List of Threatened Fishes reported from Brazil
n = 396
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Note: The IUCN RedList threat category, as used here, is for the species as a whole, not necessarily for the population(s) in this country.


Table 1: 393 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 3 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 0 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 396 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table : 396 .
     
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Family Species FishBase name Threat Category Occurrence
Aspredinidae Acanthobunocephalus scruggsi  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Aetobatidae Aetobatus narinariWhitespotted eagle ray  Endangered (EN) native 
Pimelodidae Aguarunichthys tocantinsensis  Endangered (EN) endemic 
Alopiidae Alopias superciliosusBigeye thresher  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Alopiidae Alopias vulpinusThresher  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Rivulidae Anablepsoides cearensis  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Rivulidae Anablepsoides luitalimae  Endangered (EN) native 
Loricariidae Ancistomus snethlageae  Endangered (EN) endemic 
Loricariidae Ancistrus cryptophthalmus  Endangered (EN) endemic 
Loricariidae Ancistrus formoso  Vulnerable (VU) endemic 
Loricariidae Ancistrus minutus  Endangered (EN) endemic 
Parodontidae Apareiodon vladii  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Characidae Aphyocheirodon hemigrammus  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Apteronotidae Apteronotus leptorhynchus  Endangered (EN) native 
Sternopygidae Archolaemus santosi  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Characidae Astyanax eremus  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Rivulidae Atlantirivulus lazzarotoi  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Rivulidae Atlantirivulus maricensis  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Rivulidae Atlantirivulus nudiventris  Critically Endangered (CR) endemic 
Rivulidae Atlantirivulus simplicis  Endangered (EN) native 
Arhynchobatidae Atlantoraja castelnauiSpotback skate  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Arhynchobatidae Atlantoraja cyclophoraEyespot skate  Endangered (EN) native 
Arhynchobatidae Atlantoraja platanaLa Plata skate  Endangered (EN) native 
Rivulidae Austrolebias adloffi  Endangered (EN) native 
Rivulidae Austrolebias affinis  Vulnerable (VU) questionable 
Rivulidae Austrolebias bagual  Critically Endangered (CR) endemic 
Rivulidae Austrolebias camaquensis  Endangered (EN) native 
Rivulidae Austrolebias carvalhoi  Critically Endangered (CR) endemic 
Rivulidae Austrolebias cyaneus  Endangered (EN) native 
Rivulidae Austrolebias ephemerus  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Rivulidae Austrolebias gymnoventris  Endangered (EN) questionable 
Rivulidae Austrolebias ibicuiensis  Endangered (EN) native 
Rivulidae Austrolebias jaegari  Endangered (EN) native 
Rivulidae Austrolebias litzi  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Rivulidae Austrolebias nachtigalli  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Rivulidae Austrolebias nigrofasciatus  Endangered (EN) native 
Rivulidae Austrolebias patriciae  Vulnerable (VU) questionable 
Rivulidae Austrolebias paucisquama  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Rivulidae Austrolebias pelotapes  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Rivulidae Austrolebias varzeae  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Balistidae Balistes capriscusGrey triggerfish  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Dasyatidae Bathytoshia centrouraRoughtail stingray  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Narcinidae Benthobatis kreffti  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Hypopomidae Brachyhypopomus belindae  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Pimelodidae Brachyplatystoma rousseauxiiZungaro dorado  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Bryconidae Brycon devillei  Endangered (EN) native 
Bryconidae Brycon gouldingi  Endangered (EN) native 
Bryconidae Brycon insignisTiete tetra  Endangered (EN) native 
Bryconidae Brycon opalinus  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Bryconidae Brycon orbignyanus  Endangered (EN) native 
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