Barbus thamalakanensis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA ACTINOPTERYGII CYPRINIFORMES CYPRINIDAE

Scientific Name: Barbus thamalakanensis
Species Authority: Fowler, 1935
Common Name/s:
English – Thamalakane Barb

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2007
Assessor/s Tweddle, D.
Evaluator/s: Snoeks, J. (Freshwater Fish Red List Authority) & Darwall, W. (Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Unit)
Justification:
The habitat is healthy and the species is common and widespread.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Restricted to the Okavango and Upper Zambezi systems (Skelton 2001). Apparently absent from northern tributaries of the Upper Zambezi in Zambia and thus primarily restricted to floodplains and slower flowing streams in the system.
Countries:
Native:
Angola; Botswana; Namibia; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Population [top]

Population: Common throughout the extensive floodplains of the river systems and thus the populations are healthy.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: Most abundant in small, flowing, well-vegetated tributaries and also fairly common in the vegetated margins of main river channels, from which it colonises floodplain habitats during the floods (Tweddle et al. 2004). Feeds on insects and periphyton. Breeds in summer, laying eggs on submerged vegetation, breeding males turning golden (Skelton 2001).
Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There are no known immediate threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: The species has some protection in reserves.
Citation: Tweddle, D. 2007. Barbus thamalakanensis. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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