| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | CYPRINIFORMES | CYPRINIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Barbus taeniopleura |
| Species Authority: | Boulenger, 1917 |
| 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this paper the term ‘Barbus’ for the cyprinid fish species which were previously considered as Barbus (Seegers et al., unpublished). |
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Assessed: | 2006 |
| Assessor/s | Bigirimana, C. |
| Evaluator/s: | Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Programme) |
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Justification: A widespread species with no major widespread threats identified. |
|
| Range Description: | Found in the tributaries of lake Tanganyika but never recorded from the lake itself. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Burundi; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Tanzania, United Republic of; Zambia
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| Population: | Unknown. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Inhabits rivers. Food consists of weed and algae (Worthington and Ricardo 1936), larvae and insects (Poll 1953). |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | None known. |
| Conservation Actions: | None known. |
| Citation: | Bigirimana, C. 2006. Barbus taeniopleura. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2010. |
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