Barbus urostigma

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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 which 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 assessment the term ‘Barbus’ for the cyprinid fish species which were previously considered as Barbus (Seegers et al., unpublished).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:	2010
Assessor/s:	Moelants, T.
Reviewer/s:	Brummett, R., Mbe Tawe, A.N., Dening Touokong, C., Reid, G.M., Snoeks, J. Staissny, M., Moelants, T., Mamonekene, V., Ndodet, B., Ifuta, S.N.B., Chilala, A., Monsembula, R., Ibala Zamba, A., Opoye Itoua, O., Pouomogne, V., Darwall, W. & Smith, K.
Justification: The species is widespread or without major threats throughout the Central Africa assessment region and is assessed as Least Concern.
History:	2006 – Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Barbus urostigma is known from Lake Tanganyika effluents and Lualaba River system.
Countries:	Native: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Zambia
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This is a benthopelagic species, known from stream and riverine habitats.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

No major threats are known, however water turbidity due to erosion on watershed and agriculture extension could be threatening localised populations.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

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).