List of near threatened fishes
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In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 548 near threatened fish species.[1] Of all evaluated fish species, 3.6% are listed as near threatened. The IUCN also lists seven fish subspecies as near threatened.
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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.
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Of the subpopulations of fish evaluated by the IUCN, ten species subpopulations have been assessed as near threatened.
This is a complete list of near threatened fish species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species and subspecies which have near threatened subpopulations (or stocks) are indicated.