List of data deficient fishes

As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 3191 data deficient fish species.[1] 21% of all evaluated fish species are listed as data deficient. The IUCN also lists 12 fish subspecies as data deficient.

455 critically endangered fish species (3.0%)643 endangered fish species (4.2%)1245 vulnerable fish species (8.2%)548 near threatened fish species (3.6%)9131 least concern fish species (60%)3191 data deficient fish species (21%)
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)]

  1. excludes data deficient evaluations.
  2. NT, LR/cd, LC.
  3. Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
  4. Chart omits extinct (EX) species

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.

Angel sharks

  • African angelshark (Squatina africana)
  • Chilean angelshark (Squatina armata)
  • Sand devil (Squatina dumeril)
  • Indonesian angelshark (Squatina legnota)

Rays and skates

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

Narkids

  • Sleeper torpedo (Crassinarke dormitor)
  • Elat electric ray (Heteronarce bentuviai)
  • Lloyd's electric ray (Heteronarce mollis)
  • Quilon electric ray (Heteronarce prabhui)
  • Onefin electric ray (Narke capensis)
  • Numbray (Narke dipterygia)
  • Blind electric ray (Typhlonarke aysoni)
  • Oval electric ray (Typhlonarke tarakea)

Eagle rays

  • Common eagle ray (Myliobatis aquila)
  • Chilean eagle ray (Myliobatis chilensis)
  • Bullnose ray (Myliobatis freminvillii)
  • Myliobatis goodei
  • Peruvian eagle ray (Myliobatis peruvianus)
  • Japanese eagle ray (Myliobatis tobijei)
  • Roughskin bullray (Pteromylaeus asperrimus)
  • Bull ray (Pteromylaeus bovinus)

Guitarfish species

  • Halavi guitarfish (Glaucostegus halavi)
  • Annandale's guitarfish (Rhinobatos annandalei)
  • Rhinobatos glaucostigma
  • Slender guitarfish (Rhinobatos holcorhynchus)
  • Rhinobatos leucospilus
  • Smoothback guitarfish (Rhinobatos lionotus)
  • Smalleyed guitarfish (Rhinobatos microphthalmus)
  • Speckled guitarfish (Rhinobatos ocellatus)
  • Madagascar guitarfish (Rhinobatos petiti)
  • Flathead guitarfish (Rhinobatos planiceps)
  • Gorgona guitarfish (Rhinobatos prahli)
  • Spotted guitarfish (Rhinobatos punctifer)
  • Salalah guitarfish (Rhinobatos salalah)
  • Brown guitarfish (Rhinobatos schlegelii)
  • Stripenose guitarfish (Rhinobatos variegatus)
  • Banded guitarfish (Zapteryx exasperata)
  • Southern banded guitarfish (Zapteryx xyster)

Whiptail stingrays

  • Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana)
  • Bennett's stingray (Dasyatis bennetti)
  • Diamond stingray (Dasyatis dipterura)
  • Giant stumptail stingray (Dasyatis gigantea)
  • Longnose stingray (Dasyatis guttata)
  • Groovebelly stingray (Dasyatis hypostigma)
  • Longtail stingray (Dasyatis longa)
  • Pearl stingray (Dasyatis margaritella)
  • Brazilian large-eyed stingray (Dasyatis marianae)
  • Dasyatis marmorata
  • Pitted stingray (Dasyatis matsubarai)
  • Smalleye stingray (Dasyatis microps)
  • Multispine giant stingray (Dasyatis multispinosa)
  • Blackish stingray (Dasyatis navarrae)
  • Dwarf black stingray (Dasyatis parvonigra)
  • Common stingray (Dasyatis pastinaca)
  • Smalltooth stingray (Dasyatis rudis)
  • Chinese stingray (Dasyatis sinensis)
  • Ushi stingray (Dasyatis ushiei)
  • Scaly whipray (Himantura imbricata)
  • Blackedge whipray (Himantura marginata)
  • Chupare stingray (Himantura schmardae)
  • Makararaja chindwinensis
  • Bluespotted stingray (Neotrygon kuhlii)
  • Ningaloo maskray (Neotrygon ningalooensis)
  • Cowtail stingray (Pastinachus sephen)
  • Round fantail stingray (Taeniurops grabata)

Narcinids

Species

  • Dark blindray (Benthobatis moresbyi)
  • Atz's numbfish (Narcine atzi)
  • Brazilian electric ray (Narcine brasiliensis)
  • Giant electric ray (Narcine entemedor)
  • Madagascar numbfish (Narcine insolita)
  • Chinese numbfish (Narcine lingula)
  • Darkspotted electric ray (Narcine maculata)
  • Bigeye electric ray (Narcine oculifera)
  • Narcine prodorsalis
  • Mozambique numbfish (Narcine rierai)
  • Blackspotted numbfish (Narcine timlei)

Subpopulations

  • Apron ray (Discopyge tschudii) (1 subpopulation)

Butterfly rays

  • Longsnout butterfly ray (Gymnura crebripunctata)
  • Japanese butterfly ray (Gymnura japonica)
  • Smooth butterfly ray (Gymnura micrura)
  • Backwater butterfly ray (Gymnura natalensis)
  • Tentacled butterfly ray (Gymnura tentaculata)

Skates

  • Thickbody skate (Amblyraja frerichsi)
  • Antarctic starry skate (Amblyraja georgiana)
  • Reversed skate (Amblyraja reversa)
  • Whiteleg skate (Amblyraja taaf)
  • Breviraja claramaculata
  • Lightnose skate (Breviraja colesi)
  • Blackbelly shortskate (Breviraja nigriventralis)
  • Spiny shortskate (Breviraja spinosa)
  • Skilletskate (Dactylobatus armatus)
  • Hookskate (Dactylobatus clarkii)
  • Pygmy thornback skate (Dentiraja flindersi)
  • Bullis' skate (Dipturus bullisi)
  • Javelin skate (Dipturus doutrei)
  • Ecuador skate (Dipturus ecuadoriensis)
  • False argus skate (Dipturus falloargus)
  • San Blas skate (Dipturus garricki)
  • Giant skate (Dipturus gigas)
  • Travencore skate (Dipturus johannisdavesi)
  • Kwangtung skate (Dipturus kwangtungensis)
  • Rattail skate (Dipturus lanceorostratus)
  • Thintail skate (Dipturus leptocaudus)
  • Bigtail skate (Dipturus macrocauda)
  • Blacktip skate (Dipturus melanospilus)
  • Spreadfin skate (Dipturus olseni)
  • Hooktail skate (Dipturus oregoni)
  • Queensland deepwater skate (Dipturus queenslandicus)
  • Roughbelly skate (Dipturus springeri)
  • Prownose skate (Dipturus stenorhynchus)
  • Caribbean skate (Dipturus teevani)
  • Acutenose skate (Dipturus tengu)
  • Wu's skate (Dipturus wuhanlingi)
  • Atlantic pygmy skate (Gurgesiella atlantica)
  • Korean skate (Hongeo koreana)
  • Tiger-tail skate (Leucoraja compagnoi)
  • Freckled skate (Leucoraja lentiginosa)
  • Whitedappled skate (Leucoraja leucosticta)
  • Yucatan skate (Leucoraja yucatanensis)
  • Brazilian soft skate (Malacoraja obscura)
  • West African pygmy skate (Neoraja africana)
  • Carolina pygmy skate (Neoraja carolinensis)
  • African dwarf skate (Neoraja stehmanni)
  • Sharpspine skate (Okamejei acutispina)
  • Boeseman's skate (Okamejei boesemani)
  • Narrow skate (Okamejei heemstrai)
  • Yellow spotted skate (Okamejei hollandi)
  • Ocellate spot skate (Okamejei kenojei)
  • Bigeye skate (Okamejei meerdervoortii)
  • Okamejei mengae
  • Okamejei philipi
  • Indian ringed skate (Okamejei powelli)
  • Browneye skate (Okamejei schmidti)
  • Raja ackleyi
  • Bahama skate (Raja bahamensis)
  • Cortez ray (Raja cortezensis)
  • Equatorial skate (Raja equatorialis)
  • Cape Verde skate (Raja herwigi)
  • Pita skate (Raja pita)
  • Biscuit skate (Raja straeleni)
  • Roundel skate (Raja texana)
  • Velez ray (Raja velezi)
  • Annandale's skate (Rajella annandalei)
  • Galapagos gray skate (Rajella eisenhardti)
  • Brazilian skate (Rajella sadowskii)

Urotrygonids

  • Bullseye round stingray (Urobatis concentricus)
  • Spotted round ray (Urobatis maculatus)
  • Chilean round stingray (Urobatis marmoratus)
  • Tumbes round stingray (Urobatis tumbesensis)
  • Spiny-tail round ray (Urotrygon aspidura)
  • Chilean round ray (Urotrygon chilensis)
  • Munda round ray (Urotrygon munda)
  • Dwarf round stingray (Urotrygon nana)
  • Roger's round ray (Urotrygon rogersi)

Potamotrygonids

  • Manzana ray (Paratrygon ajereba)
  • Long-tailed river stingray (Plesiotrygon iwamae)
  • Short-tailed river stingray (Potamotrygon brachyura)
  • Vermiculate river stingray (Potamotrygon castexi)
  • Thorny river stingray (Potamotrygon constellata)
  • Largespot river stingray (Potamotrygon falkneri)
  • Porcupine river stingray (Potamotrygon histrix)
  • Xingu River ray (Potamotrygon leopoldi)
  • Potamotrygon marinae
  • Ocellate river stingray (Potamotrygon motoro)
  • Red-blotched river stingray (Potamotrygon ocellata)
  • Tiger ray (Potamotrygon schroederi)
  • Parana river stingray (Potamotrygon schuemacheri)
  • Raspy river stingray (Potamotrygon scobina)
  • Potamotrygon signata
  • Maracaibo river stingray (Potamotrygon yepezi)

Urolophids

  • Yellow shovelnose stingaree (Trygonoptera galba)
  • New Ireland stingaree (Urolophus armatus)
  • Kai stingaree (Urolophus kaianus)

Torpedinids

  • New Zealand torpedo (Tetronarce fairchildi)
  • Tetronarce formosa
  • Short-tail torpedo ray (Tetronarce macneilli)
  • Atlantic torpedo (Tetronarce nobiliana)
  • Argentine torpedo (Tetronarce puelcha)
  • Longtail torpedo ray (Tetronarce tokionis)
  • Chilean torpedo (Tetronarce tremens)
  • Florida torpedo (Torpedo andersoni)
  • Rosette torpedo (Torpedo bauchotae)
  • Blackspotted torpedo (Torpedo fuscomaculata)
  • West African torpedo ray (Torpedo mackayana)
  • Marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata)
  • Smalldisk torpedo (Torpedo microdiscus)
  • Leopard torpedo (Torpedo panthera)
  • Gulf torpedo (Torpedo sinuspersici)
  • Torpedo suessii
  • Common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo)

