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

Endangered

Cheirodon kiliani

Cheirodon kiliani

Cheirodon kiliani is a characin in the family Characidae (order Characiformes), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Cheirodon kiliani
Taxonomy
Characiformes · Characidae · Cheirodon

Range and habitat

This species is endemic to Chile. Campos named this species in honour of his teacher, the German biologist Ernst Kilian, the founding director of Instituto de Zoología, Austral University of Chile, Chile.

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

Habits

Characiforms school or hold small territories in Neotropical rivers. Many named tetras are known from one drainage that can be silted or dammed.

In crisis

Cheirodon kiliani 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 Cheirodon kiliani, Wikidata item Q309007. 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 Cheirodon kiliani?
Cheirodon kiliani is a characin in the family Characidae (order Characiformes).
What is the conservation status of Cheirodon kiliani?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Cheirodon kiliani. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Cheirodon kiliani live?
This species is endemic to Chile.
Why is Cheirodon kiliani in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Cheirodon kiliani?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Cheirodon kiliani a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.