Critically Endangered
Rainbow goodeid
Characodon lateralis
The rainbow goodeid is a critically endangered freshwater fish in the family Goodeidae, and are endemic to Mexico.
The splitfin
Rainbow goodeid is a splitfin in the family Goodeidae (order Cyprinodontiformes) — Characodon lateralis.
Range and habitat
The rainbow goodeid is typically found in freshwater, shallow springs or marshes with little to no current and plentiful submerged vegetation. It is sensitive to change in its habitat, and susceptible to the invasive species continually being introduced into its environment. Their preferred temperature and latitude range is 18°C-27°C and 24°N-23°N, respectively.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
Small desert or forest fishes in this order live in water that can vanish. The egg bank, if there is one, is the only reserve.
In crisis
The species was last assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species on April 18, 2018, and are critically endangered. In 1979, they were deemed threatened. The population is currently in decline.
Climate change has been detrimental to C.lateralis populations. Invasive species have also been a major inhibitor of growth for the populations.
Rainbow goodeid 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 Rainbow goodeid, Wikidata item Q308127. 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.
