Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Lobocheilos lehat (Lobocheilos lehat), recorded as Critically Endangered
Lobocheilos lehat (Lobocheilos lehat). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Lobocheilos lehat

Lobocheilos lehat

Lobocheilos lehat is a karpa.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Lobocheilos lehat
Recorded from
Indonesia
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Cyprinidae · Lobocheilos

The minnow

It was first described by Pieter Bleeker in 1858.

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

Lobocheilos lehat is recorded from Indonesia.

GBIF currently lists 4 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

Lobocheilos lehat 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 Cebuano Wikipedia article on Lobocheilos lehat, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q3766008 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

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