Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
This species is common to abundant throughout much of its range and there are no known major threats. It is assessed as Least Concern.
Distribution
The type locality is Bushman's River in Alicedale (South Africa) (Daget et al. 1986). It is also known from East Coast rivers, from Mozambique south to the Swartvlei region of the western Cape (Skelton 2001), and from Madagascar.
This species is among the most abundant of fishes in many river systems of the region (Whitfield 1998).
Threats
The species is widespread and thus there are no major threats, although local subpopulations can be affected by water abstraction, pollution or sedimentation.
[@article{63356,
author = {Daget, J., Gosse, J.-P. and Thys van den Audenaerde, D.F.E.},
title = {Check-list of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa (CLOFFA II)},
year = {1986}
}
,@book{63356,
address = {Cape Town},
author = {Skelton, P.H.},
publisher = {Struik Publishers},
title = {A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa.},
year = {2001}
}
,@article{63356,
author = {Whitfield, A.K.},
journal = {Ichthyological Monographs of the J.L.B.Smith Institute of Ichthyology},
pages = {1--223},
title = {Biology and ecology of fishes in Southern African estuaries},
volume = {2},
year = {1998}
}
,@electronic{63356,
address = {www.iucnredlist.org},
author = {IUCN},
title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016-3},
year = {2016}
}
,]
