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

Endangered

Nemacheilus pulchellus

Nemacheilus pulchellus

Nemacheilus pulchellus is a ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae (order Cypriniformes), recorded as Endangered and tied to India and China.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Nemacheilus pulchellus
Recorded from
India, China
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Nemacheilidae · Nemacheilus

The ray-finned fish

Carps, minnows, and loaches. They lack jaw teeth and live in freshwater.

Range and habitat

Nemacheilus pulchellus is a fish in the family of balitorids and in the order of cypriniformes. Habitat It is a river fish of clean waters and rocky substrate, demersal and tropical climate, that lives in India (the Bhavani river - at the foot of the Nilgiri mountains, the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu - and the Periyar and Chalakudi rivers in Kerala).

GBIF currently lists 8 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

Nemacheilus pulchellus 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 Catalan Wikipedia article on Nemacheilus pulchellus, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q951001 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 Nemacheilus pulchellus?
Nemacheilus pulchellus is a ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae (order Cypriniformes).
What is the conservation status of Nemacheilus pulchellus?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Nemacheilus pulchellus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Nemacheilus pulchellus live?
Nemacheilus pulchellus is a fish in the family of balitorids and in the order of cypriniformes. Habitat It is a river fish of clean waters and rocky substrate, demersal and tropical climate, that lives in India (the Bhavani river - at the foot of the Nilgiri mountains, the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu - and the Periyar and Chalakudi rivers in Kerala).
Why is Nemacheilus pulchellus in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Nemacheilus pulchellus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Nemacheilus pulchellus a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.