Barbus thamalakanensis

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 thamalakanensis

Species Authority:

Fowler, 1935

Common Name/s:

English

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Thamalakane Barb

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2007
Assessor/s:	Tweddle, D.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit)
Justification: The habitat is healthy and the species is common and widespread.

Geographic Range [top]

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
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	Common throughout the extensive floodplains of the river systems and thus the populations are healthy.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

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

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no known immediate threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

There are no known immediate threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species has some protection in reserves.

Conservation Actions:

The species has some protection in reserves.

Bibliography [top]

	IUCN. 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12th September 2007). Skelton, P.H. 2001. A Complete Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa. Tweddle, D., Skelton, P.H., van der Waal, B.C.W., Bills, I.R., Chilala, A. and Lekoko, O.T. 2004. Aquatic biodiversity survey for the “Four Corners” Transboundary Natural Resources Management Area. Final Report – July 2004. SAIAB Investigational Reports, African Wildlife Foundation.

IUCN. 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 12th September 2007).

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

Tweddle, D., Skelton, P.H., van der Waal, B.C.W., Bills, I.R., Chilala, A. and Lekoko, O.T. 2004. Aquatic biodiversity survey for the “Four Corners” Transboundary Natural Resources Management Area. Final Report – July 2004. SAIAB Investigational Reports, African Wildlife Foundation.

Citation:	Tweddle, D. 2007. Barbus thamalakanensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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