Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
Several different lineages have been discovered in this species that requires a taxonomic revision. Several of these lineages will be threatened with extinction, but no reliable assessment can be made without understanding the distribution and taxonomic status of these lineages.
Distribution
The species as currently described has a broad distribution range across the Cape Fold Ecoregion of South Africa, but a number of genetic lineages with restricted geographic ranges have been identified from previous and ongoing studies (Roos 2005, Chakona et al. 2013, Bronaugh 2016).
Several large and secure populations exist across its range.
Threats
Alien invasive fish species is the major threat (Ellender et al., 2011). Habitat destruction through bulldozing and complete abstraction of water, which both seriously impact the low gradient stream sections which are the optimal habitat for this species (Chakona & Swartz 2012), represent another serious threat.
Conservation
No specific conservation actions are planned for this species. Many of the remnant populations occur outside protected areas.
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year = {2018}
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author = {Roos, H.},
title = {Genetic diversity in the anabantids <i>Sandelia capensis</i> and <i>S. bainsii</i>: a phylogeographic and phylogenetic investigation},
year = {2005}
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,@article{19890,
author = {Ellender BR, Weyl OLF and Swartz E },
journal = {African Zoology },
pages = {39--46},
title = {Invasion of a headwater stream by non-native fishes in the Swartkops River system, South Africa},
volume = {46},
year = {2011}
}
,@article{19890,
author = {Chakona A, Swartz ER, Gouws G },
journal = {PLoS ONE },
number = {8},
title = {Evolutionary drivers of diversification and distribution of a southern temperate stream fish assemblage: testing the role of historical isolation and spatial range expansion},
volume = {8},
year = {2013}
}
,@phdthesis{19890,
author = {Bronaugh, W.M.},
school = { Oregon State University},
title = {Phylogenetics, biogeography, morphological variation, and taxonomic revision of Sandelia capensis (Cuvier 1829) (Anabantiformes: Anabantidae), a freshwater fish from the coastal streams of the Cape Region, South Africa. Unpublished PhD thesis,},
year = {2016}
}
,]
