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

Critically Endangered

Pimelodus grosskopfii

Pimelodus grosskopfii

Pimelodus grosskopfii is a ray-finned fish in the family Pimelodidae (order Siluriformes), recorded as Critically Endangered and tied to Colombia, Brazil, and Venezuela.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Pimelodus grosskopfii
Recorded from
Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela
Taxonomy
Siluriformes · Pimelodidae · Pimelodus

The ray-finned fish

Catfishes are typically bottom-living freshwater fishes with barbels. Cave forms lose eyes and pigment.

Range and habitat

It is endemic to the Magdalena River and Lake Maracaibo basins in South America.

GBIF currently lists 21,156 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

Pimelodus grosskopfii 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 Pimelodus grosskopfii — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q2841583 and GBIF occurrence geography. 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 Pimelodus grosskopfii?
Pimelodus grosskopfii is a ray-finned fish in the family Pimelodidae (order Siluriformes).
What is the conservation status of Pimelodus grosskopfii?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Pimelodus grosskopfii. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Pimelodus grosskopfii live?
It is endemic to the Magdalena River and Lake Maracaibo basins in South America.
Why is Pimelodus grosskopfii 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 Pimelodus grosskopfii?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Pimelodus grosskopfii a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.