List of near threatened fishes

Fish species (IUCN, 2025-2)
  • 29,447 extant species have been evaluated
  • 23,955 of those are fully assessed
  • 19,663 are not threatened at present
  • 4,292 to 9,784 are threatened
  • 113 to 268 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 102 extinct (EX) species
    • 11 extinct in the wild (EW)
    • 147 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
    • 8 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]

In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 548 near threatened fish species. Of all evaluated fish species, 3.6% are listed as near threatened. The IUCN also lists seven fish subspecies as near threatened.

Of the subpopulations of fish evaluated by the IUCN, ten species subpopulations have been assessed as near threatened.

This is a complete list of near threatened fish species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species and subspecies which have near threatened subpopulations (or stocks) are indicated.