Short communication, Note

https://doi.org/10.1515/cjf-2016-0014

THREATENED FISHES OF THE WORLD: Coptodon walteri (Thys van den Audenaerde 1968) (Perciformes: Cichlidae)

Felix Koffi Konan ; Department of Environment, University Jean Lorougnon Guédé, BP 150 Daloa, Ivory Coast
Richard Jean Olive Doffou ; Department of Environment, University Jean Lorougnon Guédé, BP 150 Daloa, Ivory Coast
Yves Kotchi Bony ; Department of Environment, University Jean Lorougnon Guédé, BP 150 Daloa, Ivory Coast
Gustave N’guessan Aliko ; Department of Environment, University Jean Lorougnon Guédé, BP 150 Daloa, Ivory Coast
Emmanuel N’guessan Assemian ; Department of Environment, University Jean Lorougnon Guédé, BP 150 Daloa, Ivory Coast

Abstract

Coptodon walteri Thys van den Audenaerde 1968, an endemic cichlid of Ivory Coast and Liberia, is assessed as Near Threatened due to fishing pressure, and loss of habitats and aquatic pollution as a result of extensive clandestine gold mining in the bed of the Cavally River. There is an immediate need for developing conservation and management plans for this species.

Keywords

Tilapia walteri; Cichlid; Near threatened; West Africa

Hrčak ID:

158440

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/158440

Publication date:

23.5.2016.

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