List of recently extinct fishes
- Extinct in the wild (EW): 11 species
- Critically endangered (CR): 906 species
- Endangered (EN): 1,533 species
- Vulnerable (VU): 1,740 species
- Near threatened (NT, LR/cd): 1,042 species
- Least concern (LC): 18,621 species
- Data deficient (DD): 5,492 species
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.