Papua New Guinea

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Threatened

226

CR + EN + VU

Critically Endangered

67

CR

Endemic Threatened

63

Found only here

Declining

50%

113 species

Category Breakdown

Distribution of 226 threatened species

CR 67
EN 63
VU 96
CR: 67
EN: 63
VU: 96
Taxonomic Breakdown

Threatened % by group

mammals7/7 (100%)
birds6/6 (100%)
reptiles3/3 (100%)
amphibians6/6 (100%)
fishes85/85 (100%)
insects11/11 (100%)
other invertebrates6/6 (100%)
plants57/57 (100%)
fungi10/10 (100%)
corals28/28 (100%)
molluscs6/6 (100%)
crustaceans1/1 (100%)
Top Threats in Papua New Guinea

No threat data available

Endemic Spotlight

63 endemic threatened species found only here

Endemic data will be available after full ingestion

All Species in Papua New Guinea (226)
SpeciesStatusGroupTrend
Chaetodontoplus vanderloosiENfishes↓
Pavona cactusVUcorals↓
Amblyglyphidodon ternatensisVUfishes↓
Glossamia narindicaVUfishes?
leaf coralPavona bipartitaVUcorals?
Montipora crassituberculataENcorals↓
Holothuria scabraENother invertebrates↓
Neopomacentrus aquadulcisENfishes↓
Anacropora reticulataENcorals↓
tipped bubblegum coralPhysogyra lichtensteiniVUcorals?
Montipora samarensisENcorals↓
Montipora angulataENcorals↓
Montipora capricornisENcorals↓
anemone coralGoniopora albiconusVUcorals?
lobed cactus coralLobophyllia flabelliformisVUcorals?
Cactus CoralPavona decussataVUcorals?
Anacropora matthaiiVUcorals↓
Lobophyllia diminutaENcorals↓
serpent coralPachyseris rugosaVUcorals?
Haliotis tuberculataVUmolluscs↓
strylavgelésoppBiatoropsis usnearumCRfungi?
Oxymonacanthus longirostrisVUfishes↓
Balistes capriscusVUfishes↓
Chilatherina axelrodiENfishes?
Melanotaenia sylvaticaENfishes?
Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodiVUfishes?
Melanotaenia lakamoraENfishes→
Melanotaenia coronaCRfishes?
Melanotaenia papuaeVUfishes?
Melanotaenia oktediensisCRfishes↓
Melanotaenia sexlineataENfishes↓
Melanotaenia lacustrisENfishes↓
Melanotaenia ogilbyiVUfishes↓
Melanotaenia irisVUfishes→
Chilatherina sentaniensisCRfishes→
Pseudomugil paskaiCRfishes↓
Pseudomugil connieaeENfishes↓
Kiunga ballochiENfishes↓
Kiunga bleheriCRfishes↓
Craterocephalus kailolaeCRfishes?
Craterocephalus lacustrisENfishes↓
Oloplotosus toroboENfishes↓
Neoarius tayloriCRfishes↓
Zenarchopterus robertsiCRfishes?
Clupeoides venulosusVUfishes?
Oreochromis mossambicusVUfishes↓
Thryssa rastrosaENfishes↓
Variichthys lacustrisVUfishes?
Hephaestus obtusifronsVUfishes?
Hephaestus adamsoniCRfishes↓
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