Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Chapala chub (Yuriria chapalae), recorded as Endangered
Chapala chub (Yuriria chapalae). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Chapala chub

Yuriria chapalae

Chapala chub is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes) — Yuriria chapalae, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Yuriria chapalae
Taxonomy
Cypriniformes · Cyprinidae · Yuriria

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

This fish is endemic to the Lake Chapala and its effluent river, the Río Grande de Santiago, in the states of Jalisco and Michoacán in Mexico.

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

In crisis

Chapala chub 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 Chapala chub — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q5759157. 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.

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Quick answers

What is Chapala chub?
Chapala chub is a minnow in the family Cyprinidae (order Cypriniformes) — Yuriria chapalae.
What is the conservation status of Chapala chub?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Yuriria chapalae. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Chapala chub live?
This fish is endemic to the Lake Chapala and its effluent river, the Río Grande de Santiago, in the states of Jalisco and Michoacán in Mexico.
Why is Chapala chub in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Yuriria chapalae?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Chapala chub a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.