Stomatorhinus microps Boulenger, 1898

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IUCN Red List Assessment:
Red List Category

VU
Vulnerable

Red List Criteria

D2

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2010

Assessor/s

Moelants, T.

Reviewer/s

Brummett, R., Mbe Tawe, A.N., Dening Touokong, C., Reid, G.M., Snoeks, J. Staissny, M., Moelants, T., Mamonekene, V., Ndodet, B., Ifuta, S.N.B., Chilala, A., Monsembula, R., Ibala Zamba, A., Opoye Itoua, O., Pouomogne, V., Darwall, W. & Smith, K.

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Justification

Stomatorhinus microps is known from the Lower Congo River basin. It is also known from the Boumba River, Dja River basin, Central Congo River basin, Cameroon and from the Wagenia Falls (Stanley Falls). The elaboration of the Inga dam project with Inga 3 and Grand Inga, and the possibility of mining in the Luozi region, could pose future threats to the species. The species is known from maximum five locations.
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Population:

Population

No information available.

Population Trend

Unknown
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Threats:

Major Threats

Inga 1 and 2 are existing dams on the Lower Congo with a minimal impact. Inga 3, to be built in five years, will divert a significant amount of flow. Grand Inga will block a great part of the mainstream with major impact. Given the restricted mainstream habitat and mainstream impacts such as pollution, it can be threatened in the future by mining in the Luozi region. The key component of concrete is found in this region, and there is potential to mining in the area.
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Vulnerable (VU) (D2)

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Rights holder/AuthorPascualita Sa-a, FishBase
Sourcehttp://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=11043

Conservation Actions:

Conservation Actions

None known.
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Stomatorhinus microps Boulenger 1898 ZBK ,

2 (of 7) syntypes: MRAC 68, MRAC 94.

  • John P. Sullivan, Carl D. Hopkins (2005): A new Stomatorhinus (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) from the Ivindo River, Gabon, West Central Africa. Zootaxa 847, 1-23: 21-21, URL:http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1D9DEAF9-DC73-492E-8CE2-0692627145A4
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Rights holder/AuthorNo known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
Sourcehttp://treatment.plazi.org/id/1BAC20A282CEA93D15DD261833B65B9A

Range Description:

Stomatorhinus microps is known throughout the Lower Congo River basin. It is also known from the Boumba River, Dja River basin, Central Congo River basin, Cameroon and from the Wagenia Falls (Stanley Falls). Records from outside the Lower Congo need confirmation.

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Africa: lower and middle Congo River basin in Cameroon (Ref. 46233) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (1878, 41590, 41594, 42476).

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Sourcehttp://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=11043

Distribution:

Lower Congo, region of rapids but records also exist for Stanley (Boyoma) Falls and other localities in Upper Congo. These latter require confirmation. See Fishbase occurrence records and point data for localities.

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Rights holder/AuthorSullivan, John P., Sullivan, John P., Africhthy
Sourcehttp://mormyrids.lifedesks.org/pages/2270

Central Africa.

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Rights holder/AuthorFishWise Professional, FishWise Professional
Sourcehttp://www.fishwisepro.com/Species/details.aspx?Zoom=True&SId=44728
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith