Glyptothorax davissinghi

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	SISORIDAE

Scientific Name:	Glyptothorax davissinghi
Species Authority:	Manimekalan & Das, 1998
Taxonomic Notes:	Glyptothorax davissinghi was described by Manimekalan and Das (1998) from the Karimpuzha and Paanapuzha tributaries of River Chaliyar, Kerala, India. This species is known to have taxonomic ambiguities. Shaji and Easa (2003) opined that G. davissinghi could not be separated from its closest relative, G. madraspatanum, and therefore can be considered only as a junior synonym. Similarly, K.V. Radhakrishnan (pers. comm.) mentions that G. annandalei collected from Karimpuzha had highly overlapping morpho-meristic characters with G. davissinghi and therefore the taxonomic validity of the latter is questionable.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2011

Assessor/s:

Raghavan, R.

Reviewer/s:

Ali, A., Dahanukar, N. & Molur, S.

Contributor/s:

Molur, S., Rema Devi, K.R. & Bogutskaya, N.

Justification:
Glyptothorax davissinghi is assessed as Endangered as this species has a restricted distribution (<300 km² area of occupancy and <3,000 km² extent of occurrence, and only two locations). It is threatened by destructive fishing practices including the frequent use of plant poisons and dynamites.

History:

2009	–	Endangered
2007	–	Endangered (IUCN 2009.2)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Known only from the Karimpuzha and Paanapuzha tributary of River Chaliyar inside the New Amarambalam Reserve Forest, Kerala, India (Manimekalan and Das 1998).
Countries:	Native: India (Kerala)
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no information on the population of G. davissinghi.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Known to occur in torrential streams, where it is found restricted to rapids and cascades.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Destructive fishing practices including the frequent use of plant poisons and dynamites is one of the major threats to the fish fauna of the Karimpuzha and Paanapuzha tributaries (Baby et al. 2010).

Major Threat(s):

Destructive fishing practices including the frequent use of plant poisons and dynamites is one of the major threats to the fish fauna of the Karimpuzha and Paanapuzha tributaries (Baby et al. 2010).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No conservation actions are in place for this species. There are plans by the local government to declare the New Amarambalam Reserve Forests to which G. davissinghi is endemic to, as a protected area.

Conservation Actions:

No conservation actions are in place for this species. There are plans by the local government to declare the New Amarambalam Reserve Forests to which G. davissinghi is endemic to, as a protected area.

Citation:	Raghavan, R. 2011. Glyptothorax davissinghi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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