Bandula barb
Appearance
Bandula barb | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Pethia |
Species: | P. bandula
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Binomial name | |
Pethia bandula (Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991)
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The bandula barb (Pethia bandula) is a species of cyprinid endemic to Sri Lanka where it is only known from near Galapitamada in the Warakapola Divisional Secretariat.[2][3] As this critically endangered species only was known from a single unprotected site where the population consists of an estimated 1,000 individuals, a second "insurance" population was established in 2014 by a team of IUCN scientists in cooperation with Sri Lanka's Forest Department, the Department of Wildlife Conservation and local communities.[4]
References
- ^ Pethiyagoda, R. 1996. Pethia bandula. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 3 May 2013.
- ^ Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. (2012): A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 69-95.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pethia bandula". FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ^ IUCN (8 July 2014). Translocation of the point-endemic and Critically Endangered (CR) freshwater fish species Pethia bandula (Bandula barb).