List of CHONDRICHTHYES species in Kenya



This is a list of CHONDRICHTHYES in Kenya 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
Hydrolagus africanus African Chimaera 60188 DD
Holohalaelurus melanostigma Crying Izak Catshark 60229 DD
Rhinobatos holcorhynchus Slender Guitarfish 161405 DD
Heterodontus ramalheira Whitespotted Bullhead Shark 44614 DD
Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum Shorttail Nurse Shark 44617 VU
Okamejei heemstrai Narrow Skate 161421 DD
Holohalaelurus grennian Grinning Izak Catshark 161531 DD
Narcine rierai Mozambique Numbfish 161646 DD
Dipturus springeri Roughbelly Skate 161653 DD
Squatina africana African Angelshark 44996 NT

 

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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)