<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><italic>Coptodon walteri</italic> 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.</p></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.

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

Department of Environment, University Jean Lorougnon Guédé, BP 150 Daloa, Ivory Coast

Croatian Journal of Fisheries

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Threatened fishes of the world:  (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...

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

Published Online: May 28, 2016

Page range: 84 - 86

Received: Dec 21, 2015

Accepted: Apr 29, 2016

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

Keywords
Cichlid, Near threatened, West Africa

© 2016 Felix Koffi Konan et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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

Published Online: May 28, 2016

Page range: 84 - 86

Received: Dec 21, 2015

Accepted: Apr 29, 2016

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

KeywordsCichlid, Near threatened, West Africa

© 2016 Felix Koffi Konan et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Cichlid, Near threatened, West Africa