Globally Extinct: Fish
According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (version 2011.1) there are 58 ray-finned fish species (Actinopterygii) and 1 lamprey species (Petromyzontida, previously Cephalaspidomorphi) that became extinct in recent years. The IUCN list no extinct fish subspecies. (IUCN 2010, IUCN 2011)
The subjoined list contains 62 extinct ray-finned fish species, 12 ray-finned fish subspecies, 1 lamprey species and none lamprey subspecies.
Photo: A Tecopa Pupfish (Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae). Photographed by Phil Pister and published in the book 'Endangered Wildlife of California' by the Resources Agengy, Department of Fish and Game, State of California (U.S.A.). This book contains no visible notice of copyright and the exact publication date is unknown. According to Internet Archive this book, and thereby this image, is in the public domain.
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Ray-finned Fish (Actinopterygii)
The subjoined table shows the ray-finned fish species and subspecies that recently became globally extinct.
| Species (62) | |||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | TEW Status | IUCN Status |
| Acanthobrama hulensis | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Alburnus akili | Gokce Baligi | EX | EX |
| Aplocheilichthys sp. nov. 'Naivasha' | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Azurina eupalama | Galapagos Damsel | EX | NE |
| Barbus microbarbis | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Characodon garmani | Parras Characodon | EX | EX |
| Chasmistes muriei | Snake River Sucker | EX | EX |
| Chondrostoma scodrense | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Coregonus alpenae | Longjaw Cisco | EX | EX |
| Coregonus bezola | Bezoule | EX | EX |
| Coregonus fera | Féra | EX | EX |
| Coregonus gutturosus | Bodensee Kilch | EX | EX |
| Coregonus hiemalis | Gravenche | EX | EX |
| Coregonus johannae | Deepwater Cisco | EX | EX |
| Coregonus nigripinnis | Blackfin Cisco | EX | EX |
| Coregonus oxyrinchus | Houting | EX | EX |
| Coregonus restrictus | Kröpfer | EX | EX |
| Cottus echinatus | Utah Lake Sculpin | EX | EX |
| Ctenochromis pectoralis | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Cyprinodon arcuatus | Santa Cruz Pupfish | EX | NE |
| Cyprinodon ceciliae | Villa Lopez Pupfish | EX | EX |
| Cyprinodon inmemoriam | Charco Azul Pupfish | EX | EX |
| Cyprinodon latifasciatus | Parras Pupfish | EX | EX |
| Cyprinodon spp. | Sandia Pupfish | EX | EX |
| Cyprinus yilongensis | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Empetrichthys merriami | Ash Meadows Killifish | EX | EX |
| Etheostoma sellare | Maryland Darter | EX | EX |
| Evarra bustamantei | Mexican Dace | EX | EX |
| Evarra eigenmanni | Mexican Dace | EX | EX |
| Evarra tlahuacensis | Mexican Dace | EX | EX |
| Fundulus albolineatus | Whiteline Topminnow | EX | EX |
| Gambusia amistadensis | Amistad Gambusia | EX | EX |
| Gambusia georgei | San Marcos Gambusia | EX | EX |
| Gasterosteus crenobiontus | Techirghiol Stickleback | EX | EX |
| Gila crassicauda | Thicktail Chub | EX | EX |
| Lepidomeda altivelis | Pahranagat Spinedace | EX | EX |
| Moxostoma lacerum | Harelip Sucker | EX | EX |
| Notropis amecae | Ameca Shiner | EX | EX |
| Notropis aulidion | Durango Shiner | EX | EX |
| Notropis orca | Phantom Shiner | EX | EX |
| Notropis saladonis | Sardinita de Salado | EX | EX |
| Orestias cuvieri | Lake Titicaca Orestias | EX | DD |
| Pantanodon madagascariensis | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Platytropius siamensis | Siamese Schilbeid Catfish | EX | EX |
| Pogonichthys ciscoides | Clear Lake Splittail | EX | EX |
| Priapella bonita | Guayacon Ojiazul | EX | EX |
| Prototroctes oxyrhynchus | New Zealand Grayling | EX | EX |
| Ptychochromis sp. nov. 'Kotro' | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Ptychochromoides itasy | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Rhinichthys deaconi | Las Vegas Dace | EX | EX |
| Rhizosomichthys totae | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Romanogobio antipai | Danube Delta Gudgeon | EX | EX |
| Salmo pallaryi | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Salmo schiefermuelleri | May Trout | EX | DD |
| Salvelinus agassizi | Silver Trout | EX | EX |
| Salvelinus neocomensis | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Salvelinus profundus | Tiefseesaibling | EX | EX |
| Stypodon signifer | Stumptooth Minnow | EX | EX |
| Telestes ukliva | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Tristramella intermedia | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Tristramella magdelainae | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Xystichromis bayoni | Unknown | EX | EX |
| Subspecies (12) | |||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | TEW Status | IUCN Status |
| Coregonus kiyi orientalis | Lake Ontario Kiyi | EX | NE |
| Cyprinella lutrensis blairi | Maravillas Red Shiner | EX | NE |
| Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae | Tecopa Pupfish | EX | NE |
| Empetrichthys latos concavus | Raycraft Ranch Poolfish | EX | NE |
| Empetrichthys latos pahrump | Pahrump Ranch Poolfish | EX | NE |
| Gila bicolor isolata | Independence Valley Tui Chub | EX | NE |
| Notropis simus simus | Rio Grande Bluntnose Shiner | EX | NE |
| Oncorhynchus clarki alvordensis | Alvord Cutthroat Trout | EX | NE |
| Oncorhynchus clarki macdonaldi | Yellowfin Cutthroat Trout | EX | NE |
| Rhinichthys cataractae smithi | Banff Longnose Dace | EX | NE |
| Rhinichthys osculus reliquus | Grass Valley Speckled Dace | EX | NE |
| Sander vitreus glaucus | Blue Pike | EX | NE |
Lampreys (Petromyzontida)
Lampreys or lamprey eels are often classified as the sole surviving representatives of the Linnean class Cephalaspidomorphi (IUCN 2010; Wikipedia-bijdragers 2010; Wikipedia contributors 2010). Fossil evidence now suggests that lampreys and cephalaspids acquired their shared characters by convergent evolution (Forey and Janvier 2000; Janvier 2008, Wikipedia contributors 2010). As such, many newer databases, papers and books such as the fourth edition of Fishes of the World (Nelson 2006) classify lampreys in a separate group called Petromyzontida (or Hyperoarthia) (Wikipedia contributors 2010).
The subjoined table shows the lamprey species that recently became globally extinct. There are no known extinct subspecies yet.
| Species (1) / Subspecies (0) | |||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | TEW Status | IUCN Status |
| Eudontomyzon sp. nov. 'migratory' | Ukrainian Migratory Lamprey | EX | EX |
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| Citation: | Maas, P.H.J. (2011). Globally Extinct: Fish. In: TSEW (). The Sixth Extinction Website. <http://www.petermaas.nl/extinct>. Downloaded on . |
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