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

Critically Endangered

Poblana ferdebueni

Poblana ferdebueni

Poblana ferdebueni, the Chignahuapan silverside is a neotropical silverside endemic to Mexico.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Poblana ferdebueni
Taxonomy
Atheriniformes · Atherinopsidae · Poblana

The silverside

This species was described by Aurelio Solórzano Preciado and Irma López-Guerrero in 1965 from a type locality of Laguna de Almoloya, Chignahuapan Lake, Puebla State, Mexico and was given the specific name ferdebueni to honour the Spanish ichthyologist Fernando de Buen y Lozano (1895-1962) who had originally proposed the genus Poblana.

Range and habitat

Poblana ferdebueni, the Chignahuapan silverside is a neotropical silverside endemic to Mexico.

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

Habits

Silversides and rainbowfishes need clear water and a place to school. A lake form does not commute to the next basin.

In crisis

Poblana ferdebueni 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 Poblana ferdebueni, Wikidata item Q5501955. 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 Poblana ferdebueni?
Poblana ferdebueni is a silverside in the family Atherinopsidae (order Atheriniformes).
What is the conservation status of Poblana ferdebueni?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Poblana ferdebueni. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Poblana ferdebueni live?
Poblana ferdebueni, the Chignahuapan silverside is a neotropical silverside endemic to Mexico.
Why is Poblana ferdebueni 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 Poblana ferdebueni?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Poblana ferdebueni a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.