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.
Labeo dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1842)
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🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Cirrhinus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1842) |
synonym | Cirrhinus rouxii (Valenciennes, 1842) |
synonym | Labeo rouxii (Valenciennes, 1842) |
synonym | Rohita dussumieri Valenciennes, 1842 |
synonym | Rohita rouxii Valenciennes, 1842 |
🗒 Common Names
Malayalam |
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📚 Overview
Brief
IUCN and ZOO 2011
Attributions | IUCN and ZOO 2011 |
Contributors | |
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 |
No Data
📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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 |
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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 |
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No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
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 |
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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 |
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No Data
📚 Information Listing
References
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Pethiyagoda, R. 1991 Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. 362 p.
Habitat and Distribution > General Habitat
- 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
- Pethiyagoda, R. 1991 Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. 362 p.
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
Uses and Management > Uses
- 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
- 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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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Actinopterygii |
Order | Cypriniformes |
Family | Cyprinidae |
Genus | Labeo |
Species | Labeo dussumieri (Valenciennes 1842) |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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👥 Groups