Number of fish species at risk of extinction fivefold higher than previous estimates according to a new prediction (IMAGE)

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Number of fish species at risk of extinction fivefold higher than previous estimates according to a new prediction

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Illustration of our modeling framework to infer the IUCN status of 4,992 Data Deficient and Not Evaluated marine fishes using available occurrence data, species biological traits, taxonomy and human uses.

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Loiseau N, et al., 2024, PLOS Biology, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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