List of recently extinct 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)]

As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 65 extinct fish species, 87 possibly extinct fish species, and six extinct in the wild fish species.

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