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Epinephelus fasciatus
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775)
Common Name(s):
Cerna alexandrina (Valenciennes, 1828)
Epinephelus alexandrinus (Valenciennes, 1828)
Epinephelus emoryi Schultz, 1953
Epinephelus goreensis (non Valenciennes, 1830)
Epinephelus spiramen (non Whitley, 1945)
Epinephelus tsirimenara (Temminck & Schlegeli, 1842)
Epinephelus variolosus (Valenciennes, 1828)
Epinephelus zapyrus Seale, 1906
Epinephelus zaslavskii (non Poll, 1949)
Holocentrus erythraceus Bloch & Schneider, 1901
Holocentrus forskael Lacepede, 1802
Holocentrus marinatus Lacepede, 1802
Holocentrus oceanicus Lacepede, 1802
Holocentrus rosmarus Lacepede, 1802
Perca fasciata Forsskal, 1775
Perca maculata Forster, 1844
Plectropoma fasciata (Forsskal, 1775)
Serranus alexandrinus (Valenciennes, 1828)
Serranus cruentatus De Vis, 1884
Serranus fasciatus (Forsskal, 1775)
Serranus geometricus De Vis, 1844
Serranus marginalis (Bloch, 1793)
Serranus oceanicus (Lacepede, 1802)
Serranus subfasciatus De Vis, 1884
Serranus tsirimenara Temminck & Schlegeli, 1842
Serranus variolosus Valenciennes, 1828
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Heemstra and Randall (1993) indicate that there is considerable intraspecific variation, and suggest that there are six populations based on scale counts and colour differences: Indian Ocean and Red Sea, Western Australia, Western Pacific, Japan, Pacific Plate islands, Marquesas Islands.
Variation in colour patterns: in Western Australian specimens the margin of the spinous dorsal fin is dark red versus black in most other specimens; specimens from the Marquesas islands have irregular white spots on head and body.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Fennessy, S., Kulbicki, M., Cabanban, A.S., Myers, R. & Choat, J.H.
|Sadovy, Y. & Moss, K. (Grouper and Wrasse Red List Authority)
Epinephelus fasciatus is one of the most widespread and common groupers and it occurs in numerous well managed marine protected areas. Therefore, this species has been assessed as Least Concern. However there are distinct sub-populations and certain regional assessments may consider this species to be Near Threatened or Vulnerable because of overfishing and potential for habitat degradation. Increased management of this species is needed in some areas. Catch and catch rate data are limited, mainly because they are seldom identified to species, but are lumped with other groupers. Available data are widely spatially separated and contradictory, probably reflecting area-specific variation in stock status and habitat preferences of this species. There has been a steady decline in CPUE in southern Japan, to less than one third of that at the beginning of the time series. There has been inconsistent variation in catches from Mozambique. In Reunion, total catch has dropped by 40% in comparison to that of 13 years ago, with similar total effort levels, although data are inaccurate, being voluntary. In the Pacific, catches have declined to about 25% of what they were 50 years ago in one locality, but in other localities this trend is not apparent.
|Range Description:
Epinephelus fasciatus is an Indo-Pacific species ranging from the Red Sea to Port Alfred (South Africa) (33°36'S), eastward to the Pitcairn Group, north to Japan and Korea, and south to the Arafura Sea, southern Queensland and Lord Howe Island (Australia). The species is one of the two most widely distributed groupers. It may not occur off Wallace and Futuna islands.
Red Sea, Somalia (Myers distributional database 2006), Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Comores, Mauritius, Réunion, Oman (Myers distributional database 2006), Yemen, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, southern Vietnam, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Australia (Northern Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef), Papua-New Guinea, Taiwan, southern Japan, Korea, southern China, Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Samoa, and New Caledonia. Source: Heemstra and Randall (1993), unless otherwise stated.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:American Samoa; Australia; British Indian Ocean Territory; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; China; Christmas Island; Cocos (Keeling) Islands; Comoros; Cook Islands; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Fiji; French Polynesia; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Israel; Japan; Jordan; Kenya; Kiribati; Korea, Republic of; Madagascar; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mauritius; Mayotte; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nauru; New Caledonia; Niue; Norfolk Island; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Pitcairn; Réunion; Samoa; Saudi Arabia; Seychelles; Singapore; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Taiwan, Province of China; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu; United States Minor Outlying Islands; Vanuatu; Viet Nam; Wallis and Futuna; Yemen
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Indian Ocean – western; Indian Ocean – eastern; Pacific – northwest; Pacific – western central
|Additional data:
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Epinephelus fasciatus is one of the most widespread and common of all grouper species. There are some questions about distinct sub-populations and there are also known declines in some areas. The species appears to be able to replace other larger grouper species that are fished out.
Up to six populations may exist, based on meristic and colour variation.
See the Supplementary Material for Table 1: Intra-specific variation in E. fasciatus characters.
Fisheries-independent data
Not seen in northern Somalia while diving on shallow (2 to 14 m) non-coral reefs in northern-eastern Somalia (Mann and Fielding 2000). Not reported from the North Kenya Banks in the late 1950s (Morgans 1964). Reported in shallow (<30 m) SCUBA dives in southern Mozambique coral reefs between Ponta do Ouro and Inhaca (Robertson et al. 1996, Pereira 2003). In shallow (9 to 13 m) fixed transect UVC surveys in the St Lucia and Maputaland Marine Reserves (northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) between 1987 and 1992, Chater et al. (1995) recorded five individuals out of 43 groupers, and rated it as common based on informal fishing and diving surveys in these MPAs. Classified as abundant (~27 individuals per 1,000 m² of reef) in the Seychelles (Pears 2005). On the west coast of India, this species was recorded at only one of nine shallow water (2 to 28 m) sites surveyed in shallow water (2 to 28 m; Sluka and Lazarus unpub.). Rare in Hong Kong (Sadovy and Cornish 2000). Classified as rare (~0.6 individuals per 1,000 m² of reef) on the GBR (Pears 2005); low densities (0.22 to 0.89 fish/4,000 m²) in UVC dives on mid-shelf and outer-shelf reefs (Newman et al. 1997). In terms of densities, this species ranked 8th of 12 grouper species in French Polynesia, 10th of 18 grouper species in Tonga and 6th of 32 grouper species in New Caledonia. Densities were highest at the latter locality.
See the Supplementary Material for Table 2: Densities (no. of fish/km²) of E. fasciatus.
