French Polynesia

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Threatened

98

CR + EN + VU

Critically Endangered

27

CR

Endemic Threatened

10

Found only here

Declining

60%

59 species

Category Breakdown

Distribution of 98 threatened species

CR 27
EN 30
VU 41
CR: 27
EN: 30
VU: 41
Taxonomic Breakdown

Threatened species by group

fishes49 threatened
birds29 threatened
plants27 threatened
corals27 threatened
molluscs20 threatened
other invertebrates6 threatened
insects4 threatened
crustaceans4 threatened
fungi3 threatened
reptiles2 threatened
Top Threats in French Polynesia
1.Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources75 species
2.Invasive non-native/alien species/diseases70 species
3.Habitat shifting & alteration53 species
4.Annual & perennial non-timber crops45 species
5.Logging & wood harvesting44 species
6.Type Unknown/Unrecorded (pollution)36 species
7.Recreational activities31 species
8.Problematic native species/diseases27 species
9.Agricultural & forestry effluents23 species
10.Domestic & urban waste water21 species
Endemic Spotlight

10 endemic threatened species found only here

All Species in French Polynesia (171)
SpeciesStatusGroupTrend
Red-breasted Copra BeetleNecrobia ruficollisVUinsects?
Ischnura thelmaeENinsects
Cheilinus undulatusENfishes
Samoana bellulaCRmolluscs
Epinephelus polyphekadionVUfishes
Epinephelus fuscoguttatusVUfishes
Yellowbelly rockcodEpinephelus marginatusVUother invertebrates?
Holothuria scabraENother invertebrates
Caribbean Spiny LobsterPanulirus argusVUcrustaceans?
koralltrollhummerMunidopsis serricornisENcrustaceans?
Crevalle jackCaranx hipposVUother invertebrates?
Holothuria nobilisENother invertebrates?
Actinopyga echinitesVUother invertebrates
Great Land CrabCardisoma guanhumiVUcrustaceans?
Bolbometopon muricatumVUfishes
Stellar coralPsammocora stellataVUcorals?
Pohnpei ground Partula snailPartula guamensisCRmolluscs?
Praealticus natalisVUfishes
Cactus CoralPavona decussataVUcorals?
tipped bubblegum coralPhysogyra lichtensteiniVUcorals?
pore coralMontipora flabellataVUcorals?
Montipora australiensisENcorals
Montipora caliculataENcorals
Montipora setosaENcorals
Montipora capricornisENcorals
Montipora patulaCRcorals
Alveopora allingiENcorals
Alveopora fenestrataENcorals
Pavona cactusVUcorals
Horse-musselModiolus modiolusVUmolluscs?
Balistes capriscusVUfishes
obelisksneglCerithiella metulaVUmolluscs?
Canthigaster marquesensisVUfishes?
Canthigaster rapaensisENfishes?
Oreochromis mossambicusVUfishes
Thunnus maccoyiiENfishes
Thunnus obesusVUfishes
Lethrinus mahsenaENfishes
Sicyopterus rapaENfishes?
Stiphodon discotorquatusCRfishes
Stiphodon julieniENfishes?
Ginglymostoma cirratumVUfishes
Nebrius ferrugineusVUfishes
Rhincodon typusENfishes
Negaprion acutidensENfishes
Negaprion brevirostrisVUfishes
Blue SharkPrionace glaucaVUother invertebrates?
Carcharhinus limbatusVUfishes
Carcharhinus melanopterusVUfishes
Carcharhinus albimarginatusVUfishes
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