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

Endangered

Pachypanchax sakaramyi

Pachypanchax sakaramyi

Pachypanchax sakaramyi is a Aplocheilid killifish endemic to Madagascar where it is only known from Sakaramy and Antongombato Rivers with reports that it is found in several crater lakes.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Pachypanchax sakaramyi
Taxonomy
Cyprinodontiformes · Aplocheilidae · Pachypanchax

The ray-finned fish

Killifish, livebearers, and splitfins — small-bodied freshwater fishes, many of them from a single lake, spring, or seasonal pool.

Range and habitat

Pachypanchax sakaramyi is a Aplocheilid killifish endemic to Madagascar where it is only known from Sakaramy and Antongombato Rivers with reports that it is found in several crater lakes. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss and invasive species.

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

Breeding

Small desert or forest fishes in this order live in water that can vanish. The egg bank, if there is one, is the only reserve.

In crisis

Pachypanchax sakaramyi 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 Pachypanchax sakaramyi — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q285807. 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 Pachypanchax omalonotus (Pachypanchax omalonotus), recorded as EndangeredEN

Pachypanchax omalonotus

Pachypanchax omalonotus
Photograph of Pachypanchax patriciae (Pachypanchax patriciae), recorded as EndangeredEN

Pachypanchax patriciae

Pachypanchax patriciae
Photograph of Pachypanchax sparksorum (Pachypanchax sparksorum), recorded as EndangeredEN

Pachypanchax sparksorum

Pachypanchax sparksorum
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus

Quick answers

What is Pachypanchax sakaramyi?
Pachypanchax sakaramyi is a ray-finned fish in the family Aplocheilidae (order Cyprinodontiformes).
What is the conservation status of Pachypanchax sakaramyi?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Pachypanchax sakaramyi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Pachypanchax sakaramyi live?
Pachypanchax sakaramyi is a Aplocheilid killifish endemic to Madagascar where it is only known from Sakaramy and Antongombato Rivers with reports that it is found in several crater lakes.
Why is Pachypanchax sakaramyi in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss and invasive species.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Pachypanchax sakaramyi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Pachypanchax sakaramyi a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.