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Endangered Fishes of South America
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Reptiles |
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Fishes |
Insects |
Arachnids
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Crustaceans |
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Click on the species name to view all info that is currently available. | Fishes |
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| Andean Catfish | Ecuador | | Angular Angelshark | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay | | Annual Tropical Killifish | Brazil | | Anthias spp. | Brazil | | Apron Ray | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay | | Argentine Angel Shark | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay | | Arius spp. | Colombia | | Austrolebias cinereus | Uruguay | | Basking Shark | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America | | Bentfin Devil Ray | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Middle East, North America, South America | | Bigeye Tuna | Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America - Including United States (Hawaii), Oceanic, South America | | Bignose Fanskate | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay | | Black Grouper | Central and South America, Mexico, United States | | Black Rockfish | Central America, North America (including United States), Oceanic, South America | | Black-blotched Stingray | Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic, South America | | Brasilia Lyrefin | Brazil | | Brazilian Blind Electric Ray | Brazil | | Brazilian Cownose Ray | Brazil | | Brazilian Guitarfish | Argentina, Brazil | | Bronze Whaler | Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America | | Brownband Numbfish | Colombia, Thailand, Venezuela | | Brownstriped Grunt | Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela | | Bullseye Electric Ray | California, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama | | Cape Shark | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America | | Caribbean Electric Ray | Brazil, Florida, French Guiana, Guyana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Suriname, Venezuela | | Caribbean Reef Shark | Central America, North America (including United States), Oceanic, South America | | Chaetodon obliquus | Brazil | | Colares Stingray | Brazil, Venezuela | | Colombian Electric Ray | Colombia | | Colorado Grouper | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador | | Common Sawfish | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, Europe, Mexico, United States | | Cotuero Toadfish | Colombia, Venezuela | | Cousseau's Skate | Argentina, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | | Cowfish | Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela | | Crossband Rockfish | Central America, North America (including United States), Oceanic, South America | | Crown Shark | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru | | Cubera Snapper | Central America, North America (including United States), South America | | Cuphead Skate | Argentina, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | | Curry Shark | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela | | Daggernose Shark | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela | | Devil Fish | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Hawaii, Middle East, North America, Oceanic, South America | | Donkey Fish | Central and South America, North America (including United States), Oceanic | | Dusky Grouper | Africa, Europe, Middle East, South America | | Easter Island Butterflyfish | Chile | | Eyespot Skate | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay | | Fiddlefish | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama | | Frilled Shark | Angola, Australia, Chile, France, Guyana, Japan, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal (Madeira), South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States (California) | | Galapagos Shark | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, North America (Hawaii/US Territory), Oceanic, South America | | Giant Butterfly Ray | Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America | | Ginger Pearlfish | Brazil | | Golden Cownose Ray | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru | | Goliath Grouper | Africa, Central and South America, Mexico, United States (Florida, Minor Outlying Islands) | | Gray Nurse Shark | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic, South America | | Graytail Skate | Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chubut, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego), Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | | Great White Shark | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), Oceanic, South America | | Gulper Shark | Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), South America | | Hammerhead Shark | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, Middle East, Oceanic, United States | | Hidden Angel Shark | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay | | Hogfish | Central America, North America (including United States), Oceanic, South America | | Humpback Smoothhound | Chile, Peru | | Japanese Devilray | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Hawaii, Middle East, North America, Oceanic, South America | | Kite Ray | Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Uruguay | | La Plata Skate | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay | | Largetooth Sawfish | Africa, Central and South America, Europe, Mexico, United States | | Lined Seahorse | Central America, North America (including United States), Oceanic, South America | | Liver-oil Shark | Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), South America | | Lizard Catshark | Brazil | | Longfin Mako | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, North America (including United States and Hawaii), Oceanic, South America | | Longnose Eagle Ray | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Baja California), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru | | Masked Hamlet | Colombia | | Minute Pearlfish | Brazil | | Multispine Skate | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Uruguay | | Munk's Devil Ray | Central America, North America, South America | | Mutton Snapper | Central America, North America (including United States), Oceanic, South America | | Naked Characin | Argentina | | Narcine leoparda | Colombia | | Narrownose Smoothhound | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay | | Nassau Grouper | Central and South America, United States (Florida, Minor Outlying Islands) | | Needle Dogfish | China, French Guiana, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, United States | | Night Shark | Africa, Central America, North America (United States), South America | | Oceanic Whitetip Shark | Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), Oceanic, South America | | Olive Grouper | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador | | One-finned Shark | Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America | | Onefin Skate | Brazil | | Opalescent Pearlfish | Brazil | | Orestias chungarensis | Chile | | Pacific Seahorse | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, United States (California) | | Patagonian Skate | Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Uruguay | | Poey's Grouper | Central America, North America (including United States), South America | | Prickly Shark | Australia, California, China, Hawaii, New Zealand, Palau, Peru, Taiwan | | Protemblemaria punctata | Venezuela | | Queen Triggerfish | Africa, Asia, Central America, North America (including United States), Oceanic, South America | | Rainbow Parrotfish | Central America, North America (including United States), Oceanic, South America | | Red Grouper | Central America, North America (including United States), Oceanic, South America | | Red Porgy | Asia, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, Mexico, United States | | Rio Skate | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay | | Roughskin Skate | Argentina, Brazil, Chile | | Saccogaster melanomycter | Colombia | | Santa Catarina Sabrefin | Brazil | | Seabass | Central America, North America (including United States), Oceanic, South America | | Sharpfin Houndshark | Ecuador | | Sharpsnout Stingray | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Senegal, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela | | Shortnose Guitarfish | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay | | South Brazilian Skate | Brazil | | Southern Bluefin Tuna | Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Oceans, South America | | Southern Sawtail Catshark | Brazil | | Speckled Smoothhound | Chile, Ecuador (Galapagos Islands), Peru | | Spiny Angel Shark | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay | | Splendid Pearlfish | Brazil | | Spotback Skate | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay | | Spotted Eagle Ray | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Middle East, North America (including United States and US Island Territory and Hawaii), Oceans, South America | | Spotted Houndshark | Chile, Peru | | Stegastes spp. | Brazil | | Striped Dogfish | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay | | Tayrona Blenny | Colombia | | Tollo | Chile | | Trichomycterus chungarensis | Chile | | Variegated Electric Ray | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela | | Venezuela Round Stingray | Venezuela | | Venezuela Skate | Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela | | Venezuelan Herring | Venezuela | | Whale Shark | Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Middle East, Oceanic, South America | | Whitedotted Skate | Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands, Uruguay | | Yellowfin Grouper | Central America, North America (including United States), Oceanic, South America |
More endangered creatures in South America:
Mammals |
Birds |
Reptiles |
Amphibians |
Fishes |
Insects |
Arachnids
Worms |
Clams |
Crustaceans |
Snails |
Corals, Jellyfish, and Sea Anemones | Plants |
 ***What fishes are listed here?:The South America section of this site lists the folllowing fishes appearing on select endangered species lists:- Fishes that dwell in or migrate to any part of the South American continent and nearby islands.
- Fishes dwelling in the Amazon Basin.
In some cases, the creatures listed in this section may also be found on other continents or in other areas, which is why you may see additional
areas noted in the range column.
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
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