Skates

  • Longtail skate (Arhynchobatis asperrimus)
  • Deepsea skate (Bathyraja abyssicola)
  • Aguja skate (Bathyraja aguja)
  • Eaton's skate (Bathyraja eatonii)
  • West African skate (Bathyraja hesperafricana)
  • Abyssal skate (Bathyraja ishiharai)
  • Sandpaper skate (Bathyraja kincaidii)
  • Slimtail skate (Bathyraja longicauda)
  • Dusky purple skate (Bathyraja matsubarai)
  • Darkbelly skate (Bathyraja meridionalis)
  • Bathyraja papilonifera
  • Peruvian skate (Bathyraja peruana)
  • Bathyraja schroederi
  • Longnose deepsea skate (Bathyraja shuntovi)
  • African softnose skate (Bathyraja smithii)
  • Tuna's skate (Bathyraja tunae)
  • Okhotsk skate (Bathyraja violacea)
  • Brochiraja aenigma
  • Brochiraja albilabiata
  • Prickly deepsea skate (Brochiraja asperula)
  • Brochiraja leviveneta
  • Brochiraja microspinifera
  • Spiny deepsea skate (Brochiraja spinifera)
  • Blackfin pygmy skate (Fenestraja atripinna)
  • Cuban pygmy skate (Fenestraja cubensis)
  • Ishiyama's windowskate (Fenestraja ishiyamai)
  • Madagascar pygmy skate (Fenestraja maceachrani)
  • Fenestraja mamillidens
  • Fenestraja plutonia
  • Siboga pygmy skate (Fenestraja sibogae)
  • Gulf of Mexico pygmy skate (Fenestraja sinusmexicanus)
  • Eastern looseskin skate (Insentiraja laxipella)
  • Western round skate (Irolita westraliensis)
  • Notoraja hirticauda
  • Pale skate (Notoraja ochroderma)
  • Sapphire skate (Notoraja sapphira)
  • Leadhued skate (Notoraja tobitukai)
  • Yellow skate (Pavoraja arenaria)
  • Freckled sandskate (Psammobatis lentiginosa)
  • Shortfin sandskate (Psammobatis normani)
  • Smalltail sandskate (Psammobatis parvacauda)
  • Smallthorn sandskate (Psammobatis rudis)
  • Spade sandskate (Psammobatis rutrum)
  • Raspthorn sandskate (Psammobatis scobina)
  • Fanfin skate (Pseudoraja fischeri)
  • Magellan skate (Rhinoraja magellanica)
  • Smallnose fanskate (Sympterygia bonapartii)
  • Shorttail fanskate (Sympterygia brevicaudata)
  • Filetail fanskate (Sympterygia lima)

Anacanthobatidae

  • American legskate (Anacanthobatis americanus)
  • East China legskate (Anacanthobatis donghaiensis)
  • Leafnose legskate (Anacanthobatis folirostris)
  • Longnose legskate (Anacanthobatis longirostris)
  • Spotted legskate (Anacanthobatis marmoratus)
  • Anacanthobatis nanhaiensis
  • Black legskate (Anacanthobatis ori)
  • Narrow legskate (Anacanthobatis stenosoma)
  • Andaman legskate (Cruriraja andamanica)
  • Atlantic legskate (Cruriraja atlantis)
  • Broadfoot legskate (Cruriraja cadenati)
  • Smoothnose legskate (Cruriraja durbanensis)
  • Cuban legskate (Cruriraja poeyi)
  • Rough legskate (Cruriraja rugosa)
  • Blue legskate (Sinobatis caerulea)
  • Eastern legskate (Sinobatis filicauda)

Other Rajiformes species

  • Lesser devil ray (Mobula hypostoma)
  • Shortfin devil ray (Mobula kuhlii)
  • Australian cownose ray (Rhinoptera neglecta)
  • Striped panray (Zanobatus schoenleinii)

Ground sharks

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

Hammerhead sharks

  • Scoophead (Sphyrna media)

Requiem sharks

Species

  • Bignose shark (Carcharhinus altimus)
  • Pigeye shark (Carcharhinus amboinensis)
  • Nervous shark (Carcharhinus cautus)
  • Smalltail shark (Carcharhinus porosus)
  • Whitenose shark (Nasolamia velox)
  • Brazilian sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon lalandii)
  • Pacific sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon longurio)

Subpopulations

  • Night shark (Carcharhinus signatus) (1 subpopulation)

Hemigaleids

  • Whitetip weasel shark (Paragaleus leucolomatus)
  • Atlantic weasel shark (Paragaleus pectoralis)
  • Straight-tooth weasel shark (Paragaleus tengi)

Houndsharks

  • Sailback houndshark (Gogolia filewoodi)
  • Deepwater sicklefin houndshark (Hemitriakis abdita)
  • Ocellate topeshark (Hemitriakis complicofasciata)
  • White-margin fin smooth-hound (Mustelus albipinnis)
  • Sharptooth smooth-hound (Mustelus dorsalis)
  • Spotless smooth-hound (Mustelus griseus)
  • Starspotted smooth-hound (Mustelus manazo)
  • Dwarf smooth-hound (Mustelus minicanis)
  • Arabian smooth-hound (Mustelus mosis)
  • Narrowfin smooth-hound (Mustelus norrisi)
  • Whitespotted smooth-hound (Mustelus palumbes)
  • Blackspotted smooth-hound (Mustelus punctulatus)
  • Gulf smooth-hound (Mustelus sinusmexicanus)
  • Eastern spotted gummy shark (Mustelus walkeri)
  • White-fin smooth-hound (Mustelus widodoi)

Catsharks

  • Brown catshark (Apristurus brunneus)
  • Bighead catshark (Apristurus bucephalus)
  • Hoary catshark (Apristurus canutus)
  • Fedorov's catshark (Apristurus fedorovi)
  • Humpback catshark (Apristurus gibbosus)
  • Longfin catshark (Apristurus herklotsi)
  • Smallbelly catshark (Apristurus indicus)
  • Shortnose demon catshark (Apristurus internatus)
  • Broadnose catshark (Apristurus investigatoris)
  • Japanese catshark (Apristurus japonicus)
  • Longnose catshark (Apristurus kampae)
  • Iceland catshark (Apristurus laurussonii)
  • Flathead catshark (Apristurus macrorhynchus)
  • Broadmouth catshark (Apristurus macrostomus)
  • Smalldorsal catshark (Apristurus micropterygeus)
  • Largenose catshark (Apristurus nasutus)
  • Smallfin catshark (Apristurus parvipinnis)
  • Deep-water catshark (Apristurus profundorum)
  • Broadgill catshark (Apristurus riveri)
  • Pale catshark (Apristurus sibogae)
  • South China catshark (Apristurus sinensis)
  • Spongehead catshark (Apristurus spongiceps)
  • Panama ghost catshark (Apristurus stenseni)
  • Asymbolus funebris
  • Eastern banded catshark (Atelomycterus marnkalha)
  • Arabian catshark (Bythaelurus alcockii)
  • Dusky catshark (Bythaelurus canescens)
  • Broadhead catshark (Bythaelurus clevai)
  • New Zealand catshark (Bythaelurus dawsoni)
  • Bristly catshark (Bythaelurus hispidus)
  • Spotless catshark (Bythaelurus immaculatus)
  • Sombre catshark (Bythaelurus incanus)
  • Mud catshark (Bythaelurus lutarius)
  • Cook's swellshark (Cephaloscyllium cooki)
  • Reticulated swellshark (Cephaloscyllium fasciatum)
  • Spotted swellshark (Cephaloscyllium maculatum)
  • Leopard-spotted swellshark (Cephaloscyllium pardelotum)
  • Sarawak pygmy swellshark (Cephaloscyllium sarawakensis)
  • Flagtail swellshark (Cephaloscyllium signourum)
  • Indian swellshark (Cephaloscyllium silasi)
  • Speckled swellshark (Cephaloscyllium speccum)
  • Blotchy swellshark (Cephaloscyllium umbratile)
  • Narrowbar swellshark (Cephaloscyllium zebrum)
  • Lollipop catshark (Cephalurus cephalus)
  • Northern sawtail catshark (Figaro striatus)
  • Antilles catshark (Galeus antillensis)
  • Longfin sawtail catshark (Galeus cadenati)
  • Slender sawtail catshark (Galeus gracilis)
  • Longnose sawtail catshark (Galeus longirostris)
  • Broadfin sawtail catshark (Galeus nipponensis)
  • Blacktip sawtail catshark (Galeus sauteri)
  • Dwarf sawtail catshark (Galeus schultzi)
  • Springer's sawtail catshark (Galeus springeri)
  • Speckled catshark (Halaelurus boesemani)
  • Blackspotted catshark (Halaelurus buergeri)
  • Lined catshark (Halaelurus lineatus)
  • Tiger catshark (Halaelurus natalensis)
  • Quagga catshark (Halaelurus quagga)
  • Grinning Izak (Holohalaelurus grennian)
  • Crying Izak (Holohalaelurus melanostigma)
  • White-tip catshark (Parmaturus albimarginatus)
  • White-clasper catshark (Parmaturus albipenis)
  • Beige catshark (Parmaturus bigus)
  • Campeche catshark (Parmaturus campechiensis)
  • Velvet catshark (Parmaturus lanatus)
  • McMillan's catshark (Parmaturus macmillani)
  • Blackgill catshark (Parmaturus melanobranchus)
  • Salamander shark (Parmaturus pilosus)
  • Onefin catshark (Pentanchus profundicolus)
  • Leopard catshark (Poroderma pantherinum)
  • Narrowmouthed catshark (Schroederichthys bivius)
  • Redspotted catshark (Schroederichthys chilensis)
  • Slender catshark (Schroederichthys tenuis)
  • Polkadot catshark (Scyliorhinus besnardi)
  • West African catshark (Scyliorhinus cervigoni)
  • Comoro catshark (Scyliorhinus comoroensis)
  • Brownspotted catshark (Scyliorhinus garmani)
  • Freckled catshark (Scyliorhinus haeckelii)
  • Whitesaddled catshark (Scyliorhinus hesperius)
  • Scyliorhinus meadi
  • Izu catshark (Scyliorhinus tokubee)

Proscylliids

  • Harlequin catshark (Ctenacis fehlmanni)
  • Cuban ribbontail catshark (Eridacnis barbouri)
  • Graceful catshark (Proscyllium habereri)

Carpet sharks

  • Burmese bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium burmensis)
  • Barbelthroat carpetshark (Cirrhoscyllium expolitum)
  • Taiwan saddled carpetshark (Cirrhoscyllium formosanum)
  • Saddle carpetshark (Cirrhoscyllium japonicum)
  • Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
  • Hemiscyllium galei
  • Henry's epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium henryi)
  • Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus)
  • Network wobbegong (Orectolobus reticulatus)
  • Elongate carpet shark (Parascyllium elongatum)
  • Ginger carpetshark (Parascyllium sparsimaculatum)

Squaliformes

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

Oxynotids

  • Prickly dogfish (Oxynotus bruniensis)
  • Caribbean roughshark (Oxynotus caribbaeus)
  • Japanese roughshark (Oxynotus japonicus)
  • Sailfin roughshark (Oxynotus paradoxus)

Centrophorids

Species

  • Dwarf gulper shark (Centrophorus atromarginatus)
  • Blackfin gulper shark (Centrophorus isodon)
  • Smallfin gulper shark (Centrophorus moluccensis)
  • Seychelles gulper shark (Centrophorus seychellorum)
  • Mosaic gulper shark (Centrophorus tessellatus)
  • Little gulper shark (Centrophorus uyato)
  • Western gulper shark (Centrophorus westraliensis)
  • Rough longnose dogfish (Deania hystricosa)

Subpopulations

  • Gulper shark (Centrophorus granulosus) (1 subpopulation)

Echinorhinids

  • Bramble shark (Echinorhinus brucus)

Squalids

  • Roughskin spurdog (Cirrhigaleus asper)
  • Southern mandarin shark (Cirrhigaleus australis)
  • Mandarin dogfish (Cirrhigaleus barbifer)
  • Chinese longnose dogfish (Squalus acutirostris)
  • Eastern highfin spurdog (Squalus albifrons)
  • Western highfin spurdog (Squalus altipinnis)
  • Longnose spurdog (Squalus blainville)
  • Japanese shortnose spurdog (Squalus brevirostris)
  • Bighead spurdog (Squalus bucephalus)
  • Fatspine spurdog (Squalus crassispinus)
  • Cuban dogfish (Squalus cubensis)
  • Japanese spurdog (Squalus japonicus)
  • Seychelles spurdog (Squalus lalannei)
  • Shortnose spurdog (Squalus megalops)
  • Shortspine spurdog (Squalus mitsukurii)
  • Western longnose spurdog (Squalus nasutus)
  • Bartail spurdog (Squalus notocaudatus)

