Taxon ID: 745 Total records: 39,143 |
Acrochordonichthys chamaeleon
Country
Country | Indonesia |
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Continent Ocean | Asia |
Classification
Kingdom | Animalia (COL) |
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Phylum | Chordata (COL) |
Class | Actinopterygii (COL) |
Order | Siluriformes (COL) |
Family | Akysidae (COL) |
Taxonomy
Genus | Acrochordonichthys | Reference | |
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Species | chamaeleon | IUCN Threat Status-Year | Vulnerable, 2009 |
SubSpecies | Nat'l Threat Status-Year | Not Evaluated, 2000 | |
Infraspecies | Reason for Change | ||
Infraspecies Rank | CITES | ||
Taxonomic Group | Fish | Native Status | Endemic |
Scientific Name Author | (Vaillant, 1902) | Country Distribution | Indonesia |
Citation | Description | Asia: Kapuas River drainage in Borneo, Indonesia.
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is known only from the Kapuas River drainage, West Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Indonesia (Kalimantan)
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Population [top]
Population: The population is thought to be decreasing at a rate of more than 30% over the previous ten years, although detailed numbers are not known.
Current Population Trend: Decreasing
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: A. chamaeleon is a demersal species.
Systems: Freshwater
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): In the last ten years, illegal gold mining in the Kapuas River basin has increased dramatically, and as a result, the Kapuas River is experiencing environmental problems due to poor mining practices. One of these problems is the increase of mercury pollution in the Kapuas River (Adijaya and Yamashita 2004). It is likely that other rivers in the Kapuas basin are also affected. So far, efforts to prevent water pollution and environmental destruction in the basin have failed, and the damage continues (Adijaya and Yamashita 2004). In addition, freshwater habitats in Kalimantan are threatened by deforestation, conversion of land to agriculture, overfishing, the introduction of exotics and the aquaculture industry (WWF 2006).
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: There are no conservation measures currently known to be in action at habitat or species level.
Citation: Jenkins, A., Kullander, F.F. & Tan, H.H. 2009. Acrochordonichthys chamaeleon. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169516A6641167. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169516A6641167.en. Downloaded on 11 September 2018.
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Record Level
Growth Parameters
Temperature | 0 | Observed Weight | 0 |
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Individual Count | 0 | GML Features | |
Observerd Individual Count | 0 | Notes |
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Additional Info
Synonyms To Manage Synonyms for Acrochordonichthys chamaeleon, click this link: Synonyms. |
Acrochordonichthys chamaleon (Vaillant, 1902) ¦ Acrochordonichthys chameleon (Vaillant, 1902) ¦ Sosia chamaeleon Vaillant, 1902 ¦ Sosia chamaleon Vaillant, 1902 ¦ |
Common Names To Manage Common Names for Acrochordonichthys chamaeleon, click this link: Common Names. |
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Species Record Updated By:
Carlos Aurelio Callangan
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