Endangered Fish of Central America
| Show fishes in Central America with profiles available. | |
| Show all fishes of concern in Central America. |
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| Common Name | Range *** |
|---|---|
| Basking Shark | Central America |
| Bentfin Devil Ray | Central America |
| Bigeye Tuna | Central America |
| Black Grouper | Central and South America |
| Black Rockfish | Central America |
| Blacksaddled Coral Grouper | Central America |
| Brownstriped Grunt | Panama |
| Bullseye Electric Ray | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Bumphead Parrotfish | Central America |
| Camouflage Grouper | Central America |
| Cape Shark | Central America |
| Caribbean Reef Shark | Central America |
| Common Sawfish | Central and South America |
| Cowfish | Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Crossband Rockfish | Central America |
| Crown Shark | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Cubera Snapper | Central America |
| Curry Shark | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Daggernose Shark | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Devil Fish | Central America |
| Donkey Fish | Central and South America |
| Flat-faced Seahorse | Cocos Island |
| Galapagos Shark | Central America |
| Giant Butterfly Ray | Central America |
| Golden Cownose Ray | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Goliath Grouper | Central and South America |
| Gray Nurse Shark | Central America |
| Great White Shark | Central America |
| Gulper Shark | Central America |
| Hammerhead Shark | Central and South America |
| Hogfish | Central America |
| Japanese Devilray | Central America |
| Large-eyed Rabbitfish | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Largetooth Sawfish | Central and South America |
| Lined Seahorse | Central America |
| Longfin Mako | Central America |
| Lucifuga spp. (4) | Bahamas, Cuba |
| Munk's Devil Ray | Central America |
| Mutton Snapper | Central America |
| Nassau Grouper | Central and South America |
| Night Shark | Central America |
| Oceanic Whitetip Shark | Central America |
| Pacific Seahorse | Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama |
| Queen Triggerfish | Central America |
| Rainbow Parrotfish | Central America |
| Red Grouper | Central America |
| Red Porgy | Central and South America |
| Reticulated Toadfish | Belize |
| Seabass | Central America |
| Sharpsnout Stingray | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Splendid Toadfish | Belize |
| Spotted Eagle Ray | Central America |
| Whale Shark | Central America |
| Yellowfin Grouper | Central America |
**What fishes are listed here?:
The Central America section of this site lists the folllowing fishes appearing on select endangered species lists:- Fishes that dwell in or migrate to any region found in Central America and any nearby islands between North and South America.
- Fishes of the Caribbean Islands or Caribbean Sea.
- Fishes that dwell in or migrate to the West Indies (Jamaica, Bahamas, Trinidad, etc.).
Disclaimer:
This list combines species from several endangered species lists. Using the total
count of species found on this site as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. For more
information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our About EEC page.
