Title of article :
Two new localities for Lobocheilos falcifer (Valenciennes, 1842) (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), a rare and vulnerable freshwater fish species of Java, Indonesia
Author/Authors :
Hasan ، Veryl Zoology Division - Generasi Biology Indonesia Foundation , Vieira ، Lucas de Oliveria Laboratory of Systematics and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms - Center of Agrarian and Environmental Sciences (CCAA) - Federal University of Maranhão , Ottoni ، Felipe Polivanov Laboratory of Systematics and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms - Center of Agrarian and Environmental Sciences (CCAA) - Federal University of Maranhão , Masithah ، Endang Dewi Marine Department - Fisheries and Marine Faculty - Airlangga University
Abstract :
Lobocheilos falcifer is a rare and vulnerable freshwater fish species from Java, Indonesia and currently listed as Vulnerable (VU) within the IUCN Red List. In 2019, three specimens of L. falcifer were collected and photographed on Rawa Pening Lake, Semarang Regency, Central Java Province and Solo River, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java Province as two new localities for this species, extending its distribution in about 80 km to southeast. We also provided the morphological data of this species as well.
Keywords :
Ahan , Endangered species , Labeoninae , Native species
Journal title :
International Journal of Aquatic Biology
Journal title :
International Journal of Aquatic Biology
