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List of data deficient fishes

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As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 3191 data deficient fish species. 21% of all evaluated fish species are listed as data deficient. The IUCN also lists 12 fish subspecies as data deficient.

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Of the subpopulations of fishes evaluated by the IUCN, 34 species subpopulations have been assessed as data deficient.

This is a complete list of data deficient fish species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species and subspecies which have data deficient subpopulations (or stocks) are indicated.

Cartilaginous fishes

Chondrichthyes includes sharks, rays, skates, and sawfish. There are 475 species and three subpopulations of cartilaginous fish evaluated as data deficient.

Rays and skates

There are 253 species and one subpopulation in the order Rajiformes evaluated as data deficient.

Narcinids

Species

Subpopulations

  • Apron ray (Discopyge tschudii) (1 subpopulation)

    • Ground sharks

    There are 110 species and one subpopulation of ground shark evaluated as data deficient.

    Hammerhead sharks

  • Scoophead (Sphyrna media)

    • Requiem sharks

    Species

    Subpopulations

  • Night shark (Carcharhinus signatus) (1 subpopulation)

    • Squaliformes

    There are 67 species and one subpopulation in the order Squaliformes evaluated as data deficient.

    Centrophorids

    Species

    Subpopulations

  • Gulper shark (Centrophorus granulosus) (1 subpopulation)

    • Echinorhinids

  • Bramble shark (Echinorhinus brucus)

    • Chimaeras

    There are 20 Chimaera species evaluated as data deficient.

    Ray-finned fishes

    There are 2682 species, 12 subspecies, and one subpopulation of ray-finned fish evaluated as data deficient.

    Salmoniformes

    Species

    Subspecies

  • Coregonus sardinella baunti

    • Subpopulations

  • Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) (31 subpopulations)

    • Toothcarps

    There are 75 species and two subspecies of toothcarp evaluated as data deficient.

    Nothobranchiids

    Species

    Subspecies

  • Aphyosemion cameronense haasi
  • Aphyosemion celiae winifredae

    • Cypriniformes

    Cypriniformes includes carps, minnows, loaches and relatives. There are 610 species and two subspecies in the order Cypriniformes evaluated as data deficient.

    Cyprinids

    Species

    Subspecies

  • Osteobrama cotio peninsularis
  • Rhodeus atremius suigensis

    • Gasterosteiformes

    Includes sticklebacks and relatives.

    Osmeriformes

    Includes freshwater smelts and allies.

    Catfishes

    There are 439 catfish species evaluated as data deficient.

    Gonorynchiformes

    Includes milkfish, beaked salmon and allies.

    Perciformes

    There are 786 species and two subspecies in the order Perciformes evaluated as data deficient.

    Cichlids

    Species

    Subspecies

  • Cichlasoma urophthalmum ericymba
  • Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor multicolor

    • Osteoglossiformes

    There are 40 species in the order Osteoglossiformes evaluated as data deficient.

    Arapaimids

  • Arapaima (Arapaima gigas)

    • Characiformes

    There are 110 species in the order Characiformes evaluated as data deficient.

    Syngnathiformes

    Syngnathiformes includes the pipefishes and seahorses. There are 71 species and two subspecies in the order Syngnathiformes evaluated as data deficient.

    Syngnathids

    Species

    Subspecies

  • Subtropical-tropical trunk-pouch pipefish (Microphis brachyurus aculeatus)
  • Opossum river pipefish (Microphis brachyurus lineatus)

    • Scorpaeniformes

    There are 57 species and one subspecies in the order Scorpaeniformes evaluated as data deficient.

    Other Scorpaeniformes

    Species

    Subspecies

  • Spiny scorpionfish (Trachyscorpia cristulata echinata)

    • Tetraodontiformes

    There are 35 species in the order Tetraodontiformes evaluated as data deficient.

    Ostraciids

  • Island cowfish (Acanthostracion notacanthus)

    • Porcupinefish species

  • Deepwater burrfish (Allomycterus pilatus)

    • Gadiformes

    There are 32 species in the order Gadiformes evaluated as data deficient.

    Merlucciids

  • Merluccius gayi
  • Cortez hake (Merluccius hernandezi)

    • Lotids

  • Azores rockling (Gaidropsarus granti)
  • Gaidropsarus guttatus

    • Bichirs

  • Polypterus teugelsi

    • Eels

    There are 50 eel species evaluated as data deficient.

    Flatfishes

    There are 58 species and two subspecies of flatfish evaluated as data deficient.

    Paralichthyids

    Species

    Subspecies

  • Etropus delsmani delsmani
  • Etropus delsmani pacificus

    • Zeiformes

  • Smooth oreo (Pseudocyttus maculatus)
  • John Dory (Zeus faber)

    • References

    List of data deficient fishes Wikipedia
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