Widespread and common (Tweddle 1983) with no major threats identified. In South Africa this species has an extent of occurrence of 128,576 km2 and an area of occupancy of 648 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 found in low-veld rivers of the east Africa coast from Kenya to South Africa. In eastern Africa it occurs in the Lower Tana and Sabaki drainages, Northern Ewaso Nyiro (Seegers et al. 2003), Lakes Chiuta and Chilwa and the Lower Shire River in Malawi. Also in Ruaha, Tanzania (Skelton 2001). In Southern Africa this species is found from Mozambique to the Mkuze River in South Africa.
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