Fisheries-dependent data
Few (n=4 of 130 groupers) recorded in linefish catches in the east African region by the mid 1970s (Nzioka 1977). Initially quite commonly recorded (8% of all groupers; only percentages available) in commercial line catches from southern Mozambique in the mid-1990s after the fishery rapidly developed following 20 years of light fishing effort during the civil war (Dengo and David 1993, van der Elst et al., 1994). Subsequently (to 2005), its contribution to grouper catches fluctuated between 0 and 4% by number (D. Gove, Mozambican Fisheries Research Institute, pers. comm.). Not recorded in trap catches in central Mozambique from 1997-1998 (Abdula et al. 2000). Not recorded from commercial boat line catches (12,094 groupers) from central KZN coast (non-coral reefs) from 2002 to 2006 (Fennessy unpub. data). Harmelin-Vivien and Bouchon (1976) reported it to be one of the most abundant serranids in south-west Madagascar at depths of 20 to 45 m, although commercial fishers report it to be very rare off Tamatave on the East coast (A. Pages, Refrigepeche, Est. pers. comm.). Makes an important contribution to artisinal catches in Reunion (Table 3) and is a primary target of artisinal fishers in the Seychelles (Pittman 1996). This author also noted that it was particularly abundant on reefs of Baie Ternay Marine Park and Brizarre Rock. Spawning aggregations reported from Sabah, Eastern Malaysia (Daw 2004). Percentage contributions (assumed to be by number) to grouper catches from "essentially unexploited" deep-slope reefs were low in Micronesia (0.55%) and Polynesia (1.82%) - Dalzell and Preston (1992), reported in Dalzell et al. (1996).
See the Supplementary Material for:
Table 3: Data from Yaeyama Is. fishing market (Ishigaki and Iriomote Island) of the southern part of Okinawa island.
Table 4: Catch data (port monitoring) for the Mozambican commercial line fishery.
Table 5: Small-scale artisinal fishery catches (mt; voluntary estimated data provided by fishers) from Reunion.
Table 6: Catches (kg) from three localities in the Pacific.
Table 7: Length frequencies of E. fasciatus.
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|Habitat and Ecology:
Epinephelus fasciatus is a reef-associated species that is common in outer reef slopes at depths below 15 m to 160 m. Less common on non-coral reefs. It also occurs in protected bays and lagoons as shallow as 4 m. Blacktip grouper may also be found down to a depth of 160 m. It occurs on mid-shelf reefs on the GBR, Queensland (Pears, 2005; Newman et al 1997) and is very common around dead coral blocks in seagrass beds in the Red Sea (southern Egypt) (Lieske and Myers 2004).
In Madagascar it feeds night and day on brachyuran crabs, fishes, shrimps, and galatheid crabs. In Kenyan waters it feeds on crabs, stomatopods, fishes, ophiuroids, and octopus and in the Red Sea, mostly fishes and some crustaceans (mainly crabs) are consumed (Morgans 1964, Harmein-Vivien and Bouchon 1976). In Tuamotu archipelago the species is reported as a macro-carnivore (Mellin et al. 2006).
Reproduction and maturity
Blacktip grouper is a small species (max. size to 40 cm TL), with a relatively fast growth rate and small size at maturity. The species is known to form spawning aggregations in Sabah (Daw, 2004). Backtip grouper can attain sexual maturity at 12 cm SL (Sadovy and Cornish 2000), although Myers (1999) gives a length of 16 cm (SL). Maximum age is reported at 19 years (Pears 2005) (Table 8). Reproductively active fish were obtained in February on the North Kenya Banks and/or off Mafia island, Tanzania (Nzioka, 1979). Spawning aggregations have been reported from Sabah, Eastern Malaysia (Daw 2004). A length-weight relationship is given by Kulbicki et al. (2005) of y g = 0.0138.x cm FL.3.04066. Male and females mature at the same size (20 cm) in New Caledonia to implies gonochorism for this species; sex rations of 2:1 females to male were established (IRD database).
See the Supplementary Material for Table 8: Growth parameters for E. fasciatus from the Great Barrier Reef (Lizard island, Townsville, Mackay, Pompey combined) and Seychelles (Northern and Southern Amirantes) (Pears 2005); New Caledonia (Loubens 1978).
|Major Threat(s):
The greatest threat to Epinephelus fasciatus is loss of habitat from episodes of coral reef bleaching in the range of this species that are likely to occur increasingly as SST increases (Sheppard 2003). Other threats include dynamiting of reefs, fishing with poisons and netting on reefs that have resulted in loss of habitat in several countries, such as Tanzania, Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia (Spalding et al. 2001, Kunzmann 2004).
Most of the fishing effort for blacktip grouper in the region is small-scale, but it is largely unregulated and can generally be assumed to be increasing (e.g., Martosubroto 2005, Cunningham and Bodiguel 2006, Morgan 2006, Flewwelling and Hosch 2006). The species is caught for the live reef fish trade (Lee and Sadovy 1998).
|Conservation Actions:
Epinephelus fasciatus occurs in numerous marine protected areas throughout its range.
Only 225 km² of reefs are no take-areas in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique (Wells et al. 2007), however compliance is variable. In KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, most of the north coast which contains coral reefs is protected by a 145 km long MPA in which no demersal fishing is allowed, and is strictly enforced. It is intended that this MPA and the southern Mozambique coast from Ponta d'Ouro to Maputo will be incorporated into a Transboundary MPA, with areas zoned for protection, which should offer further protection to this species.
South Africa
In South Africa, as part of a suite of restricted species, a maximum of five individuals of this species may be retained by recreational fishers in one day; no limits for commercial fishers.
In Mozambique, a maximum of 10 individuals of demersal species may be retained by recreational fishers.
Occurs throughout the GBR Marine Park, and there are also size and bag limit restrictions for the recreational fishery in the state of Queensland, Australia.
In the Philippines in the Tubataha Marine Protected Area, Sulu Sea.
|Fennessy, S., Kulbicki, M., Cabanban, A.S., Myers, R. & Choat, J.H. 2008. Epinephelus fasciatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T132817A3459463. . Downloaded on 20 September 2018.
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I have made this dress following project 130 in Burda style magazine December 2012 issue, as a surprise for a colleague who is expecting.
The dress features elaborate, contrasting white piping on seams and edges.
