Barbus viviparus

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 viviparus

Species Authority:

Weber, 1897

Common Name/s:

English

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Bowstripe Barb

Taxonomic Notes:

Incorrectly synonymised with Barbus bifrenatus Fowler, 1935 by Leveque & Daget (1984). The identity of northern records from Mozambique need to be verified.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2007
Assessor/s:	Bills, R., Engelbrecht, J. & Marshall, B.E.
Reviewer/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit)
Justification: Common and widespread in south-east African coastal plain rivers. No major threats to this species.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Low-veld sections of east coast rivers from southern KwaZulu-Natal to northern Mozambique. The identity of specimens from northern Mozambique border and inland up the middle Zambezi need to be verified.
Countries:	Native: Mozambique; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo Province, Mpumalanga); Swaziland Presence uncertain: Malawi; Tanzania, United Republic of; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population Trend:	Unknown

Population Trend:

Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Quiet, usually vegetated sections of rivers and lakes in the low-veld, coastal plains. Usually abundant where encountered.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	None.

Major Threat(s):

None.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None.

Conservation Actions:

None.

Bibliography [top]

	Bell-Cross, G. and Minshull, J.L. 1988. The fishes of Zimbabwe. National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe. Bills, I.R. 2001. An inventory of fishes from the Maputo Special Reserve and Futi Corridor, Mozambique (21/9/2001 to 6/10/2001). JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Investigational Report. SAIAB, Grahamstown. Bills, I.R., Boycott, R.C., Fakudze, M., Khumalo, N., Msibi, J., Scott, L.E.P., Terry, S. and Tweddle, D. 2004. Fish and Fisheries of Swaziland (2002-2003). Final report: July 2004. SAIAB Investigational Report. SAIAB, Grahamstown. 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.

Bell-Cross, G. and Minshull, J.L. 1988. The fishes of Zimbabwe. National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Bills, I.R. 2001. An inventory of fishes from the Maputo Special Reserve and Futi Corridor, Mozambique (21/9/2001 to 6/10/2001). JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Investigational Report. SAIAB, Grahamstown.

Bills, I.R., Boycott, R.C., Fakudze, M., Khumalo, N., Msibi, J., Scott, L.E.P., Terry, S. and Tweddle, D. 2004. Fish and Fisheries of Swaziland (2002-2003). Final report: July 2004. SAIAB Investigational Report. SAIAB, Grahamstown.

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.

Citation:	Bills, R., Engelbrecht, J. & Marshall, B.E. 2007. Barbus viviparus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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