Somniosids

  • Largespine velvet dogfish (Proscymnodon macracanthus)
  • Whitetail dogfish (Scymnodalatias albicauda)
  • Azores dogfish (Scymnodalatias garricki)
  • Sparsetooth dogfish (Scymnodalatias oligodon)
  • Sherwood dogfish (Scymnodalatias sherwoodi)
  • Knifetooth dogfish (Scymnodon ringens)
  • Southern sleeper shark (Somniosus antarcticus)
  • Frog shark (Somniosus longus)
  • Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus)
  • Little sleeper shark (Somniosus rostratus)
  • Japanese velvet dogfish (Zameus ichiharai)
  • Velvet dogfish (Zameus squamulosus)

Dalatiids

  • Taillight shark (Euprotomicroides zantedeschia)
  • South China cookiecutter shark (Isistius labialis)
  • Pocket shark (Mollisquama parini)

Etmopterids

  • Hooktooth dogfish (Aculeola nigra)
  • Highfin dogfish (Centroscyllium excelsum)
  • Granular dogfish (Centroscyllium granulatum)
  • Bareskin dogfish (Centroscyllium kamoharai)
  • Combtooth dogfish (Centroscyllium nigrum)
  • Ornate dogfish (Centroscyllium ornatum)
  • Whitefin dogfish (Centroscyllium ritteri)
  • Short-tail lanternshark (Etmopterus brachyurus)
  • Lined lanternshark (Etmopterus bullisi)
  • Broad-snout lanternshark (Etmopterus burgessi)
  • Cylindrical lanternshark (Etmopterus carteri)
  • Combtooth lanternshark (Etmopterus decacuspidatus)
  • Smalleye lantern shark (Etmopterus litvinovi)
  • Slendertail lanternshark (Etmopterus molleri)
  • Dwarf lanternshark (Etmopterus perryi)
  • African lanternshark (Etmopterus polli)
  • Great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps)
  • Dense-scale lantern shark (Etmopterus pycnolepis)
  • Splendid lanternshark (Etmopterus splendidus)
  • Brown lanternshark (Etmopterus unicolor)
  • Rasptooth dogfish (Miroscyllium sheikoi)
  • Viper dogfish (Trigonognathus kabeyai)

Chimaeras

There are 20 Chimaera species evaluated as data deficient.

Chimaerids

  • Bahamas ghost shark (Chimaera bahamaensis)
  • Cuban chimaera (Chimaera cubana)
  • Jordan's chimaera (Chimaera jordani)
  • Shortspine chimaera (Chimaera obscura)
  • Owston's chimaera (Chimaera owstoni)
  • Leopard chimaera (Chimaera panthera)
  • Silver chimaera (Chimaera phantasma)
  • African chimaera (Hydrolagus africanus)
  • Gulf chimaera (Hydrolagus alberti)
  • Whitespot ghostshark (Hydrolagus alphus)
  • Ninespot chimaera (Hydrolagus barbouri)
  • Bigeye chimaera (Hydrolagus macrophthalmus)
  • Striped rabbitfish (Hydrolagus matallanasi)
  • Galapagos ghostshark (Hydrolagus mccoskeri)
  • Hydrolagus mitsukurii
  • Purple chimaera (Hydrolagus purpurescens)

Rhinochimaerids

  • Dwarf sicklefin chimaera (Neoharriotta carri)
  • Sicklefin chimaera (Neoharriotta pinnata)
  • Arabian sicklefin chimaera (Neoharriotta pumila)
  • Paddlenose chimaera (Rhinochimaera africana)

Bullhead sharks

  • Horn shark (Heterodontus francisci)
  • Mexican hornshark (Heterodontus mexicanus)
  • Oman bullhead shark (Heterodontus omanensis)
  • Galapagos bullhead shark (Heterodontus quoyi)
  • Whitespotted bullhead shark (Heterodontus ramalheira)

Other cartilaginous fish species

  • Bigeyed sixgill shark (Hexanchus nakamurai)
  • Broadnose sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus)
  • Bigeye sand tiger (Odontaspis noronhai)
  • Japanese sawshark (Pristiophorus japonicus)
  • Bahamas sawshark (Pristiophorus schroederi)

Lampreys

  • Lake lamprey (Entosphenus macrostoma)
  • Pouched lamprey (Geotria australis)
  • Alaskan brook lamprey (Lethenteron alaskense)
  • Mordacia lapicida

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)

Silversides

  • Atherina lopeziana
  • Bean's silverside (Atherinella beani)
  • Broadstripe silverside (Atherinella nesiotes)
  • Austromenidia gracilis
  • Basilichthys microlepidotus
  • Bedotia sp. 'Garassa'
  • Bedotia sp. 'Makira'
  • Bleheratherina pierucciae
  • Bulolo rainbowfish (Chilatherina bulolo)
  • Magela hardyhead (Craterocephalus marianae)
  • Pima hardyhead (Craterocephalus pimatuae)
  • Tami River rainbowfish (Glossolepis pseudoincisus)
  • Ramu rainbowfish (Glossolepis ramuensis)
  • Crenulated silverside (Hypoatherina crenolepis)
  • Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish (Melanotaenia ajamaruensis)
  • Yakati rainbowfish (Melanotaenia angfa)
  • Corona rainbowfish (Melanotaenia corona)
  • Exquisite rainbowfish (Melanotaenia exquisita)
  • Lake Tebera rainbowfish (Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi)
  • Mountain rainbowfish (Melanotaenia monticola)
  • Ogilby's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia ogilbyi)
  • Pima River rainbowfish (Melanotaenia pimanensis)
  • Dwarf rainbowfish (Melanotaenia praecox)
  • Fly River rainbowfish (Melanotaenia sexlineata)
  • Van Heurn's rainbowfish (Melanotaenia vanheurni)
  • Backwaters silverside (Membras analis)
  • Plateada silverside (Membras argentea)
  • Texas silverside (Menidia clarkhubbsi)
  • Chignahuapan silverside (Poblana ferdebueni)
  • Paska's blue-eye (Pseudomugil paskai)
  • Rheocles lateralis
  • Rheocles pellegrini
  • Rheocles sikorae
  • Vily (Teramulus kieneri)

Toothcarps

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

Pupfish species

Aplocheilids

Rivulids

  • Anablepsoides monticola
  • Anablepsoides peruanus
  • Anablepsoides taeniatus
  • Aphyolebias peruensis
  • Aphyolebias wischmanni
  • Cynodonichthys boehlkei
  • Cynodonichthys elegans
  • Cynodonichthys kuelpmanni
  • Cynodonichthys leucurus
  • Cynodonichthys pacificus
  • Laimosemion rectocaudatus
  • Mexican rivulus (Millerichthys robustus)
  • Neofundulus splendidus
  • Spectrolebias brousseaui
  • Spectrolebias filamentosus

Nothobranchiids

Species

  • Caudal-stripe killi (Aphyosemion caudofasciatum)
  • Chauche's aphysemion (Aphyosemion chauchei)
  • Congo killi (Aphyosemion congicum)
  • Aphyosemion decorsei
  • Aphyosemion etsamense
  • Heinemann's killi (Aphyosemion heinemanni)
  • Aphyosemion hera
  • Aphyosemion kouamense
  • Aphyosemion lefiniense
  • Aphyosemion schoutedeni
  • Aphyosemion seegersi
  • Aphyosemion trilineatus
  • Wuendsch's killi (Aphyosemion wuendschi)
  • Aphyosemion zygaima
  • Callopanchax toddi
  • Epiplatys multifasciatus
  • Epiplatys zenkeri
  • Fundulopanchax avichang
  • Fundulopanchax gresensi
  • Fundulopanchax intermittens
  • Fundulopanchax mirabilis
  • Fundulopanchax moensis
  • Fundulopanchax robertsoni
  • Fundulopanchax spoorenbergi
  • Fundulopanchax traudeae
  • Nothobranchius fasciatus
  • Nothobranchius fuscotaeniatus
  • Nothobranchius hassoni
  • Beira killifish (Nothobranchius kuhntae)
  • Nothobranchius malaissei
  • Nothobranchius ocellatus
  • Red Victoria nothobranch (Nothobranchius robustus)
  • Nothobranchius rubroreticulatus
  • Nothobranchius virgatus
  • Scriptaphyosemion chaytori
  • Black river roloffia (Scriptaphyosemion nigrifluvi)

Subspecies

  • Aphyosemion cameronense haasi
  • Aphyosemion celiae winifredae

Poeciliids

Cypriniformes

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

Hillstream loaches

True loaches

  • Acantopsis spectabilis
  • Thiemmedh's horsefaced loach (Acantopsis thiemmedhi)
  • Burmese border loach (Botia kubotai)
  • Emperor botia (Botia udomritthiruji)
  • Azerbaijani spined loach (Cobitis amphilekta)
  • Cobitis arenae
  • Cobitis guttata
  • Cobitis longitaeniatus
  • Cobitis phongnhaensis
  • Cobitis squataeniatus
  • Cobitis ylengensis
  • Lepidocephalichthys menoni
  • Lepidocephalus macrochir
  • Leptobotia tchangi
  • Microcobitis misgurnoides
  • Misgurnus multimaculatus
  • Pangio apoda
  • Pangio elongata
  • Pangio filinaris
  • Pangio fusca
  • Pangio longimanus
  • Pangio lumbriciformis
  • Parabotia banarescui
  • Parabotia dubia
  • Parabotia kimluani
  • Parabotia lijiangensis
  • Parabotia vancuongi
  • Serpenticobitis octozona
  • Serpenticobitis zonata
  • Sinibotia longiventralis
  • Golden zebra loach (Sinibotia pulchra)
  • Sinibotia robusta
  • Sinibotia superciliaris
  • Sinibotia zebra
  • Yasuhikotakia longidorsalis

Cyprinids

Species

Subspecies

  • Osteobrama cotio peninsularis
  • Rhodeus atremius suigensis

Psilorhynchids

Suckers

  • Yaqui sucker (Catostomus bernardini)
  • Rio Grande sucker (Catostomus plebeius)
  • Summer sucker (Catostomus utawana)

Bonefishes

Gasterosteiformes

Includes sticklebacks and relatives.

  • Little dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis)
  • Hawaiian sea-moth fish (Eurypegasus papilio)
  • Sculptured dragonfish (Pegasus lancifer)
  • Longtail seamoth (Pegasus volitans)
  • Pungitius bussei

Osmeriformes

Includes freshwater smelts and allies.

  • Baird's slickhead (Alepocephalus bairdii)
  • Aplochiton marinus
  • Network slickhead (Bajacalifornia arcylepis)
  • Elongated searsid (Barbantus elongatus)
  • Bathylaco macrophthalmus
  • Bathylaco nielseni
  • Bathylychnops brachyrhynchus
  • Brachygalaxias bullocki
  • Brachygalaxias gothei
  • Flathead slickhead (Conocara nigrum)
  • Dolichopteryx anascopa
  • Galaxias globiceps
  • Small pedder galaxias (Galaxias parvus)
  • Cape galaxias (Galaxias zebratus)
  • Leptoderma macrophthalmum
  • Nansenia iberica
  • Nansenia longicauda
  • Nansenia megalopa
  • Nansenia pelagica
  • Neosalanx argentea
  • Neosalanx brevirostris
  • Normichthys herringi
  • Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis)
  • Protosalanx chinensis
  • Chinese noodlefish (Salanx chinensis)
  • Noodlefish (Salanx cuvieri)
  • Salanx reevesii

Catfishes

There are 439 catfish species evaluated as data deficient.