It could be the perfect smart maternity dress or great office wear. The skirt section is widely flared, with inverted pleats. The sleeves feature elasticated wristbands.
I must admit the project is pretty challenging, and you had ego be prepared to make load soy white bias binding. I used the pre-prepared white satin tape, it was a lot easier like that.
I struggle with the instructions and read about the previous projects based on this pattern, however I could not find a lot. It seems that many Burda members have given up and cut corners or improved the style.
I did manager to follow the project through, however (although I cut it) I left out the front panel as it was covering too much.
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navy crepe – if I make tho project again I will use stretch fabric – especially if it is for smb expecting!!, white satin bias binding, zip, fusible vielene
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Aug 18, 2013, 12.53 AMby Fantasywriter
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Jul 29, 2013, 08.06 AMby martinK
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Love it! Fabulous :)
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Jul 28, 2013, 08.31 PMby Irina Schwab
Thank you!
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Wow, the dress you made looks fantastic! I made the simple version of this pattern without piping for a frend of mine too.
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Jul 28, 2013, 08.31 PMby Irina Schwab
I could not find it in your projects, perhaps you didn't post it. I found the whole project quite tricky, however I was quite persistent in following the Burda pattern :-)
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I love to see this dress sewn! Perfect in navy, very inspiring, a real beauty!
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Jul 28, 2013, 05.06 PMby Irina Schwab
Thank you. Yes, I did see it in navy and white rather than black and white. It's been a pain to be honest! Really, really tricky pattern, but it might be because of the slippery fabric I used. It I used linen, would have made it a lot easier!
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very stylish. Great Job!
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Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the independent state of the Congo, was in power for only twelve weeks, but he has become a legend—to some a saint and martyr, to others a psychotic demagogue. Recently several books, a film, and a Belgian painter, Luc Tuymans, have portrayed Lumumba as a defining figure of his time, a heroic victim of Western greed, prejudice, and brutality. Detailed revelations about his death have, in terrible detail, filled in the gaps in previous accounts.
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Ok, here is a little adventure I decided to take this morning. I am going to bring you along with me as it looks like it might be enjoyable to have company. And I may need some saving after I write this anyway!!! So be prepared to help me out here!! Especially any guys who read this!!! Got my back? I sure as hell hope so cause this may cause me to head for the hills or the witness protection program as soon as I share it with you. My wife may decide after reading this that I am better off dead!! I am kidding of course but I think this stuff is funny or at least I hope it is at the very least interesting.Whats in a bag?
So every morning she gets up and gets ready for work, ok not every morning, Monday through Friday. I mean there is a difference on Saturday and Sunday as this process doesnt always occur and if it does it is often a modified version of the same song and dance. However, I know that so often us guys here the well I am doing it for you. Doing it for me? Really, then how come after you do it for me do you leave me? Not sure I understand that one really but I am a guy so what am I to understand anyways out of a womans mouth? Sounds like the peanuts talking most of the time to us guys. I know, that is going to get me in some trouble but you know what, it is the truth. I think we just try to catch a few words here or there and then guess on the rest if it is required that we more than grunt or say yes-no to something from women. So if I dont get it right, do all of us men a favor, speak English ladies and not womanish!!! Cant find a good book to help me learn that language. I mean who is going to explain it anyway? A guy? Well he doesnt get it in the first place so he is just damn trying to make his own woman happy. A woman? Hell no!!! Even dumbed down womanish is just too complicated for us guys. Anyway, before I stray to far from the point of this little adventure it is time to move on.
I decided that I wanted to see what was in this bag that started everyday off in some form for my wife. If she was doing it for me then maybe I should take a little more interest in what she was doing to herself!!!
So first thing I grab is the bag!!! Holy cow!!! Think I might have pulled a muscle just moving this thing!!! I notice that the shower rod sighs as I lift this thing off of it!! Man, what the heck is in here? Now I am even more curious but grab some aspirin on my way to ease the pain. So all drugged up now I sit at the table .
First item is drum roll please . Oil-free eye make-up remover . Sounds okay and smells okay. I think I might understand this stuff afterall. I read the back a little and come to incase of eye irritation, discontinue use. Well what the hell kind of product is this anyway. It is for near your eyes but may irritate your eyes. Okay only thing I use like that is something to clean the sink!! So what the hell you putting on your face girl!!! I think if it may irritate your eyes then maybe it should stay away from your eyes!!!
Next I grab this stuff and I call it stuff because I just am not sure what it is really. A little container about the size of my thumb and flat with two different colors in it. On the back it says jungle and Made in Italy. Are there jungles in Italy? I dont think so but whatever. Is this stuff again for the eyes? If so I can see why we are talking some potent crap to take it off. Why would you put it on anyway? I look like the kind of guy who likes Jungle Jane?
In another pocket is a IPod Shuffle so I pop it on my ears and turn it on. Wow..wow..wow..what the hell is this stuff? Is it pump me up before I go-go to work or something? Off that thing goes as I think my brain is now tainted somehow by that little excursion. Also in that pouch were those goggles for the tanning booth. Why protect your eyes in there? Have you noticed the other stuff you use isnt really protecting them? I mean you tell me sun block this and sun block that!!! Look what you are doing!! Sun I can pronounce, UV rays .. pretty simple but what the hell is ethyl ester of pvm/ma copolymer?
You play dumb but that stuff right there IS rocket science. I think you belong in NASA or something. I see another bottle here that says Aqua on it!! Hey, even I know that is water but it is womanish for good water I guess or something like that. I need the hair spray with aqua in it!! Ever read that can? Howly cow!! Flamable, no actually highly flammable. Hhhmm, where have I seen that before? Oh yes, on the lighter fluid for my grill!! But you put it in your hair!!! It even tells you to stay away from open flames!! Wow, see now you are right into chemistry and stuff. But if I want to play with chemical it is a no-no or I atleast have to wear those funny protector glasses. So I get the hair spray I guess but why do they make so many different levels? Soft hold, gentle, super, and never movin. I do not get it really how about one..one level . Isnt hair spray to keep your hair in place? Okay..one level!!!
