Short communication, Note

THREATENED FISHES OF THE WORLD: Paracobitis rhadinaeus (Regan, 1906) (NEMACHEILIDAE)

Hamed Mousavi-Sabet ; Department of Fisheries Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Guilan, Sowmeh Sara, P.O. Box 1144, Guilan, Iran
Ahmad Gharaei ; Department of Fisheries, Hamoun International Wetland Research Institute, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran
Mostafa Ghaffari ; Department of Fisheries, Hamoun International Wetland Research Institute, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran

Abstract

Paracobitis rhadinaeus is an endemic Nemacheiline loach in the Sistan basin, southeast Iran. The population is declining probably due to habitat loss or degradation, damming, drought and poaching. Urgent habitat protection with bans on further regulation of the Hamoun wetland and related reservoirs is suggested. Captive breeding of the fish should be initiated.Fishing activities should be forbidden or limited. A detailed study of current population status, biology and ecology of P. rhadinaeus is required.

Keywords

Paracobitis rhadinaeus; Nemacheilidae; Sistan Basin; conservation

Hrčak ID:

104966

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/104966

Publication date:

1.7.2013.

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