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As of July 2017, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 1,000 critically endangered fish species, including 87 which are tagged as possibly extinct. [1] [2] Of all evaluated fish species, 3.0% are listed as critically endangered. The IUCN also lists four fish subspecies as critically endangered.
A barracuda is a large, predatory, ray-finned, saltwater fish of the genus Sphyraena, the only genus in the family Sphyraenidae, which was named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1815. [2] It is found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide ranging from the eastern border of the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea , on its western border the ...
Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 643 endangered fish species. [1] Of all evaluated fish species, 4.2% are listed as endangered. The IUCN also lists ten fish subspecies as endangered.
The northern platyfish (Xiphophorus gordoni) is a small, endangered species of fish in the family Poeciliidae. [2] It is endemic to the vicinity of Cuatro Ciénegas in the Mexican state of Coahuila. It is restricted to hot-spring heated ditches and marshes of the Laguna Santa Tecla.
Goodeidae is a family of teleost fish endemic to Mexico and some areas of the United States. Many species are known as splitfins. This family contains about 50 species within 18 genera. [2] [3] The family is named after ichthyologist George Brown Goode (1851–1896). [4] The earliest fossil goodeid is Tapatia, a goodeine from the middle Miocene of
The totoaba or totuava (Totoaba macdonaldi) is a species of marine fish and the largest member of the drum family Sciaenidae that is endemic to the Gulf of California in Mexico. [4] It is the only species in the genus Totoaba. Originally the totoaba was an abundant species, now it is considered endangered due to human related threats that ...
The tropical gar (Atractosteus tropicus) is a species of fish from Central America, where it is found in the Pacific and Atlantic drainages from southern Mexico to Costa Rica. [4] In Central America it is known as gaspar and in Mexico it is known as pejelagarto , a contraction of the words "pez" (fish) and "lagarto" (alligator).
Zoogoneticus tequila, Tequila splitfin or simply Tequila fish, is a species of goodeid fish (family Goodeidae) from Mexico. [1] [2] [3] Viviparous topminnows make up 36 of the species within it this family. Z. tequila, one of these 36 species, has a very limited population endemic to Mexico. [4]