Barbus paludinosus

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Overview

Family : Minnows or carps ; Hardy , prefers quiet, well-vegetated waters in lakes , swamps , and marshes or marginal areas of larger rivers and slow-flowing streams . Feeds on a wide variety of small organisms including insects, small snails and crustaceans, algae, diatoms , and detritus . Is preyed upon by the sharptooth catfish, tigerfish, largemouth breams ( Serranochromis species) and birds. Spawns amongst vegetation during summer[1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 937 meters (3,073 feet).[2]

Ecology: Barbus paludinosus is a benthopelagic species. It occupies a wide range of habitats , including large rivers , both vegetated and rocky, lagoons both connected to and isolated from main river channels , and small and large streams (Tweddle et al. 2004), and impoundments both large and small. The species does not occur in the more densely-vegetated swamps , preferring larger open pools and pools with relatively high plant diversity . Barbus paludinosus feeds on a wide variety of small organisms including insects, small snails and crustaceans, algae, diatoms , and detritus . It is preyed upon by the sharptooth catfish, tigerfish, largemouth breams (Serranochromis species) and birds. Barbus paludinosus spawns amongst vegetation during summer (Skelton 1993). Spawning takes place up the influent rivers during the rainy season (January-February). Migration appears to correspond to periods of heavy rainfall or flushing . They are multiple spawners laying from 250 to 2,500 eggs .[3].

List of Habitats:

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.2     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps, Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     5.5     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
  
•     5.6     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)   
  
•     5.7     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     5.8     Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)   
  
•     15     Artificial/Aquatic & Marine   
  
•     15.1     Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)   
  
•     15.2     Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha)   
  
•     15.3     Artificial/Aquatic - Aquaculture Ponds   
  
•     15.6     Artificial/Aquatic - Wastewater Treatment Areas   
  
•     15.7     Artificial/Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels)   
  
•     15.8     Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land   
  
•     15.9     Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Barbus akakianus • Barbus akakianus Boulenger • Barbus amphigramma • Barbus amphigramma Boulenger • Barbus gibbosus • Barbus gibbosus Peters • Barbus helleri • Barbus helleri Hubbs • Barbus ivongoensis • Barbus ivongoensis Fowler • Barbus longicauda • Barbus longicauda Boulenger • Barbus macropristis • Barbus macropristis Boulenger • Barbus macropristis meruensis • Barbus macropristis meruensis Lönnberg • Barbus meruensis • Barbus meruensis Lönnberg • Barbus paludinosis • Barbus paludinosis Peters • Barbus paludonosus • Barbus paludonosus Peters • Barbus taitensis • Barbus taitensis Günther • Barbus thikensis Boulenger • Barbus tsotsorogensis Fowler • Barbus vinciguerrai Pfeffer • Barbus welwitschii Günther • Puntius paludinosus (Peters

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 29-Jul-1994

The genus Barbus (Cyprinidae) is restricted to a small number of species mainly inhabiting the European ichthyographic region including Northeast Africa. Most of the African species which are currently included in the genus, taxonomically do not appear to be closely related to the genus Barbus sensu strictu. However, no attempts have yet been made at an adequate nomenclature of the African forms. We therefore follow Berrebi et al. (1996) and use in this assessment the term ‘Barbus’ for the cyprinid fish species which were previously considered as Barbus (Seegers et al., unpublished).[3].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Barbus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 227 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

