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Endangered Fishes of Asia

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Fishes
Common Name	Range ***
Acanthobrama spp. (2)	Israel, Syria, Turkey
Aden Gulf Torpedo	Yemen
Airsac Catfish	Sri Lanka
Ala Balik	Turkey
Alburnus orontis	Syria, Turkey
Alburnus qalilus	Syria
Amur Sturgeon	China, Russia
Angular Rough Shark	Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East
Aphanius spp. (5)	Israel, Jordan, Turkey
Arfak Rainbowfish	Indonesia
Ariakehimeshirauo	Japan
Asian Bonytongue	Cambodia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Asoka Barb	Sri Lanka
Atlantic Cod	Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), Oceanic
Ayumodoki	Japan
Bagangan	Philippines
Banded Eagle Ray	Asia, Australia
Bandula Barb	Sri Lanka
Banggai Cardinalfish	Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Baolan	Philippines
Baramundi Cod	Asia, Australia, Oceanic
Barbatula spp. (5)	Turkey
Barbel spp. (2)	Israel, Jordan, Syria, Turkey
Barbour's Seahorse	Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Barred Danio	Sri Lanka
Basking Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America
Bastard Sturgeon	Azerbaijan, China, Georgia (Eurasia), Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Serbia, Turkey
Beloribitsa	Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan
Bentfin Devil Ray	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Middle East, North America, South America
Betta spp. (11)	Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
Big White Fish	China (Yunnan)
Bigeye Tuna	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America - Including United States (Hawaii), Oceanic, South America
Bitungu	Philippines
Black-blotched Stingray	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic, South America
Blacksaddled Coral Grouper	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
Blackspot Shark	Australia, India, Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South Africa
Blackspot Tuskfish	Asia, Australia
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	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East
Brick Seamoth	China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand
Brindle Bass	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory, including Hawaii), Oceanic
Broadnose Wedgefish	Indonesia (Jawa), Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand
Bronze Whaler	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America
Brown-marbled Grouper	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
Brown-reticulate Stingray	Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Brown-spotted Catshark	Australia, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Brownband Numbfish	Colombia, Thailand, Venezuela
Bumphead Parrotfish	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
Caecocypris basimi	Iraq
Camouflage Grouper	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
Cape Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America
Capoeta antalyensis	Turkey
Captain Fine	India, Mozambique, South Africa
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)	Syria, Turkey
Cicek Minnow	Turkey
Clubnose Guitarfish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East
Clupeonella abrau	Russia
Cobitis spp. (4)	Libya, Syria, Turkey
Coelacanth	Indian Ocean (Comoros), Indonesia
Common Sawfish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, Europe, Mexico, United States
Common Seahorse	Asia, Australia, Hawaii, Middle East, Oceanic
Common Shovelnose Ray	Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
Coral Catshark	Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Coral Trout	Australia, Brunei Darussalam, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna
Dabry's Sturgeon	China
Dasyatis fluviorum	Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Deepwater Spiny Dogfish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe
Dere Kayasi	Turkey
Dermogenys weberi	Indonesia
Devil Fish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Hawaii, Middle East, North America, Oceanic, South America
Dianchi Bullhead	China (Yunnan)
Dianchi Carp	China (Yunnan)
Disa	Philippines
Duck-billed Buntingi	Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Duck-billed Golden-line Fish	China
Dusky Grouper	Africa, Europe, Middle East, South America
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	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic
Eyeless Golden-line Fish	China
False Shovelnose Sturgeon	Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Flapnose Ray	Africa, Asia, Middle East
Flat-faced Seahorse	Australia, China, Cocos Island, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Fossil Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East
Freshwater Sawfish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East
Freycinet's Epaulette Shark	Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Frilled Shark	Angola, Australia, Chile, France, Guyana, Japan, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal (Madeira), South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States (California)
Gabriella's Grouper	Oman, Somalia, Yemen
Galapagos Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, North America (Hawaii/US Territory), Oceanic, South America
Ganges Shark	India
Ganges Stingray	India
Garra spp. (4)	Bahrain, Israel, Jordan, Oman, United Arab Emirates
Gejiu Blind Loach	China
Giant Butterfly Ray	Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America
Giant Devilray	Cyprus, Egypt, Gibraltar, Turkey
Giant Freshwater Stingray	Australia, Indonesia, Thailand
Giant Guitarfish	Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Kenya, Mozambique, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Yemen
Giant Pangasius	Thailand
Giant Sturgeon	Asia, Europe, Middle East
Giant Wrasse	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic, United States Minor Outlying Islands (Wake Is.)
Gibbibarbus cyphotergous	China
Glossogobius spp. (3)	Indonesia
Golden Line Fish	China
Goledn-line Angle Fish	China
Gray Nurse Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic, South America
Great White Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), Oceanic, South America
Green Labeo	Sri Lanka
Greenland Shark	Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Norway, Russia
Grey Bamboo Shark	China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Gulper Shark	Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), South America
Haddock	Asia, Europe, North America (including United States), Oceanic
Hammerhead Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, Middle East, Oceanic, United States
Hampala lopezi	Philippines
Haplochromis spp.	Israel, Syria
Hardnose Shark	Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Vietnam
Hedgehog Seahorse	Australia (Queensland), China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Hemigrammocapoeta kemali	Turkey
Hemigrammocapoeta nana	Israel, Jordan, Syria
Hemimyzon taitungensis	Taiwan
Highfin Coral Grouper	Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Federated States of Micronesia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, 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	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Hawaii, Middle East, North America, Oceanic, South America
