List of CHONDRICHTHYES species in Costa Rica



This is a list of CHONDRICHTHYES in Costa Rica according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Urobatis halleri Round Stingray 60108 LC
Narcine vermiculatus Wormy Electric Ray 161423 NT
Galeus arae Roughtail Catshark 161479 LC
Bathyraja spinosissima Pacific White Skate 161486 LC
Mustelus lunulatus Sicklefin Smoothhound 161640 LC
Mustelus henlei Brown Smoothhound 161648 LC
Urotrygon nana Dwarf Round Stingray 161747 DD

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)