Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Austrolebias adloffi (Austrolebias adloffi), recorded as Endangered
Austrolebias adloffi (Austrolebias adloffi). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Austrolebias adloffi

Austrolebias adloffi

Austrolebias adloffi is a killifish in the family Rivulidae (order Cyprinodontiformes), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Austrolebias adloffi
Taxonomy
Cyprinodontiformes · Rivulidae · Austrolebias

Appearance

The female looks different from the male and is brown with bars that can barely be seen.

Range and habitat

Austrolebias adloffi is a fish that can be found in the Santa Catarina region in Brazil.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Annual rivulids hatch, breed, and die in one wet season; the eggs wait in the mud. Non-annual species live in forest streams year-round.

Small desert or forest fishes in this order live in water that can vanish. The egg bank, if there is one, is the only reserve.

In crisis

Austrolebias adloffi is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Austrolebias adloffi, Wikidata item Q6423560. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Austrolebias adloffi?
Austrolebias adloffi is a killifish in the family Rivulidae (order Cyprinodontiformes).
What is the conservation status of Austrolebias adloffi?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Austrolebias adloffi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Austrolebias adloffi live?
Austrolebias adloffi is a fish that can be found in the Santa Catarina region in Brazil.
Why is Austrolebias adloffi in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Austrolebias adloffi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Austrolebias adloffi a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.