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Labeo dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1842)

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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCirrhinus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1842)
synonymCirrhinus rouxii (Valenciennes, 1842)
synonymLabeo rouxii (Valenciennes, 1842)
synonymRohita dussumieri Valenciennes, 1842
synonymRohita rouxii Valenciennes, 1842
🗒 Common Names
Malayalam
  • Pullan
  • Thooli
  • തൂളി
  • പുല്ലന്
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1 Year Assessed: 2010 Conservation Actions: Currently there is no specific action plan directed towards Ambassis dussumieri. Research on the population status, ecology and threats to the species is essential.
IUCN and ZOO 2011
Attributions IUCN and ZOO 2011
Contributors 
Sanjay Molur
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Freshwater, Threatened
    Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
    Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC
    References 
      Diagnostic Keys
      No Data
      📚 Natural History
      Migration
      Potamodromous. Migrating within streams, migratory in rivers, e.g. Saliminus, Moxostoma, Labeo. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.
      Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
      Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY_NC
      References 
      1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
      Size
      Maturity

      26.5 TL 

      Max Length

      55 TL (unsexed) 

      Size

      50.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; ); max. published weight: 2,000 g

      Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
      Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY_NC
      References 
      1. Kurup, B.M. 2000 Distribution and life history traits of an endangered carp Labeo dussumieri (Val.) p. 280-283. In: Ponniah, A.G. and Gopalakrishnan, A. (eds.). Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR-NATP Publication-1, 347 p. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., India. Kurup, B.M. 2000 Distribution and life history traits of an endangered carp Labeo dussumieri (Val.) p. 280-283. In: Ponniah, A.G. and Gopalakrishnan, A. (eds.). Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR-NATP Publication-1, 347 p. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., India.
      Trophic Strategy
      Inhabits relatively still waters and occurs in deep pools in larger rivers and in most low-country reservoirs. Feeds mainly on algae.
      Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
      Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY_NC
      References 
      1. Pethiyagoda, R. 1991 Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. 362 p.
      Miscellaneous Details
      Taxonomic Notes: Labeo dussumieri was originally described by Valenciennes (1842) from Alleppey (Kerala, India).
      IUCN and ZOO 2011
      Attributions IUCN and ZOO 2011
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        No Data
        📚 Habitat and Distribution
        General Habitat

        Habitat

        Freshwater
        Freshwater
        Habitat benthopelagic; potamodromous ; freshwater
        Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
        Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY_NC
        References 
        1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
        Description
        Range Description: Labeo dussumieri is endemic to southern Kerala and Sri Lanka. In Kerala, it is known from four rivers, Pampa, Achenkovil, Manimala and Meenachil (Kurup 2000), the southern tip of Vembanad Lake (Narayanan et al. 2005; Kurup 2000), and Periyar (Gopalakrishnan et al. 2009). In Sri Lanka they have been recorded from various rivers (Smith 1991) and reservoirs (Amarasinghe and Pitcher 1986, De Silva 1998). Labeo rajasthanicus from Jaisamand Lake in Udaipur has been found to be the same as L. dussumieri and therefore needs to be synonymised (Gopalakrishnan pers. comm.). The record from Alibagh, Maharastra by Jayram (2010) needs verification. The Sri Lankan population needs taxonomic verification as it may be a different species. The populations from different rivers in Kerala were found to be genetically homogeneous (Gopalakrishnan pers. comm.) but the morpho-meristics analysis of populations from different river systems, showed that the populations are different (Kurup and Kuriakose 1996). Countries - Native: India (Kerala)- Present - origin uncertain: Sri Lanka
        IUCN and ZOO 2011
        Attributions IUCN and ZOO 2011
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Remark

          Known from Western Ghats up to north Canara. Fairly common in the rivers of south Malabar. An important delicacy of Central Travancore, Kerala. Considered endangered in Western Ghats

          Occurrence

          native 

          Distribution

          Asia: India and Sri Lanka.

          Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
          Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY_NC
          References 
          1. Pethiyagoda, R. 1991 Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. 362 p.
          No Data
          📚 Occurrence
          No Data
          📚 Demography and Conservation
          Conservation Status

