| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | GONORYNCHIFORMES | KNERIIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Kneria polli | |||
| Species Authority: | Trewavas, 1936 | |||
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| Taxonomic Notes: | Populations from northern Zambian tributaries of the Upper Zambezi River need taxonomic study. | |||
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Assessed: | 2007 |
| Assessor/s | Tweddle, D. |
| Evaluator/s: | Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit) |
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Justification: The species is common and widely distributed over northern Zambia and Angola and there is no evidence of any degradation of habitat. |
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| Range Description: | Upper reaches of the Cunene, Okavango and Upper Zambezi, and also headwaters of Angolan coastal rivers (Skelton 2001). Found in most northern Zambian Upper Zambezi tributaries (Tweddle et al. 2004). |
| Countries: |
Native:
Angola; Zambia
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| Population: | Common. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Shoals in pools of clear, silt-free rocky streams. Reported to breathe air and climb over damp rocks and up sides of waterfalls in migrations. Scrapes diatoms, algae and detritus from rocks and also takes small aquatic insects (Skelton 2001). |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | None at present. |
| Conservation Actions: | The species has no protection. |
| Citation: | Tweddle, D. 2007. Kneria polli. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2010. |
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