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Description |
Asia: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and South Western China. Reported as introduced to China (Ref. 55380).
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The species occurs throughout India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand and Yunnan (southern China) (Talwar and Jhingran 1991).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Bangladesh; China; India; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Thailand
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Population [top]
Population: This is a very common fish throughout India and in adjacent countries. However population trends are not known.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Continuing decline of mature individuals: Unknown
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Occurs in rivers and ponds; in slow-moving waters of rivers and it is essentially a bottom feeder that feeds on plants, filamentous algae and diatoms (Ahmad and Niazi 1988, Talwar and Jhingran 1991, Arunachalam et al. 2000). Fecundity of this species ranges between 193,000 and 238,000 (Rahman 1989).
Systems: Freshwater
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: Of wide distribution in India, it is one of the major Indian carps. It is an important food fish and at several places is referred to as the "Black Rohu". It is an important game fish in the tanks where it is stocked and is cultivated along with other species. It thrives better in tanks and lakes than in running waters; can tolerate slightly brackish water also. It does not normally breed in ponds; induced bred by hypophysation. It is essentially a bottom feeder. It attains a length of 90 cm. It can be taken on small fly-spoon (Talwar and Jhingran 1991).
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s):
No known widespread major threats to the species.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions:
Potential threats to this species also need to be identified.
Citation: Dahanukar, N. 2010. Labeo calbasu. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T166606A6245872. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166606A6245872.en. Downloaded on 25 July 2016.
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