Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of White River springfish (Crenichthys baileyi), recorded as Endangered
White River springfish (Crenichthys baileyi). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

White River springfish

Crenichthys baileyi

White River springfish is a splitfin in the family Goodeidae (order Cyprinodontiformes) — Crenichthys baileyi, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Crenichthys baileyi
Taxonomy
Cyprinodontiformes · Goodeidae · Crenichthys

Appearance

The White River springfish is a fish in the family Goodeidae, the splitfins. It is a rare species of the Great Basin of western United States, where it is endemic to isolated warm springs in the White River drainage of eastern Nevada. Each side has two rows of dark blotches.

Range and habitat

No country pin is stored for White River springfish on this catalog. That is a missing field, not proof the animal has no range.

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

Breeding

Small desert or forest fishes in this order live in water that can vanish. The egg bank, if there is one, is the only reserve.

In crisis

White River springfish 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 White River springfish, Wikidata item Q309122. 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 White River springfish?
White River springfish is a splitfin in the family Goodeidae (order Cyprinodontiformes) — Crenichthys baileyi.
What is the conservation status of White River springfish?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Crenichthys baileyi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does White River springfish live?
It is a rare species of the Great Basin of western United States, where it is endemic to isolated warm springs in the White River drainage of eastern Nevada.
Why is White River springfish in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Crenichthys baileyi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is White River springfish a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.