Puntius conchonius

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Puntius conchonius

Species Authority:

(Hamilton, 1822)

Common Name/s:

English

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Red barb, Rosy barb

Synonym/s:

Barbus conchonius (Hamilton, 1822)

Cyprinus conchonius Hamilton, 1822

Systomus conchonius (Hamilton, 1822)

Taxonomic Notes:

There are no taxonomic issues regarding this species.

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Dahanukar, N.
Reviewer/s:	Juffe Bignoli, D., Chaudhry, S. & Kar, D, Rema Devi, K.R.
Contributor/s:	Molur, S.
Justification: Puntius conchonius is a common and widespread species with no known major widespread threats. It is therefore assessed as Least Concern.

Range Description:	Puntius conchonius is found in Afghanistan, Pakistan (Indus river drainage), India (Ganga, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery river systems and other west-flowing rivers), Nepal, and Bangladesh (Talwar and Jhingran 1991).
Countries:	Native: Afghanistan; Bangladesh; India; Nepal; Pakistan
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Population:	No systematic information is available. Nevertheless, species is common in most of its distribution range.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology:	Generally inhabits lakes and streams. It is one of the hardiest of the barbs; a hardy and very popular Asian minnow. It is most impressively coloured during the mating period, when the normally silvery male takes on a rich claret flush and the slightly larger female becomes more luminous. It attains a length of 14 cm and matures at 6 cm (Talwar and Jhingran 1991).
Systems:	Freshwater

Major Threat(s):	There are no known threats to the species.

Major Threat(s):

There are no known threats to the species.

Conservation Actions:	There is a need to understand its biology, population and trends as well as potential threats and their impacts.

Conservation Actions:

There is a need to understand its biology, population and trends as well as potential threats and their impacts.

	IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010). Talwar, P.K. and Jhingran, A.G. 1991. Inland Fishes of India and adjacent countries. Oxford-IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.4). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 27 October 2010).

Talwar, P.K. and Jhingran, A.G. 1991. Inland Fishes of India and adjacent countries. Oxford-IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

Citation:	Dahanukar, N. 2010. Puntius conchonius. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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