Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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Animalia | Chordata | Actinopterygii | Cypriniformes | Cyprinidae |
Scientific Name: | Barilius tileo (Hamilton, 1822) |
Synonym(s): |
Barilius menoni Sen, 1976
Cyprinus tileo Hamilton, 1822
Opsarius brachialis McClelland, 1839
Opsarius tileo (Hamilton, 1822)
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Taxonomic Notes: | Hamilton (1822) described Cyprinus tileo from Kosi River. Shrestha (1978) treated it under the genus Barilius. |
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. |
Range Description: | Barilius tileo is distributed in the Ganges-Brahmaputra drainage of northern and northeastern India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. | ||||
Countries occurrence: | Native: Bangladesh; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttaranchal, West Bengal); Nepal | ||||
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Population: | It is quite common in the catches in the eastern Himalayas. | ||
Current Population Trend: | ![]() | ||
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Habitat and Ecology: | The species is found in hill streams and rivers with pebble or sand bottom. |
Systems: | Freshwater |
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: | Yes |
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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. |
Major Threat(s): |
The threats to the species are not known. |
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 2010: e.T166605A6245604. . Downloaded on 23 April 2018. |
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