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

Critically Endangered

Parosphromenus kishii

Parosphromenus kishii

Parosphromenus kishii is a gourami in the family Osphronemidae (order Perciformes), recorded as Critically Endangered.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Parosphromenus kishii
Taxonomy
Perciformes · Osphronemidae · Parosphromenus

The gourami

Gouramies and wild bettas breathe air with a labyrinth organ, so they can live in warm, oxygen-poor forest water.

Perch-like ray-finned fishes: spiny-rayed fins and a huge spread of freshwater and marine families.

Range and habitat

Parosphromenus kishii can be found in a single river system and swampy forest in the Central Kalimantan province of Indonesia.

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

In crisis

Parosphromenus kishii 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 English Wikipedia article on Parosphromenus kishii — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q124512373. 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.

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Photograph of Parosphromenus alfredi (Parosphromenus alfredi), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Parosphromenus alfredi

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Photograph of Parosphromenus quindecim (Parosphromenus quindecim), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Parosphromenus quindecim

Parosphromenus quindecim
Photograph of Licorice gourami (Parosphromenus deissneri), recorded as EndangeredEN

Licorice gourami

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Photograph of Parosphromenus harveyi (Parosphromenus harveyi), recorded as EndangeredEN

Parosphromenus harveyi

Parosphromenus harveyi

Quick answers

What is Parosphromenus kishii?
Parosphromenus kishii is a gourami in the family Osphronemidae (order Perciformes).
What is the conservation status of Parosphromenus kishii?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Parosphromenus kishii. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Parosphromenus kishii live?
Parosphromenus kishii can be found in a single river system and swampy forest in the Central Kalimantan province of Indonesia.
Why is Parosphromenus kishii 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 Parosphromenus kishii?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Parosphromenus kishii a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.