Barbus lineomaculatus

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 lineomaculatus

Species Authority:

Boulenger, 1903

Common Name/s:

English

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Line-spotted Barb, Linespotted barb, Linespotted saisi-barb, Spotted barb

Synonym/s:

Barbus lineamaculatus Boulenger, 1903

Barbus urostigma (non Vinciguerra, 1895)

Puntius lineomaculatus (Boulenger, 1903)

Taxonomic Notes:

A number of different spotted Barbus species have historically been misidentified as Barbus lineomaculatus. Until a thorough check has been made of the museum collections on which the distribution map is based, it must be recognised that the map contains inaccuracies.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2010

Assessor/s:

Bills, R., Hanssens, M., Kazembe, J., Marshall, B., Moelants, T., Ntakimazi, G. & Tweddle, D.

Reviewer/s:

Snoeks, J., Tweddle, D., Getahun, A., Lalèyè, P., Paugy, D., Zaiss, R., Fishar, M.R.A & Brooks, E.

Justification:
This species has a wide distribution, with no known major widespread threats. It is therefore listed as Least Concern. It has also been assessed regionally as Least Concern for central, east, north, northeast, south and west Africa.

History:

2006

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Least Concern (IUCN 2006)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Barbus lineomaculatus is widely distributed in the southern half of Africa. Central Africa: This species is known from the upper Congo River basin. Eastern Africa: This species occurs in the upper Pangani drainage (Seegers et al. 2003), as well as Lake Tanganyika and its affluent rivers, including Rusizi and Malagarasi drainage. It also occurs in the upland rivers and streams of northern areas of Lake Malawi. Southern Africa: In southern Africa, it occurs throughout the Zambezi system, and in the Cunene, Okavango and Limpopo rivers (Skelton 2001). In the upper Zambezi system, Tweddle et al. (2004) found it to be common in many northern tributaries but absent from the main river and floodplains, although there are old accurate records from Katombora rapids near Victoria Falls. Similarly, it does not occur in the Okavango Delta system (Tweddle et al. 2003) and is scarce in Caprivi (van der Waal 1976). Also recorded in the Buzi River (R. Bills, unpublished).
Countries:	Native: Angola; Botswana; Burundi; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Kenya; Malawi; Namibia; Rwanda; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	The species is generally common and widespread although patchily distributed.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Barbus lineomaculatus is a benthopelagic, potamodromous species. It inhabits a wide range of habitats from small streams to large rivers. Barbus lineomaculatus moves upstream to spawn in flooded grassy areas (Skelton 1993). Feeds mainly on insects.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no known major threats to this species in central and southern Africa. Water turbidity due to erosion on watershed and agriculture extension could pose a threat to some populations in eastern Africa.

Major Threat(s):

There are no known major threats to this species in central and southern Africa. Water turbidity due to erosion on watershed and agriculture extension could pose a threat to some populations in eastern Africa.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species has some protection in reserves in southern Africa. More research is needed into this species population numbers and range, biology and ecology, habitat status and threats, as well as monitoring and potential conservation measures.

Conservation Actions:

The species has some protection in reserves in southern Africa. More research is needed into this species population numbers and range, biology and ecology, habitat status and threats, as well as monitoring and potential conservation measures.

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).

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).

Citation:	Bills, R., Hanssens, M., Kazembe, J., Marshall, B., Moelants, T., Ntakimazi, G. & Tweddle, D. 2010. Barbus lineomaculatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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