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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
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
11/07/2025

Cover of the report, with the image of a shoal of Critically Endangered Twee River redfin, Pseudobarbus erubescens © Jeremy Shelton, and the logos of all the organisations that have supported it.

Africa’s Forgotten Fishes WWF Report published

Fish of the Month: November 2025

Ten small fish swimming from bottom right to top left past rocks and thick weed. The body of this species is elongated and cylindrical, with a slightly compressed body profile. The eyes are large and positioned high on the head. The dorsal fin is long and filamentous, and the anal fin is elongated. This species has no scales, so the muscle structure is clear. The tail is deeply forked. The males are silvery with red heads and red spots on the ends of the tail fins. The females are olive-gold, with a prominent black spot just before the anal fin.
Sawbwa resplendens © Thadoe Wai
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