Endangered Fish of Asia
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| Common Name | Range *** |
|---|---|
| Acanthobrama spp. (2) | Israel, Syria, Turkey |
| Aden Gulf Torpedo | Yemen |
| Airsac Catfish | Sri Lanka |
| Ala Balik | Turkey |
| Amur Sturgeon | China, Russia |
| Angular Rough Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Aphanius spp. (5) | Greece, Israel, Jordan, Spain, Turkey |
| Arfak Rainbowfish | Indonesia |
| Asian Bonytongue | Cambodia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Atlantic Cod | Asia, Middle East |
| Ayumodoki | Japan |
| Banded Eagle Ray | Asia |
| Baramundi Cod | Asia |
| Barbatula spp. (5) | Turkey |
| Barbel spp. (2) | Albania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Republic of Macedonia, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine |
| Barbour's Seahorse | Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines |
| Basking Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Bastard Sturgeon | Azerbaijan, China, Georgia (Eurasia), Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey |
| Beloribitsa | Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan |
| Bentfin Devil Ray | Asia, Middle East |
| Betta spp. (11) | Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand |
| Big White Fish | China (Yunnan) |
| Bigeye Tuna | Asia, Middle East |
| Black-blotched Stingray | Asia, Middle East |
| Blacksaddled Coral Grouper | Asia |
| Blackspot Shark | India, Indonesia, Philippines |
| Blackspot Tuskfish | Asia |
| Blind Naked-belly Barbel | China |
| Borneo Shark | China, Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia (Sarawak) |
| Bowmouth Guitarfish | Asia, Middle East |
| Brindle Bass | Asia, Middle East |
| Bronze Whaler | Asia, Middle East |
| Brown-marbled Grouper | Asia, Middle East |
| Brown-spotted Catshark | Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Brownband Numbfish | Thailand |
| Bumphead Parrotfish | Asia, Middle East |
| Camouflage Grouper | Asia, Middle East |
| Cape Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Captain Fine | India |
| Chinese Bahaba | China (Fujian, Shanghai, Zhejiang), Hong Kong, Macao |
| Chinese Sturgeon | China, Japan, Korea |
| Cobitis spp. (4) | Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Spain, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine |
| Coelacanth | Indonesia |
| Common Sawfish | Asia |
| Common Seahorse | Asia, Middle East |
| Common Shovelnose Ray | Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam |
| Coral Catshark | Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Coral Trout | Brunei Darussalam, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Deepwater Spiny Dogfish | Asia |
| Dere Kayasi | Turkey |
| Devil Fish | Asia, Middle East |
| Dianchi Carp | China (Yunnan) |
| Duck-billed Buntingi | Indonesia (Sulawesi) |
| Duck-billed Golden-line Fish | China |
| Dusky Grouper | Middle East |
| Dwarf Pygmy Goby | Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore |
| Elongate Bitterling | China (Yunnan) |
| Estuary Cod | Asia, Middle East |
| Eyeless Golden-line Fish | China |
| Flat-faced Seahorse | China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Fossil Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Frilled Shark | Japan |
| Galapagos Shark | Asia |
| Ganges Shark | India |
| Garra spp. (4) | Bahrain, Israel, Jordan, Oman, United Arab Emirates |
| Giant Butterfly Ray | Asia, Middle East |
| Giant Devilray | Turkey |
| Giant Guitarfish | Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen |
| Giant Pangasius | Thailand |
| Giant Sturgeon | Asia, Middle East |
| Giant Wrasse | Asia, Middle East |
| Gibbibarbus cyphotergous | China |
| Gray Nurse Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Great White Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Green Labeo | Sri Lanka |
| Greenland Shark | Russia |
| Grey Bamboo Shark | China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand |
| Gulper Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Haddock | Asia |
| Haditha Cavefish | Iraq |
| Hammerhead Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Haplochromis spp. (1) | Algeria, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Israel, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda |
| Hardnose Shark | Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam |
| Hedgehog Seahorse | China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Hyaline Fish | China |
| Iraq Blind Barb | Iraq |
| Japanese Devilray | Asia, Middle East |
| Jullien's Golden Carp | Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam |
| King's Bullhead | China |
| Knifetooth Sawfish | Bangladesh, China, India (Andaman Is.), Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Kunming Snout Trout | China |
| Largetooth Sawfish | Asia, Middle East |
| Liver-oil Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Longfin Mako | Asia |
| Longheaded Eagle Ray | China, India, Indonesia (Jawa), Pakistan |
| Malabar Grouper | Asia, Middle East |
| Maltese Ray | Malta |
| Maraene Whitefish | Russia |
| Mekong Freshwater Stingray | Laos, Thailand |
| Miyako Tango | Japan |
| Mottled Eagle Ray | China, India, Indonesia (Jawa, Kalimantan), Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand |
| Nekogigi Catfish | Japan |
| Nomorhamphus towoeti | Indonesia (Sulawesi) |
| Oceanic Whitetip Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| One-finned Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Ornate Eagle Ray | China, Indonesia (Jawa, Kalimantan), Malaysia, Maldives, Taiwan, Thailand |
| Orontes Spotted Bleak | Syria, Turkey |
| Pale Dottyback | Jordan, Saudi Arabia |
| Persian Sturgeon | Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan |
| Pondicherry Shark | China, India, Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan |
| Porbeagle | Russia |
| Porcupine Ray | Asia, Middle East |
| Portuguese Dogfish | Asia |
| Prickly Shark | China, Taiwan |
| Pseudophoxinus spp. (9) | Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey |
| Pygmy Devilray | Asia, Middle East |
| Queen Triggerfish | Asia |
| Rabbitfish | Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East |
| Red Porgy | Asia |
| Red-tailed Sharkminnow | Thailand |
| Roving Coralgrouper | India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Maldives, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Yemen |
| Russian Sturgeon | Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea |
| Salvelinus spp. (1) | Canada, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Norway, United Kingdom, United States |
| Sentani Rainbowfish | Indonesia |
| Sharpnose Stingray | China, Japan |
| Sharptooth Lemon Shark, Sicklefin Lemon Shark | India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand |
| Shortspine Thornyhead | Russia |
| Siraz Baliginin Capoeta | Turkey |
| Smoothnose Wedgefish | Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka |
| Southern Bluefin Tuna | Asia |
| Speartooth Shark | Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia |
| Spotted Eagle Ray | Asia, Middle East |
| Spotted Loach | Sri Lanka |
| Star Sturgeon | Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan |
| Sterlet | Asia, Middle East |
| Taiwan Guitarfish | China, Taiwan |
| Tasselled Wobbegong | Indonesia |
| Tawny Nurse Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Thailand Giant Catfish | Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Tumba | Philippines |
| Varsikloja | Russia |
| Whale Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| White Grouper | Asia, Middle East |
| White-spotted Guitarfish | Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand |
| Whitecheek Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Yunnanilus spp. (4) | China |
| Zebra Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Zonetail Butterfly Ray | India, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand |
**What fishes are listed here?:
The Asia section of this site lists the folllowing fishes appearing on select endangered species lists:- Fishes that dwell in or migrate to any nation or region found on the Asian continent and many surrounding islands.
- Fishes that dwell in or travel to the Black and Mediterranean Sea (and its islands).
- Fishes that dwell in or travel to India and Russia.
- Fishes that dwell in or travel to any Eurasian region.
- Some species may be listed that dwell in or travel to some nearby areas of the Middle East (between Africa and Asia).
- Fishes that dwell in or travel to Indonesia and nearby islands located in the South East Asian Archipelago.
- Fishes that dwell in Middle Eastern countries between Africa and Asia
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.
