A quarter of freshwater fish species are at high risk of extinction: Report

Category : Wildlife | Location : National  | Posted on 2025-01-10 04:36:59

It has been found that almost 25 per cent of the 23,496 studied species of  decapod crustaceans, fishes and odonates are threatened with extinction. 

The finding has been tabled  by a multi-taxon global freshwater fauna assessment for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of threatened species.

Source: https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/a-quarter-of-freshwater-fish-species-are-at-high-risk-of-extinction-report