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

Endangered

Pachypanchax sparksorum

Pachypanchax sparksorum

Pachypanchax sparksorum is a Aplocheilid killifish endemic to Madagascar where it is found in the Anjingo River and streams feeding into the Ankofia River.

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

The ray-finned fish

Pachypanchax sparksorum is a ray-finned fish in the family Aplocheilidae (order Cyprinodontiformes).

Range and habitat

Pachypanchax sparksorum is a Aplocheilid killifish endemic to Madagascar where it is found in the Anjingo River and streams feeding into the Ankofia River. Its natural habitat is rivers.

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 sparksorum 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 sparksorum, Wikidata item Q142722. 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 sakaramyi (Pachypanchax sakaramyi), recorded as EndangeredEN

Pachypanchax sakaramyi

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

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus

Quick answers

What is Pachypanchax sparksorum?
Pachypanchax sparksorum is a ray-finned fish in the family Aplocheilidae (order Cyprinodontiformes).
What is the conservation status of Pachypanchax sparksorum?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Pachypanchax sparksorum. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Pachypanchax sparksorum live?
Pachypanchax sparksorum is a Aplocheilid killifish endemic to Madagascar where it is found in the Anjingo River and streams feeding into the Ankofia River.
Why is Pachypanchax sparksorum in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Pachypanchax sparksorum?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Pachypanchax sparksorum a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.