Threatened and Endangered Species

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The following are the 368 marine animal species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as of 5-23-09 listed as either EW (Extinct in the Wild), CR (Critically Endangered), EN (Endangered), or VU (Vulnerable), see page 14 of http://www.iucnredlist.org/documents/redlist_cats_crit_en_v1223290226.pdf for defintions. Click a species name for the IUCN species page and its version 3.1 link for a page describing the associated species-specific codes.

• Acanthastrea bowerbanki — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Acanthastrea brevis — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Acanthastrea faviaformis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Acanthastrea hemprichii — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Acanthastrea ishigakiensis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Acanthastrea regularis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Acipenser brevirostrum (Shortnose Sturgeon) — Status: Vulnerable A2ce; B1ab(iii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora abrolhosensis — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora aculeus — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora acuminata — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora anthocercis — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora aspera — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora awi — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora batunai — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora caroliniana — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora cervicornis (Staghorn Coral) — Status: Critically Endangered A2ace ver 3.1 — Population trend: stable
• Acropora dendrum — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora derawanensis — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora desalwii — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora donei — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora echinata — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora elegans — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora globiceps — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora hemprichii — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora hoeksemai — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora horrida — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora indonesia — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora jacquelineae — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora kimbeensis — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora kirstyae — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora kosurini — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora listeri — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora loisetteae — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora lokani — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora lovelli — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora microclados — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora multiacuta — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora palmata (Elkhorn Coral) — Status: Critically Endangered A2ace ver 3.1 — Population trend: stable
• Acropora palmerae — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora paniculata — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora papillare — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora pharaonis — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora plumosa — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora polystoma — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora retusa — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora roseni — Status: Endangered A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora rudis — Status: Endangered A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora russelli — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora simplex — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora solitaryensis — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora speciosa — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora spicifera — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora striata — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora suharsonoi — Status: Endangered A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora tenella — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora turaki — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora vaughani — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora verweyi — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora walindii — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Acropora willisae — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Agaricia lamarcki (Lamarck's Sheet Coral) — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Alveopora allingi — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Alveopora daedalea — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Alveopora excelsa — Status: Endangered A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Alveopora fenestrata — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Alveopora gigas — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Alveopora japonica — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Alveopora marionensis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Alveopora minuta — Status: Endangered A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Alveopora verrilliana — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Amblyrhynchus cristatus (Galapagos Marine Iguana) — Status: Vulnerable B2ac(iv) ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Anacropora matthai — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Anacropora puertogalerae — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Anacropora reticulata — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Anacropora spinosa — Status: Endangered A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Anomastraea irregularis — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Anoxypristis cuspidata (Knifetooth Sawfish) — Status: Critically Endangered A2bcd+3cd+4bcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Arctocephalus galapagoensis (Galápagos Fur Seal) — Status: Endangered A2a ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Madagascar Meagre) — Status: Endangered B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Astreopora cucullata — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Astreopora incrustans — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Astreopora moretonensis — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Aulohalaelurus kanakorum (New Caledonia Catshark) — Status: Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Australogyra zelli — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Bahaba taipingensis (Chinese Bahaba) — Status: Critically Endangered A2bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Balaenoptera borealis (Sei Whale) — Status: Endangered A1ad ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Balaenoptera musculus (Blue Whale) — Status: Endangered A1abd ver 3.1 — Population trend: increasing
