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

Critically Endangered

Hyalobagrus ornatus

Hyalobagrus ornatus

Hyalobagrus ornatus is a ray-finned fish in the family Bagridae (order Siluriformes), recorded as Critically Endangered.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Hyalobagrus ornatus
Taxonomy
Siluriformes · Bagridae · Hyalobagrus

The ray-finned fish

Catfishes are typically bottom-living freshwater fishes with barbels. Cave forms lose eyes and pigment.

Range and habitat

Hyalobagrus ornatus is a bagrid catfish found in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. It is found in the Muar River drainage in the southern Malay Peninsula of Malaysia and Thailand and Kapuas basin in western Borneo. It occurs in streams and peat swamps.

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

In crisis

Hyalobagrus ornatus 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 Hyalobagrus ornatus — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q3758816. 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 Hyalobagrus ornatus?
Hyalobagrus ornatus is a ray-finned fish in the family Bagridae (order Siluriformes).
What is the conservation status of Hyalobagrus ornatus?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Hyalobagrus ornatus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Hyalobagrus ornatus live?
It is found in the Muar River drainage in the southern Malay Peninsula of Malaysia and Thailand and Kapuas basin in western Borneo.
Why is Hyalobagrus ornatus in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Hyalobagrus ornatus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Hyalobagrus ornatus a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.