Hemibagrus punctatus
| Hemibagrus punctatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Bagridae |
| Genus: | Hemibagrus |
| Species: | H. punctatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemibagrus punctatus (Jerdon, 1849) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mystus maydelli (non Rössel, 1964)[2] | |
Hemibagrus punctatus[3] (Nilgiri mystus) is a fish species first described by Jerdon in 1849. Hemibagrus punctatus is a member of the genus Hemibagrus and the family Bagridae.[4][5] It is endemic to east-flowing rivers in the Western Ghats of India. Of these, the species is likely only found in the Kaveri River; records from the Krishna River may actually be of H. maydelli. However, one record from the west-flowing Bharatappuzha River has been tentatively assigned to this species.[6] The last record of this species was in 1998, and it may have experienced a population decline of nearly 100%; thus, IUCN categorizes the species as critically endangered (possibly extinct). It is threatened by habitat degradation by excess siltation, excess fishing, and dam construction.[1] However, based on several specimens caught by fishermen between 2011-2012 that likely belong to this species, as well as testimonies from local fishers, moderate populations of this species may still be extant in the region.[6]
No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[4]
References
- 1 2 Raghavan, R. & Ali, A. (2011). "Hemibagrus punctatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T172430A6890986. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172430A6890986.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- 1 2 Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran (1991) Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2., A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
- 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, W.N., Editor (2008) Catalog of fishes. Updated database Internet version of April 2008., Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in April 2008.
- 1 2 Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Hemibagrus punctatus" in FishBase. September 2014 version.
- 1 2 Ali, A.; Dahanukar, N.; Kanagavel, A.; Phillip, S.; Raghavan, R. (2013-07-26). "Records of the endemic and threatened catfish, Hemibagrus punctuates from the southern Western Ghats with notes on its distribution, ecology and conservation status". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 5 (11): 4569–4578. ISSN 0974-7907.