Marine Conservation
DivePlnr tracks the IUCN Red List conservation status of 368 threatened and near threatened marine species found across dive sites worldwide.
Conservation Status Summary
- Critically Endangered: 35 species - extremely high risk of extinction
- Endangered: 129 species - very high risk of extinction
- Vulnerable: 131 species - high risk of extinction
- Near Threatened: 73 species - likely to become threatened
Critically Endangered Species (35)
- Acadian Whitefish (Coregonus huntsmani)
- Artichoke Coral (Scolymia cubensis)
- Atlantic Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)
- Chilean Angel Shark (Squatina armata)
- Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)
- Common Eagle Ray (Myliobatis aquila)
- Common shovelnose ray (Glaucostegus typus)
- Crow de brass star (Carcharhinus longimanus)
- Dwarf Gulper Shark (Centrophorus atromarginatus)
- eel (Anguilla anguilla)
- Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata)
- Fire coral (Millepora complanata)
- Giant guitarfish (Rhynchobatus djiddensis)
- Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)
- Grey Nurse Shark (Carcharias taurus)
- Grooved brain coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis)
- Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
- Lamarck's sheet coral (Agaricia lamarcki)
- Massive Starlet Coral (Siderastrea siderea)
- Maze Coral (Meandrina meandrites)
- monkfish (Squatina squatina)
- Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus)
- Northern Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
- Pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus)
- Rig (Galeorhinus galeus)
- Rough cactus coral (Mycetophyllia ferox)
- Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)
- Smooth Flower Coral (Eusmilia fastigiata)
- Spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis)
- sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)
- Sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)
- Sunray Lettuce Coral (Helioseris cucullata)
- Ten-ray Star Coral (Madracis decactis)
- Thin leaf lettuce coral (Agaricia tenuifolia)
Endangered Species (129)
- American eel (Anguilla rostrata)
- Anacropora coral (Anacropora puertogalerae)
- Anacropora coral (Anacropora spinosa)
- Astreopora coral (Astreopora moretonensis)
- Auckland Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri)
- basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
- Bentfin Devil Ray (Mobula thurstoni)
- Black coral (Leiopathes glaberrima)
- Black Gulper Shark (Centrophorus isodon)
- Blacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus)
- Black Teatfish (Holothuria nobilis)
- blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
- Bonnethead Shark (Sphyrna tiburo)
- Bottlenose Skate (Rostroraja alba)
- Branch coral (Acropora florida)
- Brown Sea Cucumber (Isostichopus fuscus)
- Bushy Coral (Cladocora caespitosa)
- Cauliflower coral (Pocillopora damicornis)
- Cauliflower coral (Pocillopora verrucosa)
- Coalfish Whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
- Common smoothhound (Mustelus mustelus)
- Deepwater Spiny Dogfish (Centrophorus squamosus)
- Devil fish (Mobula mobular)
- Devil Ray (Mobula tarapacana)
- Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)
- Encrusting pore coral (Montipora aequituberculata)
- Exuma Goby (Elacatinus atronasus)
- Eyespot skate (Atlantoraja cyclophora)
- Fanray (Platyrhina sinensis)
- Fire coral (Millepora alcicornis)
- Fire coral (Millepora dichotoma)
- Fire coral (Millepora platyphylla)
- Flapnose Ray (Rhinoptera javanica)
- Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis)
- Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki)
- Gray Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos)
- Gray weakfish (Cynoscion regalis)
- Greenback Parrotfish (Scarus trispinosus)
- Green-eye Spurdog (Squalus mitsukurii)
- Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
- Gulper shark (Centrophorus granulosus)
- honeycomb stingray (Himantura uarnak)
- Largebrain Root Coral (Lobophyllia hemprichii)
- Large meandroid brain coral (Oulophyllia crispa)
- Lesser Devil Ray (Mobula hypostoma)
- Lettuce coral (Pectinia lactuca)
- Longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii)
- Longfin mako (Isurus paucus)
- long rough dab (Hippoglossoides platessoides)
- Mangrove (Mycteroperca olfax)
- Maori Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)
- Maylan (Aetobatus narinari)
- Montipora coral (Montipora angulata)
- Montipora coral (Montipora capricornis)
- Montipora coral (Montipora delicatula)
- Montipora coral (Montipora florida)
- Montipora coral (Montipora foliosa)
- Montipora coral (Montipora gaimardi)
- Montipora coral (Montipora samarensis)
- Montipora coral (Montipora setosa)
- Montipora coral (Montipora stellata)
- Montipora coral (Montipora venosa)
- Net coral (Alveopora catalai)
- Northern Wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus)
- Pavona coral (Pavona duerdeni)
- Pectinia coral (Pectinia alcicornis)
- Pelagic thresher (Alopias pelagicus)
- Porcupine ray (Urogymnus asperrimus)
- Prickly Redfish (Thelenota ananas)
- Red coral (Corallium rubrum)
- Redfish (Sebastes fasciatus)
- Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
- Sandfish (Holothuria scabra)
- Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)
- Shortspine thornyhead (Sebastolobus alascanus)
- Slender Hammerhead (Eusphyra blochii)
- Southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)
- Spiny Butterfly Ray (Gymnura altavela)