Amblycipitids

Heptapterids

  • Cetopsorhamdia filamentosa
  • Chasmocranus peruanus
  • Chasmocranus quadrizonatus
  • Imparfinis timana
  • Phenacorhamdia nigrolineata
  • Phreatobius cisternarum
  • Pimelodella altipinnis
  • Pimelodella buckleyi
  • Pimelodella chaparae
  • Pimelodella cyanostigma
  • Pimelodella hartwelli
  • Pimelodella kronei
  • Pimelodella montana
  • Pimelodella ophthalmica
  • Pimelodella peruana
  • Pimelodella peruensis
  • Pimelodella roccae
  • Rhamdella rusbyi

Astroblepids

Sisorids

  • Bagarius rutilus
  • Exostoma barakensis
  • Exostoma berdmorei
  • Exostoma stuarti
  • Exostoma vinciguerrae
  • Glaridoglanis andersonii
  • Glyptosternon malaisei
  • Glyptothorax brevipinnis
  • Glyptothorax buchanani
  • Glyptothorax chimtuipuiensis
  • Glyptothorax conirostris
  • Glyptothorax coracinus
  • Glyptothorax filicatus
  • Glyptothorax fuscus
  • Glyptothorax gracilis
  • Glyptothorax honghensis
  • Mesopotamian sucking catfish (Glyptothorax kurdistanicus)
  • Glyptothorax malabarensis
  • Glyptothorax pallozonum
  • Glyptothorax pallozonus
  • Glyptothorax panda
  • Glyptothorax prashadi
  • Glyptothorax quadriocellatus
  • Glyptothorax rugimentum
  • Glyptothorax siamensis
  • Glyptothorax sinensis
  • Glyptothorax strabonis
  • Gogangra laevis
  • Myersglanis blythii
  • Nangra bucculenta
  • Nangra ornata
  • Oreoglanis colurus
  • Oreoglanis delacouri
  • Oreoglanis frenata
  • Oreoglanis insignis
  • Pai river bat catfish (Oreoglanis laciniosus)
  • Oreoglanis macronemus
  • Mr. Seub's bat catfish (Oreoglanis nakasathiani)
  • Oreoglanis setiger
  • Dr. Surapol's bat catfish (Oreoglanis sudarai)
  • Doi Tung bat catfish (Oreoglanis suraswadii)
  • Slender-tail bat catfish (Oreoglanis tenuicauda)
  • Silaphet waterfall bat catfish (Oreoglanis vicinus)
  • Pareuchiloglanis brevicaudatus
  • Pareuchiloglanis dorsoarcus
  • Pareuchiloglanis feae
  • Pareuchiloglanis kamengensis
  • Pareuchiloglanis macropterus
  • Pareuchiloglanis macrotrema
  • Pareuchiloglanis namdeensis
  • Pareuchiloglanis nebulifer
  • Pareuchiloglanis phongthoensis
  • Pareuchiloglanis rhabdurus
  • Pareuchiloglanis songdaensis
  • Pareuchiloglanis tamduongensis
  • Pseudecheneis crassicauda
  • Pseudecheneis eddsi
  • Pseudecheneis immaculata
  • Pseudecheneis intermedia
  • Pseudecheneis maurus
  • Jhong jian jhe jhao catfish (Pseudecheneis paviei)
  • Pseudecheneis suppaetula
  • Pseudecheneis sympelvica
  • Sisor chennuah
  • Sisor rheophilus
  • Sisor torosus

Silurids

  • Kryptopterus dissitus
  • Kryptopterus lumholtzi
  • Kryptopterus paraschilbeides
  • Micronema cheveyi
  • Ompok goae
  • Ompok leiacanthus
  • Ompok pinnatus
  • Phalacronotus micronemus
  • Pterocryptis bokorensis
  • Pterocryptis buccata
  • Pterocryptis cucphuongensis
  • Pterocryptis gangelica
  • Pterocryptis indicus
  • Aristotle's catfish (Silurus aristotelis)
  • Silurus burmanensis
  • Silurus furness
  • Wallago micropogon

Trichomycterids

Loach catfishes

Claroteids

Airbreathing catfishes

  • Bathyclarias ilesi
  • Bathyclarias jacksoni
  • Channallabes longicaudatus
  • Channallabes ogooensis
  • Channallabes sanghaensis
  • Channallabes teugelsi
  • Clariallabes attemsi
  • Clariallabes brevibarbis
  • Clariallabes manyangae
  • Clariallabes simeonsi
  • Clarias engelseni
  • Alikunhii's blind catfish (Horaglanis alikunhii)
  • Horaglanis krishnai
  • Platyclarias machadoi

Loricariids

  • Ancistrus greeni
  • Ancistrus heterorhynchus
  • Ancistrus jelskii
  • Ancistrus lineolatus
  • Ancistrus variolus
  • Chaetostoma aburrensis
  • Chaetostoma alternifasciatum
  • Chaetostoma anale
  • Chaetostoma breve
  • Chaetostoma dermorhynchum
  • Chaetostoma paucispinis
  • Chaetostoma vagum
  • Cordylancistrus platycephalus
  • Cordylancistrus platyrhynchus
  • Dolichancistrus atratoensis
  • Farlowella altocorpus
  • Farlowella gracilis
  • Farlowella yarigui
  • Hypoptopoma bilobatum
  • Hypostomus levis
  • Hypostomus niceforoi
  • Hypostomus oculeus
  • Leptoancistrus cordobensis
  • Lipopterichthys carrioni
  • Loricariichthys cashibo
  • Loricariichthys chanjoo
  • Blue-eye panaque (Panaque suttonorum)
  • Pseudohemiodon thorectes
  • Rhadinoloricaria macromystax
  • Rineloricaria lima
  • Rineloricaria sneiderni
  • Spatuloricaria atratoensis
  • Spatuloricaria caquetae
  • Spatuloricaria curvispina
  • Spatuloricaria euacanthagenys
  • Squaliforma virescens
  • Sturisoma caquetae
  • Sturisomatichthys aureus
  • Sturisomatichthys tamanae

Mochokids

Stream catfishes

Ariids

Bagrids

  • Bagrichthys majusculus
  • Bagrus filamentosus
  • Bagrus lubosicus
  • Somalia catfish (Bagrus urostigma)
  • Batasio affinis
  • Batasio dayi
  • Batasio elongatus
  • Batasio macronotus
  • Batasio merianiensis
  • Batasio procerus
  • Batasio spilurus
  • Batasio tigrinus
  • Hemibagrus camthuyensis
  • Hemibagrus centralus
  • Hemibagrus chiemhoaensis
  • Hemibagrus dongbacensis
  • Hemibagrus filamentus
  • Hemibagrus guttatus
  • Hemibagrus hongus
  • Hemibagrus imbrifer
  • Hemibagrus songdaensis
  • Hemibagrus taybacensis
  • Hemibagrus variegatus
  • Hemibagrus vietnamicus
  • Chinese longsnout catfish (Leiocassis longirostris)
  • Mystus cineraceus
  • Mystus rhegma
  • Pseudomystus bomboides
  • Pseudomystus sobrinus
  • Tachysurus brevirostris
  • Tachysurus kyphus
  • Tachysurus longispinalis
  • Tachysurus spilotus
  • Tachysurus tonkinensis
  • Tachysurus vachellii
  • Tachysurus virgatus
  • Tachysurus yeni

Schilbeids

  • Ailia punctata
  • Clupisoma bastari
  • Clupisoma roosae
  • Eutropiichthys goongwaree
  • Eutropiichthys salweenensis
  • Khavalchor catfish (Neotropius khavalchor)
  • Somalia glass catfish (Parailia somalensis)
  • Proeutropiichthys buchanani
  • Pseudeutropius indigens
  • Schilbe angolensis
  • Schilbe nyongensis
  • Schilbe zairensis

Callichthyids

  • Corydoras albolineatus
  • Corydoras atropersonatus
  • Corydoras bilineatus
  • Corydoras cruziensis
  • Corydoras isbrueckeri
  • Corydoras mamore
  • Corydoras negro
  • Corydoras noelkempffi
  • Corydoras pantanalensis
  • Corydoras paragua
  • Corydoras paucerna
  • Corydoras reynoldsi

Erethistids

Other catfish species

Gonorynchiformes

Includes milkfish, beaked salmon and allies.

  • Cromeria occidentalis
  • Kneria ansorgii
  • Kneria sjolandersi
  • Parakneria damasi
  • Parakneria fortuita
  • Parakneria kissi
  • Parakneria ladigesi
  • Parakneria lufirae
  • Parakneria malaissei
  • Parakneria marmorata
  • Parakneria thysi
  • Parakneria vilhenae

Batrachoidiformes

  • Walker's toadfish (Batrachoides walkeri)
  • Daector gerringi
  • Daector quadrizonatus
  • Smalleye midshipman (Porichthys oculellus)
  • Ocellated toadfish (Porichthys oculofrenum)
  • Cozumel toadfish (Sanopus johnsoni)

Elopiformes

  • Pacific ladyfish (Elops affinis)
  • Giant herring (Elops hawaiensis)
  • Senegalese ladyfish (Elops senegalensis)
  • Southern ladyfish (Elops smithi)
  • Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)

Perciformes

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

Temperate perches

  • Macquarie perch (Macquaria australasica)
  • Balston's pygmy perch (Nannatherina balstoni)
  • Percichthys melanops
  • Percilia gillissi
  • Percilia irwini
  • Siniperca fortis
  • Siniperca kneri
  • Slender mandarinfish (Siniperca roulei)
  • Golden mandarin fish (Siniperca scherzeri)
  • Siniperca vietnamensis

Gouramis

  • Betta apollon
  • Betta ferox
  • Betta kuehnei
  • Betta pallida
  • Emerald green betta (Betta smaragdina)
  • Betta stiktos
  • Red-backed paradise fish (Macropodus erythropterus)
  • Black paradisefish (Macropodus spechti)

Cichlids

Species

Subspecies

  • Cichlasoma urophthalmum ericymba
  • Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor multicolor

Terapontids

  • Greenway's grunter (Hannia greenwayi)
  • Striped grunter (Hephaestus obtusifrons)
  • Threespot grunter (Hephaestus trimaculatus)
  • Leathery grunter (Scortum hillii)
  • Small-headed grunter (Scortum parviceps)

Odontobutidae

  • Micropercops hotayensis
  • Neodontobutis macropectoralis
  • Neodontobutis tonkinensis
  • Odontobutis potamophilus
  • Sineleotris namxamensis

Epinephelids

  • Redmouth grouper (Aethaloperca rogaa)
  • Rusty hind (Cephalopholis aitha)
  • Golden hind (Cephalopholis aurantia)
  • Garish hind (Cephalopholis igarashiensis)
  • Blackfin rockcod (Cephalopholis nigripinnis)
  • African hind (Cephalopholis taeniops)
  • Smooth grouper (Dermatolepis striolata)
  • Bighead grouper (Epinephelus amblycephalus)
  • Banded grouper (Epinephelus awoara)
  • Twinspot grouper (Epinephelus bilobatus)
  • Palemargin grouper (Epinephelus bontoides)
  • Dogtooth grouper (Epinephelus caninus)
  • Epinephelus chabaudi
  • Tonga grouper (Epinephelus chlorocephalus)
  • Coral grouper (Epinephelus corallicola)
  • Goldblotch grouper (Epinephelus costae)
  • Dotted grouper (Epinephelus epistictus)
  • Cloudy grouper (Epinephelus erythrurus)
  • Epinephelus fasciatomaculosus
  • Barred-chest grouper (Epinephelus faveatus)
  • Dungat grouper (Epinephelus goreensis)
  • Bridled grouper (Epinephelus heniochus)
  • Somali grouper (Epinephelus indistinctus)
  • Laterally-banded grouper (Epinephelus latifasciatus)
  • Mystery grouper (Epinephelus lebretonianus)
  • Epinephelus magniscuttis
  • One-blotch grouper (Epinephelus melanostigma)
  • Epinephelus polystigma
  • Striped-fin grouper (Epinephelus posteli)
  • Pacific goliath grouper (Epinephelus quinquefasciatus)
  • Red-tipped grouper (Epinephelus retouti)
  • Sixbar grouper (Epinephelus sexfasciatus)
  • Epaulet grouper (Epinephelus stoliczkae)
  • Seamount grouper (Epinephelus suborbitalis)
  • Summan grouper (Epinephelus summana)
  • Greasy grouper (Epinephelus tauvina)
  • Yellowspotted grouper (Epinephelus timorensis)
  • Plumb grouper (Epinephelus trophis)
  • Maori cod (Epinephelus undulatostriatus)
  • Brown-lined reef cod (Epinephelus undulosus)
  • Masked grouper (Gracila albomarginata)
  • Darwin grouper (Hyporthodus darwinensis)
  • Tenspine grouper (Hyporthodus exsul)
  • Haifa grouper (Hyporthodus haifensis)
  • Star-studded grouper (Hyporthodus niphobles)
  • Eightbar grouper (Hyporthodus octofasciatus)
  • Puzzling grouper (Hyporthodus perplexus)
  • Venezuelan grouper (Mycteroperca cidi)
  • Marbled coralgrouper (Plectropomus punctatus)
  • Saloptia powelli

