Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Hadramaut himri (Carasobarbus exulatus), recorded as Endangered
Hadramaut himri (Carasobarbus exulatus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Hadramaut himri

Carasobarbus exulatus

The Hadramaut himri is a ray-finned fish in the genus Carasobarbus, it is endemic to Yemen where it occurs in Wadi Hadramaut, and possibly Wadi Maran.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Carasobarbus exulatus
Recorded from
Yemen, Saudi Arabia
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Cyprinidae · Carasobarbus

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 Hadramaut himri is a ray-finned fish in the genus Carasobarbus, it is endemic to Yemen where it occurs in Wadi Hadramaut, and possibly Wadi Maran.

GBIF currently lists 37 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

Hadramaut himri 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 Hadramaut himri — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q1102447 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.

Same genus

Photograph of Arabian himri (Carasobarbus apoensis), recorded as EndangeredEN

Arabian himri

Carasobarbus apoensis
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus
Photograph of Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Sumatran orangutan

Pongo abelii

Quick answers

What is Hadramaut himri?
Hadramaut himri is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes) — Carasobarbus exulatus.
What is the conservation status of Hadramaut himri?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Carasobarbus exulatus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Hadramaut himri live?
The Hadramaut himri is a ray-finned fish in the genus Carasobarbus, it is endemic to Yemen where it occurs in Wadi Hadramaut, and possibly Wadi Maran.
Why is Hadramaut himri in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Carasobarbus exulatus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Hadramaut himri a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.