Extinct in the Wild
Golden skiffia
Skiffia francesae
Golden skiffia, the golden skiffia or tiro dorado, is a splitfin endemic to the Rio Teuchitlán, a tributary of Río Ameca in western Mexico.
Appearance
Males also have a notched dorsal fin, that females lack. Males are a bright gold color with a gray overcast. The gold coloration is most vibrant during courtship, largely fading to the dorsal, caudal, and anal fins in non-courting males.
The golden skiffia is a small fish, reaching a maximum standard length (SL) of around 4.3 cm (1.7 in), with a wedge shaped head and upturned lips.
Range and habitat
Prior to extirpation, it was found in the Rio Teuchitlán, a tributary of the Río Ameca in Jalisco state, Mexico. The area of the river inhabited by golden skiffia had a slight current, with murky water and mud, sand, and silt substrate. Golden skiffia occurred at a maximum depth of 0.5 m (1.6 ft).
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
Golden skiffia gives birth to live young, giving birth to live young rather than laying eggs.
In crisis
It is extinct in the wild, but has been maintained in aquaria and the aquarium hobbyist trade.
Golden skiffia is Extinct in the Wild 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 Golden skiffia, Wikidata item Q5559787. 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.
