Barbus neumayeri

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	CYPRINIFORMES	CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Barbus neumayeri

Species Authority:

Fischer, 1884

Common Name/s:

English

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Neumayer's Barb

Taxonomic Notes:

The genus Barbus (Cyprinidae) is restricted to a small number of species mainly inhabiting the European ichthyographic region including Northeast Africa. Most of the African species that are currently included in the genus, taxonomically do not appear to be closely related to the genus Barbus sensu strictu. However, no attempts have yet been made at an adequate nomenclature of the African forms. We therefore follow Berrebi et al. (1996) and use in this paper the term ‘Barbus’ for the cyprinid fish species which were previously considered as Barbus (Seegers et al., unpublished).The B. neumayeri group needs revision (Seeges et al., unpublished). Also reported under the names Barbus percivali Boulenger, 1903, B. nairobiensis Boulenger, 1911 and B. luazomela Lönnberg, 1911, all junior synonyms (Seegers et al., unpublished).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2006
Assessor/s	Ntakimazi, G., Twongo, T.K. & Hanssens, M.
Evaluator/s:	Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme)
Justification: This species is widely distributed in eastern Africa. No major widespread threats identified.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Widely distributed in Kenya and Tanzani. Recorded from the Northern and southern Ewaso Nyiro drainge, Athi and Tana River systems, Lake Victoria basin Lake Turkana system. Also recorded from affluents of Lake Bogoria drainage (Mann 1971) (see Seegers et al. unpub.), the Rusizi system, Lakes Bulera and Luhondo (upper Akagera drainage), Lakes Albert and Edward and affluent streams, affluents streams of the Semliki River. Recorded from the affluent streams and rivers to lakes Tanganyika and Kivu.
Countries:	Native: Burundi; Kenya; Rwanda; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda

Range Description:

Widely distributed in Kenya and Tanzani. Recorded from the Northern and southern Ewaso Nyiro drainge, Athi and Tana River systems, Lake Victoria basin Lake Turkana system. Also recorded from affluents of Lake Bogoria drainage (Mann 1971) (see Seegers et al. unpub.), the Rusizi system, Lakes Bulera and Luhondo (upper Akagera drainage), Lakes Albert and Edward and affluent streams, affluents streams of the Semliki River. Recorded from the affluent streams and rivers to lakes Tanganyika and Kivu.

Countries:

Native:

Burundi; Kenya; Rwanda; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda

Population [top]

Population:	Little information.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Permanent and seasonal fast flowing streams (Greenwood 1966). Probably also occurs in shallow zones of the lakes. Feeds principally on insect larvae and aquatic plants. Max. size: 11.8 cm SL (after Froese and Pauly 2003).
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Water turbidity due to erosion on watershed and agriculture extension.

Major Threat(s):

Water turbidity due to erosion on watershed and agriculture extension.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Unknown.

Conservation Actions:

Unknown.

Citation:	Ntakimazi, G., Twongo, T.K. & Hanssens, M. 2006. Barbus neumayeri. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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