Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Chondrostoma soetta (Chondrostoma soetta), recorded as Critically Endangered
Chondrostoma soetta (Chondrostoma soetta). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Chondrostoma soetta

Chondrostoma soetta

Chondrostoma soetta is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes), recorded as Critically Endangered.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Chondrostoma soetta
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Cyprinidae · Chondrostoma

The minnow

Chondrostoma soetta is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes).

Range and habitat

It is found in Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss and predation and competition from introduced species such as roach, wels catfish and the common nase.

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

In crisis

It has been extirpated from Slovenia and numbers are declining in the Italian and Swiss lakes of Lake Como, Lake Lugano, Lake Maggiore, Lake Iseo and Lake Garda. Some population that are descended from fish introduced to other lakes in Italy appear to be thriving.

Chondrostoma soetta is Critically 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 Chondrostoma soetta, Wikidata item Q373568. 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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Neretvan nase

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

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Quick answers

What is Chondrostoma soetta?
Chondrostoma soetta is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes).
What is the conservation status of Chondrostoma soetta?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Chondrostoma soetta. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Chondrostoma soetta live?
Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes.
Why is Chondrostoma soetta in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss and predation and competition from introduced species such as roach, wels catfish and the common nase.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Chondrostoma soetta?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Chondrostoma soetta a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.