Acanthobrama hulensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:	Acanthobrama hulensis
Species Authority:	(Goren, Fishelson & Trewavas, 1973)
Synonym/s:	Mirogrex hulensis Goren, Fishelson & Trewavas, 1973
Taxonomic Notes:	(M. Goren and N. Bogutskaya pers. comms.) indicate that this species should be be transferred to the genus Mirogrex. (Was originally published as a subspecies of Mirogrex terraesanctae (Steinitz. 1952).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Published:

2006

Assessor/s:

Crivelli, A.J.

Reviewer/s:

Goren, M., Bogutskaya, N., Erk’akan, F. & Karatash, A. (Mediterranean Workshop, Dec. 2004)

Justification:
The Hula lake and adjacent marshes were drained in the 1970s. Drainage of the lake resulted in the species being restricted to marsh and pond areas in Hula nature reserve. The reserve management switched from using spring water to fishpond water in the species' habitat, resulting in decline and the extinction of the fish within six years of doing so. The species was last recorded in 1975.

History:

1996	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct? (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species was restricted to the Hula basin (lake Huleh) in northern Israel.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Israel
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Population [top]

Population:	Now extinct. The fish was last recorded in 1975.

Population:

Now extinct. The fish was last recorded in 1975.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A. hulensis lived in Lake Hula and its adjacent marshes. It reached 230 mm total length, spawned from February to April.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The Hula swamp was artificially drained by 1957 in order to obtain good agricultural land. Such agricultural development led to massive reduction in the number and size of aquatic ecosystems, due to the diversion and exploitation of their sources.

Major Threat(s):

The Hula swamp was artificially drained by 1957 in order to obtain good agricultural land. Such agricultural development led to massive reduction in the number and size of aquatic ecosystems, due to the diversion and exploitation of their sources.

Bibliography [top]

	Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. Goren, M. and Ortal, R. 1999. Biogeography, diversity and conservation of the inland water fish communities in Israel. Biological Conservation 89:1–9. Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Krupp, F. and Schneider, W. 1989. The fishes of the Jordan River drainage basin and Azraq Oasis. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 10: 347-416. RAMSAR. 1971. National Report of Israel for COP 7. Ramsar Convention Bureau, Switzerland.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland.

Goren, M. and Ortal, R. 1999. Biogeography, diversity and conservation of the inland water fish communities in Israel. Biological Conservation 89:1–9.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.

Krupp, F. and Schneider, W. 1989. The fishes of the Jordan River drainage basin and Azraq Oasis. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 10: 347-416.

RAMSAR. 1971. National Report of Israel for COP 7. Ramsar Convention Bureau, Switzerland.

Citation:	Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Acanthobrama hulensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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