Barbus brevilateralis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:	Barbus brevilateralis
Species Authority:	Poll, 1967

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient     ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2007
Assessor/s:	Da Costa, L.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit)
Justification: Only known from only one locality in the Upper Kwanza River system. No obvious threats are known. Data are scarce. A larger distribution is expected in Angola. More comprehensive surveys are required to confirm the true extent of its distribution. Last survey in the 1940's (Poll 1967).

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Species described from Angola and occurring in the Upper Kwanza river system (Cuemba River).
Countries:	Native: Angola

Population [top]

Population:	Population size is not known.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Preferred habitat is not known, but it occurs in small rivers. Biology is not known.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Threats are not known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

The species has no protection.

Bibliography [top]

IUCN. 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12th September 2007). Poll, M. 1967. Contribution à la faune ichthyologique de l'Angola. Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (Diamang), Serviços Culturais No. 75. Lisboa.