VU — Vulnerable

Mordacia lapicida

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

↓Decreasing

Population trend

01 — Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Phylum

CHORDATA

Class

PETROMYZONTI

Order

PETROMYZONTIFORMES

Family

MORDACIIDAE

Genus

Mordacia

Mordacia lapicida belongs to the family MORDACIIDAE, order PETROMYZONTIFORMES, within the PETROMYZONTI class.

03 — Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

Marine coastal/supratidalMajorMarine neriticMajorWetlands (inland)Major

04 — Threats

Threats

Annual & perennial non-timber crops

Ongoing

Dams & water management/use

Ongoing

Housing & urban areas

Ongoing

Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases

Ongoing

Type Unknown/Unrecorded (pollution)

Ongoing

05 — Conservation

Conservation Actions

Species recovery

Policies and regulations

Community

Community Sightings

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07 — Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2026). Mordacia lapicida (Mordacia lapicida). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/mordacia-lapicida-13852

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