In pictures: IUCN Red List of threatened species 2004
Knowledge gap

Science knows its land vertebrates pretty well, but its knowledge of marine and freshwater species is poor.

The Vulnerable yellow-crowned butterflyfish (Chaetodon flavocoronatus) is known only from Guam in the western Pacific.

It is occasionally seen in the aquarium trade. Little is known about its biology. (Image: T.Allen)

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