Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Pike Asp (Aspiolucius esocinus), recorded as Endangered
Pike Asp (Aspiolucius esocinus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Pike Asp

Aspiolucius esocinus

Aspiolucius is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Aspiolucius esocinus
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Cyprinidae · Aspiolucius

The minnow

This species can reach a total length of 50 cm (20 in).

Range and habitat

The only species in the genus is Pike Asp, the pike asp, This species is found in Central Asia in rivers such as the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, and occasionally lakes in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, where it was a common fish until 1980s.

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

In crisis

After that, the population had rapidly declined, so that the species was declared endangered in these countries, and extinct in the neighboring Kazakhstan.

Pike Asp 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 Pike Asp, Wikidata item Q63703. 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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Quick answers

What is Pike Asp?
Aspiolucius is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae.
What is the conservation status of Pike Asp?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Aspiolucius esocinus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Pike Asp live?
The only species in the genus is Pike Asp, the pike asp, This species is found in Central Asia in rivers such as the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, and occasionally lakes in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, where it was a common fish until 1980s.
Why is Pike Asp in crisis?
After that, the population had rapidly declined, so that the species was declared endangered in these countries, and extinct in the neighboring Kazakhstan.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Aspiolucius esocinus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Pike Asp a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.