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Description |
Asia: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia (Ref. 4833) and Nepal (Ref. 9496).
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The species has an enormous range, from Pakistan (North West Frontier Province, Punjab, Sinh and Azad Kashmir; Mirza 2002), the Nepalese terai, India (most of India, including the Ganges drainage, the Western Ghats rivers, and Chilka Lake in Orissa; (Talwar and Jhingran 1991) to the Ayeyarwaddy and Sittaung drainages in Myanmar. Records of the species from the Salween basin in Myanmar and Thailand (where it has also been recorded from the Pai River, Mai Hong Song Province, and Songkhla in peninsular Thailand) probably refer to other species (C. Vidthayanon pers. comm. 2012). Introduced elsewhere (e.g., Japan).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Bangladesh; Cambodia; India (Bihar, Jharkand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, West Bengal); Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia); Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Nepal; Pakistan
Additional data:
? Lower elevation limit (metres): 2
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 200
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Population [top]
Population: Common in suitable habitats throughout its range, less common in middle reaches and tributaries of the Salween in Thailand.
Current Population Trend: Stable
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Inhabit lowland rivers and tributaries to inner estuaries.
Systems: Freshwater
Movement patterns: Unknown
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: There is little fishery interest, though it is sometimes mixed with small foodfishes. This species is rarely found in the aquarium trade.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): No information available.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: None required.
Citation: Vidthayanon, C. 2012. Parambassis ranga. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T180994A1686402. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180994A1686402.en. Downloaded on 05 October 2016.
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