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Barbus alluaudi

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII CYPRINIFORMES CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name: Barbus alluaudi
Species Authority: Pellegrin, 1909
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this paper the term ‘Barbus’ for the cyprinid fish species which were previously considered as Barbus (Seegers et al., unpublished).Status doubtful. Banister (1972, 1973) reports this species as a possible hybrid between Barbus somereni and Varicorhinus ruwenzorii.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable   D2   ver 3.1
Year Published: 2006
Assessor/s: Vreven, E.
Reviewer/s: Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification:
A possible intergeneric hybrid (Banister 1972, 1973). Restricted to only three locations.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Streams of the eastern flank of the Ruwenzori mountain. Ruimi, Mubuku and Sibwe rivers. Very limited extent of occurrence.
Countries:
Native:
Uganda
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Population [top]

Population: No information available.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: No information available.
Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): No particular threat identified.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: Unknown.

Bibliography [top]

Banister, K.E. 1972. On the cyprinid fish Barbus alluaudi Pellegrin: a possible intergeneric hybrid from Africa. Studies on African Cyprinidae. Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology 24(5): 261–290

Banister, K.E. 1973. A revision of the large Barbus (Pisces, Cyprinidae) of East and Central Africa. Studies on African Cyprinidae Part II. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology 26(1): 148 pp.

Froese, R. and Pauly, D. (eds). 2003. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. Search

Citation: Vreven, E. 2006. Barbus alluaudi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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