List of endangered fish species
This is the list of all the fish of which we know that have a 'Endangered' or Critically Endangered Status on the IUCN Red list.
Sakhalin sturgeon - The Sakhalin sturgeon is a species of fish in the Acipenseridae family.
Fringebarbel sturgeon - The bastard sturgeon, fringebarbel sturgeon, ship sturgeon, spiny sturgeon, or thorn sturgeon is a species of fish in the Acipenseridae family.
Persian sturgeon - The Persian Sturgeon has an elongated, bulky body with a bluish tint.
Amur sturgeon - The Amur sturgeon is a species of fish in the Acipenseridae family.
Chinese sturgeon - It is thought to have lived at the same time as dinosaurs, dating back to a period 140 million years ago.
Sturgeon - The wedge-shaped head of this sturgeon ends in a long point.
Eagle ray - The longheaded eagle ray is a species of fish in the Myliobatidae family.
Mottled eagle ray - The mottled eagle ray is a species of fish in the Myliobatidae family.
Ornate eagle ray - The ornate eagle ray or reticulate eagle ray is a species of fish in the Myliobatidae family.
Alburnus orontis - Alburnus orontis is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Alabama shad - The Alabama shad spawns in medium to large flowing rivers from the Mississippi River drainage to the Suwannee River, Florida.
Killarney shad - Alosa killarnensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alosa.
Alosa vistonica - Alosa vistonica is a species of fish in the Clupeidae family.
Alosa volgensis - Alosa volgensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Alosa.
River eel - Much of the European eel’s life history was a mystery for centuries, as fishermen never caught anything they could identify as a young eel.
Brownstriped grunt - The brownstriped grunt is a species of fish in the Haemulidae family.
Karati hangar - The knifetooth sawfish , also known as the pointed sawfish or narrow sawfish, is a sawfish of the family Pristidae, found in the shallow coastal waters and estuaries of the Indo-West Pacific, ranging from the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf to southern Japan, Papua New Guinea and northern Australia.
Spanish pupfish - It is a freshwater fish, native to southern and eastern Spain and to northwestern Algeria.
Aphanius sirhani - In 1983 Aphanius sirhani was described for the first time as a new species of Killifish.
Japanese meagre - Argyrosomus japonicus is a fish of the Sciaenidae family.
Bluetail goodea - The striped goodeid is a species of fish in the Goodeidae family.
Spotback skate - In 2010, Greenpeace International has added the spotback skate to its seafood red list.
Barnard's rock catfish - This species has only been recorded from the Thee and Noordhoeks Rivers, both small tributaries of the Clanwilliam Olifants river in the Western Cape, South Africa.
Silver shark - The Bala shark occurs in the Mekong and Chao Phraya River basins, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo.
Matthes' barb - Barbus acuticeps is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Whitefish - It is endemic to the Western Cape Province of South Africa, where it occurs in the Breede River's Brandvlei Dam and Sanddrift Dam, as well as the Heks River.
Twee redfin - It is endemic to the Western Cape Province of South Africa, where it occurs in the upper Olifants River and its tributaries – the Biedou, Boontjies, Boskloof, Breekkrans, Driehoeks, Dwars, Eselbank, Jan Dissels, Matijes, Noordhoeks, Oudste, Ratels, Rondegat, Thee and Tra Tra Rivers – near Clanwilliam and Keerom.
Barbus caninus - The Brook Barbel is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Claudine's barb - Barbus claudinae is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Twee redfin - It is a smallish fish, just about 40 to 45 mm long at sexual maturity and twice as long when fully grown.
Rwasa barb - Barbus ruasae is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Treur barb - The Treur River Barb or simply Treur Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Barb - It is endemic to South Africa, where it has only been found in the Keiskamma and Buffalo Rivers of Eastern Cape Province, as well as their tributaries Mgqawabe and Yellowwoods Rivers.
Betta miniopinna - Betta miniopinna is a species of fish in the Belontiidae family.
Betta persephone - This Betta species inhabits soft, acidic waters of 23‒28 °C .
Betta spilotogena - Betta Spilotogena is a fish species first discovered in Indonesia.
Spotted Handfish - The spotted handfish is unusual in that it has highly adapted pectoral fins, which appear like hands and allow it to walk on the sea floor.
Siraz Baligi - The Siraz Baligi is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Carasobarbus canis - Carasobarbus canis is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae.