Eleotrids

Gobies

  • Scaly boy (Aboma etheostoma)
  • Malagasy mountain mullet (Acentrogobius therezieni)
  • Dark-tail specter-goby (Akko brevis)
  • Atlantic specter goby (Akko dionaea)
  • Blackfin specter goby (Akko rossi)
  • Beautiful-cheek shrimpgoby (Amblyeleotris callopareia)
  • Astrabe fasciata
  • Saddlebanded goby (Barbulifer mexicanus)
  • Panther goby (Barbulifer pantherinus)
  • Twin-spotted frillfin (Bathygobius geminatus)
  • Bathygobius ostreicola
  • Benthophiloides brauneri
  • Bollmannia gomezi
  • Bollmannia longpinnus
  • Frailscale goby (Bollmannia macropoma)
  • Apostrophe goby (Bollmannia marginalis)
  • Pennant goby (Bollmannia ocellata)
  • Bollmannia pawneea
  • Tailspot goby (Bollmannia stigmatura)
  • Dusky goby (Bollmannia umbrosa)
  • Sabanus bumblebee goby (Brachygobius sabanus)
  • Bumblebee fish (Brachygobius xanthozonus)
  • Bigeye callibus (Cabillus macrophthalmus)
  • Deepwater goby (Chriolepis benthonis)
  • Rail goby (Chriolepis cuneata)
  • Rubble goby (Chriolepis minutillus)
  • Mystery goby (Chriolepis tagus)
  • Onespot goby (Coryogalops monospilus)
  • Kuna goby (Coryphopterus kuna)
  • Cotylopus acutipinnis
  • Cryptocentrus leonis
  • Ben-Tuvia's goby (Didogobius bentuvii)
  • Ebomegobius goodi
  • Widebanded cleaning goby (Elacatinus limbaughi)
  • Panamanian greenbanded goby (Elacatinus panamensis)
  • Redcheek goby (Elacatinus rubrigenis)
  • White-margined goby (Enypnias aceras)
  • Eugnathogobius microps
  • Eric's goby (Evermannia erici)
  • Enigmatic goby (Evermannia longipinnis)
  • Panama goby (Evermannia panamensis)
  • Bicolored sponge goby (Evermannichthys bicolor)
  • Tenant goby (Evermannichthys convictor)
  • Pugnose goby (Evermannichthys silus)
  • Celebes goby (Glossogobius celebius)
  • Hoese's goby (Glossogobius hoesei)
  • Glossogobius sparsipapillus
  • Gobioides grahamae
  • Choco goby (Gobionellus daguae)
  • Gulf goby (Gobionellus liolepis)
  • Gobiopterus chuno
  • Gobiopterus stellatus
  • Knobchin goby (Gobiosoma nudum)
  • Schmidt's goby (Gobius strictus)
  • Tiger goby (Gobius tigrellus)
  • Bright goby (Ilypnus luculentus)
  • Corfu dwarf goby (Knipowitschia goerneri)
  • Knipowitschia montenegrina
  • Hawaiian freshwater goby (Lentipes concolor)
  • Lentipes rubrofasciatus
  • Lentipes solomonensis
  • Lentipes venustus
  • Luciogobius albus
  • Luciogobius pallidus
  • Cheek-spotted goby (Lythrypnus alphigena)
  • Knave goby (Lythrypnus cobalus)
  • Spotcheek goby (Lythrypnus rhizophora)
  • Sola's goby (Lythrypnus solanensis)
  • Mangarinus waterousi
  • Mugilogobius fasciatus
  • Obscure mangrove goby (Mugilogobius fusculus)
  • Mugilogobius nuicocensis
  • Paintedfin goby (Oligolepis acutipennis)
  • Plain teardrop goby (Oligolepis stomias)
  • Papuligobius uniporus
  • Dark goby (Parrella fusca)
  • Darkblotch goby (Parrella ginsburgi)
  • Priolepis sticta
  • Blunt-snout goby (Psilotris amblyrhynchus)
  • Secret goby (Pycnomma semisquamatum)
  • Lekutu goby (Redigobius lekutu)
  • Lever's goby (Redigobius leveri)
  • Oyens goby (Redigobius oyensi)
  • Amur goby (Rhinogobius brunneus)
  • Rhinogobius honghensis
  • Rhinogobius imfasciocaudatus
  • Rhinogobius longipinnis
  • Rhinogobius maculicervix
  • Rhinogobius milleri
  • Rhinogobius nammaensis
  • Rhinogobius nganfoensis
  • Rhinogobius vermiculatus
  • Rhinogobius vexillifer
  • Rhinogobius vinhensis
  • Robin's goby (Robinsichthys arrowsmithensis)
  • Scartelaos cantoris
  • Redneck goby (Schismatogobius deraniyagalai)
  • Schismatogobius fuligimentus
  • Schismatogobius vanuatuensis
  • Sicydium bustamantei
  • Sicydium gilberti
  • Titi (Sicydium plumieri)
  • Sicyopterus cynocephalus
  • Sicyopterus fasciatus
  • Red-tailed goby (Sicyopterus halei)
  • Sicyopterus longifilis
  • Sicyopterus marquesensis
  • Sicyopterus micrurus
  • Sicyopterus ouwensi
  • Sicyopterus punctissimus
  • Sicyopus cebuensis
  • Sicyopus discordipinnis
  • Lipstick goby (Sicyopus jonklaasi)
  • Silhouettea evanida
  • Silhouettea nuchipunctatus
  • Smilosicyopus bitaeniatus
  • Smilosicyopus leprurus
  • Smilosicyopus pentecost
  • Stenogobius alleni
  • Stenogobius caudimaculosus
  • Stenogobius marqueti
  • Stenogobius psilosinionus
  • Stenogobius randalli
  • Stenogobius squamosus
  • Stenogobius watsoni
  • Stigmatogobius borneensis
  • Stiphodon astilbos
  • Stiphodon hydroreibatus
  • Stiphodon kalfatak
  • Stiphodon larson
  • Stiphodon mele
  • Stiphodon pelewensis
  • Stiphodon percnopterygionus
  • Stiphodon semoni
  • Whiskered eel goby (Taenioides cirratus)
  • Taenioides kentalleni
  • Whiteband goby (Varicus imswe)
  • Orangebelly goby (Varicus marilynae)
  • Lemon goby (Vomerogobius flavus)

Badids

  • Badis assamensis
  • Badis chittagongis
  • Badis corycaeus
  • Badis dibruensis
  • Badis kanabos
  • Badis siamensis
  • Scarlet badis (Dario dario)

Sparids

  • Acanthopagrus akazakii
  • Bridled seabream (Acanthopagrus catenula)
  • Japanese silver bream (Acanthopagrus latus)
  • Bengal yellowfin seabream (Acanthopagrus longispinnis)
  • Black margined seabream (Acanthopagrus omanensis)
  • Middle East black seabream (Acanthopagrus randalli)
  • Acanthopagrus taiwanensis
  • Argyrops megalommatus
  • Striped boga (Boops lineatus)
  • Campeche porgy (Calamus campechanus)
  • Santer seabream (Cheimerius nufar)
  • Crenidens macracanthus
  • Dentex fourmanoiri
  • Lithognathus olivieri
  • Blueskin seabream (Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus)
  • Polysteganus mascarenensis
  • Rhabdosargus niger
  • Sparidentex belayewi
  • Sparidentex datnia

Scombrids

  • Short mackerel (Rastrelliger brachysoma)
  • Island mackerel (Rastrelliger faughni)
  • Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta)
  • Indo-Pacific king mackerel (Scomberomorus guttatus)
  • Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)
  • Kanadi kingfish (Scomberomorus plurilineatus)
  • Chinese mackerel (Scomberomorus sinensis)
  • Longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol)

Dragonets

Lutjanids

  • Ruby snapper (Etelis carbunculus)
  • Queen snapper (Etelis oculatus)
  • African red snapper (Lutjanus agennes)
  • Blackfin snapper (Lutjanus buccanella)
  • African brown snapper (Lutjanus dentatus)
  • Guinea snapper (Lutjanus endecacanthus)
  • Gorean snapper (Lutjanus goreensis)
  • Dog snapper (Lutjanus jocu)
  • Yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus)
  • Japanese snapper (Paracaesio caerulea)

Sand stargazers

Anabantidae

Sciaenids

  • Black-spot croaker (Atrobucca kyushini)
  • Chaptis bahaba (Bahaba chaptis)
  • Black croaker (Cheilotrema saturnum)
  • Corvina drum (Cilus gilberti)
  • Vacuocua croaker (Corvula macrops)
  • Peruvian barbel drum (Ctenosciaena peruviana)
  • Queen corvina (Cynoscion albus)
  • Hake weakfish (Cynoscion nortoni)
  • Shortfin corvina (Cynoscion parvipinnis)
  • Boccone weakfish (Cynoscion praedatorius)
  • Orangemouth weakfish (Cynoscion xanthulus)
  • Smooth croaker (Johnius laevis)
  • Trewavas croaker (Johnius trewavasae)
  • Blackfin croaker (Lonchurus elegans)
  • Dogteeth weakfish (Macrodon mordax)
  • California corbina (Menticirrhus undulatus)
  • Micropogonias fasciatus
  • Micropogonias manni
  • Panama croaker (Ophioscion panamensis)
  • Paranebris bauchotae
  • Odd highhat (Pareques perissa)
  • Sciaena wieneri
  • Little croaker (Stellifer stellifer)
  • Professor stardrum (Stellifer walkeri)
  • Amigo stardrum (Stellifer wintersteenorum)
  • Umbrina imberbis
  • Fusca drum (Umbrina ronchus)
  • Steindachner's drum (Umbrina steindachneri)
  • Cortez croaker (Umbrina wintersteeni)

Labrisomids

Serranids

  • Argentine seabass (Acanthistius brasilianus)
  • Anthias cyprinoides
  • Anthias helenensis
  • Dactylanthias aplodactylus
  • Grape-eye seabass (Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos)
  • Holanthias caudalis
  • Holanthias fronticinctus
  • Jarocho hamlet (Hypoplectrus atlahua)
  • Contoy hamlet (Hypoplectrus ecosur)
  • Bicolored hamlet (Hypoplectrus maculiferus)
  • Scalyfin basslet (Liopropoma longilepis)
  • Yellow-spotted golden bass (Liopropoma olneyi)
  • Spot-tail golden bass (Liopropoma santi)
  • Meganthias carpenteri
  • Goldspotted sand bass (Paralabrax auroguttatus)
  • Southern rock bass (Paralabrax callaensis)
  • Peruvian rock seabass (Paralabrax humeralis)
  • Parrot sand bass (Paralabrax loro)
  • Plectranthias pallidus
  • Blacktail comber (Serranus atricauda)