• Balaenoptera physalus (Fin Whale) — Status: Endangered A1d ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Barabattoia laddi — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Bolbometopon muricatum (Green Humphead Parrotfish) — Status: Vulnerable A2d ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Callorhinus ursinus (Northern Fur Seal) — Status: Vulnerable A2b ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Cantharellus noumeae — Status: Endangered B2ab(iii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Catalaphyllia jardinei — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Caulastrea connata — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Caulastrea curvata — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Caulastrea echinulata — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Centrophorus granulosus (Gulper Shark) — Status: Vulnerable A2abd+3d+4d ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Cephalorhynchus hectori (Hector's Dolphin) — Status: Endangered A4d ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Coscinaraea hahazimaensis — Status: Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Ctenella chagius — Status: Endangered A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Cyphastrea agassizi — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Cyphastrea hexasepta — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Cyphastrea ocellina — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Cystophora cristata (Hooded Seal) — Status: Vulnerable A2b ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Dasyatis fluviorum (Estuary Stingaree) — Status: Vulnerable A2bcd+3cd+4bcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Dendrogyra cylindrus (Pillar Coral) — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: stable
• Dermochelys coriacea (Trunkback Turtle) — Status: Critically Endangered A1abd ver 2.3 —
• Dichocoenia stokesii (Elliptical Star Coral) — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Diomedea amsterdamensis (Amsterdam Albatross) — Status: Critically Endangered B2ab(v);C2a(ii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Diomedea antipodensis (Antipodean Albatross) — Status: Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Diomedea dabbenena (Tristan Albatross) — Status: Critically Endangered A4ade ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Diomedea epomophora (Southern Royal Albatross) — Status: Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 — Population trend: stable
• Diomedea exulans (Wandering Albatross) — Status: Vulnerable A4bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Diomedea sanfordi (Northern Royal Albatross) — Status: Endangered A4bcd; B2ab(iii,v) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Diplobatis colombiensis (Colombian Electric Ray) — Status: Vulnerable A2bd+3bd+4bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Diplobatis guamachensis (Brownband Numbfish) — Status: Vulnerable A2bd+3bd+4bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Diplobatis ommata (Ocellated Electric Ray) — Status: Vulnerable A2bd+3bd+4bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Dipturus batis (Flapper Skate) — Status: Critically Endangered A2bcd+4bcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Dipturus crosnieri (Madagascar Skate) — Status: Vulnerable A3d ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Dugong dugon (Dugong) — Status: Vulnerable A2bcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Echinophyllia costata — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Echinopora ashmorensis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Echinopora robusta — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Epinephelus drummondhayi (Strawberry Grouper) — Status: Critically Endangered A2d+3d ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Epinephelus itajara (Goliath Grouper) — Status: Critically Endangered A2d ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Epinephelus lanceolatus (Queensland Groper) — Status: Vulnerable A2d ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Epinephelus nigritus (Warsaw Grouper) — Status: Critically Endangered A2d+3d ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill Turtle) — Status: Critically Endangered A2bd ver 3.1 —
• Eubalaena glacialis (North Atlantic Right Whale) — Status: Endangered D ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Eubalaena japonica (North Pacific Right Whale) — Status: Endangered D ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Eudyptes chrysolophus (Macaroni Penguin) — Status: Vulnerable A2bc+3bc+4bc ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Eudyptes schlegeli (Royal Penguin) — Status: Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 — Population trend: stable
• Eumetopias jubatus (Steller Sea Lion) — Status: Endangered A2a ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Euphyllia ancora — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Euphyllia cristata — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: stable
• Euphyllia paraancora — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Euphyllia paradivisa — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Euphyllia paraglabrescens — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Favia rosaria — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Favites spinosa — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Fregata andrewsi (Christmas Frigatebird) — Status: Critically Endangered B2ab(ii,iii,v) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Fungia curvata — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Fungia seychellensis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Fungia taiwanensis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Galaxea acrhelia — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Galaxea astreata — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Galaxea cryptoramosa — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Galeorhinus galeus (Liver-oil Shark) — Status: Vulnerable A2bd+3d+4bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Glyphis gangeticus (Ganges Shark) — Status: Critically Endangered A2cde; C2b ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Goniastrea deformis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Goniastrea ramosa — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Goniopora albiconus — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Goniopora burgosi — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Goniopora cellulosa — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Goniopora planulata — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Goniopora polyformis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Gymnura altavela — Status: Vulnerable A2bd+4bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Haliotis cracherodii (Black Abalone) — Status: Critically Endangered A4e ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Haliotis kamtschatkana (Northern Abalone) — Status: Endangered A2abd ver 3.1 — Population trend: stable
