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Description |
Asia: Himalayan and Indo-Gangetic plains.
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The species is known from the Himalayan and Indo-Gangetic Plains (Roberts 1994) and also from Nepal and Bangladesh. This species is present in the Western Ghats of India where it is rare and in fragmented populations; it is possible that this species is accidentally introduced in southern India (Rema Devi and N. Dahanukar pers. comm.).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Bangladesh; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Karnataka - Present - Origin Uncertain, Maharashtra - Present - Origin Uncertain, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Myanmar
Additional data:
? Number of Locations: 0
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Population [top]
Population:
The population is decreasing within India and Nepal.
Current Population Trend: Decreasing
Additional data:
? Continuing decline of mature individuals: Yes
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Inhabits freshwater ponds, ditches, pools and rivers (Talwar and Jhingran 1991).
Systems: Freshwater
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: Yes
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: This glassy perchlet which attains a length of about 5 cm SL, is common in the catches in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, but is of no interest to commercial fisheries. It is collected for the ornamental trade, and by subsistence fishers for food.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s):
Although the fish is harvested for food and for aquarium trade, the impacts of these harvests on the status is unknown. Other threats to the species, apart from the general decline and degradation in wetland habitats, are unknown.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions:
None required or known at present. Harvest for the ornamental trade should be monitored.
Citation: Dahanukar, N. 2010. Pseudambassis baculis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T166414A6204248. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166414A6204248.en. Downloaded on 23 November 2016.
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