Chaenopsids

Combtooth blennies

Microdesmids

  • Spotted worm goby (Cerdale ionthas)
  • Mangrove worm-goby (Cerdale paludicola)
  • Many-spined worm-goby (Cerdale prolata)
  • Flagtail wormfish (Clarkichthys bilineatus)
  • Olivaceous wormfish (Microdesmus affinis)
  • Microdesmus africanus
  • Banded wormfish (Microdesmus dipus)
  • Spotback wormfish (Microdesmus dorsipunctatus)
  • Dark-tailed worm-goby (Microdesmus hildebrandi)
  • Long-tailed worm-goby (Microdesmus intermedius)
  • Fat-lipped worm-goby (Microdesmus knappi)
  • Blind wormfish (Microdesmus luscus)
  • Giant worm-goby (Microdesmus multiradiatus)
  • Rearfin wormfish (Microdesmus retropinnis)
  • Spotside wormfish (Microdesmus suttkusi)
  • Parioglossus lineatus
  • Dart goby (Parioglossus marginalis)
  • Parioglossus neocaledonicus
  • Parioglossus triquetrus

Wrasses

  • Lined wrasse (Anampses lineatus)
  • Anampses viridis
  • Bodianus flavipinnis
  • Bodianus izuensis
  • Bodianus neopercularis
  • Bodianus oxycephalus
  • Five-striped hogfish (Bodianus paraleucosticticus)
  • Bodianus rubrisos
  • Crescent-tail hogfish (Bodianus sepiacaudus)
  • Bodianus solatus
  • Blackbar hogfish (Bodianus speciosus)
  • Bodianus tanyokidus
  • Bodianus thoracotaeniatus
  • Azurio tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)
  • Choerodon gymnogenys
  • Choerodon paynei
  • Cirrhilabrus balteatus
  • Cirrhilabrus brunneus
  • Blueside wrasse (Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura)
  • Exquisite wrasse (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus)
  • Whip-fin wrasse (Cirrhilabrus filamentosus)
  • Pulauweh wrasse (Cirrhilabrus joanallenae)
  • Rhomboid wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis)
  • Rosy-scales fairy-wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis)
  • Red-eye wrasse (Cirrhilabrus solorensis)
  • Threadfin wrasse (Cirrhilabrus temminckii)
  • Tono's wrasse (Cirrhilabrus tonozukai)
  • Clepticus africanus
  • Blackbar coris (Coris nigrotaenia)
  • Largescale wrasse (Decodon grandisquamis)
  • Ten-tooth wrasse (Decodon pacificus)
  • Frontilabrus caeruleus
  • Mangrove wrasse (Halichoeres aestuaricola)
  • Halichoeres bleekeri
  • Brazilian wrasse (Halichoeres brasiliensis)
  • Halichoeres melas
  • Peliciers wrasse (Halichoeres pelicieri)
  • Halichoeres raisneri
  • Red-head wrasse (Halichoeres rubricephalus)
  • Halichoeres signifer
  • Hemigymnus sexfasciatus
  • Iniistius cyanifrons
  • Geisha wrasse (Iniistius geisha)
  • Java razorfish (Iniistius javanicus)
  • Three banded razorfish (Iniistius trivittatus)
  • Lappanella guineensis
  • Four-line wrasse (Larabicus quadrilineatus)
  • Leptojulis lambdastigma
  • Malapterus reticulatus
  • Blackmargin Maori wrasse (Oxycheilinus nigromarginatus)
  • Carpenter's flasher wrasse (Paracheilinus carpenteri)
  • Braun's senator wrasse (Pictilabrus brauni)
  • Bleeding wrasse (Polylepion cruentum)
  • Pseudocheilinus dispilus
  • Pseudocoris aequalis
  • Pseudocoris ocellata
  • Polynesian slender wrasse (Pseudojuloides atavai)
  • Candy wrasse (Pseudojuloides cerasinus)
  • Long green wrasse (Pseudojuloides elongatus)
  • Yellow slender wrasse (Pseudojuloides xanthomos)
  • Pteragogus aurigarius
  • Scarus chinensis
  • Midnight parrotfish (Scarus coelestinus)
  • Spot-fin parrotfish (Scarus maculipinna)
  • Scarus obishime
  • Knobsnout parrotfish (Scarus ovifrons)
  • Zelinda's parrotfish (Scarus zelindae)
  • Dhofar parrotfish (Scarus zufar)
  • Galápagos sheephead wrasse (Semicossyphus darwini)
  • Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)
  • Longtail weed whiting (Siphonognathus tanyourus)
  • Gray parrotfish (Sparisoma axillare)
  • Agassiz's parrotfish (Sparisoma frondosum)
  • Grey parrotfish (Sparisoma griseorubrum)
  • Striped trawl wrasse (Suezichthys bifurcatus)
  • Russell's slender wrasse (Suezichthys russelli)
  • Ascension wrasse (Thalassoma ascensionis)
  • Slant-band wrasse (Thalassoma loxum)
  • St. Helena wrasse (Thalassoma sanctaehelenae)
  • Seven-banded wrasse (Thalassoma septemfasciatum)
  • Pigmy possum wrasse (Wetmorella tanakai)
  • Xyrichtys koteamea
  • Xyrichtys rajagopalani
  • Xyrichtys sciistius
  • Triple-barred razorfish (Xyrichtys trivittatus)

Threefin blennies

Haemulids

  • Black margate (Anisotremus surinamensis)
  • Torroto grunt (Genyatremus cavifrons)
  • White margate (Haemulon album)
  • Sheephead grunt (Orthopristis cantharinus)
  • Orthopristis forbesi
  • Scalyfin grunt (Orthopristis lethopristis)
  • Parakuhlia macrophthalmus
  • Rubberlip grunt (Plectorhinchus mediterraneus)
  • Burro grunt (Pomadasys crocro)
  • Bigspine grunt (Pomadasys empherus)
  • Smalleye grunt (Pomadasys schyrii)
  • Peruvian selema (Xenichthys rupestris)

Apogonids

  • Ambon cardinalfish (Apogon amboinensis)
  • Half-lined cardinalfish (Apogon semilineatus)
  • Conchfish (Astrapogon stellatus)
  • Foa madagascariensis
  • Gymnapogon melanogaster
  • Paxton's cardinalfish (Paxton concilians)

Ambassids

Acanthurids

Butterflyfishes

  • Narrow-barred butterflyfish (Amphichaetodon melbae)
  • Chaetodon andamanensis
  • Bluelashed butterflyfish (Chaetodon bennetti)
  • Spot-tail butterflyfish (Chaetodon ocellicaudus)
  • Mailed butterflyfish (Chaetodon reticulatus)
  • Gueze's butterflyfish (Prognathodes guezei)
  • Prognathodes guyotensis
  • Oblique butterflyfish (Prognathodes obliquus)

Other Perciformes species

  • African sergeant (Abudefduf hoefleri)
  • Lesser sand eel (Ammodytes tobianus)
  • Longfin burrower (Apodocreedia vanderhorsti)
  • Reunion angelfish (Apolemichthys guezei)
  • Bathymaster derjugini
  • Bankslope tilefish (Caulolatilus dooleyi)
  • Blueline tilefish (Caulolatilus microps)
  • Yellowbar tilefish (Caulolatilus williamsi)
  • Centropomus poeyi
  • Guinean bandfish (Cepola pauciradiata)
  • Bluespotted angelfish (Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus)
  • Orange-spotted snakehead (Channa aurantimaculata)
  • Barca snakehead (Channa barca)
  • Channa ornatipinnis
  • Channa pulchra
  • Bearded warbonnet (Chirolophis snyderi)
  • Cobalt chromis (Chromis flavicauda)
  • Cirrhitus albopunctatus
  • Clinus ornatus
  • Largespot eel blenny (Congrogadus amplimaculatus)
  • Pilbara eelblenny (Congrogadus winterbottomi)
  • Whitefin sharksucker (Echeneis neucratoides)
  • Threefinger threadfin (Eleutheronema tridactylum)
  • Enigmapercis acutirostris
  • Equulites laterofenestra
  • Periche mojarra (Eugerres periche)
  • Nonbanded whipfin mojarra (Gerres infasciatus)
  • Gobitrichinotus arnoulti
  • Cuban gramma (Gramma dejongi)
  • Gymnelus barsukovi
  • Sixband hawkfish (Isocirrhitus sexfasciatus)
  • Black marlin (Istiompax indica)
  • Kuhlia malo
  • Kuhlia munda
  • Salele flagtail (Kuhlia salelea)
  • Rudolf lates (Lates longispinis)
  • Silver scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus)
  • Coromandel hairtail (Lepturacanthus pantului)
  • Red snout emperor (Lethrinus reticulatus)
  • Yellow basslet (Lipogramma flavescens)
  • Yellowbar basslet (Lipogramma robinsi)
  • Lycenchelys platyrhina
  • Lycodes sadoensis
  • Microichthys sanzoi
  • Myxodes ornatus
  • Nandus andrewi
  • Freshwater damsel (Neopomacentrus taeniurus)
  • Spotted snakeblenny (Ophiclinops pardalis)
  • Opistognathus brochus
  • Opistognathus fenmutis
  • Opistognathus smithvanizi
  • Opistognathus walkeri
  • Pacific beakfish (Oplegnathus insignis)
  • Knifejaw (Oplegnathus woodwardi)
  • Paracaristius nudarcus
  • Paracirrhites bicolor
  • Parapercis atlantica
  • Patagonotothen kreffti
  • Patagonotothen thompsoni
  • Balkhash perch (Perca schrenkii)
  • Longhead darter (Percina macrocephala)
  • Eel blenny (Peronedys anguillaris)
  • Rubyfish (Plagiogeneion macrolepis)
  • Platyberyx andriashevi
  • Platyberyx mauli
  • Atlantic wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)
  • Sand lance (Protammodytes sarisa)
  • Pseudochromis omanensis
  • Loach goby (Rhyacichthys aspro)
  • Rhyacichthys guilberti
  • Estuarine perch (Sander marinus)
  • Silver-banded whiting (Sillago argentifasciata)
  • Indian whiting (Sillago indica)
  • Sphyraena intermedia
  • Cortez barracuda (Sphyraena lucasana)
  • Spicara martinicus
  • Freshwater gregory (Stegastes otophorus)
  • Shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)
  • Roundscale spearfish (Tetrapturus georgii)
  • Zebra archerfish (Toxotes blythii)
  • Sailfin weever (Trachinus collignoni)
  • Chilean jack mackerel (Trachurus murphyi)
  • Upeneus randalli
  • Zingel balcanicus
  • Zoarchias neglectus

Beloniformes

  • Dermogenys brachynotopterus
  • Peruvian flyingfish (Exocoetus peruvianus)
  • California halfbeak (Hyporhamphus rosae)
  • Poso halfbeak (Nomorhamphus celebensis)
  • Hainan medaka (Oryzias curvinotus)
  • Oryzias haugiangensis
  • Oryzias pectoralis
  • Oryzias songkhramensis
  • Oryzias uwai
  • Allen's river garfish (Zenarchopterus alleni)
  • Zenarchopterus caudovittatus
  • Bangkok halfbeak (Zenarchopterus pappenheimi)

Synbranchiformes

  • Inle swamp eel (Chaudhuria caudata)
  • Chaudhuria fusipinnis
  • Macrognathus lineatomaculatus
  • Macrognathus meklongensis
  • Macrognathus obscurus
  • Macrognathus pavo
  • Mastacembelus ansorgii
  • Mastacembelus pantherinus
  • Mastacembelus shiloangoensis
  • Mastacembelus thacbaensis
  • Mastacembelus undulatus
  • Liberian swamp eel (Monopterus boueti)
  • Monopterus digressus
  • Monopterus eapeni
  • Monopterus hodgarti
  • Monopterus roseni
  • Ophisternon afrum
  • Blind cave eel (Ophisternon candidum)
  • Pillaia kachinica

