Indoreonectes evezardi

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	BALITORIDAE

Scientific Name:	Indoreonectes evezardi
Species Authority:	(Day, 1872)
Taxonomic Notes:	Indoreonectes evezardi was described by Day (1878) from Poona, India.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2011

Assessor/s:

Shaji, C.P.

Reviewer/s:

Ali, A., Raghavan, R., Dahanukar, N. & Molur, S.

Contributor/s:

Molur, S.

Justification:
Indoreonectes evezardi is assessed as Least Concern as it has a wide range (presumed to be greater than 20,000km²), it is common, with limited threats to the population.

History:

1996

–

Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Indoreonectes evezardi is known from the Krishna and Godavari basins in the northern Western Ghats (Talwar and Jhingran 1991, Menon 1999), Mula Mutha river (Kharat et al. 2003), Pavna river (Chandanshive et al. 2007), Bhim- Sina- Man (Jadhav and Yadhav 2009) and Cauvery River (Remadevi et al. 2002). Pati and Agrawal (2002) described a hypogean population of I. evezardi from Kotumsar cave along the bank of river Kanger in the Kanger Valley National park, Bastar, India.
Countries:	Native: India (Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra)

Range Description:

Indoreonectes evezardi is known from the Krishna and Godavari basins in the northern Western Ghats (Talwar and Jhingran 1991, Menon 1999), Mula Mutha river (Kharat et al. 2003), Pavna river (Chandanshive et al. 2007), Bhim- Sina- Man (Jadhav and Yadhav 2009) and Cauvery River (Remadevi et al. 2002). Pati and Agrawal (2002) described a hypogean population of I. evezardi from Kotumsar cave along the bank of river Kanger in the Kanger Valley National park, Bastar, India.

Countries:

Native:

India (Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra)

Population [top]

Population:	There is no information on the population of I. evezardi. It is a very common species in the northern Western Ghats.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Inhabits streams with pebbly bed (Menon 1999). Hypogean populations of I. evezardi are present in the Bastar region of Central India. Animals migrate upstream for reproduction.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It is threatened by pollution in the Mula-Mutha river.

Major Threat(s):

It is threatened by pollution in the Mula-Mutha river.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no conservation actions in place for this species. It is present within the Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary.

Conservation Actions:

There are no conservation actions in place for this species. It is present within the Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary.

Citation:	Shaji, C.P. 2011. Indoreonectes evezardi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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