Borneo shark - The Borneo shark is evaluated as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Pondicherry shark - The Pondicherry shark, Carcharhinus hemiodon is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean between latitudes 25° N and 13° S.
Modoc sucker - The Modoc Sucker is a species of fish native to California.
Cui-ui - The cui-ui population is generally improving in numbers, having attained an estimated population exceeding one million in 1993, thanks to the efforts of the U.
Humphead wrasse - The humphead wrasse is the largest living member of the family Labridae, with males reaching 6 feet in length, while females rarely exceed about 3 feet .
Sentani rainbowfish - The sentani rainbowfish is a species of fish in the Melanotaeniidae family.
Minnow-nase - The Minnow Nase is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Italian nase - The Italian Nase is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Cobitis bilseli - Cobitis bilseli likes to eat tortoise, common to the region as well as large seagulls.
Loach - Cobitis calderoni is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cobitidae family.
Cobitis puncticulata - Cobitis puncticulata is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cobitidae family.
Cobitis stephanidisi - Cobitis stephanidisi is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cobitidae family.
Cobitis turcica - Cobitis turcica is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cobitidae family.
Cobitis vettonica - Cobitis vettonica is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cobitidae family.
Happy - Copadichromis cyaneus is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family.
Coregonus bavaricus - Coregonus bavaricus, known as the kilch or Ammersee-Kilch in German, is a species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae.
Gwyniad - The gwyniad is sometimes considered a subspecies or population of the common whitefish of continental Europe.
Chub - Reaching a maximum recorded length of 36 cm and a maximum recorded weight of 540 g , the shortnose cisco is distinguished from the other whitefishes by its thicker body , short head , and small eye.
Coregonus trybomi - Coregonus trybomi is a taxon of freshwater whitefish in the Salmonidae family, described by Gunnar Svärdson in 1979.
Vendace - Coregonus vandesius, the vendace, is a freshwater whitefish found in the United Kingdom.
Pygmy sculpin - The pygmy sculpin, Cottus paulus, is a species of fish in the Cottidae family.
Tepehuan shiner - Tepehuan Shiner is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Sardinita bocagrande - The Sardinita Bocagrande is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Conchos shiner - The Conchos Shiner is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Cachorrito lodero - Blackfin pupfish is a species of fish in the Cyprinodontidae family.
Dianchi carp - The Dianchi Carp is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Mekong stingray - The Mekong freshwater stingray was first recognized as a new species by Yasuhiko Taki, who included it as "Dasyatis sp.
Lost River sucker - The Lost River Sucker is a species of ray-finned fish in the Catostomidae family.
Barred danio - The Barred Danio is a fish belonging to the minnow family .
Sardinita quijarrona - The Sardinita Quijarrona is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family found only in Mexico.
Tollo - The tollo de agua dulce is a species of fish in the Diplomystidae family.
Skate - The common skate can grow to 285 cm
Barn-door skate - After peaking in the 1950s, the population of the barndoor skate dramatically declined in the 1970s as a result of overfishing and is now listed as endangered by the World Conservation Union.
Hong Kong grouper - The Hong Kong grouper is a species of fish in the Serranidae family.
Giant grouper - The goliath grouper is found primarily in shallow tropical waters among coral and artificial reefs at depths of up to 165 feet .
Duskey grouper - The Dusky Grouper is the best known grouper of the Mediterranean Sea and North Africa coast.
Slackwater darter - The reproductive behavior of the slackwater darter varies with the temperature of the breeding habitat and the amount of rainfall.
Okaloosa darter - Because of extensive habitat improvement efforts by the Jackson Guard at Eglin Air Force Base, the US Fish & Wildlife Service recommended that the fish be reclassified from endangered to threatened status in 2007.
Swan galaxias - Galaxias fontanus is a species of fish in the Galaxiidae family, informally known as the Swan galaxias It is endemic to Tasmania.
Marbled galaxias - These fish were originally designated as a single species, Galaxias olidus, despite:
Clarence galaxias - The Clarence galaxias is a species of fish in the Galaxiidae family.
Pedder galaxias - Originally recorded only in Lake Pedder and inflowing streams, after the construction of the Huon-Serpentine dam in 1972 , its range expanded initially into Lake Gordon and Wedge River.
