Bangana musaei

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:	Bangana musaei
Species Authority:	Kottelat & Steinder, 2011

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1
Year Published:	2011
Assessor/s:	Kottelat, M.
Reviewer/s:	Rainboth, W., Ng, H.H., Kullander, S.O., Gibson, C. & Allen, D.
Contributor/s:
Justification: This cavefish is known only from one cave system in a karst area in which the underground course of the Xe Bangfai is located in Laos. Based on the one location from which it is known, it is assessed as Vulnerable (D2), on the basis of restricted range and future threats.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Known only from one cave system in the karst formation in which the underground course of the Xe Bangfai is located in Lao PDR.
Countries:	Native: Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is known from a few specimens collected in 2007 and 2008 (Kottelat and Steiner 2011).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This is a cavefish species.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat disturbance through tourism activities taking place in the cave system and interest from the international aquarium trade could become threats in the future.

Major Threat(s):

Habitat disturbance through tourism activities taking place in the cave system and interest from the international aquarium trade could become threats in the future.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Local custom forbids fishing at the entrance of the underground stretch of the Xe Bangfai. The cave system occurs within a protected area (M. Kottelat pers. comm. 2011).

Conservation Actions:

Local custom forbids fishing at the entrance of the underground stretch of the Xe Bangfai. The cave system occurs within a protected area (M. Kottelat pers. comm. 2011).

Bibliography [top]

	IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011). Kottelat, M. and Steiner, H. 2011. Bangana musaei, a new cave fish from central Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 21(4).

IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).

Kottelat, M. and Steiner, H. 2011. Bangana musaei, a new cave fish from central Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 21(4).

Citation:	Kottelat, M. 2011. Bangana musaei. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2013.
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