Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Jellybean Tetra (Ladigesia roloffi), recorded as Critically Endangered
Jellybean Tetra (Ladigesia roloffi). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Jellybean Tetra

Ladigesia roloffi

The only species in the genus is Jellybean Tetra, the Sierra Leone dwarf characin, is a species that is found in Sierra Leone and Liberia, Africa.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Ladigesia roloffi
Taxonomy
Characiformes · Alestidae · Ladigesia

The ray-finned fish

This species measures a length of 3 to 4 centimetres (1.2 to 1.6 in), making it a small fish species.

Range and habitat

The only species in the genus is Jellybean Tetra, the Sierra Leone dwarf characin, is a species that is found in Sierra Leone and Liberia, Africa. Ninety-seven percent of their natural habitat has been lost.

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

Habits

Characiforms school or hold small territories in Neotropical rivers. Many named tetras are known from one drainage that can be silted or dammed.

In crisis

Jellybean Tetra 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 Jellybean Tetra, Wikidata item Q3766673. 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 Jellybean Tetra?
Ladigesia is monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Alestidae, the African tetras.
What is the conservation status of Jellybean Tetra?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Ladigesia roloffi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Jellybean Tetra live?
The only species in the genus is Jellybean Tetra, the Sierra Leone dwarf characin, is a species that is found in Sierra Leone and Liberia, Africa.
Why is Jellybean Tetra 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 Ladigesia roloffi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Jellybean Tetra a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.