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

Endangered

Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis

Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis

Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis is a ray-finned fish in the family Loricariidae (order Siluriformes), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis
Taxonomy
Siluriformes · Loricariidae · Guyanancistrus

Appearance

Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis is a catfish in the family Loricariidae. It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Kumbu Creek, that is part of the Saramacca River basin, in Brownsberg Nature Park in the Brownsberg Mountains in Suriname.

The type locality of the species is a small mountain stream with a width of 2.5 to 3.7 m (8.2 to 12.1 ft), a depth of 28 to 50 cm (11 to 19.7 inches), a temperature of 23.1 to 23.2 °C (73.6 to 73.8 °F), an oxygen concentration of 7.08 to 7.72 g/mL, an oxygen saturation of 93% to 96%, a pH of 7 to 7.5, a conductivity of 30.8 to 31.6 μS/cm, and a current strength of 0.29 to 0.56 m/s.

Range and habitat

It is known that the species usually lives in threatened by illegal gold mining.

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

In crisis

Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis 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 Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis, Wikidata item Q47461856. 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 Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis?
Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis is a ray-finned fish in the family Loricariidae (order Siluriformes).
What is the conservation status of Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis live?
It is native to South America, where it occurs in the upper Kumbu Creek, that is part of the Saramacca River basin, in Brownsberg Nature Park in the Brownsberg Mountains in Suriname.
Why is Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis in crisis?
It is known that the species usually lives in threatened by illegal gold mining.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Guyanancistrus brownsbergensis a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.