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	Bulgaria, Georgia (Eurasia), Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine
Kezenoi-am Trout	Russia
King's Bullhead	China
Knifetooth Sawfish	Australia, Bangladesh, China, India (Andaman Is.), Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Knipowitschia spp. (2)	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
Lentipes whittenorum	Indonesia
Leopard Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic
Lindog	Philippines
Lined Silverside	Indonesia, Philippines
Liobagrus nigricauda	China
Liosaccus pachygaster	Taiwan
Liver-oil Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), South America
Long-nosed Skate	Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East
Longfin Mako	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, North America (including United States and Hawaii), Oceanic, South America
Longfin Svetovidov's Char	Russia
Longheaded Eagle Ray	China, India, Indonesia (Jawa), Pakistan
Longtail Butterfly Ray	Africa, Asia, Middle East, Oceanic
Luciobarbus spp. (2)	Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia (Eurasia), Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Malabar Grouper	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic
Maltese Ray	Algeria, Italy, Malta, Tunisia
Manalak	Philippines
Mandarin Shark	Australia, China, Fiji, Indonesia (Bali), Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan, Vanuatu
Mandibularca resinus	Philippines
Maraene	Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands (Europe), Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden
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	Africa, Asia, Australia (New South Wales, Queensland), Middle East
Needle Dogfish	China, French Guiana, Japan, Philippines, Taiwan, United States
Nekogigi Catfish	Japan
Nemacheilus spp. (6)	Israel, Jordan, Syria, Thailand, Turkmenistan
Neolissochilus theinemanni	Indonesia
Nomorhamphus towoeti	Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Oceanic Whitetip Shark	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), Oceanic, South America
Oncorhynchus formosanus	China, Taiwan
One-finned Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America
Onychostoma alticorpus	China, Taiwan
Oreonectes anophthalmus	China
Ornate Eagle Ray	Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), China, Indonesia (Jawa, Kalimantan), Malaysia, Maldives, Mozambique, Taiwan, Thailand
Orthrias tschaiyssuensis	Turkey
Oryzias spp. (6)	Indonesia, Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Ospatulus palaemophagus	Philippines
Pait	Philippines
Palata	Philippines
Pale Dottyback	Egypt, 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.	Turkey
Pike Asp	Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Plectranthias chungchowensis	Taiwan
Polkadot Cod	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
Pondicherry Shark	China, India, Indonesia (Kalimantan), Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan
Popta's Buntingi	Indonesia
Porbeagle	Denmark, France, Gibraltar, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Porcupine Ray	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic
Poropuntius tawarensis	Indonesia
Portuguese Dogfish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America (United States Territory)
Poso Bungu	Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Prickly Shark	Australia, California, China, Hawaii, New Zealand, Palau, Peru, 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	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East
Queen Triggerfish	Africa, Asia, Central America, North America (including United States), Oceanic, South America
Rabbitfish	Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East
Rasbora spp. (3)	Indonesia, Sri Lanka
Red Porgy	Asia, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, Mexico, United States
Red Rainbowfish	Indonesia
Red Stingray	China, Japan, Taiwan
Red-tailed Sharkminnow	Thailand
Resowska Shemaja	Bulgaria, Turkey
Rhinobatos jimbaranensis	Indonesia (Bali)
Ringstraked Guitarfish	China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam
Roughnose Wedgefish	Indonesia (Jawa), Singapore
Roving Coralgrouper	British Indian Ocean Territory, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Fiji, India, Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Yemen
Russian Sturgeon	Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Sakhalin Sturgeon	Japan, Russia
Salvelinus spp.	Japan
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	Australia, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
Sharpnose Stingray	China, Japan
Sharptooth Lemon Shark	Australia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Thailand, Vanuatu
Shortlip Electric Ray	China, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
Shortspine Thornyhead	Canada, Russia, United States
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, Australia, 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	Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania
Smoothtooth Blacktip	Yemen
Southern Bluefin Tuna	Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Oceans, South America
Speartooth Shark	Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea
Sphaerophysa dianchiensis	China
Spinycheek Grouper	Djibouti, India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
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 Loach	Sri Lanka
Squalius spp.	Turkey
Star Sturgeon	Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Iran, Kazakhstan, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine
Sterlet	Asia, Europe, Middle East
Stiphodon surrufus	Philippines
Strandzha Minnow	Bulgaria, Turkey
Stupidogobius flavipinnis	Indonesia
Sulawesi Coelacanth	Indonesia (Sulawesi)
Sundoreonectes tiomanensis	Malaysia
Surge Grouper	American Samoa, Asia, Australia, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
Syr-darya Shovelnose Sturgeon	Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Taiwan Guitarfish	China, Taiwan
Taiwan Gulper Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America (United States Territory)
Tasselled Wobbegong	Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Tawny Nurse Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
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	Finland, Russia, Sweden
Volga Shad	Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan
Waterfall Climbing Cave Fish	Thailand
Whale Shark	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Middle East, Oceanic, South America
White Grouper	Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East
White-edge Freshwater Whipray	Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
White-spotted Guitarfish	Australia (Queensland), Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand
Whitecheek Shark	Asia, Australia, Middle East
Whitefin Tope Shark	Philippines
Widenose Guitarfish	Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Wild Common Carp	Asia, Europe, Middle East
Yamur Lake Grunter	Indonesia
Yellowfin Hind	Asia, Africa, and the Middle East
Yunnanilus spp. (4)	China
Zonetail Butterfly Ray	India, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand
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***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

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.

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