Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Lakeweed Chub (Ischikauia steenackeri), recorded as Endangered
Lakeweed Chub (Ischikauia steenackeri). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Lakeweed Chub

Ischikauia steenackeri

Lakeweed Chub is a karpa.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Ischikauia steenackeri
Recorded from
Japan
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Cyprinidae · Ischikauia

The minnow

It was first described by Henry Emile Sauvage in 1883.

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

Lakeweed Chub is recorded from Japan.

GBIF currently lists 666 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

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

In crisis

Lakeweed Chub 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 Cebuano Wikipedia article on Ischikauia steenackeri, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q3269635 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Lakeweed Chub?
Lakeweed Chub is a karpa.
What is the conservation status of Lakeweed Chub?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Ischikauia steenackeri. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Lakeweed Chub live?
Lakeweed Chub is a karpa.
Why is Lakeweed Chub in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Ischikauia steenackeri?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Lakeweed Chub a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.