Liobagrus kingi

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	SILURIFORMES	AMBLYCIPITIDAE

Scientific Name:

Liobagrus kingi

Species Authority:

Tchang, 1935

Common Name/s:

English

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King's Bullhead, King’s Bullhead

Taxonomic Notes:

Original and valid as Liobagrus kingi Tchang 1935.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Chen, X.-Y. & Yang, B.

Reviewer/s:

Kullander, F. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Smith, K. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Liobagrus kingi is known from the Lake Dianchi basin, in the tributaries and its effluent river Zhangjiu and two tributaries of Jinsha Jiang (Upper Yangtze) in Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces. It was already a rare species in Lake Dianchi basin in the 1960s and it has not been found in the basin, tributaries and springs or in any fish market for many years. It is possible the Zhangjiu and Sichuan populations still exist. The water quality in the two tributaries of Jinsha Jiang is good but the two populations are separated by the construction of hydro power dams. The population in Zhangjiu River is far from the other two, and declining in quality due to polluted water entering from Lake Dianchi. The remaining area of occupancy for this species is about 200 km² and currently it is found in three locations.

History:

2009	–	Endangered
2007	–	Endangered (IUCN 2009.2)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Known from the Lake Dianchi basin, in its tributaries and effluent river, Zhangjiu River. It is also reported from two tributaries of Jinshajiang (upper Yangtze) in Sichuan (Ding 1994) and Yunnan.
Countries:	Native: China (Yunnan)
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Population [top]

Population:	Since its discovery in 1935 in Jinning County, KIZ have deposited two specimens collected in 1960 and this is the last record of this fish. Even if the species still exists, the population should be very small.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives in rivers and streams with flowing water and rocky bottom. It is a small carnivorous fish living at the water bottom.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The main threats to the species are the sudden explosion of the population of Kunming City and the discharge of domestic and industrial polluted waste water into the lake, seriously polluting the water of the lake and inflow and outflow rivers/streams. In addition, the large-scale reclamation of land from around the lake since the end of the 1950s to the beginning of 1970 destroyed the living and spawning environment of the fish, which is another cause of endangerment.

Major Threat(s):

The main threats to the species are the sudden explosion of the population of Kunming City and the discharge of domestic and industrial polluted waste water into the lake, seriously polluting the water of the lake and inflow and outflow rivers/streams. In addition, the large-scale reclamation of land from around the lake since the end of the 1950s to the beginning of 1970 destroyed the living and spawning environment of the fish, which is another cause of endangerment.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None.

Conservation Actions:

None.

Citation:	Chen, X.-Y. & Yang, B. 2008. Liobagrus kingi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 June 2013.
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