Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
This species has a wide distribution, with no known major widespread threats. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. It was assessed in 2009 as regionally Least Concern for central and southern Africa and therefore also Globally Least Concern. A review of the information available for this taxa during the 2016 Southern Africa Freshwater Fish Assessment confirmed that this species remains Least Concern in southern and central Africa. In east Africa, it is regionally restricted to a single locality, the lower Shire River in Malawi, and was assessed as Vulnerable in 2009, the status of the east African portion of the population requires regional reassessment but will not change the global status which remains Least Concern.
Distribution
This species is recorded from the Democratic Republic of Congo to South Africa.
Central Africa:Microctenopoma intermedium is known from the southern tributaries of the Congo River basin.
Eastern Africa: It is present in the Lower Shire River, Malawi.
Southern Africa: This species is found in the Okavango, This species is known from upper and Lower Zambezi and Kafue Rivers, and St Lucia basin, KwaZulu-Natal. Also in southern tributaries of the Congo (Skelton 2001). In the upper Zambezi system it is found in all the northern tributary systems (Tweddle et al. 2004).
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author = {IUCN},
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year = {2017}
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,@techreport{63281,
author = {Van der Colff, D., Chackona, A. and Raimondo, D.},
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title = {Proceedings of the Red List of South Africa's Fresh Water Fish assessment workshop},
year = {2016}
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