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

Endangered

Delminichthys adspersus

Delminichthys adspersus

Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, and inland karsts.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Delminichthys adspersus
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Cyprinidae · Delminichthys

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

It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, and inland karsts. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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

In crisis

Delminichthys adspersus 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 Delminichthys adspersus — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q613741. 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 Delminichthys adspersus?
It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.
What is the conservation status of Delminichthys adspersus?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Delminichthys adspersus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Delminichthys adspersus live?
Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, and inland karsts.
Why is Delminichthys adspersus in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Delminichthys adspersus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Delminichthys adspersus a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.