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Mormyridae
Marcusenius brucii (Boulenger, 1910)
EOL Text
Environment:
demersal; freshwater
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IUCN Red List Assessment:
Red List Category
VU
Vulnerable
Red List Criteria
B1ab(ii,iii); D2
Version
3.1
Year Assessed
2010
Assessor/s
Olaosebikan, B.D. & Laly, P.
Reviewer/s
Abban, K. & Darwall, W.
Contributor/s
The range thresholds for the criterion B under the Vulnerable category is met (extent of occurrence less than 20,000 km). The species is found in two to three locations. Its habitat in Nigeria has large human populations with serious deforestation and possible of habitat loss ongoing threats to this species. Therefore is assessed as Vulnerable.
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Population:
Population
No available data.
Population Trend
Unknown
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Threats:
Major Threats
Habitat loss and degradation from agriculture, urban development and deforestation.
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Vulnerable (VU) (B1ab(ii,iii); D2)
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Conservation Actions:
Conservation Actions
None known.
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Range Description:
This species is known only from the rivers Ogun and Oshun in Nigeria and from the Mono in Togo. Probably also in the Mono River in Benin and Ghana.
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Africa: Ogun and Oshun rivers in Nigeria (Ref. 3203) and Mono in Togo (Ref. 13331). Affinities: meristically close to Marcusenius senegalensis; difference only in the body form and caudal peduncle.
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West-central Africa.
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24 - 36; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 29 - 31
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