Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Sahyadria denisonii (Sahyadria denisonii), recorded as Endangered
Sahyadria denisonii (Sahyadria denisonii). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Sahyadria denisonii

Sahyadria denisonii

Sahyadria denisonii is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes), recorded as Endangered and tied to India, Thailand, and South Africa.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Sahyadria denisonii
Recorded from
India, Thailand, South Africa
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Cyprinidae · Sahyadria

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

Sahyadria denisonii is recorded from India, Thailand, and South Africa.

The type locality — the place tied to the name-bearing specimen — is Mundakayam, Travancore, India.

GBIF currently lists 111 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

Sahyadria denisonii 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 Wikidata item Q28149684 and GBIF occurrence geography. No dedicated encyclopedia article was available at build time. Family and order context is original writing about the group — not a claim that a monograph exists for this name. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Sahyadria denisonii?
Sahyadria denisonii is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes).
What is the conservation status of Sahyadria denisonii?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Sahyadria denisonii. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Sahyadria denisonii live?
The public record places it in India, Thailand, and South Africa.
Why is Sahyadria denisonii in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Sahyadria denisonii?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Sahyadria denisonii a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.