Barbus neumayeri

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:	Barbus neumayeri
Species Authority:	Fischer, 1884
Common Name/s: English – Neumayer's Barb, Neumayer's barb (FB)
Synonym/s:	Barbus carpio Pfeffer, 1896 Barbus kerstenii luhondo Pappenheim, 1914 Barbus luazomela Lönnberg, 1911 Barbus luhondo Pappenheim, 1914 Barbus mohasicus (non Pappenheim, 1914) Barbus nairobiensis Boulenger, 1911 Barbus percivali Boulenger, 1903 Barbus percivali percivali Boulenger, 1903 Barbus percival kitalensis Pellegrin, 1935 Barbus portali Boulenger, 1906 Barbus serrifer Boulenger, 1900
Taxonomic Notes:	The Barbus neumayeri group needs revision (Seegers et al. 2003).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2010
Assessor/s:	Hanssens, M., Moelants, T., Ntakimazi, G. & Twongo, T.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J., Tweddle, D., Getahun, A., Lalèyè, P., Paugy, D., Zaiss, R., Fishar, M.R.A & Brooks, E.
Justification: 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 eastern Africa.
History:	2006 – Least Concern (IUCN 2006)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from DRC to Kenya. Central Africa: Barbus neumayeri is widely distributed in Lakes Tanganyika and Basuto (Kenya, Uganda), Lake Victoria and its tributaries and Semliki River (De Vos and Thys van den Audenaerde 1990). Eastern Africa: Widely distributed in Kenya and Tanzania. Recorded from the Northern and southern Ewaso Nyiro drainge, Athi and Tana River systems, Lake Victoria basin Lake Turkana system. Also recorded from affluents of Lake Bogoria drainage (Mann, 1971) (see Seegers et al. unpublished), the Rusizi system, Lakes Bulera and Luhondo (This species is known from upper Akagera drainage), Lakes Albert and Edward and affluent streams, affluents streams of the Semliki River. Recorded from the affluent streams and rivers to lakes Tanganyika and Kivu.
Countries:	Native: Burundi; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Kenya; Rwanda; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Barbus neumayeri is a benthopelagic species. It feeds principally on insect larvae and aquatic plants. It is found in permanent and seasonal fast flowing streams (Greenwood 1966), and probably also occurs in shallow zones of the lakes.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

No major threats are known, though water turbidity due to erosion on watershed and agriculture extension could cause localised problems.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

None known. Population trends should be monitored.

Bibliography [top]

Pan-Africa freshwater assessment references. Currently, full citations for references used in the Pan-Africa biodiversity assessments are unavailable on the Red List web site. These will be added to the site in 2011. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes. IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).