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Description |
Asia: Ataran, Salween and Sittang River drainages in Myanmar and western Thailand.
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is known from the Ataran, Salween and Sittaung River drainages in Myanmar and western Thailand (Ng and Kottelat 2008).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Thailand
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Population [top]
Population: There is no information available on the population and its trends for this species.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
?Continuing decline of mature individuals: Unknown
?Extreme fluctuations: Unknown ?Population severely fragmented: Unknown
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: There is no published information on the biology of this species, but like congeners, it most likely inhabits hillstreams with a swift current, clear water and a substrate of rocks/sand.
Dominant presence at Khone falls during dry season, exhibit small peak in beginning of rainy season. (Baran et al. 2005).
Systems: Freshwater
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: Unknown
Movement patterns: Unknown
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: This species has been collected for the aquarium trade. It is also presumably caught as a food fish in artisanal fisheries.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The threats to this species are unknown, since there is no information on the biology of this species and therefore the impact of potential threats (especially those of an anthropogenic nature) remains unknown. Being a hillstream species, this species is expected to be vulnerable to anthropogenic habitat disturbance (e.g. siltation caused by deforestation).
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: There is insufficient information on the population and its trends, distribution, biology and potential threats for this species.
Citation: Ng, H.H. 2012. Glyptothorax rugimentum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T181065A1694531. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181065A1694531.en. Downloaded on 01 June 2016.
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