Gambia

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Threatened

21

CR + EN + VU

Critically Endangered

1

CR

Endemic Threatened

0

Found only here

Declining

0%

0 species

Category Breakdown

Distribution of 21 threatened species

EN 8
VU 12
CR: 1
EN: 8
VU: 12
Taxonomic Breakdown

Threatened % by group

insects5/5 (100%)
other invertebrates14/14 (100%)
crustaceans1/1 (100%)
arachnids1/1 (100%)
Top Threats in Gambia

No threat data available

Endemic Spotlight

0 endemic threatened species found only here

Variegated Lady Beetle

EN

Hippodamia variegata

Lang's Short-tailed Blue

EN

Leptotes pirithous

Criquet jacasseur, Staurodère scalaire

EN

Stauroderus scalaris

Red steenbras

EN

Petrus rupestris

All Species in Gambia (21)
SpeciesStatusGroupTrend
Variegated Lady BeetleHippodamia variegataENinsects?
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumVUinsects?
Lang's Short-tailed BlueLeptotes pirithousENinsects?
Criquet jacasseur, Staurodère scalaireStauroderus scalarisENinsects?
Two-tailed PashaCharaxes jasiusVUinsects?
Crevalle jackCaranx hipposVUother invertebrates?
softshell crabCallinectes sapidusVUcrustaceans?
Red steenbrasPetrus rupestrisENother invertebrates?
Royal ThreadfinPentanemus quinquariusVUother invertebrates?
kleine bostrechterspinCryphoeca silvicolaENarachnids?
WhitingPseudotolithus senegallusVUother invertebrates?
LadyfishPseudotolithus senegalensisENother invertebrates?
CatfishChrysichthys walkeriVUother invertebrates?
RiviviuhkapyrstöPronothobranchius kiyawensisENother invertebrates?
Pronothobranchius gambiensisENother invertebrates?
Short-bodied SardineSardinella maderensisVUother invertebrates?
Bigeye tunaThunnus obesusVUother invertebrates?
Bull sharkCarcharhinus leucasVUother invertebrates?
Barbeled HoundsharkLeptocharias smithiiVUother invertebrates?
Striped panrayZanobatus schoenleiniiVUother invertebrates?
Common guitarfishRhinobatos rhinobatosCRother invertebrates?
AI Biodiversity Brief

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