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- Title
RECORDS OF THE ENDEMIC AND THREATENED CATFISH, HEMIBAGRUS PUNCTATUS FROM THE SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS WITH NOTES ON ITS DISTRIBUTION, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION STATUS.
- Authors
Ali, Anvar; Dahanukar, Neelesh; Kanagavel, Arun; Philip, Siby; Raghavan, Rajeev
- Abstract
The Nilgiri Mystus, Hemibagrus punctatus, a rare bagrid catfish endemic to the Western Ghats, has been currently listed in the IUCN Red List, as 'Critically Endangered' with a possibility that it could be extinct. The last validated record of H. punctatus was known to be in 1998, and several surveys since then have not been able to collect the species from its native range. In this paper, we provide information on new records of this rare catfish from the Western Ghats after a period of 14 years, and discuss its distribution, ecology and conservation. An updated conservation assessment of this species following the IUCN Red List Criteria is also provided.
- Subjects
WESTERN Ghats (India); CATFISHES; ECOLOGY; BAGRE; WILDLIFE conservation
- Publication
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2013, Vol 5, Issue 11, p4569
- ISSN
0974-7893
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11609/JoTT.o3427.4569-78