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Systomus compressiformis (Cockerell, 1913:133)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Barbus compressus Boulenger, 1893:202 (junior homonym of B. compressus Day, 1869:555); Barbus compressiformis Cockerell, 1913:133 (original combination); Puntius compressiformis (Cockerell, 1913:133)

 

Originally described as Barbus compressus by Boulenger (1893:202), this is a junior homonym of B. compressus Day, hence the replacement name B. compressiformis by (Cockerell, 1913)

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 1994

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

 

Distribution

Inlé Lake, Myanmar (=Burma)

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison. (1913). Observations on fish scales. Bulletin, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries 32: 117-174, pl. xxxii-xl.


Other references:

Boulenger, G. A. (1893). List of the fishes collected by Mr. E. W. Oates in the Southern Shan States, and presented by him to the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 12: 198-203.

Kullander, S. O. (2013). Systomus compressiformis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T181025A7659141. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T181025A7659141.en. Downloaded on 20 December 2015.

Sidle, R. C., Ziegler, A. D. and Vogler, J. B. (2007). Contemporary changes in open water surface area of lake Inle, Myanmar. Journal of Sustainable Science 2(1): 55-65.

Vidthayanon, C., Termvidchakorn A and Pe, M. (2005). Inland Fishes of Myanmar. SEAFDEC, Bangkok.

 

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