Barbus laticeps

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:	Barbus laticeps
Species Authority:	Pfeffer, 1893

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable   D2   ver 3.1
Year Published:	2006
Assessor/s:	Hanssens, M. & Snoeks, J.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: Only known from two sites in the Wami River. Restricted distribution makes it more vulnerable to habitat degradation.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Tanzania, Wami River (Lévêque and Daget 1984).
Countries:	Native: Tanzania, United Republic of
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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):

Restricted distribution makes it more vulnerable to habitat degradation.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

Unknown.

Bibliography [top]

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.