DOI: 10.14798/71.2.646
Short communication, Note
THREATENED FISHES OF THE WORLD: Paracobitis rhadinaeus (Regan, 1906) (NEMACHEILIDAE)
2013, 71 (2) p. 87-89
Hamed Mousavi-Sabet, Ahmad Gharaei, Mostafa Ghaffari
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