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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.

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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

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21/01/2025

Fish of the Month: February 2025

Blue, humpbacked male fish with prominent lips, a short, deep, laterally compressed body, and long white fins and tail, tipped with red. It is swimming in front of a rocky wall.
Mangarahara cichlid, Ptychochromis_insolitus © London Zoological Society
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.

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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