Luciobarbus comizo

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Luciobarbus comizo

Species Authority:

(Steindachner, 1864)

Common Name/s:

English

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Iberian Barbel

Synonym/s:

Barbus comizo

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A2ce ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2006

Assessor/s

Crivelli, A.J.

Evaluator/s:

Carmona, J. & Darwall, W. (Mediterranean Workshop, Dec. 2004)

Justification:
It is estimated that B. comizo has undergone a population decline of at least 30% in the past 10 years due to water extraction, pollution and introduced taxa (Crivelli, A. pers comm.) this has led to a continuous decline in numbers and in area of occupancy.

History:

1996	–	Vulnerable (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994	–	Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to the Tagus and Guadiana river basins in Spain and Portugal.
Countries:	Native: Portugal; Spain

Population [top]

Population:	Not very abundant.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It prefers the middle and lower reaches of rivers, in deep and slow waters with abundant submerged vegetation. It occurs also in reservoirs. It is a large size barbel (>500mm).
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Water pollution and extraction, habitat destruction and introduction of exotic fish predators.

Major Threat(s):

Water pollution and extraction, habitat destruction and introduction of exotic fish predators.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Listed in Annexes II and V of the European Union Habitats Directive, and in the Appendix III of Bern Convention.

Conservation Actions:

Listed in Annexes II and V of the European Union Habitats Directive, and in the Appendix III of Bern Convention.

Citation:	Crivelli, A.J. 2006. Luciobarbus comizo. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 December 2008.
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