• Halomitra clavator — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Heliofungia actiniformis — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Heliopora coerulea (Blue Coral) — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Hemiscyllium hallstromi (Papuan Epaulette Shark) — Status: Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Hemiscyllium strahani (Hooded Carpet Shark) — Status: Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Hippocampus barbouri (Barbour's Seahorse) — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Hippocampus comes (Tiger Tail Seahorse) — Status: Vulnerable A2cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Hippocampus erectus (Northern Seahorse) — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Hippocampus ingens (Pacific Seahorse) — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Hippocampus kuda (Estuary Seahorse) — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Hippocampus spinosissimus (Hedgehog Seahorse) — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Hippocampus trimaculatus (Low-crowned Seahorse) — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Horastrea indica — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Hucho perryi (Sakhalin Taimen) — Status: Critically Endangered A4abcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Hydnophora bonsai — Status: Endangered A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Isopora brueggemanni — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Isopora crateriformis — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Isopora cuneata — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Isopora togianensis — Status: Endangered A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Lepidochelys olivacea (Pacific Ridley) — Status: Vulnerable A2bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Leptastrea aequalis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Leptoria irregularis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Leptoseris incrustans — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Leptoseris yabei — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Leucoraja melitensis (Maltese Skate Or Ray) — Status: Critically Endangered A2bcd+3bcd+4bcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Lithophyllon ranjithi — Status: Endangered A4c; B2ab(ii,iii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Lobophyllia dentatus — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Lobophyllia diminuta — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Lobophyllia flabelliformis — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Lobophyllia serratus — Status: Endangered A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Megadyptes antipodes (Yellow-eyed Penguin) — Status: Endangered B2b(iii)+c(iv) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Millepora boschmai — Status: Critically Endangered A2ac ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Millepora foveolata — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Millepora latifolia — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Millepora striata — Status: Endangered A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Millepora tuberosa — Status: Endangered A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Monachus monachus (Mediterranean Monk Seal) — Status: Critically Endangered A2abc; C2a(i); E ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Monachus schauinslandi (Hawaiian Monk Seal) — Status: Critically Endangered A3ce+4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montastraea annularis (Boulder Star Coral) — Status: Endangered A2ace ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montastraea faveolata — Status: Endangered A2ace ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montastraea franksi — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montastrea multipunctata — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montastrea salebrosa — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montastrea serageldini — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora altasepta — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora angulata — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora australiensis — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora cactus — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora calcarea — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora caliculata — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora capricornis — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora cebuensis — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora cocosensis — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora corbettensis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora crassituberculata — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora delicatula — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora dilatata — Status: Endangered B2ac(iii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora flabellata — Status: Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora florida — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora friabilis — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora gaimardi — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora hodgsoni — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora lobulata — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora mactanensis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora malampaya — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora meandrina — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora orientalis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora patula — Status: Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora samarensis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora setosa — Status: Endangered A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora stilosa — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora turtlensis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora verruculosus — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Montipora vietnamensis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Morus capensis (Cape Gannet) — Status: Vulnerable A2acde+3cde+4acde; B2ab(iii,iv,v) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Moseleya latistellata — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Mycedium steeni — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Mycetophyllia ferox (Rough Cactus Coral) — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Mycteroperca jordani (Gulf Grouper) — Status: Endangered A2d+3d ver 3.1 — (needs updating, petitioned) — Population trend: decreasing
