Endangered Fish of the Oceans and Island Nations
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Common Name Range ***
Anthias spp. (1) Brazil, French Polynesia
Atlantic Cod Oceanic
Baramundi Cod Oceanic
Bigeye Tuna American Samoa, Oceanic
Black Rockfish Oceanic
Black-blotched Stingray Oceanic
Blacksaddled Coral Grouper American Samoa, Oceanic
Brindle Bass American Samoa, Oceanic
Brown-marbled Grouper American Samoa, Oceanic
Bumphead Parrotfish American Samoa, Oceanic
Calico Grouper Bermuda - North Atlantic Ocean
Camouflage Grouper American Samoa, Oceanic
Canthigaster rapaensis French Polynesia
Caribbean Reef Shark Oceanic
Coelacanth Indian Ocean (Comoros)
Common Seahorse Oceanic
Coral Trout Fiji, Palau, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna
Crossband Rockfish Oceanic
Deepwater Jack St. Helena
Devil Fish Oceanic
Donkey Fish Oceanic
Estuary Cod Oceanic
Flat-faced Seahorse French Polynesia
Galapagos Shark Oceanic
Giant Wrasse Oceanic
Gray Nurse Shark Oceanic
Great White Shark Oceanic
Haddock Oceanic
Hammerhead Shark Oceanic
Highfin Coral Grouper Federated States of Micronesia, Palau
Hogfish Oceanic
Japanese Devilray Oceanic
Lined Seahorse Oceanic
Longfin Mako Oceanic
Longtail Butterfly Ray Oceanic
Malabar Grouper American Samoa, Oceanic
Mandarin Shark Fiji
Mutton Snapper Oceanic
Oceanic Whitetip Shark American Samoa, Oceanic
Polkadot Cod American Samoa, Oceanic
Porcupine Ray Oceanic
Prickly Shark Palau
Queen Triggerfish Oceanic
Rainbow Parrotfish Oceanic
Red Grouper Oceanic
Resplendent Pygmy Angelfish St. Helena
Roving Coralgrouper British Indian Ocean Territory, Fiji
Seabass Oceanic
Sharptooth Lemon Shark, Sicklefin Lemon Shark Fiji
Skulpin St. Helena
Southern Bluefin Tuna Oceans
Spotted Eagle Ray Oceans
St Helena Dragonet St. Helena
St. Helena Chromis St. Helena
Steelhead North Pacific Ocean from the Kamchatka Peninsula in Asia to the northern Baja Peninsula
Stegastes spp. (1) Brazil, St. Helena
Surge Grouper American Samoa, Oceanic
Tawny Nurse Shark Oceanic
Thalassoma ascensionis St. Helena
Whale Shark American Samoa, Oceanic
Xyrichtys virens French Polynesia
Yellow-crowned Butterflyfish Guam
Yellowfin Grouper Oceanic
Zebra Shark Oceanic

**What fishes are listed here?:

The Oceania section of this site lists the folllowing fishes appearing on select endangered species lists:
  • Fishes that dwell in the temperate and tropical seas and the oceans of the earth.
  • Fishes that dwell on or travel to islands/island nations or territories of the Oceania, including island nations and territories of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.

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.

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