Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Yodo Gudgeon (Biwia yodoensis), recorded as Endangered
Yodo Gudgeon (Biwia yodoensis). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Yodo Gudgeon

Biwia yodoensis

Yodo Gudgeon is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes) — Biwia yodoensis, recorded as Endangered and tied to Japan.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Biwia yodoensis
Recorded from
Japan
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Cyprinidae · Biwia

The minnow

Minnows and barbs are ray-finned freshwater fishes without teeth in the jaws; they grind food with pharyngeal teeth.

Carps, minnows, and loaches. They lack jaw teeth and live in freshwater.

Range and habitat

This species is found in the Yodo River basin in Japan.

GBIF currently lists 105 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

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

In crisis

Yodo Gudgeon 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 Biwia yodoensis — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q5492919 and GBIF occurrence geography. 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 Yodo Gudgeon?
Yodo Gudgeon is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes) — Biwia yodoensis.
What is the conservation status of Yodo Gudgeon?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Biwia yodoensis. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Yodo Gudgeon live?
This species is found in the Yodo River basin in Japan.
Why is Yodo Gudgeon in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Biwia yodoensis?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Yodo Gudgeon a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.