Okay I found something with some sunscreen in it. This stuff looks like a powder and is well, medium beige, is there a difference between all the beiges? Ask us guys and you will get a nice simple answer. NO!!! Beige is well beige girls. Bare Minerals .. with sunscreen .spf 15!! Wow, so you powder this stuff on your face and you get minerals? Plus sun screen and beige color. This is a miracle!!! But what is wrong with vitamins and minerals pills to do the job? How about some real sun screen? Beige . Why? Is your skin beige? NO!! Another thing is you dont need this stuff that likely costs more with sunscreen in it. Hey, oh powerful one, you work inside, at a desk!! Unless you have your very own sun lamp or something, you do not need the sunscreen. In fact skip this whole part altogether!!! Your skin color is just fine!!
Now a bag within a bag!!! A pink lace bag .. what good can come of looking in this? None but I am living on the edge today so I peer inside!! There are tools in here!!! A brush, a thing for your eyelashes that looks like something from a torture chamber. I am not sticking my face near that. You jump at scary movies but look at this crap. What do you have to fear on a tv!!! Now I see some lip liner ..why? Can I just ask why? Lips are lips are lips .. why color them..why try to make them bigger? There are things we want to see bigger and those aint them baby. What the hell is Dusty Pink? Who thinks of these names?
Okay I pull out a little green bottle .Fructis Style . Sounds yummie . It even has fruit micro-waxes. Okay, so far I can live with this as a friggin flavor enhancer or something!! Root booster .all day weightless volume!!! What? Huh!! Okay if you spray this in your hair it is going to add weight girls. It is not very often you add something but yet end up with less weight. So is this just the beginning? Is there a weightless food on the way? So this provides all this extra volume and hold without build-up? Okay, again it says you are spraying waxes into your hair . No build up hhmmm where does the wax go? It builds up somewhere!!!
Okay some nice looking tubes here ultimate mascara (apparently the regular isnt good enough for the princess), medium coverage foundation (why medium, if you want to cover something cover it or dont, half ass medium), firming eye gel (I dont even want to know..friggin alien!!), age fighting moisturizer with sunscreen (omg look it is going to happen..you are going to age this stuff will not stop it..really . honestly so stop wasting your money on it), something called night solutions (uhm, you use this either before you go to work or at the gym, so do you know what night means?), and finally a hair pick plus a hair twisty twirly thing.
I really just dont get it until I see the mirror .. then I just know you girls are crazy. This thing would fit in the palm of my hand!!! So if this is good enough why oh why do I have to have mirrors as wall replacements for you to use? This here cant be good enough!!! You just make no sense.
So putting everything back now ..so much stuff and I didnt even pull out the two soaps, shampoo, deodorant, and more make-up remover!!
Okay, one last little bottle here hhhmmm nice blue color to the liquid inside..see I am sensitive!! Finishing Oil . That has just got to be something for my damn car. Maybe rub it on instead of Armour All or something? Nope..finishing oil is for after hair removal boys!!! That is just too funny . I think we call it aftershave .. I wonder if yours stings like crazy or if it was you who made ours so it would sting!!
So that is my little adventure for the morning. Now I need to go workout to feel manly again!!! So off to the gym, if you do not hear from me for days . I guess I didnt get away in time.


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Indiana sees number of flu deaths grow to 37
Indiana sees number of flu deaths grow to 37
State health officials say at least seven more people have died in Indiana from flu-related illnesses as this year's strains are hitting some young and middle-aged adults harder than usual.
The Indiana State Department of Health says in its weekly report that the state has had 37 total deaths so far this flu season. That's 10 fewer than the same time last year.
But officials say nearly two-thirds of this season's deaths have been among those between the ages of 25 and 64. About 80 percent of last year's deaths at this time were people older than 65.
Health officials say Marion and St. Joseph counties are the only ones in the state with five or more flu deaths this season.


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When Robert "Tony" Klugel first started playing the piano at the Columbia Gorge Hotel, Gerald Ford was president and platform shoes were in.
During a quarter century, whole political systems have come and gone, not to mention several presidents. As for platform shoes, they've gone and come back and gone again. But Tony Klugel is still playing the piano at the Columbia Gorge Hotel.
"I get so many letters from people who ask, 'Is that piano player still playing?'" says Klugel, who's 74 and has been entertaining guests in Valentino's Lounge at the hotel with his signature mix of piano tunes, singing and friendly conversation since 1975. Originally from New Jersey, Klugel first came to the Gorge from San Diego, Calif., when the Cascade Inn, a former hotel in Cascade Locks, hired him to perform there. But after a couple of months, he was lured away by the much grander Columbia Gorge Hotel and, aside from some short stints here and there over the years, he's been at the hotel ever since.
During the busy summer months, Klugel plays in the lounge six or seven days a week — sitting down at his bench at 4:30 p.m. and staying until 11 or later. This time of year he's nearly as busy, with holiday parties and the steady stream of guests who come to see the hotel's extensive display of Christmas lights. But after next week Klugel will enter his slow season, working only one or two days a week until things pick up again in April.
Klugel grew up in the entertainment industry. His mother was a lounge singer and a member of the Screen Actors Guild, playing small parts on screen.
"I followed in her footsteps," he says. "Her whole life was just like what I'm doing."
In the 1950s, Klugel competed in amateur shows with Johnny Mathis.
"He was 14 years old and I was about 25," Klugel says. "He'd win every time." Klugel joined the Musician's Union in 1954 and "from then on, that's all I've done," he says.
Klugel never took a piano lesson in his life, and still can't sight read music. He plays by sound, and attributes his popularity to "the rapport" he has with people.
"What makes me popular is not being a great piano player," he says. "I get out there and talk to people and make them feel like they're in their own living room. It's a gift to be able to do that."
He plays a range of classic and contemporary songs, depending on who his audience happens to be on any given night. But he relies on old favorites from greats like Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett.
Klugel once played with Boy George and his band when they ended up without a piano player in Reykjavik, Iceland, where Klugel was in the midst of a month-long stint performing at an American hotel there. And he sees his share of celebrities who come to the Columbia Gorge Hotel and pass through the lounge. He gets autographs and his picture taken with them when he can.
"I keep my camera loaded," he says, gesturing to the corner by the piano.
But entertaining for regular folks is what he likes best.
"I look forward to coming to work," Klugel says. "I have so much fun with this job. God willing, if they'll keep me here for another 25 years, I'll stay."
Tony Klugel will be accompanied by his big band in a special performance on New Year's Eve in Valentino's Lounge at the Columbia Gorge Hotel.
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Boiling Springs High School officials made calls to concerned parents on Wednesday to address a circulating rumor that a threat had been made against the school.
