Red List of South African Species

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Least Concern (LC)
Assessors: Francios Roux Andre Hoffman Roger Bills Jim Cambray
Facilitators: Dewidine Van Der Colff
Reviewers: Edward Harrison Domitilla Raimondo

Rationale (Changed due to Same category and criteria)

Widespread and common in rivers of south-eastern Africa. No serious threats to this species' survival have been identified.

Distribution

Middle and lower Zambezi River System south to the Tugela River in southern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Population trend

Trend

Abundant in suitable habitats.

Threats

There are no significant threats to this taxon.

Conservation

Due to this taxon being widespread and common no conservation measures are required.

References 

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 author = {Skelton, P.H.},
 title = {A Complete Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa},
 year = {2001}
}
,@article{63287,
 author = {Bills, I.R., Boycott, R.C., Fakudze, M., Khumalo, N., Msibi, J., Scott, L.E.P., Terry, S. and Tweddle, D.},
 title = {Fish and Fisheries of Swaziland (2002-2003). Final report: July 2004},
 year = {2004}
}
,@book{63287,
 author = {Bell-Cross, G. and Minshull, J.L.},
 publisher = {National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe},
 title = {The fishes of Zimbabwe},
 year = {1988}
}
,@electronic{2426,
 address = {www.iucnredlist.org},
 author = {IUCN},
 title = {The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017-3},
 year = {2017}
}
,]
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