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 |
| Alburnus qalilus | Syria |
| Amur Sturgeon | China, Russia |
| Angular Rough Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Aphanius spp. (5) | Greece, Israel, Jordan, Spain, Turkey |
| Arfak Rainbowfish | Indonesia |
| Ariakehimeshirauo | Japan |
| Asian Bonytongue | Cambodia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Asoka Barb | Sri Lanka |
| Atlantic Cod | Asia, Middle East |
| Ayumodoki | Japan |
| Bagangan | Philippines |
| Banded Eagle Ray | Asia |
| Bandula Barb | Sri Lanka |
| Banggai Cardinalfish | Indonesia (Sulawesi) |
| Baolan | Philippines |
| 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 |
| Barred Danio | Sri Lanka |
| 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 |
| Bitungu | Philippines |
| Black-blotched Stingray | Asia, Middle East |
| Blacksaddled Coral Grouper | Asia |
| Blackspot Shark | India, Indonesia, Philippines |
| Blackspot Tuskfish | Asia |
| Bleher's Rainbowfish | Indonesia |
| Blind Cave Fish | Iran |
| Blind Loach | Iran |
| Blind Naked-belly Barbel | China |
| Bluespotted Bamboo Shark | China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Bluetail Glass Barb | Cambodia, Thailand |
| Boeseman's Rainbowfish | Indonesia |
| Borneo Shark | China, Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia (Sarawak) |
| Boroda expatria | Philippines |
| Bowmouth Guitarfish | Asia, Middle East |
| Brick Seamoth | China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand |
| Brindle Bass | Asia, Middle East |
| Broadnose Wedgefish | Indonesia (Jawa), Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand |
| Bronze Whaler | Asia, Middle East |
| Brown-marbled Grouper | Asia, Middle East |
| Brown-reticulate Stingray | Indonesia |
| 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 |
| Capoeta antalyensis | Turkey |
| Captain Fine | India |
| Caspian Lamprey | Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan |
| Catshark | China, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Cephalakompsus pachycheilus | Philippines |
| Chinese Bahaba | China (Fujian, Shanghai, Zhejiang), Hong Kong, Macao |
| Chinese Paddlefish | China |
| Chinese Sturgeon | China, Japan, Korea |
| Chondrostoma spp. (3) | Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Republic of Macedonia, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey |
| Cicek Minnow | Turkey |
| Clubnose Guitarfish | Asia, Middle East |
| Clupeonella abrau | Russia |
| 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 |
| Dabry's Sturgeon | China |
| Dasyatis fluviorum | Indonesia |
| Deepwater Spiny Dogfish | Asia |
| Dere Kayasi | Turkey |
| Dermogenys weberi | Indonesia |
| Devil Fish | Asia, Middle East |
| Dianchi Bullhead | China (Yunnan) |
| Dianchi Carp | China (Yunnan) |
| Disa | Philippines |
| Duck-billed Buntingi | Indonesia (Sulawesi) |
| Duck-billed Golden-line Fish | China |
| Dusky Grouper | Middle East |
| Duskytail Grouper | Asia, Middle East |
| Dwarf Loach | Thailand |
| Dwarf Pygmy Goby | Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore |
| Egg-carrying Buntingi | Indonesia |
| Elongate Bitterling | China (Yunnan) |
| Encheloclarias spp. (4) | Indonesia, Malaysia |
| Estuary Cod | Asia, Middle East |
| Eyeless Golden-line Fish | China |
| False Shovelnose Sturgeon | Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Flapnose Ray | Asia, Middle East |
| Flat-faced Seahorse | China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Fossil Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Freycinet's Epaulette Shark | Indonesia |
| Frilled Shark | Japan |
| Gabriella's Grouper | Oman, Yemen |
| Galapagos Shark | Asia |
| Ganges Shark | India |
| Ganges Stingray | India |
| Garra spp. (4) | Bahrain, Israel, Jordan, Oman, United Arab Emirates |
| Gejiu Blind Loach | China |
| Giant Butterfly Ray | Asia, Middle East |
| Giant Devilray | Turkey |
| Giant Freshwater Stingray | Indonesia, Thailand |
| Giant Guitarfish | Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen |
| Giant Pangasius | Thailand |
| Giant Sturgeon | Asia, Middle East |
| Giant Wrasse | Asia, Middle East |
| Gibbibarbus cyphotergous | China |
| Glossogobius spp. (3) | Indonesia, Madagascar |
| Golden Line Fish | China |
| Goledn-line Angle Fish | 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 |
| Hampala lopezi | Philippines |
| 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 |
| Hemigrammocapoeta kemali | Turkey |
