Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Liparia (Alosa macedonica), recorded as Critically Endangered
Liparia (Alosa macedonica). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Liparia

Alosa macedonica

Liparia is a ray-finned fish in the family Clupeidae (order Clupeiformes) — Alosa macedonica, recorded as Critically Endangered.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Alosa macedonica
Taxonomy
Clupeiformes · Clupeidae · Alosa

Range and habitat

Liparia is endemic to Greece where it is restricted to Lake Volvi in the Mygdonia catchment in northern Greece. Its presence in neighbouring Lake Koroneia has been claimed, and that this species was extirpated from there when it dried up in the 1990s, even so, its presence in that lake has never been confirmed. The Liparia is pelagic living in the upper layers of the lake in the warmer months and retreating to deeper water in the cooler parts of the year.

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

In crisis

Liparia is classified as Critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Threats to this species include pollution, falling water levels in the lake due to abstraction and invasive species.

Liparia 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 Liparia, Wikidata item Q304425. 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 Liparia?
Liparia is a ray-finned fish in the family Clupeidae (order Clupeiformes) — Alosa macedonica.
What is the conservation status of Liparia?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Alosa macedonica. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Liparia live?
Liparia is endemic to Greece where it is restricted to Lake Volvi in the Mygdonia catchment in northern Greece.
Why is Liparia in crisis?
Liparia is classified as Critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Alosa macedonica?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Liparia a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.