Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Parma Royleova (Labeobarbus roylii), recorded as Endangered
Parma Royleova (Labeobarbus roylii). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Parma Royleova

Labeobarbus roylii

Parma Royleova is a karpa.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Labeobarbus roylii
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Cyprinidae · Labeobarbus

The minnow

It was first described by George Albert Boulenger in 1912.

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

Parma Royleova is a cyprinid fish found in the Chiloango and the Kouilou river basins in Angola and the Republic of Congo.

GBIF currently lists 29 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

Parma Royleova 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 Parma Royleova — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q769935 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.

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Quick answers

What is Parma Royleova?
Parma Royleova is a karpa.
What is the conservation status of Parma Royleova?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Labeobarbus roylii. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Parma Royleova live?
Parma Royleova is a cyprinid fish found in the Chiloango and the Kouilou river basins in Angola and the Republic of Congo.
Why is Parma Royleova in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Labeobarbus roylii?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Parma Royleova a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.