Mekong's Forgotten Fishes, a new report published by WWF and 25 local, regional and global Mekong-based organizations, details the extraordinary variety of fish species in the Mekong river. These dazzlingly diverse fishes are critical for the health, food security and livelihoods of tens of millions people across the region as well as the overall health of the river system, but they are under ever increasing pressure with one in five already threatened with extinction.
The report details the extraordinary variety of fish species in the river – with at least 1,148 making the Mekong the third most biodiverse river after the Amazon and Congo. The Mekong is also home to one of the largest migrations on Earth in terms of numbers of animals, with an estimated 5 billion fishes on the move.
