Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Korhi Barb (Hypselobarbus micropogon), recorded as Endangered
Korhi Barb (Hypselobarbus micropogon). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Korhi Barb

Hypselobarbus micropogon

Korhi Barb is a karpa.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Hypselobarbus micropogon
Recorded from
India
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Cyprinidae · Hypselobarbus

The minnow

It was first described by Achille Valenciennes in 1842.

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

Korhi Barb is recorded from India.

GBIF currently lists 40 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

Korhi Barb 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 Korhi Barb — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q3759871 and GBIF occurrence geography. 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.

Same genus

Photograph of Hypselobarbus pulchellus (Hypselobarbus pulchellus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Hypselobarbus pulchellus

Hypselobarbus pulchellus
Photograph of Red Canarese Barb (Hypselobarbus thomassi), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Red Canarese Barb

Hypselobarbus thomassi
Photograph of Curmuca Barb (Hypselobarbus curmuca), recorded as EndangeredEN

Curmuca Barb

Hypselobarbus curmuca
Photograph of Hypselobarbus mussullah (Hypselobarbus mussullah), recorded as EndangeredEN

Hypselobarbus mussullah

Hypselobarbus mussullah

Quick answers

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