Guayacon Bocon - This species reaches a maximum overall length of approximately 3.
Bonytail - A bonytail chub can grow to over 2 feet long.
Salinas chub - The Charalito Saltillo is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Chihuahua chub - The Charalito Chihuahua is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Naked characin - The naked characin is a species of fish in the Characidae family.
Hampala lopezi - Hampala lopezi is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Marbled whipray - The marbled whipray, Himantura oxyrhyncha, is an extremely rare, little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, native to several freshwater rivers in Southeast Asia.
White-rimmed stingray - The white-edge freshwater whipray was described by Leonard Compagno and Tyson Roberts in a 1982 issue of Environmental Biology of Fishes, with the specific epithet signifer in reference to its distinctive coloration.
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Fletch - The Atlantic halibut is a right-eyed flounder.
Huchen - The huchen has a slender body that is nearly round in cross-section.
Japanese huchen - Sakhalin taimen is one of largest, most ancient salmon species and primarily inhabitats the lower to middle reaches of lakes and rivers.
Kaluga - Kaluga caviar comes from the Kaluga "River Beluga" sturgeon.
European sturgeon - The English name comes from the Russian белуга or белуха which derives from the word белый , meaning "white".
Rio Grande silvery minnow - The Rio Grande Silvery Minnow is one of the most endangered fish in North America, according to the U.
Delta smelt - Because of its one-year life cycle and relatively low fecundity, it is very susceptible to changes in the environmental conditions of its native habitat.
Daggernose shark - The daggernose shark, Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus, is a little-known species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae, and the only extant member of its genus.
Mountain labeo - The Green Labeo or Mountain Labeo is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
African carp - The Tana Labeo is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Calnwilliam Sandfish - The Clanwilliam Sandfish or Labeo seeberi is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Tanganyika lates - The Tanganyika lates is a species of fish in the Latidae family.
Albert lates - The Albert lates is a species of fish in the Latidae family.
Forktail lates - The forktail lates is a species of fish in the Latidae family.
Coelacanth - The average weight of the living West Indian Ocean coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae, is 80 kg , and they can reach up to 2 m in length.
Jonklaas loach - The Spotted Loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cobitidae family.
White river spinedace - This spindace ranges from green to olive above, a brassy silver on the sides, becoming a silvery white underneath.
Leuciscus polylepis - Telestes polylepis is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Leuciscus turskyi - Leuciscus turskyi is a species of cyprinid restricted to lake Buško Blato in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Čikola River, a tributary of the Krka in Croatia.
Maltese ray - In 2010, Greenpeace International has added the maltese skate to its seafood red list.
Cuatrocienegas killifish - The sardinilla cuatro cienegas or Cuatrocienegas killifish, is a species of fish in the Cyprinodontidae family.
Clarence River Cod - Eastern freshwater cod are native to the Clarence River system in northern New South Wales, Australia.
Trout cod - In the 1800s and early 1900s, when trout cod were widely recognised as a separate species by commercial fishermen, recreational fishermen, riverside residents and fisheries scientists, they were generally known as blue-nose cod or simply blue-nose, particularly in Victoria.
Bagangan - The Bagangan is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Boeseman's rainbowfish - It is also available in the aquarium hobby, where it is prized for its excellent colors and peaceful demeanor.
Moapa dace - A small fish, with a maximum recorded length of 9 cm, its scales are small and embedded in the skin, resulting in a noticeably leathery texture .
Giant devil ray - It is larger than the lesser devil ray, and it possesses a spiny tail.
Narrownose smooth hound - Narrownose smooth-hounds feed on crabs and probably other crustaceans, and presumably small fishes.
Myaka - It is endemic to the Crater Lake Barombi Mbo, in western Cameroon.
Purple eagle ray - The purple eagle ray is a species of fish in the Myliobatidae family.
Oxleyan pygmy perch - The Oxleyan Pygmy Perch is a species of perch-like fish in the Percichthyidae family.
Nemacheilus insignis - Nemacheilus insignis is a species of ray-finned fish in the Balitoridae family.
Cahaba shiner - The Cahaba Shiner is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Cape Fear shiner - The shiner is critically endangered due to its small population size and threats to its habitat from dam construction and pollution.
Sardinita de Tepelmene - The Sardinita De Tepelmene or Papaloapan Chub is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Bluntnose shiner - The Bluntnose Shiner is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Arizona trout - The Apache trout measures in length from 6 to 24 inches , and weighs between 6 ounces and 6 pounds .
