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

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

There are 79 ground shark species assessed as least concern.

Requiem sharks

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

Centrophorids

Species
Subpopulations
Species
Subpopulations
There are 23 Chimaera species assessed as least concern.

Chimaerids

Ray-finned fishes

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

Salmoniformes

Species
Subpopulations
There are 47 silverside species assessed as least concern.

Atherinidae

Melanotaeniidae

Neotropical silversides

Other silverside species

Toothcarps

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

Goodeids

Aplocheilids

Rivulids

Nothobranchiids

Species
Subspecies

Fundulids

Cypriniformes

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

Hillstream loaches

True loaches

Cyprinids

Species
Subspecies

Psilorhynchids

Suckers

Gyrinocheilids

Osmeriformes

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

Galaxiids

Smelts

Alepocephalids

Argentinidae

Platytroctids

Deep-sea smelts

Barreleyes

Microstomatids

Other Osmeriformes species

Percopsiformes

Catfishes

There are 707 catfish species assessed as least concern.

Ictalurids

Pangasiidae

Heptapterids

Astroblepids

Sisorids

Silurids

Trichomycterids

Loach catfishes

Claroteids

Airbreathing catfishes

Loricariids

Mochokids

Electric catfish species

Ariids

Bagrids

Schilbeids

Callichthyids

Doradids

Driftwood catfishes

Erethistids

Pseudopimelodids

Other catfish species

Gonorynchiformes

Batrachoidiformes

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.

Ricefishes

Halfbeaks

Needlefishes

Species
Subspecies

Flying fish

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

Swamp eels

Mastacembelids

Gymnotiformes

Osteoglossiformes

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

Mormyrids

Notopterids

Other Osteoglossiformes species

Gobiesociformes

Characiformes

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

Bryconids

Curimatids

Alestids

Lebiasinids

Distichodontids

Characids

Citharinids

Anostomids

Crenuchids

Other Characiformes species

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

Aulostomids

Cornetfishes

Clupeiformes

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

Clupeids

Species
Subspecies

Anchovies

Sundasalangids

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

Cottids

Scorpaenids

Triglids

Other Scorpaeniformes species

Esociformes

Ophidiiformes

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

Brotulas

Ophidiidae

Aphyonids

Parabrotulids

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

Molids

Tetraodontids

Filefish species

Ostraciids

Porcupinefish

Species
Subspecies

Gadiformes

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

Gadids

Merlucciids

Grenadiers species

Morids

Codlets

Lotids

Melanonids

Mullets

Bichirs

Eels

There are 229 eel species assessed as least concern.

Chlopsids

Ophichthids

Congrids

Moray eels

Cutthroat eels

Nettastomatids

Heterenchelyids

Other eel species

Flatfishes

There are 167 flatfish species assessed as least concern.

Pleuronectids

Soleids

Tonguefishes

Paralichthyids

American soles

Bothids

Citharids

There are 87 anglerfish species assessed as least concern.

Goosefish species

Frogfishes

Oneirodids

Ogcocephalids

Whipnose anglers

Leftvents

Other anglerfish species

Beryciformes

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

Holocentrids

Other Beryciformes species

Stephanoberyciformes

Aulopiformes

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

Notosudids

Barracudinas

Ipnopids

Pearleyes

Synodontids

Other Aulopiformes species

Notacanthiformes

Zeiformes

Stomiiformes

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

Sternoptychids

Stomiids

Gonostomatids

Phosichthyids

Cetomimiformes

Myctophiformes

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

Lanternfishes