One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction

Overed-Sayer, Catherine; Fernando, Eresha; R. Jiménez, Randall; B. W. Macfarlane, Nicholas; Rapacciuolo, Giovanni; Böhm, Monika; M. Brooks, Thomas; Contreras‐MacBeath, Topiltzin; A. Cox, Neil; Harrison, Ian; Hoffmann, Michael; K. B. Jenkins, Richard; G. Smith, Kevin; Vié, Jean-Christophe; C. Abbott, John; J. Allen, David; R. Allen, Gerald; Barrios, Violeta; Boudot, Jean‐Pierre; F. Carrizo, Savrina; Charvet, Patrícia; Clausnitzer, Viola; Congiu, Leonardo; A. Crandall, Keith; Cumberlidge, Neil; Cuttelod, Annabelle; Dalton, James; G. Daniels, Adam; De Grave, Sammy; De Knijf, Geert; B. Dijkstra, Klaas‐Douwe; A. Dow, Rory; Freyhof, Jörg; García, Nieves; Gessner, Joern; Getahun, Abebe; Gibson, Claudine; Gollock, Matthew; I. Grant, Michael; E. R. Groom, Alice; P. Hammer, Michael; A. Hammerson, Geoffrey; Hilton‐Taylor, Craig; Hodgkinson, Laurel; A. Holland, Robert; W. Jabado, Rima; Juffe‐Bignoli, Diego; J. Kalkman, Vincent; Karimov, Bakhtiyor; Kipping, Jens; Kottelat, Maurice; Lalèyé, Philippe; K. Larson, Helen; Lintermans, Mark; Lozano, Federico; Ludwig, Arne; J. Lyons, Timothy; Máiz-Tomé, Laura; Molur, Sanjay; Hee Ng, Heok; Numa, Catherine; F. Palmer-Newton, Amy; Pike, Charlotte; Pippard, Helen; Natacha Marcolino Polaz, Carla; M. Pollock, Caroline; Raghavan, Rajeev; S. Rand, Peter; Ravelomanana, Tsilavina; Esser dos Reis, Roberto; L. Rigby, Cassandra; A. Scott, Janet; Skelton, Paul; R. Sloat, Matthew; Snoeks, Jos; L. J. Stiassny, Melanie; Hui Tan, Heok; Taniguchi, Yoshinori; B. Thorstad, Eva; F. Tognelli, Marcelo; G. Torres, Armi; Torres, Yan; Tweddle, Denis; Watanabe, Katsutoshi; R.S. Westrip, James; G. E. Wright, Emma; Zhang, E; Darwall, W.R.T.

doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08375-z

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One-quarter of freshwater fauna threatened with extinction

Published in Nature • Jan 8, 2025

Authors:

Catherine Overed-Sayer

Eresha Fernando

Randall R. Jiménez

Abstract

Abstract Freshwater ecosystems are highly biodiverse 1 and important for livelihoods and economic development 2 , but are under substantial stress 3 . To date, comprehensive global assessments of extinction risk have not included any speciose groups primarily living in freshwaters. Consequently, dat...

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Threatened species

IUCN Red List

Biodiversity

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