Gila trout - The gila trout is native to tributaries of the Gila River in Arizona and New Mexico.
Cherry salmon - This fish prefers a temperate climate, around the area of 65° N - 58° N, and in the sea, it prefers a depth range of 0 - 200 m.
Blind swamp eel - The blind swamp eel is a species of fish in the Synbranchidae family.
Lake salmon - The Lake Salmon is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Singida tilapia - This fish is highly valued by local fishermen, who know it as ngege.
Jipe tilapia - The Jipe tilapia is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family.
Tilapia - Oreochromis karongae is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family.
Victoria tilapia - Oreochromis variabilis is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family.
Sharpjawed buntingi - The buntingi or sharp-jawed buntingi is a species of fish in the Adrianichthyidae family.
Dwarf pigmygoby - The dwarf pygmy goby is a tropical freshwater fish of the family Gobiidae.
Mekong giant catfish - The Mekong giant catfish, Pangasianodon gigas, is a species of catfish in the shark catfish family , native to the Mekong basin in Southeast Asia.
Sacramento splittail - The common name is inspired by the distinctive appearance of the tail fin, in which the upper lobe is distinctly larger.
Common sawfish - The dwarf sawfish or Queensland sawfish, Pristis clavata, is a sawfish of the family Pristidae, found in tropical Australia.
Dwarf sawfish - The smalltooth sawfish is ovoviviparous, meaning the mother holds the eggs inside of her until the young are ready to be born, usually in litters of 15 to 20 pups.
Proterorhinus tataricus - It inhabits a short stretch of River Chornaya where water is extracted in large quantities for irrigation and the species faces a critical risk of extinction in a near future.
Chinese swordfish - Chinese Paddlefish, Psephurus gladius , also known as Chinese Swordfish, are among the largest freshwater fish.
Eastern Cape redfin - It is endemic to South Africa, and becoming rare due to habitat destruction and the impact of invasive species.
Plump redfin minnow - It is endemic to South Africa, and threatened by habitat destruction and the impact of invasive species.
Breede redfin - It is endemic to the Western Cape Province of South Africa, where it occurs in the Moeras and Tradouw Rivers.
Berg redfin - It is endemic to the Western Cape Province of South Africa, where it occurs in the upper Berg River and its tributaries Boesmans, Goedverwacht, Hugo, Krom, Leeu and Wemmers Rivers.
Fiery redfin - It is endemic to South Africa, and threatened by habitat destruction and the impact of invasive species.
Drakensberg minnow - It is endemic to Lesotho, and threatened by habitat destruction and the impact of invasive species.
Honey Rainbow Fish - Honey blue-eyes are small, pale honey coloured fish that attain up to 3cms in length when adult.
Yag baligi - Pseudophoxinus anatolicus is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Pask - The Paskóviza is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Yag baligi - The Yag Baligi is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Ot baligi - Pseudophoxinus fahirae is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Ci - The Ciçek is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Syr Darya sturgeon - The Syr Darya sturgeon is a species of fish in the Acipenseridae family.
Dwarf sturgeon - The dwarf sturgeon is a species of fish in the Acipenseridae family.
Amu Darya sturgeon - The Amu Darya sturgeon or false shovelnose sturgeon is a species of fish in the Acipenseridae family.
Ellinopyg - A combination of five characters are diagnostic for this species: caudal peduncle keel absent, ectocoracoid reduced, dorsal spines fewer than seven, pelvic girdle absent or vestigial, and large lateral scutes absent.
Pait - The Pait is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family that is found only in the Philippines.
Asoka barb - The Asoka Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Bandula barb - The Bandula Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Baolan - The Baolan is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Bagangan - The Bagangan is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Katapa-tapa - The Katapa-tapa is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Puntius herrei - Puntius herrei is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Kandar - The Kandar is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Manalak - The Manalak is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Martenstyn's barb - Martenstyn's Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Wilpita rasbora - Wilpita rasbor or Rasbora wilpita is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Relict dace - Relict dace coloration is variable, but generally dusky overall, with olive and brassy shades dorsally.
Ticon cownose ray - Males tend to range in size from 78 to 91 cm disc width with a brown back and white or light yellow belly.
