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

Endangered

Capoetobrama

Capoetobrama kuschakewitschi

Capoetobrama is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Capoetobrama kuschakewitschi
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Cyprinidae · Capoetobrama

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

The only species in the genus is Capoetobrama, the sharpray, a species of freshwater fish that is found in Central Asia, in a region shared by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

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

In crisis

Capoetobrama 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 Capoetobrama — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q74253. 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 Capoetobrama?
Capoetobrama is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae.
What is the conservation status of Capoetobrama?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Capoetobrama kuschakewitschi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Capoetobrama live?
The only species in the genus is Capoetobrama, the sharpray, a species of freshwater fish that is found in Central Asia, in a region shared by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Why is Capoetobrama in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Capoetobrama kuschakewitschi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Capoetobrama a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.