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List of least concern fishes

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As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 9131 least concern fish species. 60% of all evaluated fish species are listed as least concern. The IUCN also lists 37 fish subspecies as least concern.

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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.

Lobe-finned fishes

Species

Subspecies

Cartilaginous fishes

Chondrichthyes includes sharks, rays, skates, and sawfish. There are 313 species and two subpopulations of cartilaginous fish assessed as least concern.

Rays and skates

There are 148 species in the order Rajiformes assessed as least concern.

Ground sharks

There are 79 ground shark species assessed as least concern.

Squaliformes

There are 34 species and two subpopulations in the order Squaliformes assessed as least concern.

Centrophorids

Species

  • Birdbeak dogfish (Deania calcea)
  • Arrowhead dogfish (Deania profundorum)

    • Subpopulations

  • Smallfin gulper shark (Centrophorus moluccensis) (1 subpopulation)

    • Squalids

    Species

    Subpopulations

  • Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) (2 subpopulations)

    • Somniosids

  • Roughskin dogfish (Centroscymnus owstonii)
  • Longnose velvet dogfish (Centroselachus crepidater)

    • Chimaeras

    There are 23 Chimaera species assessed as least concern.

    Ray-finned fishes

    There are 8759 species, 34 subspecies, and one subpopulation of ray-finned fish assessed as least concern.

    Salmoniformes

    Species

    Subpopulations

  • Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) (41 subpopulations)

    • Silversides

    There are 47 silverside species assessed as least concern.

    Toothcarps

    There are 206 species and two subspecies of toothcarp assessed as least concern.

    Goodeids

  • Green goodea (Goodea atripinnis)
  • Lennon's ilyodon (Ilyodon lennoni)

    • Nothobranchiids

    Species

    Subspecies

  • Aphyosemion cameronense halleri
  • Dusky panchax (Epiplatys chevalieri nigricans)

    • Cypriniformes

    Cypriniformes includes carps, minnows, loaches and relatives. There are 1231 species and three subspecies in the order Cypriniformes assessed as least concern.

    Cyprinids

    Species

    Subspecies

    Gyrinocheilids

  • Honey sucker (Gyrinocheilus aymonieri)
  • Spotted algae eater (Gyrinocheilus pennocki)

    • Vaillantellids

  • Vaillantella maassi

    • Gasterosteiformes

    Includes sticklebacks and relatives.

    Osmeriformes

    Osmeriformes includes freshwater smelts and allies. There are 90 species in the order Osmeriformes assessed as least concern.

    Percopsiformes

    Trout-perch and its allies

    Catfishes

    There are 707 catfish species assessed as least concern.

    Gonorynchiformes

    Includes milkfish, beaked salmon and allies.

    Perciformes

    There are 3878 species and 18 subspecies in the order Perciformes assessed as least concern.

    Cichlids

    Species

    Subspecies

    Sparids

    Species

    Subspecies

    Carangids

    Species

    Subspecies

  • Leathercoat (Oligoplites saurus inornatus)
  • Atlantic leatherjacket (Oligoplites saurus saurus)

    • Beloniformes

    There are 74 species and seven subspecies in the order Beloniformes assessed as least concern.

    Needlefishes

    Species

    Subspecies

    Flying fish

    Species

    Subspecies

  • California flying fish (Cheilopogon pinnatibarbatus californicus)

    • Scomberesocids

  • Atlantic saury (Scomberesox saurus)
  • Dwarf Atlantic saury (Scomberesox simulans)

    • Synbranchiformes

    There are 52 species in the order Synbranchiformes assessed as least concern.

    Osteoglossiformes

    There are 127 species in the order Osteoglossiformes assessed as least concern.

    Characiformes

    There are 354 species in the order Characiformes assessed as least concern.

    Syngnathiformes

    Syngnathiformes includes the pipefishes and seahorses. There are 102 species and one subspecies in the order Syngnathiformes assessed as least concern.

    Syngnathids

    Species

    Subspecies

  • Black-sided pipefish (Doryrhamphus excisus excisus)

    • Clupeiformes

    There are 143 species and one subspecies in the order Clupeiformes assessed as least concern.

    Clupeids

    Species

    Subspecies

  • Peruvian Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax sagax)

    • Sundasalangids

  • Mekong noodlefish (Sundasalanx mekongensis)
  • Dwarf noodlefish (Sundasalanx praecox)

    • Scorpaeniformes

    There are 175 species in the order Scorpaeniformes assessed as least concern.

    Ophidiiformes

    There are 123 species in the order Ophidiiformes assessed as least concern.

    Aphyonids

  • Gelatinous blindfish (Aphyonus gelatinosus)

    • Parabrotulids

  • Parabrotula plagiophthalma

    • Tetraodontiformes

    There are 208 species and two subspecies in the order Tetraodontiformes assessed as least concern.

    Molids

  • Sharptail mola (Masturus lanceolatus)
  • Slender sunfish (Ranzania laevis)

    • Porcupinefish

    Species

    Subspecies

  • Guinean burrfish (Chilomycterus spinosus mauretanicus)
  • Brown burrfish (Chilomycterus spinosus spinosus)

    • Aracanids

  • Chubby basketfish (Anoplocapros inermis)

    • Gadiformes

    There are 91 species in the order Gadiformes assessed as least concern.

    Melanonids

  • Arrowtail (Melanonus zugmayeri)

    • Eels

    There are 229 eel species assessed as least concern.

    Flatfishes

    There are 167 flatfish species assessed as least concern.

    Citharids

  • Yellow-dappled flounder (Brachypleura novaezeelandiae)
  • Atlantic spotted flounder (Citharus linguatula)

    • Scophthalmids

  • Norwegian topknot (Phrynorhombus norvegicus)

    • Anglerfishes

    There are 87 anglerfish species assessed as least concern.

    Beryciformes

    There are 71 species in the order Beryciformes assessed as least concern.

    Aulopiformes

    There are 81 species in the order Aulopiformes assessed as least concern.

    Stomiiformes

    There are 141 species in the order Stomiiformes assessed as least concern.

    Myctophiformes

    There are 98 species in the order Myctophiformes assessed as least concern.

    References

    List of least concern fishes Wikipedia
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