Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Lucifuga subterranea (Lucifuga subterranea), recorded as Endangered
Lucifuga subterranea (Lucifuga subterranea). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Lucifuga subterranea

Lucifuga subterranea

Lucifuga subterranea is a ray-finned fish in the family Bythitidae (order Ophidiiformes), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Lucifuga subterranea
Taxonomy
Ophidiiformes · Bythitidae · Lucifuga

The ray-finned fish

This named form is a ray-finned fish. The public files give taxonomy, a photograph, and a threat category — not a monograph.

Range and habitat

Within the caves, sinkholes and crevices in that it occurs it is common, it feeds on cirolanid isopods.

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

In crisis

Lucifuga subterranea 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 Lucifuga subterranea — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q531096. 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 Toothed Cuban cusk-eel (Lucifuga dentata), recorded as EndangeredEN

Toothed Cuban cusk-eel

Lucifuga dentata
Photograph of Gibara Cave Brotula (Lucifuga gibarensis), recorded as EndangeredEN

Gibara Cave Brotula

Lucifuga gibarensis
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

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

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus

Quick answers

What is Lucifuga subterranea?
Lucifuga subterranea is a ray-finned fish in the family Bythitidae (order Ophidiiformes).
What is the conservation status of Lucifuga subterranea?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Lucifuga subterranea. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Lucifuga subterranea live?
Within the caves, sinkholes and crevices in that it occurs it is common, it feeds on cirolanid isopods.
Why is Lucifuga subterranea in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Lucifuga subterranea?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Lucifuga subterranea a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.