Bathyclarias jacksoni

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII SILURIFORMES CLARIIDAE

Scientific Name: Bathyclarias jacksoni
Species Authority: (Greenwood, 1961)
Taxonomic Notes: M. Banda (unpublished PhD thesis) proposes that this species is a junior synonym of B. nyasensis.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2006
Assessor/s Kasembe, J.
Evaluator/s: Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification:
Endemic to Lake Malawi where it is only known from its holotype. More survey is required to determine the full species distribution.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Endemic to Lake Malawi where it is only known from the holoytpe collected at Nkhata Bay.
Countries:
Native:
Malawi

Population [top]

Population: No information available.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Unknown.
Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: None known.
Citation: Kasembe, J. 2006. Bathyclarias jacksoni. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2010.
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