Barbus urostigma

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Barbus urostigma

Species Authority:

Boulenger, 1917

Common Name/s:

English

–

Somalia Catfish

Taxonomic Notes:

The genus Barbus (Cyprinidae) is restricted to a small number of species mainly inhabiting the European ichthyographic region including Northeast Africa. Most of the African species that are currently included in the genus, taxonomically do not appear to be closely related to the genus Barbus sensu strictu. However, no attempts have yet been made at an adequate nomenclature of the African forms. We therefore follow Berrebi et al. (1996) and use in this paper the term ‘Barbus’ for the cyprinid fish species which were previously considered as Barbus (Seegers et al., unpublished).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2006
Assessor/s	Ntakimazi, G.
Evaluator/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: The stream and riverine habitats of this species are generally threatened by water turbidity due to erosion on watershed. However, the species is widely distributed and there are no other known widespread major threats. There are no reported declines in extent of occurrence or population size.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	So far, the species is known only from the streams and rivers flowing into Lake Tanganyika.
Countries:	Native: Burundi; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Tanzania, United Republic of; Zambia

Population [top]

Population:	Unknown.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Stream and riverine habitats
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Water turbidity due to erosion on watershed and agriculture extension

Major Threat(s):

Water turbidity due to erosion on watershed and agriculture extension

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Unknown.

Conservation Actions:

Unknown.

Bibliography [top]

Citations:	Brichard, P. 1989. Pierre Brichard's Book of Cichlids and All the Other Fishes of Lake Tanganyika. THF Publications Inc., Neptune, United States. IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Poll, M. 1953. Poissons non Cichlidae. In: Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946–1947). Résultats scientifiques. 3(5A): 1–251. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium.

Citations:

Brichard, P. 1989. Pierre Brichard's Book of Cichlids and All the Other Fishes of Lake Tanganyika. THF Publications Inc., Neptune, United States.

IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.

Poll, M. 1953. Poissons non Cichlidae. In: Exploration Hydrobiologique du Lac Tanganika (1946–1947). Résultats scientifiques. 3(5A): 1–251. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium.

Citation:	Ntakimazi, G. 2006. Barbus urostigma. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 March 2010.
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