Boiling Springs High School officials made calls to concerned parents on Wednesday to address a circulating rumor that a threat had been made against the school.
A recorded message from Principal Chuck Gordon sent to households of students said that a planner containing "inappropriate comments" was recently turned in to school officials, but stressed that it contained no specific threats to the school or its students. The message said the student involved - a sophomore - had been evaluated by a mental health professional and was determined not to be a threat.
No criminal charges have been filed.
Spartanburg School District 2 Superintendent Scott Mercer said the planner contained the phrases "Columbine forever" and "Kill all Jews" as well as a drawing of a swastika. Mercer also said there were no specific threats against students or the school. He said the student involved was suspended and will be placed in an alternative learning environment.
"School safety is always uppermost in my mind, and I know that every parent who entrusts a child to us depends on us to keep him or her safe at school," Mercer said. "We hope that the call to parents and the announcement at school have helped to ease their minds and dispel the rumor that developed from this incident."
District 2 Director of Public Relations Rhonda Henderson urged students and parents to stay vigilant when it comes to safety and to keep the lines of communication open.
"It is important that students and parents report rumors or perceived threats to school administration so that they can be thoroughly investigated," Henderson said. "We encourage open communication to ensure school safety and an optimal learning environment."


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Hi there. My name is Daniel. You might remember me from my years-long stint as the administrator of these boards, when I regularly banned fifteen people a week for crimes like having more numbers than letters in their user names. I'm here today to talk about MMORPGs, and I have a question to start things off: what's your favorite MMORPG? Take your time, I'll wait.Really? I had a feeling you'd say that. What's the thing you like the most about it?Yeah, that's a pretty good feature, man...or it would be if this was 2007. But this is 2013. We've lived longer than the Mayans thought. It's a brave new world, motherfucker. And you're playing obsolete garbage.See, there's a game out there called Rift. Everything your favorite MMORPG does, it does it better.Dungeon design? Better.World design? Better.Class mechanics? Infinitely better.Casual play? Better.Hardcore poopsocking raids? Better.Story? Better.Visuals? Better.Lack of pandas? Fucking better.Crafting? Bett-well, GW2's crafting is probably better, but it's as good as crafting ever gets.I could go on and on. Rift is to WoW what WoW was to Everquest: a refined and perfected version of its predecessors. If you're playing anything else, you're playing something that's second best.I can hear some of you already. "B-but you have to p-p-pay a monthly fee and herp and derp and a bloo bloo bloo fdaiud0ufdjkay894y" Look man, you can play the first 20 levels right the fuck now with Rift Lite. Twenty levels out of sixty for free ain't bad, bro.And that won't even matter when the next major patch hits, because it's gonna go free to play. Zero excuse. Trion is giving you this game, man.Read more about Rift at the offical website. And then play it, because it is great...and you deserve greatness.


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Animal Law
An Overview
The reactions, says sole practitioner Barbara Gislason, were quick and almost universal five years ago when she told people her practice included animal law: "You must be a blood-on-a-fur-coat activist. You must be out there."
The reactions today, she says, are much different: "It doesn't trigger a conclusion. It triggers a conversation."
It's an indication, Gislason and others say, of how animals and their growing interactions with people and the law are fast becoming a more serious topic of discussion in the legal community. From a boom in law school course offerings to increasing membership in local, state, and national bar association committees, animal law is quickly moving from the fringe to the mainstream.
The high-profile 2007 conviction of former football star Michael Vick on dogfighting and animal cruelty charges highlighted the role of animals in criminal law, and the $12 million bequest of former hotel queen Leona Helmsley to her pet Maltese dog that same year sparked conversations about the role of animals in civil law.
Lawyers and observers in the field maintain that carving out a niche solely in animal law remains challenging for solos and small firm practitioners. But as animals increasingly become part of custody proceedings, business transactions, wills, trusts, litigation, and criminal prosecutions, the field of animal law will likely present increasing opportunities for the people who practice in a wide array of law disciplines.
A Growth Industry
How attached are people to their pets? A study released in 2006 by the Pew Research Center found that 85 percent of dog owners and 78 percent of cat owners considered their pets to be family members. Toss in other numbers showing that 57 percent of all Americans are pet owners and that pet industry sales jumped 50 percent between 2001 and 2008 to more than $45 billion, and it would indicate that pets are big business.
And it's not just pet owners who have a large financial stake in animals. According to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) statistics, the value of livestock sales jumped about 50 percent between 2002 and 2007, totaling more than $150 billion in 2007. By the end of 2007, the USDA pegged the cattle (beef and dairy) inventory at 97 million and the hog and pig population at 65 million.
Although estimates on how much is spent on legal needs and issues for pet and animal owners are hard to come by, those in the field are seeing the increasing interest in animal law. At the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), which has been fighting animal neglect and abuse for 30 years, an Animal Law Program was launched in 2000 to encourage animal law instruction law schools, says Pamela Alexander, the program director. When the program was launched, there were nine animal law classes offered and a dozen law school chapters in the program nationwide. Today, there are more than a hundred classes and 140 chapters. "It's very telling of what a burgeoning field this is," she says. "We want to make sure there's a chapter and classes offered at law schools throughout the country." The ALDF is also making plans for an Animal Law Conference in spring 2010. Two previous conferences in 2004 and 2007 sold out, Alexander says. (For more on the ALDF, see the article " Animal Legal Defense Fund".)
After helping establish an Animal Law Committee at the Minnesota State Bar Association, Gislason says she became "the Johnny Appleseed of animal law for the national bar" when she helped found the Animal Law Committee within the ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) in 2004. In just five years, the committee has grown from a few dozen members to nearly 300, boasting its own discussion board, newsletter, and 22 subcommittees.
"There are so many serious scholars and academics who are involved in this field today," says Pamela Frasch, assistant dean and executive director of the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. "This is an intellectually challenging and robust field."
A veteran animal law attorney who has taught at Lewis and Clark for 11 years and co-authored two books on the subject, Frasch is bullish on the potential opportunities for lawyers to get involved in the field. "We've seen and we're continuing to see tremendous change. It's a growth area," she says.
Areas of Impact
Part of what makes animal law an increasingly active and appealing area of law for solos and small firm practitioners, Frasch and others say, is its continually widening reach. "We see it cut across every area of law," Frasch says. "You are pretty much guaranteed to encounter some aspect of animal law somewhere in your career."
