Labeo percivali

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII CYPRINIFORMES CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name: Labeo percivali
Species Authority: Boulenger, 1912
Common Name/s:
English – Ewaso Nyiro Labeo
Taxonomic Notes: Originally described from the northern Ewaso Nyiro under the name Labeo percivali, which, according to Reid (1985) is a slender inland form of L. bottegi Vinciguerra, 1897 from the Juba system in Somalia, This is a doubtful synonym which we prefer not to follow here (Seegers et al., unpublished).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable   D2   ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2006
Assessor/s Vreven, E.
Evaluator/s: Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification:
This species has only been recorded from the northern Ewaso Nyiro in Kenya.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Endemic to the Northern Ewaso Nyiro (Seegers et al. unpub.).
Countries:
Native:
Kenya

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: Vreven, E. 2006. Labeo percivali. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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