Gymnotiformes

  • Apteronotus apurensis
  • Apteronotus jurubidae
  • Apteronotus milesi
  • Rhamphichthys atlanticus
  • Sternarchorhynchus curvirostris

Osteoglossiformes

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

Mormyrids

  • Campylomormyrus cassaicus
  • Campylomormyrus luapulaensis
  • Campylomormyrus orycteropus
  • Gnathonemus barbatus
  • Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus
  • Hippopotamyrus aelsbroecki
  • Hippopotamyrus harringtoni
  • Hippopotamyrus macroterops
  • Hippopotamyrus retrodorsalis
  • Marcusenius bentleyi
  • Marcusenius deboensis
  • Marcusenius devosi
  • Marcusenius dundoensis
  • Marcusenius intermedius
  • Marcusenius macrophthalmus
  • Southern bulldog (Marcusenius pongolensis)
  • Mormyrops batesianus
  • Mormyrops intermedius
  • Mormyrops microstoma
  • Mormyrops oudoti
  • Mormyrops parvus
  • Bernhard's elephant-snout fish (Mormyrus bernhardi)
  • Mormyrus felixi
  • Mormyrus hildebrandti
  • Mormyrus niloticus
  • Mormyrus thomasi
  • Paramormyrops batesii
  • Ghost stonebasher (Paramormyrops jacksoni)
  • Paramormyrops kingsleyae
  • Petrocephalus cunganus
  • Petrocephalus gliroides
  • Petrocephalus hutereaui
  • Petrocephalus keatingii
  • Petrocephalus squalostoma
  • Pollimyrus guttatus
  • Pollimyrus maculipinnis
  • Pollimyrus pedunculatus
  • Stomatorhinus ater
  • Stomatorhinus schoutedeni

Arapaimids

Gobiesociformes

  • Whiskereye clingfish (Derilissus kremnobates)
  • Tailspot clingfish (Derilissus lombardii)
  • Dwarf clingfish (Derilissus nanus)
  • Red-striped clingfish (Derilissus vittiger)
  • Thick clingfish (Gobiesox crassicorpus)
  • Lonely clingfish (Gobiesox marijeanae)
  • Millers clingfish (Gobiesox milleri)
  • Gobiesox multitentaculus
  • Narrow-headed clingfish (Gobiesox stenocephalus)
  • Opeatogenys cadenati
  • Southern fraildisc clingfish (Pherallodiscus varius)
  • Coral clingfish (Tomicodon clarkei)
  • Reticulate clingfish (Tomicodon lavettsmithi)
  • Ecuadorian clingfish (Tomicodon prodomus)

Characiformes

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

Alestids

  • Brachypetersius notospilus
  • Brycinus abeli
  • Brycinus carmesinus
  • Brycinus comptus
  • Brycinus humilis
  • Hemigrammopetersius pulcher
  • Micralestes ambiguus
  • Micralestes holargyreus
  • Micralestes schelly
  • Micralestes vittatus
  • Phenacogrammus bleheri
  • Phenacogrammus stigmatura
  • Phenacogrammus taeniatus
  • Rhabdalestes aeratis

Distichodontids

  • Distichodus langi
  • Dundocharax bidentatus
  • Hemigrammocharax lineostriatus
  • Nannocharax fasciolaris
  • Nannocharax hollyi
  • Nannocharax micros
  • Nannocharax ogoensis
  • Nannocharax pteron
  • Nannocharax reidi
  • Neolebias gracilis
  • Neolebias philippei
  • Paraphago rostratus

Characids

  • Acestrocephalus anomalus
  • Argopleura conventus
  • Astyanacinus yariguies
  • Astyanax chaparae
  • Astyanax fasslii
  • Astyanax gisleni
  • Astyanax kennedyi
  • Astyanax longior
  • Astyanax megaspilura
  • Astyanax villwocki
  • Bryconacidnus hemigrammus
  • Bryconamericus arilepis
  • Bryconamericus foncensis
  • Bryconamericus guizae
  • Bryconamericus icelus
  • Bryconamericus ichoensis
  • Bryconamericus miraensis
  • Bryconamericus multiradiatus
  • Bryconamericus simus
  • Ceratobranchia elatior
  • Cheirodon australe
  • Cheirodon galusdae
  • Cheirodon kiliani
  • Cheirodon luelingi
  • Cheirodon pisciculus
  • Chrysobrycon eliasi
  • Creagrutus yanatili
  • Gephyrocharax caucanus
  • Gephyrocharax martae
  • Gephyrocharax sinuensis
  • Gephyrocharax torresi
  • Hemibrycon brevispini
  • Hemibrycon cairoense
  • Hemibrycon carrilloi
  • Hemibrycon decurrens
  • Hemibrycon divisorensis
  • Hemibrycon microformaa
  • Hemibrycon paez
  • Hemibrycon quindos
  • Hemibrycon raqueliae
  • Hemibrycon santamartae
  • Hemibrycon velox
  • Hemibrycon virolinica
  • Hemibrycon yacopiae
  • Hemigrammus megaceps
  • Hyphessobrycon amaronensis
  • Hyphessobrycon chocoensis
  • Hyphessobrycon columbianus
  • Hyphessobrycon condotensis
  • Hyphessobrycon sebastiani
  • Hyphessobrycon wajat
  • Knodus delta
  • Knodus mizquae
  • Microgenys lativirgata
  • Microgenys weyrauchi
  • Moenkhausia crisnejas
  • Moenkhausia dorsinuda
  • Moenkhausia orteguasae
  • Nematobrycon lacortei
  • Nematobrycon palmeri
  • Parastremma album
  • Parastremma pulchrum
  • Parastremma sadina
  • Prodontocharax howesi
  • Pseudochalceus bohlkei
  • Pseudochalceus kyburzi
  • Pterobrycon landoni
  • Brazilian blind characid (Stygichthys typhlops)
  • Trochilocharax ornatus
  • Tyttobrycon hamatus

Crenuchids

  • Characidium heinianum
  • Characidium sanctjohanni
  • Characidium schindleri
  • Characidium stigmosum
  • Melanocharacidium melanopteron

Other Characiformes species

  • Anostomus longus
  • Brycon acuminatus
  • Brycon coxeyi
  • Brycon medemi
  • Lebiasina narinensis
  • Leporinus holostictus
  • Parodon atratoensis
  • Pseudocurimata boehlkei
  • Pyrrhulina obermulleri

Syngnathiformes

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

Syngnathids

Species

  • Southern little pipehorse (Acentronura australe)
  • Briareum pipefish (Apterygocampus epinnulatus)
  • Offshore pipefish (Bryx veleronis)
  • Muiron Islands pipefish (Choeroichthys latispinosus)
  • Back-finned pipefish (Cosmocampus retropinnis)
  • Doryichthys heterosoma
  • Doryrhamphus aurolineatus
  • Narrowstripe pipefish (Doryrhamphus bicarinatus)
  • Banded pipefish (Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus)
  • Festucalex prolixus
  • Big-belly seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)
  • Winged seahorse (Hippocampus alatus)
  • Narrow-bellied seahorse (Hippocampus angustus)
  • Bargibant's seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti)
  • Réunion seahorse (Hippocampus borboniensis)
  • Knobby seahorse (Hippocampus breviceps)
  • Giraffe seahorse (Hippocampus camelopardalis)
  • Crowned seahorse (Hippocampus coronatus)
  • Denise's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus denise)
  • Fisher's seahorse (Hippocampus fisheri)
  • Sea pony (Hippocampus fuscus)
  • Long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus)
  • Eastern spiny seahorse (Hippocampus hendriki)
  • Short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus)
  • Jayakar's seahorse (Hippocampus jayakari)
  • Lichtenstein's seahorse (Hippocampus lichtensteinii)
  • Bullneck seahorse (Hippocampus minotaur)
  • Japanese seahorse (Hippocampus mohnikei)
  • Monte Bello seahorse (Hippocampus montebelloensis)
  • Pontoh`s pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus pontohi)
  • Slender seahorse (Hippocampus reidi)
  • Satomi's pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus satomiae)
  • Hippocampus severnsi
  • Tiger snout seahorse (Hippocampus subelongatus)
  • New Holland seahorse (Hippocampus whitei)
  • Zebra seahorse (Hippocampus zebra)
  • Dwarf seahorse (Hippocampus zosterae)
  • Orange pipefish (Maroubra yasudai)
  • Slender pipefish (Microphis caudocarinatus)
  • Dumbéa river pipefish (Microphis cruentus)
  • Microphis fluviatilis
  • Spinach pipefish (Microphis spinachioides)
  • West Atlantic pipefish (Minyichthys inusitatus)
  • Minyichthys sentus
  • Spotted pipefish (Nerophis maculatus)
  • Barred xenia-pipefish (Siokunichthys bentuviai)
  • Softcoral pipefish (Siokunichthys breviceps)
  • Spotted xenia-pipefish (Siokunichthys herrei)
  • Southwell's pipefish (Siokunichthys southwelli)
  • New Caledonian soft-coral pipefish (Siokunichthys striatus)
  • Duncker's pipehorse (Solegnathus dunckeri)
  • Hardwicke's pipefish (Solegnathus hardwickii)
  • Günther's pipehorse (Solegnathus lettiensis)
  • Robust pipehorse (Solegnathus robustus)
  • Spiny pipehorse (Solegnathus spinosissimus)
  • Alligator pipefish (Syngnathoides biaculeatus)
  • Cortez pipefish (Syngnathus carinatus)
  • Syngnathus dawsoni
  • Chocolate pipefish (Syngnathus euchrous)
  • Chain pipefish (Syngnathus louisianae)
  • Large-fin pipefish (Syngnathus macrobrachium)
  • Hurghada pipefish (Syngnathus macrophthalmus)
  • Yucatan pipefish (Syngnathus makaxi)
  • Pelagic pipefish (Syngnathus phlegon)
  • Black-Sea pelagic pipefish (Syngnathus schmidti)
  • Darkflank pipefish (Syngnathus taenionotus)
  • Narrow-snouted pipefish (Syngnathus tenuirostris)
  • Thickly snouted pipefish (Syngnathus variegatus)

Subspecies

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

Centriscids

Clupeiformes

  • Alabama shad (Alosa alabamae)
  • Alosa algeriensis
  • Longfin Pacific anchovy (Anchoa analis)
  • Trinidad anchovy (Anchoa trinitatis)
  • Balboa anchovy (Anchoviella balboae)
  • Blackburn's anchovy (Anchoviella blackburni)
  • Indonesian gizzard shad (Anodontostoma selangkat)
  • Toothed river herring (Clupeoides papuensis)
  • Smooth-belly pellonuline (Congothrissa gossei)
  • White anchovy (Engraulis albidus)
  • Pacific menhaden (Ethmidium maculatum)
  • Southern Burmese gizzard shad (Gonialosa whiteheadi)
  • Venezuelan herring (Jenkinsia parvula)
  • Whitehead's sawtooth pellonuline (Potamothrissa whiteheadi)
  • Sardinella rouxi
  • Sauvagella robusta
  • Two-finned round herring (Spratellomorpha bianalis)
  • Sanaga pygmy herring (Thrattidion noctivagus)
  • Gautama thryssa (Thryssa gautamiensis)
  • Freshwater anchovy (Thryssa scratchleyi)

Scorpaeniformes

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

Cottids

Scorpaenids

  • Folgor's scorpionfish (Neomerinthe folgori)
  • Helena scorpionfish (Pontinus helena)
  • Offshore rockfish (Pontinus kuhlii)
  • Scorpaena annobonae
  • Scorpaena azorica
  • Scorpaena canariensis
  • California scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata)
  • African speckled scorpionfish (Scorpaenodes africanus)
  • Messina rockfish (Scorpaenodes arenai)
  • African large-spotted scorpionfish (Scorpaenodes elongatus)
  • Sebastapistes taeniophrys