- Splendid toadfish (Sanopus splendidus)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora abrolhosensis)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora aculeus)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora acuminata)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora anthocercis)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora aspera)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora austera)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora awi)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora cerealis)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora cytherea)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora donei)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora echinata)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora eurystoma)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora globiceps)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora hoeksemai)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora horrida)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora humilis)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora hyacinthus)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora indonesia)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora kirstyae)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora kosurini)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora listeri)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora longicyathus)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora lutkeni)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora microclados)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora millepora)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora monticulosa)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora multiacuta)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora nana)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora nasuta)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora paniculata)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora pharaonis)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora plumosa)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora polystoma)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora retusa)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora secale)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora selago)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora solitaryensis)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora spicifera)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora striata)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora suharsonoi)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora tenuis)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora turaki)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora valida)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora vaughani)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora verweyi)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora yongei)
- Table coral (Acropora clathrata)
- Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus)
- Winter skate (Leucoraja ocellata)
- Zonetail Butterfly Ray (Gymnura zonura)
Vulnerable Species (131)
- Abalone (Haliotis tuberculata)
- American Elephantfish (Callorhinchus callorynchus)
- American Manatee (Trichechus manatus)
- Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
- Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)
- Bahama Cavefish (Lucifuga spelaeotes)
- Barbour's seahorse (Hippocampus barbouri)
- Barred Hogfish (Bodianus scrofa)
- Bartail Goby (Coryphopterus thrix)
- Beaked Leatherjacket (Oxymonacanthus longirostris)
- Bear Paw Clam (Hippopus hippopus)
- Bigeye thresher shark (Alopias superciliosus)
- Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)
- Birdsnest coral (Seriatopora caliendrum)
- Blackfish (Actinopyga miliaris)
- Blackspotted Smoothhound (Mustelus punctulatus)
- Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
- Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
- Blueback Herring (Alosa aestivalis)
- Blue Marlin (Makaira nigricans)
- Bluenose Goby (Coryphopterus lipernes)
- Boulder Brain Coral (Colpophyllia natans)
- Brain Root Coral (Lobophyllia corymbosa)
- Bronze whaler (Carcharhinus brachyurus)
- Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
- Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)
- Bumphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum)
- Camouflage grouper (Epinephelus polyphekadion)
- Cape Shark (Squalus acanthias)
- Comb grouper (Mycteroperca fusca)
- Common seahorse (Hippocampus kuda)
- Common Spiny Lobster (Palinurus elephas)
- Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus)
- Common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo)
- Cortez Electric Ray (Narcine entemedor)
- Cowfish (Rhinoptera bonasus)
- Curryfish (Stichopus herrmanni)
- darkie charlie (Dalatias licha)
- Deep sea perch (Hoplostethus atlanticus)
- Deep Water Redfish (Actinopyga echinites)
- Dugong (Dugong dugon)
- Elf (Pomatomus saltatrix)
- Elliptical star coral (Dichocoenia stokesii)
- Endeavour Dogfish (Centrophorus moluccensis)
- Fish-shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus)
- Flat-faced Seahorse (Hippocampus trimaculatus)
- Florida Cone (Conus anabathrum)
- Gag (Mycteroperca microlepis)
- Galápagos Barnacle Blenny (Acanthemblemaria castroi)
- Galapagos Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)
- Glass Goby (Coryphopterus hyalinus)
- Golden Thread (Nemipterus virgatus)
- Gray Snapper (Lutjanus cyanopterus)
- Great seahorse (Hippocampus kelloggi)
- Great Stingaree (Urolophus bucculentus)
- Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
- Greenback Stingaree (Urolophus viridis)
- Green Wrasse (Labrus viridis)
- Grey Bamboo Shark (Chiloscyllium griseum)
- Gulf Coney (Hyporthodus acanthistius)
- Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)
- Hamlet (Mycteroperca interstitialis)
- Hedgehog seahorse (Hippocampus spinosissimus)
- Hieroglyphic Cone (Conus hieroglyphus)
- Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus)
- Honycomb Plate Coral (Porites colonensis)
- Indonesian Shortsnout Spurdog (Squalus hemipinnis)
- Japanese electric ray (Narke japonica)
- Leaf coral (Pavona minuta)
- Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
- lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris)
- Lettuce Coral (Agaricia agaricites)
- Lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus)
- loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
- Longnosed Skate (Dipturus oxyrinchus)
- marbled electric ray (Torpedo marmorata)
- Masked Goby (Coryphopterus personatus)
- Montipora coral (Montipora verrucosa)
- Moonfish (Mola mola)
- Mozambique mouth-breeder (Oreochromis mossambicus)
- nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris)
- Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
- Ocean Turf Grass (Halophila beccarii)
- Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea)
- Owston's Dogfish (Centroscymnus owstonii)
- Pallid Goby (Coryphopterus eidolon)
- Pavona coral (Pavona cactus)
- Philippine Spurdog (Squalus montalbani)
- Pink Sea Fan (Eunicella verrucosa)
- Polkadot Cod (Plectropomus areolatus)
- Pollock (Trachurus trachurus)
- porbeagle (Lamna nasus)
- Porgy (Dentex dentex)
- Rabbitfish (Chimaera monstrosa)
- Razorback (Balaenoptera physalus)
- Red grouper (Epinephelus morio)
- Red Snapper (Rhomboplites aurorubens)
- Rio skate (Rioraja agassizii)
- Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)
- Sand-canyon Goby (Coryphopterus venezuelae)
- Seafan Blenny (Emblemariopsis pricei)
- Short Mackerel (Rastrelliger brachysoma)
- Sickelfin Weasel Shark (Hemigaleus microstoma)
- Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)
- Silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus)
- Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)
- Smooth skate (Malacoraja senta)
- Smoothtail Mobula (Mobula munkiana)
- Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus)
- Spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora batunai)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora caroliniana)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora desalwii)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora jacquelineae)
- Staghorn coral (Acropora speciosa)
- Staghorn coral (Astreopora expansa)
- Starry Ray (Amblyraja radiata)
- sting ray (Dasyatis pastinaca)
- Stony coral (Echinopora lamellosa)
- Surf Redfish (Actinopyga mauritiana)
- Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus)
- Tawny nurse shark (Nebrius ferrugineus)
- Thin birdsnest coral (Seriatopora hystrix)
- Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus)
- Velvet belly lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax)
- Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi)
- White Dolphin (Sousa chinensis)
- Whitefin Smoothhound (Mustelus widodoi)
- Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus)
- witch (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus)
- Yellowback Stingaree (Urolophus sufflavus)
Near Threatened Species (73)
- Acropora Butterfly (Chaetodon trifascialis)
- African Longfin Eel (Anguilla mossambica)
- African Weakfish (Atractoscion aequidens)
- Alabama Shad (Alosa alabamae)
- Arrowhead Dogfish (Deania profundorum)
- Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
- Black cod (Epinephelus daemelii)
- Black coral (Antipathes dichotoma)
- Black fin eel (Anguilla bicolor)
- Blue crust coral (Porites branneri)
- Blue Shark (Prionace glauca)
- Bluespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum)
- Blushing Star Coral (Stephanocoenia intersepta)
- Bonefish (Albula vulpes)
- Bower's Parrotfish (Chlorurus bowersi)
- Brownbanded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum)
- Bubblegum coral (Paragorgia arborea)
- Cardinal Cone (Conus cardinalis)
- Caribbean Neon Goby (Elacatinus lobeli)
- Common Stingaree (Trygonoptera testacea)
- Coral catshark (Atelomycterus marmoratus)
- Corb (Sciaena umbra)
- Cuckoo Skate (Leucoraja naevus)
- Dusky smoothhound (Mustelus canis)
- East-Indies Parrotfish (Scarus hypselopterus)
- Eight-ray Finger Coral (Madracis formosa)
- Elongate Toothcarp (Poeciliopsis elongata)
- Estuarine Dolphin (Sotalia guianensis)
- False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
- Fluke (Paralichthys lethostigma)
- Freycinet's Epaulette Shark (Hemiscyllium freycineti)
- Golden cownose ray (Rhinoptera steindachneri)
- Graham's sheet coral (Agaricia grahamae)
- Green Wrasse (Choerodon schoenleinii)
- Grey Sharpnose Shark (Rhizoprionodon oligolinx)
- Gunner (Pagellus bogaraveo)
- halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)
- Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus)
- Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)
- Indonesian Speckled Catshark (Halaelurus maculosus)
- Jordan's Blue Dogshark (Loxodon macrorhinus)
- Kapala Stingaree (Urolophus kapalensis)
- Long-snout Seahorse (Hippocampus reidi)
- lumpsucker (Cyclopterus lumpus)
- Mutton Snapper (Lutjanus analis)
- Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson)
- One-finned Shark (Heptranchias perlo)
- Portuguese Dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis)
- Rainbow (Scarus guacamaia)
- Rainford's Butterflyfish (Chaetodon rainfordi)
- Ridged Cactus Coarl (Mycetophyllia lamarckiana)
- Rockfish (Mycteroperca bonaci)
- salmon (Salmo salar)
- Smallnose Fanskate (Sympterygia bonapartii)
- Smooth cauliflower coral (Stylophora pistillata)
- smooth hound, starry smooth hound (Mustelus asterias)
- Snapper (Lutjanus synagris)
- sorrah shark (Carcharhinus sorrah)
- Species code: Pa (Posidonia australis)
- Spinetail Ray (Bathyraja spinicauda)
- Spiny Flower Coral (Mussa angulosa)
- Striated Blenny (Hypsoblennius striatus)
- Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica)
- Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
- Tall sea pen (Funiculina quadrangularis)
- Thornback skate (Raja clavata)
- Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
- Triggerfish (Balistes vetula)
- Tufted blenny (Mccoskerichthys sandae)
- Western Longnose Spurdog (Squalus edmundsi)
- Western Longnose Spurdog (Squalus nasutus)
- White Grouper (Epinephelus aeneus)
- Whiting (Merluccius bilinearis)