Extinct Marine Animals List
Staghorn seen here and elkhorn corals are listed as Threatened under the ESA as their numbers have fallen catastrophically due to disease.
Extinct marine animals list. Many sea creatures die a painful death after getting caught in plastic bags containers and fishing nets as well as ingesting plastic metal and even glass. 9 2015 Rincon Paul. Under the ESA species may be listed as either endangered or threatened.
Instead a huge percentage of marine life is dying off at alarming and unsustainable rates. Here is the list of top 10 beautiful extinct mammals with names and images. The only marine fish known to have gone extinct in the last 500 years.
Click here if you are looking for living animals. The megalodon IS extinct. This is reflected in the footnotes.
The largest subspecies Smilodon populator could reach 400 kg in weight three meters in length and 14 meters tall at the shoulder. List of Extinct Mammals in the World. The blue whale is the largest animal in the world and unfortunately falls under the list of marine animals in danger of extinction.
The main reason for this once again is due to furtive and uncontrolled fishing. The Galapagos Damsel fish may also be extinct but that has not yet been officially confirmed. This whale is used for its fat and tissue with which soap or candles are made.
At least 468 species of animals have gone extinct over the last century due to human activities. The grayling was only. Without the ESA over 2000 animal and plant species could face extinction.