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We are the IUCN SSC Freshwater Fish Specialist Group. Established in 2004 our mission is to be the global forum for people pursuing the conservation of freshwater fishes. We work globally, split across 17 regions and representing over 160 members.

Latest Newsletter
2024 Issue 2

FFSG Spring Newsletter 2024 Cover. Banner is a small, dark, irridescent fish with an apparently continuous fin around the body and tail, striped in greens, black and blue. It is Parosphromenus alfredi by Wentian Shi

Latest News
24/05/2025

Paul Loiselle, a man wearing glasses, with short dark hair, wearing a striped shirt, smiling at the camera.

Remembering Paul Loiselle – FFSG Regional Chair

Fish of the Month: June 2025

A deep-bodied fish with a dorsal fin becoming taller toward the tail, and a large anal fin also becoming taller toward the tail; the anal fin has five dark-edged yellow spots toward the trailing edge. The body is vertictically barred in dark grey on gold, shading to black on white on the head. Tje dorsal fin is edged in red spots, which extend down the length of the rays toward the tail. The tail is red.
Haplochromis lividus © Paul Loiselle
Four different fish. On the left, a flattened fish, which is a stingray. At the top, two small golden fish, which are from Geographic Photo Ark. Below them, a fish with a long, thin, downward-pointing mouth, which is an elephant fish. On the right, a large scaly fish, swimming towards us, which is a Jullien's golden carp.
Mekong giant stingray, Urogymnus chaophraya © Zeb Hogan; Salda toothcarp, Anatolichthys saldae © Joel Sartore; Congo river elephantfish, Campylomormyrus numenius © Oliver Lucanus; and Jullien’s golden carp, Probarbus jullieni © Bristol Zoological Gardens.

Coming in 2025

FFSG Forty Fishes in Freefall Report

Montage of nine critically endangered fish species

1000 Fishes Blueprint

SHOAL initiative to accelerate action for the world’s most threatened freshwater fishes

woman in a mask underwater with various fishes.
 Cape kurper, Sandelia capensis
© Jeremy Shelton

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FFSG Spring Newsletter 2024 Cover. Banner is a small, dark, irridescent fish with an apparently continuous fin around the body and tail, striped in greens, black and blue. It is Parosphromenus alfredi by Wentian Shi