B. acuticeps (Clanwilliam Yellowfish) · B. affinis (Spottail Barb) · B. afrohamiltoni (Hamilton´s Barb) · B. afrovernayi (Spottail Barb) · B. albanicus (Albanian Barbel) · B. aloyi (Ripon Falls Barbel) · B. altianalis (Ripon Falls Barbel) · B. altianalis altianalis (Ripon Barbel) · B. altianalis radcliffii (Barbel) · B. amatolicus (Amatola Barb) · B. andrewi (Berg-Breede River Whitefish) · B. anema (Barbel) · B. annectens (Broadstriped Barb) · B. anoplus (Chubbyhead Barb) · B. apleurogramma (East African Red Finned Barb) · B. arenatus (Arenatus Barb) · B. argenteus (Rosefin Barb) · B. armatus (Pa Tiok) · B. arulius (Redtail Barb) · B. aspius (Drakensberg Minnow) · B. atkinsoni (Dash-Dot Barb) · B. balcanicus (Large Spot Barbel) · B. barbus (Barbet) · B. barnardi (Blackback Barb) · B. barotseensis (Barotse Barb) · B. bellcrossi (Gorgeous Barb) · B. bergi (Bulgarian Barbel) · B. bifrenatus (Hyphen Barb) · B. bigornei (Carp) · B. binotatus (Spotted Barb) · B. bovanicus (Bowany Barb) · B. brachycephalus (Caspian Barbel) · B. brachycephalus brachycephalus (Aral Barbel) · B. brachycephalus caspius (Caspian Barbel) · B. brachygramma (Linespotted Ufipa Barb) · B. breviceps (Shorthead Barb) · B. brevidorsalis (Dwarf Barb) · B. brevipinnis (Shortfin Barb) · B. burgi (Berg River Redfin) · B. bynni (Silver Fish) · B. bynni bynni (Barbel) · B. bynni occidentalis (Niger Barb) · B. calidus (Clanwilliam Redfin) · B. callensis (Algerian Barb) · B. callipterus (Clipper Barb) · B. camptacanthus (African Redfinned Barb) · B. caninus (Brook Barbel) · B. andrewi (Clanwilliam Redfin) · B. capito (Bulat-Mai Barbel) · B. capito capito (Bulat-Mai Barbel) · B. capito conocephalus (Bulatmai Barbel) · B. carnaticus (Carnatica Carp) · B. carpathicus (Carpathian Barbel) · B. caudimarginatus (Cauvery Barb) · B. cercops (Luambwa Barb) · B. chelynoides (Dark Mahseer) · B. choloensis (Silver Barb) · B. ciscaucasicus (Terek Barbel) · B. claudinae (Claudine's Barb) · B. clauseni (Upper Zambezi Yellowfish) · B. codringtonii (Upper Zambezi Yellowfish) · B. comiza (Iberian Barbel) · B. comizo (Iberian Barbel) · B. comizo comizo (Iberian Barbel) · B. conchonius (Turkestan Barbel) · B. congicus (Congo Barb) · B. crocodilensis (Rosefin Barb) · B. cumingii (Cummings Barb) · B. cyri (Kura Barbel) · B. dorsimaculatus (Blackline Barb) · B. dorsolineatus (Bostreep-Ghieliemientjie) · B. douronensis (River Carp) · B. duchesnii (Bigspot Barb) · B. eburneensis (Carp) · B. enoploides (Orange-Fin Barb) · B. erubescens (Twee River Redfin) · B. esocinus (Mangar) · B. euboicus (Petropsaro) · B. eutaenia (Orangefin Barb) · B. everetti (African Banded Barb) · B. fasciatus (Banded Barb) · B. fasciolatus (African Banded Barb) · B. filamentosus (Black-Spot Barb) · B. fluviatilis (Dharna Barb) · B. foureaui (Dharna Barb) · B. foutensis (Carp) · B. gelius (Golden Dwarf Barb) · B. goktschaicus (Gokcha Barbel) · B. gonionotus (Thai Silver Carp) · Labeobarbus intermedius subsp. intermedius (Briána) · B. guganio (Glass-Barb) · B. guiraonis (Barbo Mediterraneo) · B. gurneyi (Redtail Barb) · B. haasi (Barbo De Cola Roja) · B. haasianus (Sickle-Fin Barb) · B. hoevenii (Red Finned Cigar Shark) · B. holotaenia (Spotscale Barb) · B. hospes (Namaquab Barb) · B. hulstaerti (Butterfly Barb) · B. innocens (Inconspicious Barb)

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Further Reading

• Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc., South African Museum, etc.] url p. 404, p. 563.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 129, p. 153, p. 158, p. 159, p. 160, p. 161, p. 162, p. 163, p. 164, p. 165, p. 177, p. 178, p. 182, p. 203, p. 205, p. 207.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 102.
• Catalogue of the fishes in the. .. Museum / by A. Günther 1868. url p. 102.
• Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British museum (Natural history). .. London, Printed by order of the Trustees [by Taylor and Francis]1909-16. url .
• Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 112, p. 227, p. 302, p. 353, p. 551, p. 573, p. 592, p. 657, p. 687, p. 711.
• Marine investigations in South Africa / Cape of Good Hope Dept. of Agriculture. Cape Town: W.A. Richards & Sons, [1900?- url p. 148, p. 148.
• The Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society. London; Longmans, Green, [1910]-1942. url p. 15.
• The fishes of the Nile. Text 1907 London, Pub. for the Egyptian government by H. Rees, ltd., 1907. url p. 197.
• Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. [London]: Published for the Zoological Society of London by Academic Press url p. 403.

Notes

Contributors

• Bills, R., Cambray, J., Kazembe, J., Marshall, B., Ntakimazi, G., Tweddle, D. & Twongo, T. 2010. Barbus paludinosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ntakimazi, G., Twongo, T.K. & Kazambe, J. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (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., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Williams, Jeffrey T. (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Fish Collection
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Fish specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2535606
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-32420
• Fishbase Species ID: 7571
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 688687
• IUCN ID: 194256
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 104093

Footnotes

1. Skelton, P.H. (1993). A complete guide to the freshwater fishes of southern Africa. Southern Book Publishers (Pty) Ltd., 388 p. [back]
2. Standard Deviation = 538.560 based on 511 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
3. Bills, R., Cambray, J., Kazembe, J., Marshall, B., Ntakimazi, G., Tweddle, D. & Twongo, T. 2010. Barbus paludinosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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