Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Deccan Labeo (Labeo potail), recorded as Endangered
Deccan Labeo (Labeo potail). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Deccan Labeo

Labeo potail

Deccan Labeo is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes) — Labeo potail, recorded as Endangered and tied to India.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Labeo potail
Recorded from
India
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Cyprinidae · Labeo

The minnow

It was first described by William Henry Sykes in 1839.

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

Deccan Labeo is recorded from India.

GBIF currently lists 2 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

Deccan Labeo 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 Deccan Labeo — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q2096130 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 Clanwilliam Sandfish (Labeo seeberi), recorded as EndangeredEN

Clanwilliam Sandfish

Labeo seeberi
Photograph of Green Labeo (Labeo fisheri), recorded as EndangeredEN

Green Labeo

Labeo fisheri
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

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Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus

Quick answers

What is Deccan Labeo?
It was first described by William Henry Sykes in 1839.
What is the conservation status of Deccan Labeo?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Labeo potail. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Deccan Labeo live?
It was first described by William Henry Sykes in 1839.
Why is Deccan Labeo in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Labeo potail?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Deccan Labeo a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.