Table 1.

Present-day completeness of the global taxonomic inventory of marine fishes by habitat and as a whole.

habitat	currently described	asymptotic value	95% CI	per cent completeness	species remaining
bathydemersal	2081	3719	3594–3843	56	1638
bathypelagic	1275	1670	1591–1749	76	395
benthopelagic	908	1126	1105–1146	81	218
demersal	6159	8462	8039–8886	73	2303
pelagic	1052	1216	1192–1240	87	164
reef associated	4241	4611	4543–4679	92	370
all species	15 716	19 800	19 082–20 518	79	4084