| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | CYPRINIFORMES | CYPRINIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Barbus thamalakanensis | |||
| Species Authority: | Fowler, 1935 | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2007 |
| Assessor/s: | Tweddle, D. |
| Reviewer/s: | Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit) |
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Justification: The habitat is healthy and the species is common and widespread. |
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| Range Description: | Restricted to the Okavango and Upper Zambezi systems (Skelton 2001). Apparently absent from northern tributaries of the Upper Zambezi in Zambia and thus primarily restricted to floodplains and slower flowing streams in the system. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Angola; Botswana; Namibia; Zambia; Zimbabwe
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| Population: | Common throughout the extensive floodplains of the river systems and thus the populations are healthy. |
| Population Trend: |
Stable
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Most abundant in small, flowing, well-vegetated tributaries and also fairly common in the vegetated margins of main river channels, from which it colonises floodplain habitats during the floods (Tweddle et al. 2004). Feeds on insects and periphyton. Breeds in summer, laying eggs on submerged vegetation, breeding males turning golden (Skelton 2001). |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | There are no known immediate threats to this species. |
| Conservation Actions: | The species has some protection in reserves. |
| Citation: | Tweddle, D. 2007. Barbus thamalakanensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012. |
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