Solo attorney Geordie Duckler of Portland, Oregon, is a rarity in the legal profession: He is one of a small number of lawyers whose entire practice is devoted to animal law. He's been at it for ten years, and his caseload grows each year.
"I think I would have had a real hard go of it more than ten years ago, or if I wasn't in a metropolitan area," he says. "It's a diversifying area. I've seen a number of things change."
A former corporate attorney who is also a Ph.D. biologist who has written and lectured on animal anatomy, Duckler got into animal law as a way to marry his interests—although he cautions that he is "not an animal rights person. I'm an owner's rights person."
"Many of my clients do all sorts of things. Some treat [animals] like children and others treat them like automobiles," he says. "I represent pig farmers. Their entire job is to farm pigs and sell them for slaughter. But what do they do when there is poison in their feed product and it kills their pigs? They need a lawyer."
Duckler's active caseload averages around 50, he says, with the most common involving veterinary malpractice, disputes among breeders, pets injured or killed by others, and livestock and exotic animal owners who often find themselves in disputes with local, state, and federal government authorities.
But perhaps the fastest-growing area of the law that involves animals, he and others say, concerns pet custody in matrimonial and family law.
"Animals are legally treated as property, but everybody knows that a pet is not the same as your iPod," says Diane Sullivan, a longtime professor of animal law at the Massachusetts School of Law. As a result, she says, more judges in such cases are making provisions in rulings that accommodate demands for pet custody, visitation, health care, and upkeep.
Orders of protection for pets that might be threatened in domestic disputes are also becoming more common, says Kathy Hessler, a Lewis and Clark law professor and director of the school's Animal Law Clinic.
The highly publicized Helmsley case has also brought increased attention to how pets are provided for in wills and trusts, Hessler adds. Although their bequests usually are not as extreme, more people are making provisions for what happens to pets after the owner dies.
"The courts are continuing to grapple with these cases, since many [state] legislatures are not," she says. "The [legal field] here has not yet been saturated." In the Helmsley case, for example, a judge reduced the $12 million set aside to care for Helmsley's Maltese, Trouble, to $2 million, while providing estate funds for two Helmsley grandchildren who had been cut out of an inheritance.
In the area of criminal law, many state and local prosecutors are taking a closer look at animal cruelty and neglect cases—particularly in what are known as "hoarding" cases, says Frasch, when authorities discover people housing large numbers of malnourished dogs or cats.
"There have always been these cases out there, but the difference is that now we're seeing the [animals'] suffering, and that's evolved. We are opening doors that were once closed," Frasch says. "Prosecutors often seek out assistance with animal control cases."
Additionally, observers say, law enforcement is taking a greater interest in cases where pets are involved in attacks and confrontations with people. More communities are passing nuisance laws that seek to hold pet owners more responsible for their animals, Gislason says, and that, in turn, is spilling over into issues such as insurance and criminal defense. "[Those issues] are of interest to a broad range of lawyers. The insurance issue, in particular, is huge," she says.
Still, Gislason and Duckler say, the majority of their animal law cases center on veterinary malpractice. "When someone's animal is harmed or killed," Gislason says, "they want recourse."
A New Frontier
Still, even malpractice cases point out the evolving and somewhat frontier nature of animal law, adding to the allure—and potential—for many attorneys. With most animals regarded as property, compensating a pet owner for a wrongful death remains a murky area for the courts. Just a few states attach "special value" to pets rather than what the replacement cost would be, Duckler says, and even then that value is small.
"There's a huge need for appropriate tort law to address the value of animals in this country," Gislason says. "We sometimes forget to see animals as friends and family."
The issue of animal activism—exemplified by groups such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)—can also have an influence on the future of animal law. Although PETA has brought attention to animal cruelty, it has also sparked controversy with sharp attacks on meat consumers, farmers, and others. Splashing fake blood on fur wearers is a much-publicized tactic.
"You need more of a middle ground to make changes [in the law]," Sullivan says. "I'm a pet owner and a vegetarian, but [PETA] is too far out there for me."
Duckler adds that it is important for lawyers to make the separation between activism and the law.
"You don't need to be an activist, yet you need to have knowledge of animals and the law," he says. "Right now, I'm turning away cases."
"No state in the country has pet custody laws," she says. "There has to be a serious effort made to address this issue."
Robert J. Derocher is a freelance writer living in Loudonville, New York. He may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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- Put sago and 500ml water in a large pot, bring to boil on low/medium heat and stir gently throughout. Once the water started to boil and sago turned translucent, turn the heat off and cover for 1-2 minutes. With a sieve, rinse sago under running cold water to get rid of the gooey stuff. Set aside.
- In a medium pot, bring to boil 200ml water, palm sugar and pandan leaf. Simmer on low heat till the palm sugar is dissolved. Discard pandan leaf.
- Dissolve gelatin in 100ml hot water and stir into the palm sugar syrup, cook till the gelatin is dissolved.
- Turn the heat off and allow mixture to cool down to body temperature. Stir in sago and pour mixture into ramekins and keep in the refrigerator till the pudding is set.
- Serve with 1-2 tbsp chilled coconut milk or evaporated milk.
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- jo ayee said... on
- 03 December, 2007 17:57
sedapnya..rasa cam nak ambil gelas tu dan makan...colour theme cantik
- zorra said... on
- 04 December, 2007 00:23
Your pudding looks so delicious! I did not know what Sago is, but Google is your friend. ;-)
Thank you very much for joining SHF#38.
- Lydia said... on
- 04 December, 2007 15:47
jo, jemput makan... :D I pun suka colour tu, actually i ambil white background juga tapi tak cantik.
now you have another ingredient to play with!
- Dwiana P said... on
- 05 December, 2007 03:10
really enjoying your photo - fantastic! what do you use as a background? I think you deserve to win a good looking blog though.
- Lydia said... on
- 05 December, 2007 20:45
dwiana, thanks... and glad that you like that photo. I used a dark colour cardboard as background, non-shining type.
- Lydia Hamre said... on
- 06 December, 2007 02:54
Hi Lydia! I'm a Lydia as well...I love your picture of this pudding...Very beautiful! It sure looks very tasty as well...I'll try this one of these days;)
Lydia H.
- Tartelette said... on
- 29 December, 2007 03:57
What a great entry! I love the flavors and the picture is gorgeous!
- Fera said... on
- 03 March, 2009 00:12
Those are some amazing pudding! I may try this in this weekend.