| Hemigrammocapoeta nana | Israel, Jordan, Syria |
| Hemimyzon taitungensis | Taiwan |
| Highfin Coral Grouper | Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Timor-Leste |
| Hong Kong Grouper | China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam |
| Horaglanis krishnai | India |
| Hyaline Fish | China |
| Indonesian Shovelnose Ray | Indonesia |
| Iraq Blind Barb | Iraq |
| Itasenpara Bitterling | Japan |
| Izu Stingray | Japan |
| Japanese Devilray | Asia, Middle East |
| Japanese Huchen | Japan, Russia |
| Java Stingaree | Indonesia (Jawa) |
| Jullien's Golden Carp | Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Kaluga | China, Russia |
| Kandar | Philippines |
| Katapa-tapa | Philippines |
| Katolo | Philippines |
| Kelp Grouper | China, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam |
| Kerch Black Sea Shad | Georgia (Eurasia), Russia, Turkey |
| Kezenoi-am Trout | Russia |
| 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 |
| Knipowitschia spp. (2) | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey |
| Kunming Nase | China |
| Kunming Snout Trout | China |
| Kunming-lake Catfish | China |
| Labeo lankae | Sri Lanka |
| Lake Kurumoi Rainbowfish | Indonesia |
| Laotian Shad | Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Largetooth Sawfish | Asia, Middle East |
| Lentipes whittenorum | Indonesia |
| Lindog | Philippines |
| Lined Silverside | Indonesia, Philippines |
| Liobagrus nigricauda | China |
| Liosaccus pachygaster | Taiwan |
| Liver-oil Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Long-nosed Skate | Asia, Middle East |
| Longfin Mako | Asia |
| Longfin Svetovidov's Char | Russia |
| Longheaded Eagle Ray | China, India, Indonesia (Jawa), Pakistan |
| Longtail Butterfly Ray | Asia, Middle East |
| Luciobarbus spp. (2) | Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia (Eurasia), Greece, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Malabar Grouper | Asia, Middle East |
| Maltese Ray | Malta |
| Manalak | Philippines |
| Mandarin Shark | China, Indonesia (Bali), Japan, Taiwan |
| Mandibularca resinus | Philippines |
| Maraene Whitefish | Russia |
| Marbled Freshwater Stingray | Cambodia, Thailand |
| Martenstyn's Barb | Sri Lanka |
| Mekong Freshwater Stingray | Laos, Thailand |
| Miyako Tango | Japan |
| Mottled Eagle Ray | China, India, Indonesia (Jawa, Kalimantan), Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand |
| Mugilogobius spp. (2) | Indonesia |
| Narrowsnout Sawfish | Asia, Middle East |
| Needle Dogfish | China, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan |
| Nekogigi Catfish | Japan |
| Nemacheilus spp. (6) | Israel, Jordan, Syria, Thailand, Turkmenistan |
| Neolissochilus theinemanni | Indonesia |
| Nomorhamphus towoeti | Indonesia (Sulawesi) |
| Oceanic Whitetip Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Oncorhynchus formosanus | China, Taiwan |
| One-finned Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Onychostoma alticorpus | China, Taiwan |
| Oreonectes anophthalmus | China |
| Ornate Eagle Ray | China, Indonesia (Jawa, Kalimantan), Malaysia, Maldives, Taiwan, Thailand |
| Orontes Spotted Bleak | Syria, Turkey |
| Orthrias tschaiyssuensis | Turkey |
| Oryzias spp. (6) | Indonesia, Indonesia (Sulawesi) |
| Ospatulus palaemophagus | Philippines |
| Pait | Philippines |
| Palata | Philippines |
| Pale Dottyback | Jordan, Saudi Arabia |
| Pale-edged Stingray | Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Paratherina spp. (4) | Indonesia |
| Parosphromenus harveyi | Malaysia |
| Persian Sturgeon | Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan |
| Phallostethus dunckeri | Malaysia |
| Phoxinellus spp. (1) | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Turkey |
| Pike Asp | Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Plectranthias chungchowensis | Taiwan |
| Polkadot Cod | Asia, Middle East |
| Pondicherry Shark | China, India, Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan |
| Popta's Buntingi | Indonesia |
| Porbeagle | Russia |
| Porcupine Ray | Asia, Middle East |
| Poropuntius tawarensis | Indonesia |
| Portuguese Dogfish | Asia |
| Poso Bungu | Indonesia (Sulawesi) |
| Prickly Shark | China, Taiwan |
| Protocobitis typhlops | China |
| Pseudophoxinus spp. (9) | Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey |
| Puntius hemictenus | Philippines |
| Puntius herrei | Philippines |
| Puntius manguaoensis | Philippines |
| Puntius speleops | Thailand |
