List of data deficient fishes

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6 extinct in the wild fish species (0.04%)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[a]
  • 9679 are not threatened at present[b]
  • 2343 to 5534 are threatened[c]
  • 71 to 158 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 65 extinct (EX) species[d]
    • 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

In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 3191 data deficient fish species.[1] A data deficient species is one which has been categorized by the IUCN as offering insufficient information for a proper assessment of conservation status to be made. Of all evaluated fish species, 21% are listed as data deficient. The IUCN also lists 12 fish subspecies as data deficient.

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.

Angelsharks

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)
  • Southern eagle ray (Myliobatis goodei)
  • Peruvian eagle ray
    (Myliobatis peruvianus)
  • Japanese eagle ray
    (Myliobatis tobijei)
  • Roughskin bullray (Pteromylaeus asperrimus)
  • Bull ray
    (Pteromylaeus bovinus)

Guitarfish
species

Whiptail stingrays

Narcinids

Species

Subpopulations

  • Apron ray
    (Discopyge tschudii) (1 subpopulation)

Butterfly rays

Skates

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

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

Anacanthobatidae

Other Rajiformes species

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

Ray-finned fishes

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

Salmoniformes

Species

Subspecies

Subpopulations

  • Sockeye salmon
    (Oncorhynchus nerka) (31 subpopulations)

Silversides

Toothcarps

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

Pupfish
species

Aplocheilids

Rivulids

Nothobranchiids

Species

Subspecies

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

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.

Osmeriformes

Includes freshwater smelts and allies.

Catfishes

There are 439 catfish species evaluated as data deficient.

Amblycipitids

Heptapterids

Astroblepids

Sisorids

Silurids

Trichomycterids

Loach catfishes

Claroteids

Airbreathing catfishes

Loricariids

Mochokids

Stream catfishes

Ariids

Bagrids

Schilbeids

Callichthyids

Erethistids

Other catfish species

Gonorynchiformes

Includes milkfish, beaked salmon and allies.

Batrachoidiformes

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

Gouramis

Cichlids

Species

Subspecies

Terapontids

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

Odontobutidae

Epinephelids

Eleotrids

Gobies

Badids

Sparids

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

Labrisomids

Serranids

Chaenopsids

Combtooth blennies

Microdesmids

Wrasses

Threefin blennies

Haemulids

Apogonids

Ambassids

Acanthurids

Butterflyfishes

Other Perciformes species

Beloniformes

Synbranchiformes

Gymnotiformes

Osteoglossiformes

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

Mormyrids

Arapaimids

Gobiesociformes

Characiformes

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

Alestids

Distichodontids

Characids

Crenuchids

Other Characiformes species

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

Centriscids

Clupeiformes

Scorpaeniformes

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

Cottids

Scorpaenids

Liparidae

Other Scorpaeniformes

Species

Subspecies

  • Spiny scorpionfish
    (Trachyscorpia cristulata echinata)

Ophidiiformes

Tetraodontiformes

There are 36 species in the order Tetraodontiformes evaluated as data deficient.

Tetraodontids

Filefish
species

Ostraciids

  • Island cowfish
    (Acanthostracion notacanthus)

Porcupinefish
species

  • Deepwater burrfish
    (Allomycterus pilatus)

Triggerfishes

Gadiformes

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

Merlucciids

Grenadiers species

Morids

Lotids

Mullets

Bichirs

Eels

There are 50 eel species evaluated as data deficient.

Ophichthids

Congrids

Other eel species

Flatfishes

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

Soleids

Tonguefishes

Paralichthyids

Species

Subspecies

Bothids

Other flatfish species

Anglerfishes

Beryciformes

Stephanoberyciformes

Aulopiformes

Zeiformes

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

Stomiiformes

Cetomimiformes

Myctophiformes

Saccopharyngiformes

Hagfishes

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.