| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | CYPRINIFORMES | CYPRINIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Barbus poechii | |||
| Species Authority: | Steindachner, 1911 | |||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Barbus bernardcarpi Jubb, 1958
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Assessed: | 2007 |
| Assessor/s | Tweddle, D. & Marshall, B.E. |
| Evaluator/s: | Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit) |
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Justification: The habitat is healthy and the species is common and widespread. |
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| Range Description: | Cunene, Okavango and upper Zambezi systems (Skelton 2001), with few records for Middle Zambezi (Balon 1974). |
| Countries: |
Native:
Angola; Botswana; Namibia; Zambia; Zimbabwe
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| Population: | Very common and widespread. |
| Population Trend: |
Stable
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Occurs in most habitats, abundant in fringing vegetation of main river channels, and also caught in gillnets in open waters of main river channels and open lagoons (Tweddle et al. 2004). Feeds on insects and small organisms and occurs frequently in association with the similarly marked striped robber, Brycinus lateralis (Skelton 2001). |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | There are no known immediate threats to this species. |
| Conservation Actions: | The species is protected in some reserves. |
| Citation: | Tweddle, D. & Marshall, B.E. 2007. Barbus poechii. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010. |
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