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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Roger Bills Albert Chakona
Contributors: Roger Bills J Kazembe Brian Marshall Denis Tweddle
Facilitators: Dewidine Van Der Colff
Reviewers: Edward Harrison

Rationale

This species has a wide distribution, with no known major widespread threats. It is therefore listed as Least Concern globally. In South Africa this species has an extent of occurrence of 109,502 km2 and an area of occupancy of 272 km2. As it is widespread in its global distribution and there are no major threats, it is not threatened with extinction at present and it is assessed as Least Concern nationally.

Distribution

This species is widespread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to South Africa.
Central Africa: Aplocheilichthys katangae is found in the southern Congo River system (Lualaba and Kasai Rivers and from the Luapula system). 
Eastern Africa: Within the east Africa region it only occurs in Malawi, in the Lower Shire River.
Southern Africa: It is known from eastern Angola (Cunene, Cubanga Rivers), northeastern Botswana (Chobe and Okavango Rivers), Zambia (Kafue and Luapula Rivers), northern Zimbabwe (Zambezi River), Malawi (Shire), Mozambique and Namibia (Huber 2006). It is also known from northeastern South Africa to Natal.

Population trend

Trend

No information available.

Threats

There are no known major threats.

Uses and trade

This is a commercially important aquarium fish. It is also harvested for consumption, and for research.

Conservation

The species has some protection in game reserves in South Africa.

References 

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 year = {2001}
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 institution = {Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle},
 title = {Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces).},
 year = {1996}
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 booktitle = {Cyprinodontidae},
 editor = {Wildekamp, R.H., Romand, R. and Scheel, J.J.},
 pages = {165--276},
 publisher = {ISNB, Brussels, MRAC; Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris},
 title = {Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA)},
 year = {1986}
}
,@book{181717,
 address = {Paris},
 author = {Huber, J.H.},
 publisher = {Killi-Data Editions},
 title = {Killi-data catalogue},
 year = {2006}
}
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 author = {Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. and Van der Laan, R. (eds)},
 publisher = {California Academy of Sciences},
 title = {Catalog of Fishes: genera, species, references. Updated 30 June 2017},
 year = {2017}
}
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