| Pygmy Devilray | Asia, Middle East |
| Queen Triggerfish | Asia |
| Rabbitfish | Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East |
| Rasbora spp. (3) | Indonesia, Sri Lanka |
| Red Porgy | Asia |
| Red Rainbowfish | Indonesia |
| Red Stingray | China, Japan, Taiwan |
| Red-tailed Sharkminnow | Thailand |
| Resowska Shemaja | Turkey |
| Rhinobatos jimbaranensis | Indonesia (Bali) |
| Ringstraked Guitarfish | China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam |
| Roughnose Wedgefish | Indonesia (Jawa), Singapore |
| Roving Coralgrouper | India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Maldives, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Yemen |
| Russian Sturgeon | Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea |
| Sakhalin Sturgeon | Japan, Russia |
| Salvelinus spp. (1) | Canada, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Norway, United Kingdom, United States |
| Sarasin's Goby | Indonesia (Sulawesi) |
| Sarasins Minnow | Indonesia |
| Satsukimasu Salmon | Japan |
| Schistura spp. (3) | India, Thailand |
| Schizothorax lepidothorax | China |
| Sentani Rainbowfish | Indonesia |
| Sepia Stingray | China, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam |
| Sharpnose Guitarfish | India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Sharpnose Stingray | China, Japan |
| Sharptooth Lemon Shark, Sicklefin Lemon Shark | India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand |
| Shortlip Electric Ray | China, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Shortspine Thornyhead | Russia |
| Siamese Bat Catfish | Thailand |
| Siberian Sturgeon | China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia |
| Sicyopus axilimentus | Philippines |
| Silver Shark | Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand |
| Silvery White Fish | China, China (Yunnan) |
| Sinogastromyzon puliensis | Taiwan |
| Sirang | Philippines |
| Siraz Baligi | Turkey |
| Siraz Baliginin Capoeta | Turkey |
| Slender Hammerhead | Asia, Middle East |
| Small Amu-dar Shovelnose Sturgeon | Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| Small Eye Golden-line Fish | China |
| Smallscaled Grouper | Bahrain, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen |
| Smoothnose Wedgefish | Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka |
| Smoothtooth Blacktip | Yemen |
| Southern Bluefin Tuna | Asia |
| Speartooth Shark | Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia |
| Sphaerophysa dianchiensis | China |
| Spinycheek Grouper | India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Yemen |
| Spotted Eagle Ray | Asia, Middle East |
| Spotted Loach | Sri Lanka |
| Squalius spp. (1) | Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey |
| Star Sturgeon | Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan |
| Sterlet | Asia, Middle East |
| Stiphodon surrufus | Philippines |
| Strandzha Minnow | Turkey |
| Stupidogobius flavipinnis | Indonesia |
| Sulawesi Coelacanth | Indonesia (Sulawesi) |
| Sundoreonectes tiomanensis | Malaysia |
| Surge Grouper | Asia |
| Syr-darya Shovelnose Sturgeon | Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan |
| Taiwan Guitarfish | China, Taiwan |
| Tasselled Wobbegong | Indonesia |
| Tawny Nurse Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Telmatherina spp. (9) | Indonesia |
| Thailand Giant Catfish | Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Tiger Tail Seahorse | India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam |
| Tominanga spp. (2) | Indonesia (Sulawesi) |
| Tondanichthys kottelati | Indonesia (Sulawesi) |
| Tor yunnanensis | China (Yunnan) |
| Tras | Philippines |
| Triplophysa xiangxensis | China |
| Tristramella sacra | Israel |
| Tumba | Philippines |
| Varsikloja | Russia |
| Volga Shad | Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan |
| Waterfall Climbing Cave Fish | Thailand |
| Whale Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| White Grouper | Asia, Middle East |
| White-edge Freshwater Whipray | Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand |
| White-spotted Guitarfish | Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand |
| Whitecheek Shark | Asia, Middle East |
| Whitefin Tope Shark | Philippines |
| Widenose Guitarfish | Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand |
| Wild Common Carp | Asia, Middle East |
| Yamur Lake Grunter | Indonesia |
| Yellowfin Hind | Asia, Africa, and the 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.
