Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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. Of the subpopulations of fishes evaluated by the IUCN, 24 species subpopulations have been assessed as endangered.
See: List of endangered fishes, List of critically endangered fishes. Vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered species are collectively referred to as threatened species by the IUCN. Additionally 3191 fish species (21% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient , meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of ...
Altogether, 20 of the very rare fish have been collected and examined by researchers, said Dean Grubbs, a Florida State University fish ecologist and member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
A so-called "doomsday fish" has washed up on a Southern California beach — typically an extremely rare occurrence, but this is the second time this year it has happened. The rare oarfish found ...
Fish Edgbaston Station, central western Queensland, Australia 2,000–4,000 predation by introduced species; Squatina squatina: Angel shark Fish Canary Islands Unknown benthic trawling; Sterna bernsteini: Chinese crested tern Bird Breeding in Zhejiang and Fujian, China. Outside breeding season in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan ...
A group of kayakers and snorkelers found an extremely rare deep-sea fish nicknamed a "doomsday fish" off the coast of Southern California last weekend. On Saturday, Aug. 10, ...
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 ...