List of least concern fishes


As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature lists 9131 least concern fish species. 60% of all evaluated fish species are listed as least concern.
The IUCN also lists 37 fish subspecies as least concern.
Of the subpopulations of fishes evaluated by the IUCN, 44 species subpopulations have been assessed as least concern.
This is a complete list of least concern fish species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species and subspecies which have least concern subpopulations are indicated.

Lobe-finned fishes

Cartilaginous fishes

Chondrichthyes includes sharks, rays, skates, and sawfish. There are 313 species and two subpopulations of cartilaginous fish assessed as least concern.

Rays and skates

There are 148 species in the order Rajiformes assessed as least concern.

Guitarfish species

Whiptail stingrays

Narcinids

Hardnose skates

Urolophids

Softnose skates

Other Rajiformes species

Ground sharks

There are 79 ground shark species assessed as least concern.

Requiem sharks

Houndsharks

Catsharks

Other ground shark species

Carpet sharks

Squaliformes

There are 34 species and two subpopulations in the order Squaliformes assessed as least concern.

Centrophorids

Species
Subpopulations

Squalids

Species

Somniosids

Dalatiids

Etmopterids

Chimaeras

There are 23 Chimaera species assessed as least concern.

Chimaerids

Callorhinchids

Rhinochimaerids

Other cartilaginous fish species

Ray-finned fishes

There are 8759 species, 34 subspecies, and one subpopulation of ray-finned fish assessed as least concern.

Salmoniformes

Species
Subpopulations

Silversides

There are 47 silverside species assessed as least concern.

Toothcarps

There are 206 species and two subspecies of toothcarp assessed as least concern.

Goodeids

Nothobranchiids

Species
Subspecies
  • Aphyosemion cameronense halleri
  • Dusky panchax

Cypriniformes

Cypriniformes includes carps, minnows, loaches and relatives. There are 1231 species and three subspecies in the order Cypriniformes assessed as least concern.

Cyprinids

Species
'''Subspecies'''

Gyrinocheilids

Vaillantellids

Osmeriformes

Osmeriformes includes freshwater smelts and allies. There are 90 species in the order Osmeriformes assessed as least concern.

Microstomatids


Catfishes

There are 707 catfish species assessed as least concern.

Loach catfishes


Schilbeids


Perciformes

There are 3878 species and 18 subspecies in the order Perciformes assessed as least concern.

Beloniformes

There are 74 species and seven subspecies in the order Beloniformes assessed as least concern.

Needlefishes

Species
'''Subspecies'''

Flying fish

Species
Subspecies

Scomberesocids

Snakeheads

Synbranchiformes

There are 52 species in the order Synbranchiformes assessed as least concern.

Osteoglossiformes

There are 127 species in the order Osteoglossiformes assessed as least concern.

Characiformes

There are 354 species in the order Characiformes assessed as least concern.

Anostomids


Syngnathiformes

Syngnathiformes includes the pipefishes and seahorses. There are 102 species and one subspecies in the order Syngnathiformes assessed as least concern.

Syngnathids

Species
Subspecies

Clupeiformes

There are 143 species and one subspecies in the order Clupeiformes assessed as least concern.

Clupeids

Species
Subspecies

Sundasalangids

  • Mekong noodlefish
  • Dwarf noodlefish

Scorpaeniformes

There are 175 species in the order Scorpaeniformes assessed as least concern.

Ophidiiformes

There are 123 species in the order Ophidiiformes assessed as least concern.

Aphyonids

Parabrotulids

Tetraodontiformes

There are 208 species and two subspecies in the order Tetraodontiformes assessed as least concern.

Molids

Porcupinefish

Species
Subspecies

Aracanids

Gadiformes

There are 91 species in the order Gadiformes assessed as least concern.

Melanonids

Eels

There are 229 eel species assessed as least concern.

Flatfishes

There are 167 flatfish species assessed as least concern.

Citharids

Scophthalmids

Anglerfishes

There are 87 anglerfish species assessed as least concern.

Beryciformes

There are 71 species in the order Beryciformes assessed as least concern.

Aulopiformes

There are 81 species in the order Aulopiformes assessed as least concern.

Stomiiformes

There are 141 species in the order Stomiiformes assessed as least concern.

Myctophiformes

There are 98 species in the order Myctophiformes assessed as least concern.

Lanternfishes

Neoscopelids

Lampriformes

Stylephoriformes

Other ray-finned fish species

Hagfishes

Eptatretus alastairiEptatretus caribbeausEptatretus carlhubbsi