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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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2025 Issue 3

Front cover of the August 2025 newsletter featuring a silvery fish with a dished profile, very long pectoral fins, and darker blotching toward the tail. Oreochromis urolepis by Paul Loiselle.
FFSG Newsletter 2025 Issue 3

Latest News
15/01/2026

Front cover of SHOAL Tiny FIshes report - dark background and a selection of tiny fishes mentioned in the report.

2025: SHOAL: Tiny Fishes: the miniature marvels that slip through the net

Fish of the Month: January 2026

Small elongated fish with a translucent silvery to golden body that becomes darker dorsally and around the head region with a plainly visible swim bladder. Iridescent scales are visible above the anterior midlateral line. Opercles iridescent; eyes silvery-blue with a dark vertical stripe through the orbit. Male fish: unpaired and pelvic fins are edged with red. Narrow rounded caudal fin, lower position of the pectoral fin and frequent absence of ventral fins which may be an adaptation to a very shallow habitat. Copyright Dean Gilligan
Red-finned Blue-Eye (Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis).
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