- The Nyonya Chef said... on
- 16 August, 2009 15:32
Hi Lydia, your photos look very nice and yummy... do you use flash or natural lights to take the pictures? Thanks!
- Lydia said... on
- 21 August, 2009 15:10
The Nyonya Chef,
Thanks for the compliments. I used natural light most of the time, if the it is too dark I will use flash.
For this particular photo, it was taken with natural light only.


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According to a news release, The Spencer County Sheriff's Department will be conducting periodic traffic safety checkpoints over the New Year's holiday at locations approved by the sheriff's department policy and procedures manual.
Special traffic enforcement and saturation patrols will also be dispatched to high collision areas.
Taylorsville resident Kathy S. Shingleton Jamison recently had a poem entitled, "Shining Star" published in Eber and Wein's 2011 "From a Window: Sights Unseen" contest series.
Jamison said she has been writing all of her life and this was not the first time she's been selected for publication. Her poem, "Shining Star," highlights the story of the Christmas star, which shined above the stable where Jesus was kept in his first days. The poetry book can be purchased through Amazon.com.
On Dec. 15, in Lexington, Taylorsville Police Officer Daniel Wills received an award for his efforts in combating intoxicated drivers on the streets in the community.
Kentucky State Police's Shop with a Trooper program helped 28 Spencer County children and youth have a merry Christmas this year.
Hosting a New Year's Eve party this year? Taylorsville Police Chief Toby Lewis shared the following tips to host your party responsibly:
1. Control access to the alcohol you provide.
• Avoid serving from common sources such as kegs or punch bowls.
• Consider hiring a trained professional to serve drinks at your party.
• Be sure that whoever does pour the drinks is not consuming alcohol and monitors other guests' consumption.
Derek and Tracy Bottoms of Taylorsville announce the birth of their son, Roman Chase Bottoms, on Nov. 27, 2011, at 4:55 p.m. at Suburban Hospital in Louisville. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and was 19 inches long. He was welcomed home by a sister, Bristol, 15 months. His maternal grandparents are Bruce and Dianne Chesser of Bardstown. His paternal grandparents are Lowell and Kathy Peavler of Mackville and David Bottoms of Dry Ridge.
Johnny and Dawn Johnston of Taylorsville will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011.
Family members wish the couple love and many congratulations.
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I don't know if anyone else has noticed it, but at our stores in town it really seems like different retailers support the various lines (at least the ones I pay attention to) at different levels. For example, Target seem to push Star Wars stuff the most - despite their high prices. They have a larger section overall, and usually have the most stock this year. I stopped by there this morning and they had 3-4 basic figure pegs (mostly Derlins and Geo bugs), 3-4 VTSC pegs (freshly stocked with everything), pegs for Galactic Heroes, Unleashed BP, Force Battlers, Transformers, Talking Vader Helmets, Ultimate Lightsabers, and a place (although no stock) for the Senate pack. On the other side of things, Star Wars seems to be almost an afterthought to our WM. I mean, I did find the VTSC figures there in abundance first, but the remains (all Greedos and Hans) have now been moved to one of those little racks hanging on the aisle down by the model cars. They have 2-3 pegs for basic figures, which are right now full of Geonosians and a few other figures, but have spent half of the year being filled with other non-SW product. WM has an absolute ton of the SW transformers and Unleashed BPs, but haven't had Galactic Heroes since December of last year.
On the other side of things, from the Superhero (Marvel/DC) figures I look at. Since the reset, Target has one peg for Marvel Legends, 2 for the X-Men line, and a couple more for SMC as well as some other Spidey stuff. They have 1 Legends figure I believe, a Thing from the Legendary Riders series. They do however support the DC stuff better than WM, with pegs for DC Superheroes, and a few for Justice League Unlimited. WM on the other hand has all sort of space for Marvel Legends, especially with the new WM Wave, 2 Packs, Masterworks, etc. They also have a full stock of SMC, but no X-Men or F4 figures as of now (or yet this year). They haven't carried DC Superheroes yet this year, although they do have a peg tag for them, and they briefly carried the JLU singles before getting rid of them and now just seem to carry "The Batman" and some Superman Returns stuff on the DC side of things.
Anyways, I just though it was interesting how different stores here treat the different lines. Do any of you see similar situations at your stores? TRU is probably the most consistent overall, as far as space for the lines. Star Wars has a nice sized section, they carry all of the Marvel lines, as well as the DC stuff (and probably everything else) - but they normally don't keep up very well with selection (or prices in some cases). I know they have had 6 Hoth Vaders and 1 ROTS Mas Amedda on their pegs for over a month now. Anyone else notice differences?
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I see similar things in the Target and WM stores in my town. A lot more support for Star Wars at Target than at WM. WM isn't carrying the vehicle line or Galactic Heroes anymore.
Target is the only store carrying the Ultra Titanium vehicles while both stores have the 3" line. WM, though, had so many of the 2nd and 3rd wave of exclusive vehicles that they never sold them all. They have a huge endcap of them up now, probably over 100 vehicles total, and have only gotten in the newest waves once or twice while Target restocks them once or twice a week.
GI Joe is another line that Target dedicates more peg space to. They have probably 9 pegs total for the $11 and $15 lines as well as vehicles and roll play items. WM has maybe 3 pegs crammed in between SW and the Lanard figures. They might have the vehicles but no roll play toys.
Target also has a larger selection of Lego and not just SW sets. My WM has hardly any space and stocks maybe 2/3 of the current SW line. WM doesn't carry the ARC or the Turbo Tank and no Anakin starfighter. Target has all of them.
I haven't been in a TRU store in over a month and didn't find much there but they did still have a nice section set aside. I'll probably get to the store again this Friday so I'll have to see how they're doing since the VTSC and Saga lines picked up....and now that their exclusives are shipping.
Oh, on the exclusives note, WM doesn't even appear to have an exclusive this year that we know about. TRU already has 2 out with 2 more rumored and Target has their two also. We haven't even heard about the second half of the year yet so who knows what Target and TRU will end up with.
