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Description |
Asia: India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Reported from Tibet (Ref. 32617) and Myanmar (Ref. 57739).
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is widely distributed, known from the Brahmaputra River drainage in India, Bangladesh and Tibet (China).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Bangladesh; China (Tibet [or Xizang]); India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, West Bengal)
Additional data:
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Population [top]
Population:
There is no information on the population and trend for this species. Current indications from field surveys are that it is still a relatively abundant species.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Continuing decline of mature individuals: Unknown
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This species is found in swift hillstreams, typically with torrential areas and riffles, and a substrate of coarse gravel and fine sand mixed with rock.
Systems: Freshwater
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: Unknown
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: This species is occasionally caught as a food fish in artisanal fisheries.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s):
All hill stream species are threatened due to dams, shifting cultivation and destructive fishing. However, due to this species wide distribution the threats are not considered major.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions:
More research about the distribution and the biology of this species is needed, as there is insufficient information available. Potential threats to this species also need to be identified.
Citation: Ng, H.H. 2010. Pseudecheneis sulcata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T166609A6246539. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166609A6246539.en. Downloaded on 23 November 2016.
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