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Asia: Salween basin.
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: Bangana almorae is distributed in Almora, Uttarakhand, India in the Ganges basin. There is a record from Salween basin but needs verification (Doi 1997).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
India (Uttaranchal)
Continuing decline in extent of occurrence (EOO): Unknown
Extreme fluctuations in extent of occurrence (EOO): Unknown
Number of Locations: 1
Continuing decline in number of locations: Unknown
Extreme fluctuations in the number of locations: Unknown
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Population [top]
Population: There is no information on the population and its trends for this species.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
?Continuing decline of mature individuals: Yes
?Extreme fluctuations: Yes ?Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This hill stream species is a bottom dweller.
Systems: Freshwater
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: Yes
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: This species is locally used in subsidiary fisheries.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The species may be affected by habitat degradation due to destructive fishing methods, poisoning and other human activities. It occurs in an area affected by logging and deforestation.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: More research about distribution, biology and trends of this species is needed; especially, impacts of harvest.
Citation: Vishwanath, W. 2010. Bangana almorae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T166551A6234500. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166551A6234500.en. Downloaded on 27 January 2016.
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