Table 2. Marine Aquarium Species of Concern and Their Rank.
Taxon | Common Name | Rank |
Endangered | ||
Pterapogon kauderni | Banggai cardinalfish | 10* |
Cheilinus undulatus | Humphead wrasse | 1050* |
Vulnerable | ||
Cromileptes altivelis | Humpback grouper | 90* |
Balistes vetula | Queen Triggerfish | 492* |
Plectropomus laevis | Blacksaddled coralgrouper | 630* |
Lachnolaimus maximus | Hogfish, Hog Snapper | 790* |
Stegostoma fasciatum | Zebra shark | 793* |
Thalassoma virens | Emerald wrasse | 982 |
Bolbometopon muricatum | Green humphead parrotfish | 1006 |
Diplobatis ommata | Oscillated electric ray | 1132 |
Plectropomus areolatus | Squaretail coralgrouper | 1292 |
Glaucostegus typus | Giant shovelnose ray | 1312* |
Lutjanus cyanopterus | Cubera Snapper | 1385* |
Epinephelus lanceolatus | Giant grouper | 1426* |
Sanopus greenfieldorum | Whitelined toadfish | 1455 |
Himantura uarnak | Honeycomb stingray | 1495* |
Nebrius ferrugineus | Tawny nurse shark | 1508* |
Rhynchobatus djiddensis | Giant guitarfish | 1521* |
Pseudanthias regalis | High finned Anthias | 1666 |
Himantura gerrardi | Sharpnose stingray | 1768 |
Rhina ancylostoma | Bowmouth guitarfish | 1793* |
Rank is import volume (1 being the largest). Status derived from FishBase with an IUCN Red List Status of endangered or vulnerable. * indicates species held in public aquariums. Hippocampus species have been excluded from the import lists as they are CITES listed species.