• Mycteroperca rosacea (Leopard Grouper) — Status: Vulnerable A2ad+4ad ver 3.1 — (needs updating, petitioned) — Population trend: decreasing
• Narcine bancroftii (Caribbean Electric Ray) — Status: Critically Endangered A2abd+3bd+4bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Nebrius ferrugineus (Tawny Nurse Shark) — Status: Vulnerable A2abcd+3cd+4abcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Negaprion acutidens (Sharptooth Lemon Shark) — Status: Vulnerable A2abcd+3bcd+4abcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Nemenzophyllia turbida — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Neophocaena phocaenoides (Finless Porpoise) — Status: Vulnerable A2cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Nesofregetta fuliginosa (White-throated Storm-petrel) — Status: Vulnerable A2ace+3ce+4ce; B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v); C1 ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Oculina varicosa (Large Ivory Coral) — Status: Vulnerable A2ac ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Orcaella brevirostris (Irrawaddy Dolphin) — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Pachyseris involuta — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pachyseris rugosa — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Papasula abbotti (Abbott's Booby) — Status: Endangered B2ab(iii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Parasimplastrea sheppardi — Status: Endangered A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Pavona bipartita — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pavona cactus — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pavona danai — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pavona decussata (Cactus Coral) — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pavona diffluens — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pavona venosa — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pectinia africanus — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pectinia alcicornis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pectinia lactuca (Lettuce Coral) — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pectinia maxima — Status: Endangered A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Phalacrocorax carunculatus (New Zealand King Shag) — Status: Vulnerable D1; D2 ver 3.1 — Population trend: stable
• Phalacrocorax featherstoni (Pitt Island Shag) — Status: Endangered C1 ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Phalacrocorax harrisi (Flightless Cormorant) — Status: Endangered B1ac(iv); B2ac(iv) ver 3.1
• Phalacrocorax neglectus (Bank Cormorant) — Status: Endangered A2ace+3ce+4ace ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Phalacrocorax nigrogularis (Socotra Cormorant) — Status: Vulnerable A2ce+3ce+4ce; B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Phocarctos hookeri (New Zealand Sea Lion) — Status: Vulnerable A3b ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Phocoena sinus (Vaquita) — Status: Critically Endangered A4d; C2a(ii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Phoebastria albatrus (Short-tailed Albatross) — Status: Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 — Population trend: increasing
• Phoebastria immutabilis (Laysan Albatross) — Status: Vulnerable A4bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Phoebastria irrorata (Waved Albatross) — Status: Critically Endangered B2ab(v) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Phoebetria fusca (Sooty Albatross) — Status: Endangered A4bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm Whale) — Status: Vulnerable A1d ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Physogyra lichtensteini — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Platygyra yaeyamaensis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Plerogyra discus — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pocillopora ankeli — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pocillopora danae — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pocillopora elegans — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pocillopora fungiformis — Status: Endangered A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pocillopora indiania — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pocillopora inflata — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pontoporia blainvillei (Franciscana) — Status: Vulnerable A3d ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Porites aranetai — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Porites attenuata — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Porites cocosensis — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Porites cumulatus — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Porites desilveri — Status: Endangered A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Porites eridani — Status: Endangered A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Porites horizontalata — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Porites napopora — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Porites nigrescens — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Porites okinawensis — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Porites ornata — Status: Endangered A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Porites pukoensis — Status: Critically Endangered D ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Porites rugosa — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Porites sillimaniana — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Porites sverdrupi — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Porites tuberculosa — Status: Vulnerable A4cde ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Poritipora paliformis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pristis clavata (Queensland Sawfish) — Status: Critically Endangered A2bcd+3cd+4bcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Pristis microdon (Leichhardt's Sawfish) — Status: Critically Endangered A2abcd+3cd+4bcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Pristis pectinata (Wide Sawfish) — Status: Critically Endangered A2bcd+3cd+4bcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Pristis perotteti (Largetooth Sawfish) — Status: Critically Endangered A2abcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Pristis zijsron (Narrowsnout Sawfish) — Status: Critically Endangered A2bcd+3cd+4bcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Procellaria aequinoctialis (White-chinned Petrel) — Status: Vulnerable A4bcde ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Procellaria conspicillata (Spectacled Petrel) — Status: Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 — Population trend: increasing
• Procellaria parkinsoni (Parkinson's Petrel) — Status: Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 — Population trend: stable
