Barilius tileo

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Use and Trade

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:	Barilius tileo
Species Authority:	(Hamilton, 1822)
Synonym(s):	Barilius menoni Sen, 1976 Cyprinus tileo Hamilton, 1822 Opsarius brachialis McClelland, 1839 Opsarius tileo (Hamilton, 1822)
Taxonomic Notes:	Hamilton (1822) described Cyprinus tileo from Kosi River. Shrestha (1978) treated it under the genus Barilius.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Date Assessed:	2010-01-22
Assessor(s):	Vishwanath, W.
Reviewer(s):	Barbhuiya, A.H., Juffe Bignoli, D., Rema Devi, K.R., Dahanukar, N. & Chaudhry, S.
Contributor(s):	Molur, S.
Justification: Barillius tileo is assessed as Least Concern since it has a wide extent of occurrence and it is a fairly common.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Barilius tileo is distributed in the Ganges-Brahmaputra drainage of northern and northeastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
Countries:	Native: Bangladesh; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttaranchal, West Bengal); Nepal
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Population [top]

Population:	It is quite common in the catches in the eastern Himalayas.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species is found in hill streams and rivers with pebble or sand bottom.
Systems:	Freshwater

Use and Trade [top]

Use and Trade:	This species which attains a length of 15 cm, is considered a fairly good table-fish (though bony). It is quite common in the catches in the eastern Himalaya. It it also in aquarium trade.

Use and Trade:

This species which attains a length of 15 cm, is considered a fairly good table-fish (though bony). It is quite common in the catches in the eastern Himalaya. It it also in aquarium trade.

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The threats to the species are not known.

Major Threat(s):

The threats to the species are not known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No conservation measures are in place although it may be present in protected areas. Further survey work is needed to determine whether or not this species is experiencing a decline.

Conservation Actions:

No conservation measures are in place although it may be present in protected areas. Further survey work is needed to determine whether or not this species is experiencing a decline.

Citation:	Vishwanath, W. 2010. Barilius tileo. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 July 2014.
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