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I noticed these things too. The sad thing is that Star Wars and Joes seem to be thought of as crap to my Walmart's manager. We hardly ever get any new stuff. And I don't think we've had a 3 3/4 scale Joe in a few years now. Yet we have almost half an aisle for the Lanard 97 cent figures. And the other half of the aisle for Marvel Legends. When I get a chance to go to the Target which is an hour out of my way, there is normally a good selection of the exclusives, but a poor selection of the basic star wars figures. They too, haven't had a 3 3/4 inch scale Joe in a while now. On;y the 7 inch scaled Joes. They carry Elite Force Vehicles and accessory packs but no figures, so that is weird. That Target seems to focus on anything new... when ROTS was new they had almost an entire aisle for it. Now that Super Man toys and Pirates of the Carribean toys are new, there are full aisles for them. Then there is the TRU that is almost 2 hours out of my way that I stop at perhaps once or twice a month. It's the only place I can get G.I.Joe figures in the 3 3/4 scale. They pretty much have a good selection of every toy.
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Sahyadria denisonii
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Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Sahyadria denisonii (Day, 1865)
Common Name(s):
Labeo denisonii Day, 1865
Puntius denisonii (Day, 1865)
|Taxonomic Source(s):
|Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.). 2015. Catalog of Fishes. Updated 7 January 2015. Available at: http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp. (Accessed: 7 January 2015).
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Puntius denisonii was described by Day (1865) from Mundakkayam, Kerala, southern India.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Endangered A2acde+3cde; B2ab(iii) ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Ali, A., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N.
|Gopalakrishnan, A., Rema Devi, K.R., Shaji, C.P., Arunachalam, M., Johnson, J.A., Vidyadhar, A., Rahul, K., Krishna , K.K. & Molur, S.
|Molur, S., Bogutskaya, N. & Rema Devi, K.R.
Sahyadria denisonii has been assessed as Endangered as populations have declined by more than 50% in the recent past due to indiscriminate exploitation for the international aquarium pet trade. These declines are expected to continue in the foreseeable future unless local management plans, as well as national and international legislations are created and implemented. The species also has a restricted range with an area of occupancy of less than 300 km² with continuing decline in quality of key habitats.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Sahyadria denisonii is endemic to the Western Ghats where it occurs as fragmented populations in the states of Kerala and Karnataka (Raghavan et al. 2010, Prasad et al. 2008). Known from the rivers Chandragiri (Biju 2005, Kurup et al. 2004), Valapatanam (Biju 2005), Karyangod (Kurup and Radhakrishnan 2006), Chaliyar (Shaji et al. 2000), Kuttiyadi (R. Raghavan and A. Ali pers.obs.), Bharatapuzha (Kurup et al. 2004), Sullya (R. Raghavan and A. Ali pers.comm), Kuppam, Iritti, Anjarakandipuzha and Bhavani River in Chavadiar (Mercy 2010; A. Gopalakrishnan pers. comm.).
Populations have also been reported from Chalakudi (Radhakrishnan and Kurup 2006), Periyar (Thomas 2004), Manimala (Thomas 2004), Achenkovil (Kurup et al. 2004), and Pampa (Thomas 2004). These localities however represent S. chalakkudiensis (A. Gopalakrishnan pers. comm.).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:India (Karnataka, Kerala)
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|The total population of S. denisonii is unknown. However the species is considered to be rare (Radhakrishnan and Kurup 2006, Kurup and Radhakrishnan 2006). Studies conducted at Cochin University of Science and Technology have indicated that populations of S. denisonii has declined at a rate of 70% at key collection sites (Kurup and Radhakrishnan 2006). A recent ongoing study by the Conservation Research Group, St. Albert's College, Kochi has observed that the species is overfished in Valapatanam River (exploitation rate E = 0.596) in Kerala (Raghavan 2010). In another completed study by MPEDA, based on the secondary data collected from the collectors, the catch by the collectors increased from 2003 to 2007 in Valapattanam, Kuttiyadi, Chalayar and Chandragiri rivers (Mercy and Malika 2010).
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Sahyadria denisonii is a stream dwelling fish with an affinity towards rocky pools, edges with thick overhanging vegetation along its banks (Radhakrishnan 2006, Raghavan et al. 2009). However they have also been observed from a wide variety of riverine habitats including run, glide and riffles with sand, gravel, cobbles and boulders as substrates (Biju 2005). They are gregarious and often appear in shoals. The species is known to spawn during the North East Monsoon in the months of November-January (Manoj et al. 2010, R. Raghavan and A. Ali pers. obs.).
|Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat:
|Use and Trade:
|Sahyadria denisonii is the most popular and highly priced freshwater ornamental fish of the Western Ghats. Of India's total live ornamental fish exports to the tune of 1.54 million US$ during 2007-2008, S. denisonii accounted for almost 60-65% (Mittal 2009). This colourful barb is so popular in the hobby that it has been requested in majority of the trade enquiries and exported regularly from India (Sekharan and Ramachandran 2006). The larger individuals of S. denisonii are also used as food fish by the local communities and tribes in the forest areas of Kerala (A. Ali and R. Raghavan pers. obs.). Captive bred S. denisonii are being exported from Indonesia and Singapore (Mittal 2009).
|Major Threat(s):
|Collection for the international aquarium pet trade is the single major threat to S. denisonii (Mittal 2009, Prasad et al. 2007). Harvest of 'yet to be mature' juveniles as well as brooders is a major concern as the fishery is unregulated and 'open access'. In addition, there is an on-going decline in habitat quality at prime habitats of S. denisonii due to pollution from plantations as well as domestic sources. Destructive fishing for larger food fish using dynamites and plant poisons also affect S. denisonii as they share habitats with the larger cyprinids.
|Conservation Actions:
To regulate the harvest and trade of this cyprinid, the Government of Kerala (India) has initiated management plans including fixing total allowable catch (TAC), restrictions on gear size, closed seasons. There are also plans to demarcate certain key S. denisonii habitats as sanctuaries and no take zones (Mittal 2009). Although the captive breeding technology for this species has been developed by both researchers and hobbyists (Manoj et al. 2010; Mathew 2008; Mercy et al. 2010), commercial scale operations have not started. There are reports that S. denisonii is being captive bred in Indonesia and Singapore and exported (Mittal 2009), but the impacts of such operations on the collection and exports from India is yet to be understood.
Life history studies on the species have been conducted by Radhakrishnan and Kurup (2008) and Harikrishnan et al. (2008) studied the population dynamics in \the rivers of Kerala. Distinct genetic stocks identified in Chandragiri, Valapattanam and Chaliyar rivers (Lijo unpublished PhD thesis, NBFGR).
A species specific conservation plan requires urgent attention.
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