| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | CYPRINIFORMES | CYPRINIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Barbus bellcrossi | |||
| Species Authority: | Jubb 1964 | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Data Deficient ver 3.1 |
| Year Assessed: | 2007 |
| Assessor/s | Tweddle, D. |
| Evaluator/s: | Bills, R. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit) |
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Justification: The species is known with certainty only from the type locality. Other records are questionable. There are no immediate threats to the type locality. |
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| Range Description: | Type locality is the Upper Zambezi River at Nyakesya, very close to the source of the river. A reported record from the Kabompo River is almost certainly the similar, undescribed species Barbus sp. 'bellcrossi cf.' Reports from other northern Zambezi tributaries need confirmation as museum specimens have been lost. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Angola; Zambia
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| Population: | Given uncertainties in distribution, the population is unknown. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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| Habitat and Ecology: | The Zambezi at the type locality is a strongly flowing forested stream about 10 m wide with clear, brown-tinged water. |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | None at present. |
| Conservation Actions: | The species has no protection. |
| Citation: | Tweddle, D. 2007. Barbus bellcrossi. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2010. |
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