Asprete - It was scientifically discovered and described in 1957 by the Romanian scientists M.
Bordered ray - The bottlenose skate, spearnose skate, or white skate, Rostroraja alba, is a species of skate in the family Rajidae, and the sole member of its genus.
Rutilus meidingerii - Rutilus meidingerii is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Rutilus ylikiensis - Rutilus ylikiensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Salmon - Salmo ezenami is a freshwater fish in the Salmonidae family.
Adriatic salmon - This species spawns in the early spring and is an obligatory freshwater fish.
Salmon - Salmo peristericus is a species of fish in the Salmonidae family.
Flathead trout - Salmo platycephalus, also known as Ala balik is a species of trout in the Salmonidae family.
Kirikuchi char - The kirikuchi char, Salvelinus japonicus, is a species of fish in the Salmonidae family.
Pallid sturgeon - The pallid sturgeon is an endangered species of ray-finned fish, endemic to the waters of the Missouri and lower Mississippi River basins of the United States.
Alabama sturgeon - The Alabama sturgeon was first proposed for protected status in the early 1990s, although by then the fish was already so rare its survival was uncertain.
Greek rudd - The Greek Rudd is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Redfinned blue-eye - It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, and as Endangered under Queensland's Nature Conservation Act 1992.
Schistura samantica - Schistura samantica is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schistura.
Arowana - Native to Southeast Asia, Asian arowanas inhabit blackwater rivers, slow-moving waters flowing through forested swamps and wetlands.
Acadian redfish - Found in the northern Atlantic Ocean, the Acadian redfish lives in depths of 70 – 592 meters.
Boccacio rockfish - Bocaccio can be found from Stepovak Bay, Alaska to central Baja California, but is mostly abundant from Oregon to northern Baja California.
Channel rockcod - The shortspine thornyhead is a species of fish in the Scorpaenidae family.
Alabama cavefish - Only nine specimens of the cavefish have been observed and scientists estimate that less than 100 of the fish are left on the planet.
Great hammerhead shark - The great hammerhead, Sphyrna mokarran, is the largest species of hammerhead shark, family Sphyrnidae, attaining a maximum length of 6.
Squalius keadicus - The Menida, Squalius keadicus, is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Squalius lucumonis - Squalius lucumonis is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Squalius palaciosi - The Bogardilla is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Giant sea-bass - There are published reports of giant sea bass reaching a size of 2.
River pipefish - The river pipefish is a species of fish in the Syngnathidae family.
Laotian shad - Tenualosa thibaudeaui is a species of fish in the Clupeidae family.
Bluefin - The southern bluefin tuna is a large, streamlined, fast swimming fish with a long, slender caudal peduncle and relatively short dorsal, pectoral and anal fins.
Tor yunnanensis - Tor yunnanensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Totoaba - The totoaba can grow up to two metres in length and 100 kg in weight.
Thorny freshwater stingray - The pincushion ray or thorny freshwater stingray, Urogymnus ukpam, is a little-known species of stingray in the family Dasyatidae, found in the rivers and lakes of West Africa.
Java stingaree - Family Urolophidae: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Coastal stingaree - As with more common rays, the body of this species is flat and disc-shaped, with pectoral fins that broadly expanded and fixed with the head and trunk.
Valencian toothcarp - Its natural habitats are freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, coastal freshwater lagoons and acequias which may connect these.
Corfu toothcarp - Valencia letourneuxi is a species of fish in the Cyprinodontidae family.
Rwandese carp - Varicorhinus ruandae is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.
Relict splitfin - The relict splitfin is a species of fish in the Goodeidae family.
Eggcarrying buntingi - The egg-carrying buntingi is a species of fish in the Adrianichthyidae family.
Sarasins minnow - Xenopoecilus sarasinorum is a species of fish in the Adrianichthyidae family.
Platy Monterrey - IUCN lists the Monterrey platyfish, formerly widespread in Mexico, as Critically Endangered, upgraded from Endangered in 1996.
Northern platyfish - Its natural habitat is a hot spring heated by volcanic activity, in Santa Tecla, Mexico.
Razorback sucker - The Razorback sucker sucker is most notable for the sharp-edged bulge on the anterior part,hump, of its back, between the head and dorsal fin, giving rise to its common name, as well as to the alternative "humpback sucker".
Dwarf loach - The dwarf loach can grow up to 5 cm in length.