Marine fish

Basking shark

Taxon -Cetorhinus maximus
Threat Classification - 5 Gradual decline
Qualifier - Threatened overseas.

Batfish

Taxon -Halieutea sp.
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Bellowsfish

Taxon -Notopogon xenosoma
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Black pipefish

Taxon -Stigmatopora nigra
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient
Qualifier - Secure overseas.

Bluefinned butterfish

Taxon -Odax cyanoallix
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Bluntnose weedfish

Taxon -Cologrammus flavescens
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Bramble shark

Taxon -Echinorhinus brucus
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse
Qualifier - Data poor, Secure overseas.

Brotula/mottled brotula

Taxon -Bidenichthys consobrinus
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse.

Caramel drummer

Taxon -Girella fimbriata (McCulloch 1920)
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Clingfish

Taxon -Kopua nuimata
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Codlings

Taxon -Laemonema spp.
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Crocodile shark

Taxon -Pseudocarcharias kamoharai
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient
Qualifier - Secure overseas.

Cucumber fishes

Taxon -Chlorophthalmidae - 3 undescribed spp.
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Deepsea skate

Taxon -Pavoraja sp. A
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Taxon -Pavoraja sp. B
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Taxon -Pavoraja sp. C
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Taxon -Pavoraja sp. D
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Taxon -Pavoraja sp. E
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Deepwater catshark

Taxon -Apristurus sp. B
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Deepwater/bulldog catshark

Taxon -Apristurus sp. F
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Dragonette

Taxon -Foetorepus sp.
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Dusky rattail

Taxon -Caelorinchus infuscus
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Dusky shark

Taxon -Carcharhinus obscurus
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient
Qualifier - Secure overseas.

Eastern dogfish

Taxon -Centrophorus sp. (eastern dogfish)
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

False cat shark

Taxon -Pseudotriakis microdon
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient
Qualifier - Secure overseas.

Fangtooth hoki/bluebelly

Taxon -Lyconus sp.
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient
Qualifier - Secure overseas.

Fiordland brotula

Taxon -Fiordichthys slartibartfarsti
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Flathead

Taxon -Bembrops morelandi
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Fleshynose catshark

Taxon -Apristurus sp. C (fleshynose catshark)
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Fourspine boxfish

Taxon -Polyplacapros tyleri
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient
Qualifier - Secure overseas.

Freckled catshark

Taxon -Apristurus sp. A (freckled catshark)
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Frill shark

Taxon -Chlamydoselachus anguineus
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse
Qualifier - Data poor, Secure overseas.

Giant black ghostshark

Taxon -Hydrolagus sp. D (giant black ghostshark)
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Giant triplefin

Taxon -Blennodon dorsale
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Goblin shark

Taxon -Mitsukurina owstoni
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse
Qualifier - Data poor, Secure overseas.

Goby

Taxon -Eviota sp.
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Taxon -Priolepis psygmophilia Winterbottom & Burridge 1993
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Great white shark/white pointer

Taxon -Carcharodon carcharias
Threat Classification - 5 Gradual decline
Qualifier - Threatened overseas.

Gurnard

Taxon -Lepidotrigla robinsi Richards 1997
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Kermadec demoiselle

Taxon -Chrysiptera rapanui (Greenfield & Hensley 1970)
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Kermadec scalyfin

Taxon -Parma kermadecensis Allen 1987
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Kermadec triplefin

Taxon -Enneapterygius kermadecensis Fricke 1994
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Kermadec urchin clingfish

Taxon -Gobiesocidae, undescribed genus and species
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Knifetooth dogfish

Taxon -Scymnodon ringens
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient
Qualifier - Secure overseas.

Lancelet

Taxon -Epigonichthys hectori
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse.

Largespine velvet dogfish

Taxon -Centroscymnus macracanthus
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Leopard chimaera

Taxon -Chimaera panthera (=Chimaera sp. F & sp. A2)
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Little sleeper shark

Taxon -Somniosus rostratus
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient
Qualifier - Secure overseas.

Longfinned boarfish

Taxon -Zanclistius elevatus
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted
Qualifier - Secure overseas.

Longsnout dogfish

Taxon -Deania quadrispinosum
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Longsnout/smooth pipefish

Taxon -Stigmatopora macropterygia
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Mandarin dogfish

Taxon -Cirrhigaleus barbifer
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse
Qualifier - Data poor, Secure overseas.

McMillan's cat shark

Taxon -Parmaturus macmillani
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Pacific sleeper shark

Taxon -Somniosus pacificus
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse
Qualifier - Data poor, Secure overseas.

Pale/New Zealand catshark

Taxon -Apristurus exsanguineus
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Pearlfish

Taxon -Pyramodon ventralis
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Pinocchio catshark

Taxon -Apristurus sp. G (Pinocchio catshark)
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Pipefish

Taxon -Stigmatopora sp.
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse
Qualifier - Secure overseas?.

Prickly deepsea skate

Taxon -Pavoraja spinifera
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Prickly shark

Taxon -Echinorhinus cookei
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse
Qualifier - Data poor, Secure overseas.

Redband weever

Taxon -Parapercis binivirgata
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient
Qualifier - Secure overseas.

Richardson's skate

Taxon -Bathyraja richardsoni
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient
Qualifier - Secure overseas.

Roughskin catshark

Taxon -Apristurus sp. E (roughskin catshark)
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Round batfish

Taxon -Halieutaea maoria
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse
Qualifier - Data poor.

Sargeant bakers

Taxon -Aulopodidae - 2 undescribed spp.
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Scorpionfish

Taxon -Maxillicosta raoulensis Eschmeyer & Poss 1976
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Sculpin

Taxon -Antipodocottus - 2 spp.?
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Seatoads

Taxon -Chaunacidae - undescribed sp.
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Sharpnose sevengill shark

Taxon -Heptranchias perlo
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse
Qualifier - Data poor, Secure overseas.

Sherwood's dogfish

Taxon -Scymnodalatias sherwoodi
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse.

Sixgill shark

Taxon -Hexanchus griseus
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse
Qualifier - Data poor, Secure overseas.

Smalltooth sand tiger

Taxon -Odontaspis ferox
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse
Qualifier - Threatened overseas.

Smooth deepsea skate

Taxon -Pavoraja asperula
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Smooth lantern shark

Taxon -Etmopterus pusillus
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse
Qualifier - Data poor, Secure overseas.

Sole

Taxon -Engyprosopon raoulensis Amaoka & Mihara 1995
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Southern pigfish

Taxon -Congiopodus leucopaecilus
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Spottail seaperch

Taxon -Plectranthias maculicauda
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Spotted sole

Taxon -Aseraggodes bahamondei
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted
Qualifier - Secure overseas.

Stargazer

Taxon -Kathetostoma sp.
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Subantarctic clingfish

Taxon -Gastrocymba quadriradiata
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Subantarctic triplefin

Taxon -Tripterygion jenningsi
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted
Qualifier - Data poor.

Swell shark/banded carpetshark

Taxon -Cephaloscyllium sp. A
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Triangle batfishes

Taxon -Malthopsis spp.
Threat Classification - 8 Data deficient.

Triplefin

Taxon -Apopterygion oculus
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Two stripe seaperch

Taxon -Plectranthias bilaticlavia
Threat Classification - 7 Range restricted.

Velvet dogfish

Taxon -Zameus squamulosus
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse
Qualifier - Data poor, Secure overseas.

Whitetail dogfish

Taxon -Scymnodalatias albicauda
Threat Classification - 6 Sparse
Qualifier - Data poor, Secure overseas.

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