List of recently extinct fishes

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

Cartilaginous fish

Possibly extinct species

Lost shark (Carcharhinus obsoletus)
Red Sea torpedo (Torpedo suessii)

Extinct species

Java stingaree (Urolophus javanicus)

Lampreys

Extinct species

Ukrainian migratory lamprey Eudontomyzon sp. 'migratory'

Possibly extinct species

Tetrapleurodon spadiceus (Tetrapleurodon spadiceus)

Ray-finned fishes

There are 64 extinct species, 85 possibly extinct species, and six extinct in the wild species of ray-finned fish evaluated by the IUCN.

Acipenseriformes

Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius)

Possibly extinct species

Syr Darya sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi)

Extinct in the wild species

Dabry's sturgeon (Sinosturio dabryanus)

Salmoniformes

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Coregonus hoferi
Shortnose cisco (Coregonus reighardi)

Extinct in the wild species

Kunimasu (Oncorhynchus kawamurae)
Beloribitsa (Stenodus leucichthys)

Toothcarps

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Extinct in the wild species

Cypriniformes

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Gasterosteiformes

Extinct species

Techirghiol stickleback (Gasterosteus crenobiontus)

Osmeriformes

Extinct species

New Zealand grayling (Prototroctes oxyrhynchus)

Catfishes

Extinct species

Scioto madtom (Noturus trautmani)
Siamese flat-barbelled catfish (Platytropius siamensis)

Possibly extinct species

Perciformes

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Clupeiformes

Possibly extinct species

Alosa vistonica

Scorpaeniformes

Extinct species

Utah Lake sculpin (Cottus echinatus)

References

List of recently extinct fishes

Possibly extinct species

See also

References