List of CHONDRICHTHYES species in Namibia

This is a list of CHONDRICHTHYES in Namibia 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.

scientific_name	common_name	taxonid	category
Apristurus saldanha	Saldanha Catshark	44602	LC
Rajella caudaspinosa	Munchkin Skate	44618	NT
Rajella leoparda	Leopard Skate	44619	LC
Rajella ravidula	Smoothback Skate	44620	LC
Rajella dissimilis	Ghost Skate	44651	LC
Callorhinchus capensis	Josef	60138	LC
Acroteriobatus blochii	Fiddlefish	60164	LC
Bathyraja smithii	Softnose Skate	161561	LC
Holohalaelurus regani	Izak Catshark	161574	LC
Narke capensis	Cape Sleeper Ray	161614	DD
Chimaera notafricana	Cape Chimaera	195431	LC
Haploblepharus pictus	Pretty Happy	161650	LC
Scyliorhinus capensis	Yellowspotted Catshark	39349	NT
Cruriraja hulleyi	Hulley's Pgymy Skate	42568145	LC
Squalus acanthias Southern Africa subpopulation	Spurdog	61415	LC

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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)