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Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 643 endangered fish species. [1] Of all evaluated fish species, 4.2% are listed as endangered. The IUCN also lists ten fish subspecies as endangered.
This is a complete list of critically endangered fish species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species considered possibly extinct by the IUCN are marked as such. Species and subspecies which have critically endangered subpopulations (or stocks) are indicated.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature is the best known worldwide conservation status listing and ranking system. . Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups set through criteria such as rate of decline, population size, area of geographic distribution, and degree of population and distribution fragmenta
The species include a fruit bat, two species of fish, eight types of mussels and 10 types of birds.
See: List of endangered fishes, List of critically endangered fishes. Vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered species are collectively referred to as threatened species by the IUCN. Additionally 3191 fish species (21% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient , meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of ...
The species — several birds, mussels, two species of fish and the Little Mariana fruit bat last seen in Guam in 1968 — have been listed as endangered for decades, according to the U.S. Fish ...
Birds — List of critically endangered birds; Fish — List of critically endangered fishes; Invertebrates — List of critically endangered invertebrates. Arthropods — List of critically endangered arthropods. Insects — List of critically endangered insects; Molluscs List of critically endangered molluscs; Mammals — List of critically ...
In 1994, they were added to the federal endangered species list. Above, they swim in an orange bucket. One population inhabited Carpinteria Creek , he said, which drains into the Santa Barbara ...