Leptobotia guilinensis

Threats

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	COBITIDAE

Scientific Name:	Leptobotia guilinensis
Species Authority:	Chen, 1980

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2011
Assessor/s:	Zhao, H.
Reviewer/s:	Allen, D., Cui, K., Zhou, W. & Chen, X.-Y.
Contributor/s:
Justification: The species has a wide distribution and is not targeted by fisheries. It is assessed as Least Concern.

Range Description:	Distributed in Li Jiang, Guangxi Province, and Yuan Jiang of Hunan Province, China.
Countries:	Native: China (Guangxi, Hunan)
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Population:	It was historically common in Guangxi Province. Current status is not known, but is is probably still relatively large.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology:	Inhabits streams with sandy bottoms.
Systems:	Freshwater

Major Threat(s):	Urbanisation and pollution from agriculture is a threat.

Major Threat(s):

Urbanisation and pollution from agriculture is a threat.

Conservation Actions:	Research into populations trends, distribution, and threats is needed.

Conservation Actions:

Research into populations trends, distribution, and threats is needed.

	IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 November 2011). zhaohuihong.scau. 2011.1. guangzhou. Zheng, C.-Y. 1989. Fishes of the Zhujiang river. Science Press, Beijing. Zhu, S.-Q. 1995. Synopsis of freshwater fishes of China. Jiangsu Science and Technology Publishing House.

IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 November 2011).

zhaohuihong.scau. 2011.1. guangzhou.

Zheng, C.-Y. 1989. Fishes of the Zhujiang river. Science Press, Beijing.

Zhu, S.-Q. 1995. Synopsis of freshwater fishes of China. Jiangsu Science and Technology Publishing House.

Citation:	Zhao, H. 2011. Leptobotia guilinensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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