Liparidae

  • Careproctus aciculipunctatus
  • Careproctus cactiformis
  • Careproctus herwigi
  • Careproctus mederi
  • Merret's snailfish (Careproctus merretti)
  • Careproctus minimus
  • Careproctus pallidus
  • Eutelichthys leptochirus
  • Paraliparis abyssorum
  • Paraliparis atramentatus
  • Paraliparis atrolabiatus
  • Paraliparis bipolaris
  • Wilson's paraliparis (Paraliparis copei)
  • Paraliparis hystrix
  • Paraliparis kreffti
  • Paraliparis megalopus
  • Paraliparis murieli
  • Paraliparis nigellus
  • Longeared snailfish (Paraliparis obliquosus)
  • Paraliparis operculosus
  • Paraliparis orcadensis
  • Paraliparis plagiostomus
  • Paraliparis tompkinsae
  • Prognatholiparis ptychomandibularis
  • Andriashev's dwarf snailfish (Psednos andriashevi)
  • Hartel's dwarf snailfish (Psednos harteli)
  • Psednos spirohira

Other Scorpaeniformes

Species

  • Pale fortesque (Centropogon latifrons)
  • Cottunculus konstantinovi
  • Ebinania brephocephala
  • Papillose lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus barbatus)
  • Lepidotrigla venusta
  • Peristedion amblygenys
  • Bartail flathead (Platycephalus indicus)
  • Prionotus murielae
  • Sebastes koreanus
  • Sebastes nivosus
  • Sebastes peduncularis
  • Trigla macrodactylus

Subspecies

  • Spiny scorpionfish (Trachyscorpia cristulata echinata)

Ophidiiformes

  • Aphyonus rassi
  • Barathronus multidens
  • Barathronus parfaiti
  • Bassozetus oncerocephalus
  • Bathyonus laticeps
  • Pacific bearded brotula (Brotula clarkae)
  • Bythites islandicus
  • Carapus dubius
  • Hephthocara simum
  • Lamprogrammus shcherbachevi
  • Leucobrotula adipata
  • Luciobrotula lineata
  • Melodichthys hadrocephalus
  • Neobythites franzi
  • Nybelinella erikssoni
  • Mccosker's coralbrotula (Ogilbia mccoskeri)
  • Haiti coralbrotula (Ogilbichthys haitiensis)
  • Puerto Rico coralbrotula (Ogilbichthys puertoricoensis)
  • Tobago coralbrotula (Ogilbichthys tobagoensis)
  • Roche's snake blenny (Ophidion rochei)
  • Black-nosed brotula (Parasaccogaster melanomycter)
  • Parophidion vassali
  • Porogadus abyssalis
  • Porogadus nudus
  • Porogadus subarmatus
  • San Blas coralbrotula (Pseudogilbia sanblasensis)
  • Sciadonus cryptophthalmus
  • Sciadonus jonassoni

Tetraodontiformes

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

Tetraodontids

Filefish species

  • Acreichthys hajam
  • Cantherhines longicaudus
  • Cantherhines nukuhiva
  • Enigmacanthus filamentosus
  • Blue-spotted leatherjacket (Eubalichthys caeruleoguttatus)
  • Paramonacanthus matsuurai
  • Pervagor marginalis
  • Thamnaconus fijiensis
  • Blackvent filefish (Thamnaconus melanoproctes)

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

Grenadiers species

  • Bathygadus sulcatus
  • Coelorinchus aratrum
  • Coelorinchus dorsalis
  • Coelorinchus macrolepis
  • Coelorinchus notatus
  • Coelorinchus sexradiatus
  • Coelorinchus shcherbachevi
  • Coelorinchus triocellatus
  • Coelorinchus velifer
  • Coelorinchus weberi
  • Coryphaenoides camurus
  • Coryphaenoides dubius
  • Roughlip grenadier (Coryphaenoides thelestomus)
  • Gadomus magnifilis
  • Graceful grenadier (Hymenogadus gracilis)
  • Kumba dentoni
  • Malacocephalus luzonensis
  • Sphagemacrurus gibber

Morids

  • Finescale mora (Antimora microlepis)
  • Gadella svetovidovi
  • Robust cod (Laemonema robustum)
  • North Atlantic codling (Lepidion eques)
  • Skulpin (Physiculus helenaensis)
  • Physiculus karrerae
  • Physiculus maslowskii
  • Physiculus microbarbata
  • Physiculus parini
  • Rhynchogadus hepaticus

Lotids

  • Azores rockling (Gaidropsarus granti)
  • Gaidropsarus guttatus

Mullets

  • Goldie river mullet (Cestraeus goldiei)
  • Sharp-nosed river mullet (Cestraeus oxyrhyncus)
  • Lobed river mullet (Cestraeus plicatilis)
  • Diassanga mullet (Liza bandialensis)
  • Grooved mullet (Liza dumerili)
  • Sicklefin mullet (Liza falcipinnis)
  • Largescaled mullet (Liza grandisquamis)
  • Persian mullet (Liza persicus)
  • Liza tade
  • Lebranche mullet (Mugil liza)
  • Mugil margaritae

Bichirs

Eels

There are 50 eel species evaluated as data deficient.

Ophichthids

Congrids

Other eel species

  • Highlands long-finned eel (Anguilla interioris)
  • Polynesian longfinned eel (Anguilla megastoma)
  • Pacific shortfinned eel (Anguilla obscura)
  • False moray eel (Catesbya pseudomuraena)
  • Mottled false moray (Chlopsis dentatus)
  • Kazuko's false moray (Chlopsis kazuko)
  • Coloconger japonicus
  • Red pike conger (Cynoponticus coniceps)
  • Canary moray (Gymnothorax bacalladoi)
  • Wide-mouth moray (Gymnothorax eurygnathos)
  • Gymnothorax serratidens
  • Deepwater arrowtooth eel (Histiobranchus bathybius)
  • Red eel (Myroconger compressus)
  • Fowler's shortfaced eel (Panturichthys fowleri)
  • Thalassenchelys foliaceus
  • Many-spotted moray (Uropterygius polystictus)

Flatfishes

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

Soleids

  • Herre's sole (Aseraggodes herrei)
  • West coast sole (Austroglossus microlepis)
  • Bathysolea lactea
  • One-eyed sole (Brachirus sorsogonensis)
  • Portuguese sole (Dagetichthys lusitanica)
  • Heteromycteris proboscideus
  • Microchirus azevia
  • Lusitanian sole (Microchirus boscanion)
  • Microchirus frechkopi
  • Foureyed sole (Microchirus ocellatus)
  • Microchirus theophila
  • Monochirus atlanticus
  • Mottled sole (Pardachirus poropterus)
  • Pegusa cadenati
  • Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis)
  • Common sole (Solea solea)
  • Stanaland's sole (Solea stanalandi)
  • Cyclope sole (Solea triophthalma)
  • Klein's sole (Synapturichthys kleinii)
  • Narrowbanded sole (Synclidopus macleayanus)
  • Vanstraelenia chirophthalma
  • Convict zebra sole (Zebrias captivus)
  • Zebrias crossolepis

Tonguefishes

Paralichthyids

Species

  • Foureyed flounder (Ancylopsetta kumperae)
  • Blunthead whiff (Citharichthys amblybregmatus)
  • Big-chinned sanddab (Citharichthys gnathus)
  • Mimic sanddab (Citharichthys gordae)
  • Etropus delsmani
  • Cortez halibut (Paralichthys aestuarius)
  • Paralichthys schmitti
  • Tropical flounder (Paralichthys tropicus)
  • Dappled flounder (Paralichthys woolmani)
  • Pseudorhombus binii
  • Clearspot flounder (Syacium maculiferum)

Subspecies

  • Etropus delsmani delsmani
  • Etropus delsmani pacificus

Bothids

  • Brown lefteye flounder (Arnoglossus brunneus)
  • Arnoglossus grohmanni
  • Scaldback (Arnoglossus kessleri)
  • Thor's scaldfish (Arnoglossus thori)
  • Guinean flounder (Bothus guibei)
  • Chascanopsetta crumenalis
  • Laeops cypho
  • Laeops kitaharae
  • Asaedae flounder (Monolene asaedai)
  • Monolene helenensis
  • Psettina hainanensis

Other flatfish species

  • Poecilopsetta albomaculata
  • Spottail spiny turbot (Psettodes belcheri)
  • Spiny turbot (Psettodes bennettii)
  • Black flounder (Rhombosolea retiaria)
  • Samariscus filipectoralis
  • Huysman's righteye flounder (Samariscus huysmani)
  • Trinectes hubbsbollinger
  • Spottedcheek sole (Trinectes opercularis)

Anglerfishes

Beryciformes

  • Hoplostethus marisrubri
  • Hoplostethus metallicus
  • Vniro's roughy (Hoplostethus vniro)
  • Myripristis formosa
  • Tiki soldierfish (Myripristis tiki)
  • Ostichthys brachygnathus
  • Ostichthys delta
  • Ostichthys hypsipterygion
  • Ostichthys ovaloculus
  • Gulf flashlightfish (Phthanophaneron harveyi)
  • Lattice squirrelfish (Sargocentron inaequalis)
  • Sargocentron megalops

Stephanoberyciformes

  • Abyssoberyx levisquamosus
  • Melamphaes ebelingi
  • Melamphaes hubbsi
  • Eyebrow bigscale (Melamphaes longivelis)
  • Melamphaes polylepis
  • Melamphaes pumilus
  • Shoulderspine bigscale (Melamphaes suborbitalis)
  • Melamphaes typhlops
  • Poromitra capito
  • Poromitra megalops
  • Longjaw bigscale (Scopeloberyx robustus)
  • Bean's bigscale (Scopelogadus beanii)

Aulopiformes

  • Bathypterois oddi
  • Lestidiops gracilis
  • Paraulopus maculatus
  • Saurida pseudotumbil
  • Stemonosudis bullisi
  • Sudis hyalina
  • Uncisudis longirostra

Zeiformes

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

Stomiiformes

  • Araiophos eastropas
  • Astronesthes gemmifer
  • Borostomias abyssorum
  • Eustomias acinosus
  • Eustomias braueri
  • Eustomias contiguus
  • Eustomias dinema
  • Eustomias insularum
  • Eustomias monoclonoides
  • Eustomias patulus
  • Eustomias polyaster
  • Eustomias tenisoni
  • Eustomias tetranema
  • Manducus maderensis
  • Bighead portholefish (Margrethia obtusirostra)

Cetomimiformes

Myctophiformes

  • Diaphus dumerilii
  • Diaphus subtilis
  • Diaphus taaningi
  • Lampadena anomala
  • Lampadena dea

Saccopharyngiformes

  • Monognathus herringi
  • Monognathus jesperseni
  • Nigel's one-jawed eel (Monognathus nigeli)
  • Monognathus taningi

Hagfishes

  • Eptatretus astrolabium
  • Eptatretus bischoffii
  • Black hagfish (Eptatretus deani)
  • Eptatretus eos
  • Eptatretus fernholmi
  • Goliath hagfish (Eptatretus goliath)
  • Eptatretus lakeside
  • Eptatretus lopheliae
  • Shorthead hagfish (Eptatretus mcconnaugheyi)
  • Eptatretus minor
  • Eptatretus nanii
  • Fourteen-gill hagfish (Eptatretus polytrema)
  • Eptatretus rubicundus
  • Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii)
  • Eptatretus strahani
  • Myxine debueni
  • Myxine formosana
  • Myxine hubbsoides
  • Myxine knappi
  • Myxine kuoi
  • Dwarf hagfish (Myxine pequenoi)
  • Nemamyxine elongata
  • Neomyxine biniplicata
  • Notomyxine tridentiger
  • Paramyxine ancon
  • Paramyxine atami
  • Paramyxine chinensis
  • Paramyxine moki
  • Paramyxine walkeri
  • Paramyxine wayuu

See also

Notes

  1. Listed by IUCN as Diplomystes nahuelbutensis.

References

  1. "IUCN Red List version 2016-2". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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