Barbus dorsolineatus

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

Trewavas, 1936

Common Name/s:

English

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Cunene Barb, Topstripe Barb

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern 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: Known from the Catumbela River and Kunene River systems. Major threat (dam) is isolating Upper Kunene from Middle Kunene populations. Larger distribution range expected in the Kunene River system. More comprehensive surveys required to confirm the true extent of its distribution.

Range Description:	Species present in the Catumbela, Balombo, and Kunene River systems in Angola.
Countries:	Native: Angola
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

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

Habitat and Ecology:	Preferred habitat is not known, but it prefers upper reaches. Biology is not known.
Systems:	Freshwater

Major Threat(s):	Threats are not known in the Catumbela River system.

Major Threat(s):

Threats are not known in the Catumbela River system.

Conservation Actions:	The species has no protection.

Conservation Actions:

The species has no protection.

	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. Skelton, P.H. 2001. A Complete Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa. Trewavas, E. 1936. Dr Karl Jordan's expedition to south west Africa and Angola: the freshwater fishes. Novitates Zoologicae 40(1): 63-74.

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.

Skelton, P.H. 2001. A Complete Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa.

Trewavas, E. 1936. Dr Karl Jordan's expedition to south west Africa and Angola: the freshwater fishes. Novitates Zoologicae 40(1): 63-74.

Citation:	Da Costa, L. 2007. Barbus dorsolineatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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