Threatened fishes of the world: Coptodon walteri (Thys van den Audenaerde 1968) (Perciformes: Cichlidae)

Threatened fishes of the world: Coptodon walteri (Thys van den Audenaerde 1968) (Perciformes: Cichlidae)

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 nee...

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Main Authors: Konan Felix Koffi, Doffou Richard Jean Olive, Bony Yves Kotchi, Aliko Gustave N’guessan, Assemian Emmanuel N’guessan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-06-01
Series:Croatian Journal of Fisheries
Subjects:
tilapia walteri
cichlid
near threatened
west africa
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/cjf-2016-0014

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