          IUCN Red List Category

          Least Concern
          Least Concern
          Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
          Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
          Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY_NC
          References 
          1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
          Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1 Year Assessed: 2010 Conservation Actions: Currently there is no specific action plan directed towards Ambassis dussumieri. Research on the population status, ecology and threats to the species is essential.
          IUCN and ZOO 2011
          Attributions IUCN and ZOO 2011
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            No Data
            📚 Uses and Management
            Uses
            fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: experimental
            Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
            Attributions Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=13631, version (12/2013).
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY_NC
            References 
            1. Pethiyagoda, R. 1991 Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. 362 p. Kurup, B.M. 2000 Distribution and life history traits of an endangered carp Labeo dussumieri (Val.) p. 280-283. In: Ponniah, A.G. and Gopalakrishnan, A. (eds.). Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR-NATP Publication-1, 347 p. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., India. Pethiyagoda, R. 1991 Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. 362 p.
            No Data
            📚 Information Listing
            References
            1. Bibliography: Amarasinghe, U.S. and Pitcher, T.J. 1986. Assessment of fishing effort in Parakrama Samudra, an ancient man-made lake in Sri Lanka. Fisheries Research 4: 271?281.; Cuvier, G. and Valenciennes, A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome seizième. Livre dix-huitième. Les Cyprinoïdes. Histoire naturelle des poissons. 16: 456-487.; De Silva, S. S. 1998. Reservoir fisheries of Sri Lanka and their fisheries. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 298. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Rome.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Kurup, B.M. 1998. Population dynamics of an indigenous carp (Labeo dussumieri) of the River Pampa, Kerala (India). Fishery Technology 35(2): 114-119.; Kurup, B.M. 2000. Distribution and life history traits of an endangered Carp, Labeo dussumieri (Val). In: Gopalakrishnan, A and Ponniah, A.G. (eds), Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats, pp. 280-283. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow.; Kurup, B.M. 2000. Management plans to arrest the decline of freshwater fish diversity of Kerala. In: A.G. Ponniah and A. Gopalakrishnan (eds), Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats, pp. 164-166. NBFGR-NATP Publication. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., India.; Mohanta K. N. , Subramanian S. , Komarpant N. and Saurabh S. 2008. Alternate carp species for diversification in freshwater aquaculture in India. Aquaculture Asia Magazine January-March 2008: 11 - 15.; Narayanan, S. P., Thapanjith, T. and Thomas, A.P. 2005. A study on the ichthyofauna of Aymanam panchayath in Vembanad wetland, Kerala. Zoos? Print Journal 20(9): 1980-1982.; Pethiyagoda, R. 1994. Threats to the indigenous freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka and remarks on their conservation. Hydrobiologia 285: 189?201.; Shaji, C.P. and Easa, P.S. (eds). 2003. Freshwater fishes of Kerala. pp. 125. Kerala Forest Research Research Institute (KFRI), Thrissur.; Smith, M.A.K. 1991. Models of seasonal growth of the equatorial carp Labeo dussumieri in response to the river flood cycle. Environmental Biology of Fishes 31(2): 157-170.
            Natural History > Migration
            1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
            Natural History > Size
            1. Kurup, B.M. 2000 Distribution and life history traits of an endangered carp Labeo dussumieri (Val.) p. 280-283. In: Ponniah, A.G. and Gopalakrishnan, A. (eds.). Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR-NATP Publication-1, 347 p. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., India. Kurup, B.M. 2000 Distribution and life history traits of an endangered carp Labeo dussumieri (Val.) p. 280-283. In: Ponniah, A.G. and Gopalakrishnan, A. (eds.). Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR-NATP Publication-1, 347 p. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., India.
            Natural History > Trophic Strategy
            1. Pethiyagoda, R. 1991 Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. 362 p.
            Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
            1. Riede, K. 2004 Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Germany. 329 p.
            Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
            1. Pethiyagoda, R. 1991 Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. 362 p.
            Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
            1. 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
            Uses and Management > Uses
            1. Pethiyagoda, R. 1991 Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. 362 p. Kurup, B.M. 2000 Distribution and life history traits of an endangered carp Labeo dussumieri (Val.) p. 280-283. In: Ponniah, A.G. and Gopalakrishnan, A. (eds.). Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR-NATP Publication-1, 347 p. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., India. Pethiyagoda, R. 1991 Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. 362 p.
            Information Listing > References
            1. Bibliography: Amarasinghe, U.S. and Pitcher, T.J. 1986. Assessment of fishing effort in Parakrama Samudra, an ancient man-made lake in Sri Lanka. Fisheries Research 4: 271?281.; Cuvier, G. and Valenciennes, A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome seizième. Livre dix-huitième. Les Cyprinoïdes. Histoire naturelle des poissons. 16: 456-487.; De Silva, S. S. 1998. Reservoir fisheries of Sri Lanka and their fisheries. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 298. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Rome.; IUCN. 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2011.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 16 June 2011).; Kurup, B.M. 1998. Population dynamics of an indigenous carp (Labeo dussumieri) of the River Pampa, Kerala (India). Fishery Technology 35(2): 114-119.; Kurup, B.M. 2000. Distribution and life history traits of an endangered Carp, Labeo dussumieri (Val). In: Gopalakrishnan, A and Ponniah, A.G. (eds), Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats, pp. 280-283. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow.; Kurup, B.M. 2000. Management plans to arrest the decline of freshwater fish diversity of Kerala. In: A.G. Ponniah and A. Gopalakrishnan (eds), Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats, pp. 164-166. NBFGR-NATP Publication. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., India.; Mohanta K. N. , Subramanian S. , Komarpant N. and Saurabh S. 2008. Alternate carp species for diversification in freshwater aquaculture in India. Aquaculture Asia Magazine January-March 2008: 11 - 15.; Narayanan, S. P., Thapanjith, T. and Thomas, A.P. 2005. A study on the ichthyofauna of Aymanam panchayath in Vembanad wetland, Kerala. Zoos? Print Journal 20(9): 1980-1982.; Pethiyagoda, R. 1994. Threats to the indigenous freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka and remarks on their conservation. Hydrobiologia 285: 189?201.; Shaji, C.P. and Easa, P.S. (eds). 2003. Freshwater fishes of Kerala. pp. 125. Kerala Forest Research Research Institute (KFRI), Thrissur.; Smith, M.A.K. 1991. Models of seasonal growth of the equatorial carp Labeo dussumieri in response to the river flood cycle. Environmental Biology of Fishes 31(2): 157-170.

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            📚 Meta data
            No Data
            🐾 Taxonomy
            RootRoot
            KingdomAnimalia
            PhylumChordata
            ClassActinopterygii
            OrderCypriniformes
            FamilyCyprinidae
            GenusLabeo
            SpeciesLabeo dussumieri (Valenciennes 1842)
            📊 Temporal Distribution
            📷 Related Observations
            👥 Groups
            India Biodiversity PortalIndia Biodiversity Portal
            The Western GhatsThe Western Ghats
            Vembanad Fish CountVembanad Fish Count
            Vembanad Wetland Conservation ProgramVembanad Wetland Conservation Program
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