Labeo lankae

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:	Labeo lankae
Species Authority:	Deraniyagala, 1952
Taxonomic Notes:	Eschmeyer (1998) and FishBase both note this as a synonym of Labeo porcellus. Correspondence from R. Pethiyagoda for the 1996 Red List indicates that lankae should be maintained as a distinct species endemic to Sri Lanka whereas porcellus is confined to northwest India, south of Bombay. The 1999 Red List for Sri Lanka on the otherhand only uses porcellus and does not refer to lankae at all. Further taxonomic work is required here.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered   A1c+2c, C1   ver 2.3
Year Published:	1996
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Pethiyagoda, R.

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Sri Lanka
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:

Freshwater

Bibliography [top]

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.