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- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © 1983 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- ISSN
- 0028-2960
- eISSN
- 1568-542X
- DOI
- 10.1163/002829684X00128
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Abstract
HABITAT, ASSOCIATIONS AND COMPETITION OF EIGHT BARBUS (= PUNTIUS) SPECIES (PISCES, CYRINIDAE) INDIGENOUS TO SRI LANKA by JALB SCHUT1, SENA S. DE SILVA2 and KOENRAAD KORTMULDER1 (1 Zoölogisch Laboratorium, University of Leiden, Postbus 9516, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands*) (2 Department of Zoology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka) SUMMARY A detailed description of the typical habitats of 8 Barbus species of Sri Lanka is given. The distribution of their typical habitats over the various waters leads to the grouping of species in associations. Quantitative analysis of catching data corroborates these groupings. Food competition and competition for spawning grounds is discussed following the species associations. INTRODUCTION In this paper a detailed description of the habitats and distributions of eight Barbus species is presented, together with information on seasonal rains, changing water levels and physico-chemical characteristics. The species are: Barbus bimaculatus (Bleeker), B. cumingi Günther, B. dorsalis (jerdon), B. filamentosus (Val., in Cuv. & Val.), B. nigrofasciatus Gunther, B. pleurotaenia (Bleeker), B. titteya (De=aniyagala) and B. vit- tatus (Day). Most earlier work on the indigenous, freshwater fish fauna of Sri Lanka (DERANIYAGALA, 1952; MUNRO, 1955; MENDIS & FERNANDO, 1962; FERNANDO, 1956) only give vague descriptions of the natural en-
Journal
Netherlands Journal of Zoology (in 2003 continued as Animal Biology) – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1983