Glyptothorax kashmirensis
| Glyptothorax kashmirensis | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Sisoridae |
| Genus: | Glyptothorax |
| Species: | G. kashmirensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Glyptothorax kashmirensis Hora, 1923 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Glyptothorax conirostris Mirza & Kashmiri, 1971[2] | |
Glyptothorax kashmirensis[2] is a species of catfish that was described by Sunder Lal Hora in 1923. Glyptothorax kashmirensis is a species in genus Glyptothorax, family Sisoridae and order Siluriformes.[4][5] IUCN categorise the species as critically endangered globally.[1] No subspecies are listed in Catalogue of Life.[4]
Conservation
Glyptothorax kashmirensis is known only from the Jhelum River in Kashmir, which is currently being dammed in several locations. This will impact the fast flowing river species specialist due to habitat loss and from potential introduction of exotic invasive fish species into the reservoirs. The species is assessed as Critically Endangered due to a predicted decline of more than 80% over the next five to ten years due to the above severe, irreversible threats.
Kullander et al. (1999) do not consider this species to be threatened and indicated that this species may efficiently use fish ladders if provided. However, the current situation with development activities on the river are of serious concern to the species (M. Arunachalam pers. comm., 2010). The species will be affected drastically as it is a fast flowing river species, with dams causing pools and alterations to the river flow regime. Also, from experience it is seen that reservoirs are stocked with exotics, which could impact this species.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Glyptothorax kashmirensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2010. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kullander, S.O., F. Fang, B. Delling and E. Åhlander (1999) The fishes of the Kashmir Valley., p. 99-167 In L. Nyman (ed.) River Jhelum, Kashmir Valley: impacts on the aquatic environment.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.) (2001) Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of December 2001., Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in December 2001.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist. at WebCite (archived 2011)
- ↑ FishBase. Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds), 2011-06-14
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