Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Onaç spring minnow (Pseudophoxinus ninae), recorded as Critically Endangered
Onaç spring minnow (Pseudophoxinus ninae). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Onaç spring minnow

Pseudophoxinus ninae

Onaç spring minnow is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes) — Pseudophoxinus ninae, recorded as Critically Endangered.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Pseudophoxinus ninae
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Cyprinidae · Pseudophoxinus

The minnow

Minnows and barbs are ray-finned freshwater fishes without teeth in the jaws; they grind food with pharyngeal teeth.

Carps, minnows, and loaches. They lack jaw teeth and live in freshwater.

Range and habitat

It is found in the Onaç drainage in Anatolia in Turkey.

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

In crisis

Onaç spring minnow 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 Onaç spring minnow — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q6408150. 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 Burdur spring minnow (Pseudophoxinus burduricus), recorded as EndangeredEN

Burdur spring minnow

Pseudophoxinus burduricus
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus
Photograph of Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Sumatran orangutan

Pongo abelii

Quick answers

What is Onaç spring minnow?
Onaç spring minnow is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes) — Pseudophoxinus ninae.
What is the conservation status of Onaç spring minnow?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Pseudophoxinus ninae. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Onaç spring minnow live?
It is found in the Onaç drainage in Anatolia in Turkey.
Why is Onaç spring minnow 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 Pseudophoxinus ninae?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Onaç spring minnow a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.