• Psammocora stellata — Status: Vulnerable A4ce ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Pseudobulweria aterrima (Mascarene Petrel) — Status: Critically Endangered C2a(ii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Pseudobulweria becki (Beck's Petrel) — Status: Critically Endangered C2a(ii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Pterapogon kauderni (Banggai Cardinalfish) — Status: Endangered B2ab(ii,iii,iv,v) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Pterodroma arminjoniana (Trindade Petrel) — Status: Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 — Population trend: stable
• Pterodroma atrata (Henderson Petrel) — Status: Endangered B2ab(v) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Pterodroma axillaris (Chatham Petrel) — Status: Critically Endangered B2ab(v) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Pterodroma cervicalis (White-necked Petrel) — Status: Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 — Population trend: increasing
• Pterodroma defilippiana (De Filippi's Petrel) — Status: Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 —
• Pterodroma hasitata (Black-capped Petrel) — Status: Endangered B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Pterodroma magentae (Magenta Petrel) — Status: Critically Endangered A2ce; B2ab(v); C2a(ii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Pterodroma phaeopygia (Galapagos Petrel) — Status: Critically Endangered A2bce ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Pterodroma sandwichensis (Hawaiian Petrel) — Status: Vulnerable B2ab(iv,v) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Pterodroma solandri (Providence Petrel) — Status: Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 — Population trend: increasing
• Puffinus creatopus (Pink-footed Shearwater) — Status: Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Puffinus huttoni (Hutton's Shearwater) — Status: Endangered B2ab(ii,iii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Rhina ancylostoma (Bowmouth Guitarfish) — Status: Vulnerable A2bd+3bd+4bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Rhinobatos cemiculus (Blackchin Guitarfish) — Status: Endangered A4bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Rhinobatos rhinobatos (Common Guitarfish) — Status: Endangered A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Rhizopsammia wellingtoni (Wellington's Solitary Coral) — Status: Critically Endangered A2a; B1ab(i)+2ab(i) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Whitespotted Wedgefish) — Status: Vulnerable A2d+3d+4d ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Rhynchobatus laevis (Smoothnose Wedgefish) — Status: Vulnerable A2bd+3bd+4bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Rhynchobatus luebberti (Lubbert’s Guitarfish) — Status: Endangered A2ad+3d+4ad ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Rhynchobatus sp. nov. A (Roughnose Wedgefish) — Status: Vulnerable A2ad+3d+4ad ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Rhynchobatus sp. nov. B (Broadnose Wedgefish) — Status: Vulnerable A2ad+3d+4ad ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Rostroraja alba (Bottlenose Skate) — Status: Endangered A2cd+4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Schroederichthys saurisqualus (Lizard Catshark) — Status: Vulnerable B1ab(iii,v) ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Scylliogaleus quecketti (Flapnose Houndshark) — Status: Vulnerable B1+2c, C2b ver 2.3 — Population trend: unknown
• Semicossyphus pulcher (California Sheephead) — Status: Vulnerable A2bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Seriatopora aculeata — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Seriatopora dendritica — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Siderastrea glynni — Status: Critically Endangered B2ab(iii,iv,v) ver 3.1 — Population trend: stable
• Sousa teuszii (Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin) — Status: Vulnerable C2a(i) ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Spheniscus demersus (African Penguin) — Status: Vulnerable A2ace+3ce+4ace ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Sphyrna mokarran (Squat-headed Hammerhead Shark) — Status: Endangered A2bd+4bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Sphyrna tudes (Smalleye Hammerhead Shark) — Status: Vulnerable A2ad+3d+4ad ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Squatina aculeata (Sawback Angelshark) — Status: Critically Endangered A2bcd+3cd+4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Squatina oculata (Smoothback Angel Shark) — Status: Critically Endangered A2bcd+3cd+4bcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Squatina squatina (Angel Shark) — Status: Critically Endangered A2bcd+3d+4bcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Stegostoma fasciatum (Leopard Shark) — Status: Vulnerable A2abcd+3cd+4abcd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Stylocoeniella cocosensis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Stylophora madagascarensis — Status: Endangered A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Symphyllia hassi — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Taeniura meyeni (Black-blotched Stingray) — Status: Vulnerable A2ad+3d+4ad ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Thalassarche carteri (Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross) — Status: Endangered A4bde ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Thalassarche chrysostoma (Grey-headed Albatross) — Status: Vulnerable A4bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Thalassarche eremita (Chatham Albatross) — Status: Critically Endangered B2ab(iii) ver 3.1 — Population trend: stable
• Thalassarche melanophrys (Black-browed Albatross) — Status: Endangered A4bd ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Trichechus manatus (West Indian Manatee) — Status: Vulnerable C1 ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Trichechus senegalensis (West African Manatee) — Status: Vulnerable A3cd; C1 ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Tubastraea floreana (Floreana Coral) — Status: Critically Endangered A2a ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Turbinaria bifrons — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Turbinaria heronensis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Turbinaria mesenterina — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Turbinaria patula — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Turbinaria peltata — Status: Vulnerable A4cd ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Turbinaria reniformis — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Turbinaria stellulata — Status: Vulnerable A4c ver 3.1 — Population trend: unknown
• Ursus maritimus (POLAR BEAR) — Status: Vulnerable A3c ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing
• Zapteryx brevirostris (Shortnose Guitarfish) — Status: Vulnerable A2ab+3b+4ab ver 3.1 — Population trend: decreasing

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