This species has a wide distribution, with no known major widespread threats. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. It has also been assessed regionally as Least Concern for central and southern Africa.

This species is known from Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola and Zambia.

Central Africa: Hypsopanchax jubbi is known from tributaries of the upper Kasai river in northwestern Zambia, the southern Kasai province in Democratic Republic of the Congo and probably eastern Angola. It is probably more widespread in this region though.

Southern Africa: It is present in the headwaters of the upper Zambezi, including the Kabompo River, and also the Kasai River in the Congo system (Skelton 2001, Tweddle et al. 2004).

No information available.

Hypsopanchax jubbi is a benthopelagic, non-migratory species. It has been taken from small, forested streams with rocky substrate (Skelton 1993). It is not a seasonal killifish (Huber 1966). It is found in small rivers and brooks in the gallery forest. Specimens from the Kabompo River were caught in reed root thicket (Tweddle et al. 2004).

Artisanal, but very intensively diamond mining is a very important threat in small rivers in the Kasai region. The sand from digging in the river and the river beds causes sedimentation. In Kasai occidental, this mining activity takes place at an industrial level. In the southern region, there is industrial copper mining.

None known. More research is needed into this species taxonomy, population numbers and range, and biology and ecology.