Endangered Fish of Australia
| Show fishes in Australia with profiles available. | |
| Show all fishes of concern in Australia. |
Click on the species name to view its profile. Click on a species groups (mammals, reptiles, etc.) from the menu above to see more endangered creatures in Australia.
| Common Name | Range *** |
|---|---|
| Adamson's Grunter | Papua New Guinea |
| Banded Eagle Ray | Australia |
| Baramundi Cod | Australia |
| Basking Shark | Australia |
| Bentfin Devil Ray | Australia |
| Bigeye Tuna | Australia |
| Black Cod | Australia, New Zealand |
| Black Mogurnda | Papua New Guinea |
| Black-blotched Stingray | Australia |
| Blacksaddled Coral Grouper | Australia |
| Blackspot Shark | Australia, Papua New Guinea |
| Blackspot Tuskfish | Australia |
| Blotched Mogurnda | Papua New Guinea |
| Bowmouth Guitarfish | Australia |
| Brindle Bass | Australia |
| Bronze Whaler | Australia |
| Brown-marbled Grouper | Australia |
| Brown-spotted Catshark | Australia, Papua New Guinea |
| Bumphead Parrotfish | Australia |
| Cairns Rainbowfish | Australia |
| Camouflage Grouper | Australia |
| Cape Shark | Australia |
| Common Sawfish | Australia |
| Common Seahorse | Australia |
| Common Shovelnose Ray | Australia |
| Coral Catshark | Papua New Guinea |
| Coral Trout | Australia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu |
| Deepwater Spiny Dogfish | Australia |
| Devil Fish | Australia |
| Dumb Gulper Shark | Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria) |
| Eastern Angel Shark | Australia |
| Estuary Cod | Australia |
| Flat-faced Seahorse | Australia |
| Fossil Shark | Australia |
| Frilled Shark | Australia, New Zealand |
| Galapagos Shark | Australia |
| Giant Wrasse | Australia |
| Gray Nurse Shark | Australia |
| Great White Shark | Australia |
| Grey Bamboo Shark | Papua New Guinea |
| Hammerhead Shark | Australia |
| Hardnose Shark | Australia, Papua New Guinea |
| Hedgehog Seahorse | Australia (Queensland) |
| Japanese Devilray | Australia |
| Knifetooth Sawfish | Australia, Papua New Guinea |
| Largetooth Sawfish | Australia |
| Liver-oil Shark | Australia |
| Longfin Mako | Australia |
| Malabar Grouper | Australia |
| Murray Cod | Australia |
| New Guinea River Shark | Australia |
| Oceanic Whitetip Shark | Australia |
| Ogilby's Ghostshark | Australia |
| One-finned Shark | Australia |
| Ornate Eagle Ray | Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia) |
| Porcupine Ray | Australia |
| Portuguese Dogfish | Australia |
| Prickly Shark | Australia, New Zealand |
| Pygmy Devilray | Australia |
| Sharptooth Lemon Shark, Sicklefin Lemon Shark | Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu |
| Silver Perch | Australia |
| Smoothnose Wedgefish | Australia |
| Southern Bluefin Tuna | Australia |
| Speartooth Shark | Australia, Papua New Guinea |
| Spotted Eagle Ray | Australia |
| Spotted Handfish | Australia |
| Tasselled Wobbegong | Australia, Papua New Guinea |
| Tawny Nurse Shark | Australia |
| Variegated Mogurnda | Papua New Guinea |
| Whale Shark | Australia |
| White-spotted Guitarfish | Australia (Queensland) |
| Whitecheek Shark | Australia |
| Yellowback Stingaree | Australia |
| Zebra Shark | Australia |
**What fishes are listed here?:
The Australia section of this site lists the folllowing fishes appearing on select endangered species lists:- Fishes that dwell in or migrate to any region found on the Australian continent and any nearby islands.
- Fishes that dwell in or travel to New Zealand and any nearby islands.
- Fishes that dwell in Papua New Guinea and nearby islands (east of Indonesia).
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.
