Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Spotted skiffia (Skiffia multipunctata), recorded as Endangered
Spotted skiffia (Skiffia multipunctata). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Spotted skiffia

Skiffia multipunctata

Spotted skiffia is a splitfin in the family Goodeidae (order Cyprinodontiformes) — Skiffia multipunctata, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Skiffia multipunctata
Taxonomy
Cyprinodontiformes · Goodeidae · Skiffia

Appearance

Males of the species grow to a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in), with a golden orange base color with varying patterns of black spots, along with a wide and long dorsal fin. Females of the species grow to a length of 6 centimetres (2.4 in), with silver gray coloring with black spots.

Range and habitat

No country pin is stored for Spotted skiffia on this catalog. That is a missing field, not proof the animal has no range.

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

Diet

If there are Taxodium roots the species will often use them as refuge and feed off aufwuchs and algae that grows on the roots.

In crisis

Due to a loss in distribution from pollution, habitat modifications, and invasive species, with its only current healthy population in the Duero River drainage facing stream channelization and water diversions in its lower portions, the IUCN Red List has assessed the spotted skiffia as 'Endangered' in 2018.

Spotted skiffia 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 the English Wikipedia article on Spotted skiffia, Wikidata item Q6409390. 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 Golden skiffia (Skiffia francesae), recorded as Extinct in the WildEW

Golden skiffia

Skiffia francesae
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 Spotted skiffia?
Spotted skiffia is a splitfin in the family Goodeidae (order Cyprinodontiformes) — Skiffia multipunctata.
What is the conservation status of Spotted skiffia?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Skiffia multipunctata. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Spotted skiffia live?
Males of the species grow to a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in), with a golden orange base color with varying patterns of black spots, along with a wide and long dorsal fin.
Why is Spotted skiffia in crisis?
Due to a loss in distribution from pollution, habitat modifications, and invasive species, with its only current healthy population in the Duero River drainage facing stream channelization and water diversions in its lower portions, the IUCN Red List has assessed the spotted skiffia as 'Endangered' in 2018.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Skiffia multipunctata?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Spotted skiffia a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.