Barbus magdalenae

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 magdalenae

Species Authority:

Boulenger, 1906

Common Name/s:

English

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Bunjako Barb

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this paper the term ‘Barbus’ for the cyprinid fish species which were previously considered as Barbus (Seegers et al., unpublished).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:	Vreven, E.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: A widespread species (Lake Victoria basin) with no major widespread threats identified.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Lake Victoria basin (Seegers et al. unpub.).
Countries:	Native: Kenya
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	Nowhere common (Greenwood 1962).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Inhabits shallow waters or sandy banks (Copley 1958) and marginal water-lily swamps (Greenwood 1962). During the biannual floods specimens are found some distance up lakeside streams. This migration may be connected with breeding (Greenwood 1962).
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Unknown.

Major Threat(s):

Unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Unknown.

Conservation Actions:

Unknown.

Bibliography [top]

	Copley, H. 1958. Common Freshwater Fishes of East Africa. Witherby, London, United Kingdom. Greenwood, P.H. 1962. A revision of certain Barbus species (Pisces, Cyprinidae) from East, Central and South Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology 8(4): 151–208 Greenwood, P.H. 1966. The Fishes of Uganda. The Uganda Society, Kampala, Uganda. IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Lévêque, C. and Daget, J. 1984. Cyprinidae. In: J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse & D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa (CLOFFA I). pp. 217–342. ORSTOM, Paris, France and MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium. Seegers, L., De Vos, L. and Okeyo, D.O. 2003. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Kenya (excluding the lacustrine haplochromines from Lake Victoria). Journal of East African Natural History 92(1): 11-47.

Copley, H. 1958. Common Freshwater Fishes of East Africa. Witherby, London, United Kingdom.

Greenwood, P.H. 1962. A revision of certain Barbus species (Pisces, Cyprinidae) from East, Central and South Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology 8(4): 151–208

Greenwood, P.H. 1966. The Fishes of Uganda. The Uganda Society, Kampala, Uganda.

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

Lévêque, C. and Daget, J. 1984. Cyprinidae. In: J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse & D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds). Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa (CLOFFA I). pp. 217–342. ORSTOM, Paris, France and MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium.

Seegers, L., De Vos, L. and Okeyo, D.O. 2003. Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Kenya (excluding the lacustrine haplochromines from Lake Victoria). Journal of East African Natural History 92(1): 11-47.

Citation:	Vreven, E. 2006. Barbus magdalenae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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