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- Extinct in the wild (EW): 6 species
- Critically endangered (CR): 455 species
- Endangered (EN): 643 species
- Vulnerable (VU): 1,245 species
- Near threatened (NT, LR/cd): 548 species
- Least concern (LC): 9,131 species
- Data deficient (DD): 3,191 species
Fish species (IUCN, 2016-2)
- 15,219 extant species have been evaluated
- 12,028 of those are fully assessed [lower-alpha 1]
- 9679 are not threatened at present [lower-alpha 2]
- 2343 to 5534 are threatened [lower-alpha 3]
- 71 to 158 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
- 65 extinct (EX) species [lower-alpha 4]
- 6 extinct in the wild (EW)
- 87 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
- 0 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]
- ↑ excludes data deficient evaluations.
- ↑ NT, LR/cd, LC.
- ↑ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
- ↑ Chart omits extinct (EX) species
As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 9131 least concern fish species. [1] 60% of all evaluated fish species are listed as least concern. The IUCN also lists 37 fish subspecies as least concern.
Contents
- Lobe-finned fishes
- Cartilaginous fishes
- Rays and skates
- Ground sharks
- Carpet sharks
- Squaliformes
- Chimaeras
- Other cartilaginous fish species
- Lampreys
- Ray-finned fishes
- Salmoniformes
- Silversides
- Toothcarps
- Cypriniformes
- Gasterosteiformes
- Osmeriformes
- Percopsiformes
- Catfishes
- Gonorynchiformes
- Batrachoidiformes
- Perciformes
- Beloniformes
- Synbranchiformes
- Gymnotiformes
- Osteoglossiformes
- Gobiesociformes
- Characiformes
- Syngnathiformes
- Clupeiformes
- Scorpaeniformes
- Esociformes
- Ophidiiformes
- Tetraodontiformes
- Gadiformes
- Mullets
- Bichirs
- Eels
- Flatfishes
- Anglerfishes
- Beryciformes
- Stephanoberyciformes
- Aulopiformes
- Notacanthiformes
- Zeiformes
- Stomiiformes
- Cetomimiformes
- Myctophiformes
- Lampriformes
- Stylephoriformes
- Other ray-finned fish species
- Hagfishes
- See also
- References
Of the subpopulations of fishes evaluated by the IUCN, 44 species subpopulations have been assessed as least concern.
This is a complete list of least concern fish species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species and subspecies which have least concern subpopulations (or stocks) are indicated.
