molluscs, fish scales, zooplankton, and phytoplankton (Seegers 1996). In the Ruvu River the species seems to spawn in the rainy season when they migrate into smaller steams (Seegers 1996).
Systems:	Freshwater

Habitat and Ecology:

Little is known about this species ecology. In the Lake Rukwa drainage it prefers the lake to rivers where it is very numerous (Seegers 1996). It lives in shallow waters in the marginal vegetation feeding on a wide range of food items including plant matter, odonata larvae, chironomid larvae, terrestrial insects, gastropod molluscs, fish scales, zooplankton, and phytoplankton (Seegers 1996). In the Ruvu River the species seems to spawn in the rainy season when they migrate into smaller steams (Seegers 1996).

Systems:

Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Regression of marginal reeds around lakes and rivers due to farming extension.

Major Threat(s):

Regression of marginal reeds around lakes and rivers due to farming extension.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No information available.

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Citation:	Hanssens, M. 2006. Synodontis rukwaensis. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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