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Endangered Fishes of Australia

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Fishes
Common Name	Range ***
Adamson's Grunter	Papua New Guinea
Arthurs Paragalaxias	Australia (Tasmania)
Australian Grayling	Australia
Banded Eagle Ray	Asia, Australia
Banded Wobbegong	Australia
Baramundi Cod	Asia, Australia, Oceanic
Barred Galaxias	Australia
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
Bizant River Shark	Australia
Black Cod	Australia, New Zealand
Black Mogurnda	Papua New Guinea
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
Blotched Mogurnda	Papua New Guinea
Bluegray Carpetshark	Australia
Bowmouth Guitarfish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East
Brindle Bass	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory, including Hawaii), Oceanic
Bronze Whaler	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America
Brown Stingray	Australia
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
Bumphead Parrotfish	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
Cairns Rainbowfish	Australia
Camouflage Grouper	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
Canterbury Mudfish	New Zealand
Cape Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America
Chathams Galaxias	New Zealand
Clarence Galaxias	Australia
Clarence River Cod	Australia
Clubnose Guitarfish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East
Coastal Stingaree	Australia
Common Sawfish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, Europe, Mexico, United States
Common Seadragon	Australia
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
Cyrano Spurdog	Vanuatu
Dalhousie Goby	Australia
Dalhousie Hardyhead	Australia
Darling River Hardyhead	Australia
Dasyatis fluviorum	Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Deepwater Spiny Dogfish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe
Devil Fish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Hawaii, Middle East, North America, Oceanic, South America
Draughtboard Shark	Australia
Dumb Gulper Shark	Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria)
Dwarf Galaxias	Australia
Dwarf Inanga	New Zealand
Dwarf Sawfish	Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
Eastern Angel Shark	Australia
Eastern Longnose Spurdog	Australia
Eastern Sawshark	Australia
Eastern Shovelnose Stingaree	Australia
Edgbaston Goby	Australia
Elizabeth Springs Goby	Australia
Estuary Cod	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic
Flat-faced Seahorse	Australia, China, Cocos Island, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Flat-headed Galaxias	Australia
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)
Galapagos Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, North America (Hawaii/US Territory), Oceanic, South America
Giant Freshwater Stingray	Australia, Indonesia, Thailand
Giant Kokopu	New Zealand
Giant Wrasse	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic, United States Minor Outlying Islands (Wake Is.)
Glass Blue-eye	Papua New Guinea
Glauerts Seadragon	Australia
Glovers Hardyhead	Australia
Gray Nurse Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic, South America
Great Stingaree	Australia
Great White Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), Oceanic, South America
Greenback Stingaree	Australia
Grey Bamboo Shark	China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Hammerhead Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, Middle East, Oceanic, United States
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
Highfin Coral Grouper	Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Federated States of Micronesia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste
Honey Blue-eye	Australia
Hooded Carpet Shark	Papua New Guinea
Japanese Devilray	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Hawaii, Middle East, North America, Oceanic, South America
Kapala Stingaree	Australia
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
Kutubu Hardyhead	Papua New Guinea
Kutubu Tandan	Papua New Guinea
Lake Eacham Rainbowfish	Australia
Lake Kutubu Rainbowfish	Papua New Guinea
Lake Wanam Rainbowfish	Papua New Guinea
Leopard Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic
Liver-oil Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), South America
Longfin Mako	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, North America (including United States and Hawaii), Oceanic, South America
Malabar Grouper	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic
Mandarin Shark	Australia, China, Fiji, Indonesia (Bali), Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan, Vanuatu
Maugean Skate	Australia (Tasmania)
Murray Cod	Australia
Murray Hardyhead	Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria)
Narrowsnout Sawfish	Africa, Asia, Australia (New South Wales, Queensland), Middle East
New Caledonia Catshark	New Caledonia
New Guinea River Shark	Australia
Non-parasitic Lamprey	Australia
Northern Draughtboard Shark	Australia
Oceanic Whitetip Shark	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), Oceanic, South America
Ogilby's Ghostshark	Australia
Oktedi Rainbowfish	Papua New Guinea
One-finned Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America
Ornate Eagle Ray	Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), China, Indonesia (Jawa, Kalimantan), Malaysia, Maldives, Mozambique, Taiwan, Thailand
Oxleyan Pygmy Perch	Australia
Papuan Epaulette Shark	Papua New Guinea
Pedder Galaxias	Australia (Tasmania)
Plunket's Dogfish	Australia, Mozambique, New Zealand, South Africa
Polkadot Cod	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
Porcupine Ray	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic
Portuguese Dogfish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America (United States Territory)
Prickly Shark	Australia, California, China, Hawaii, New Zealand, Palau, Peru, Taiwan
Purple Eagle Ray	Australia (Queensland)
Pygmy Devilray	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East
Red-finned Blue-eye	Australia (Queensland)
Saddled Galaxias	Australia
Sharpnose Guitarfish	Australia, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
Sharptooth Lemon Shark	Australia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Thailand, Vanuatu
Shortjawed Kokopu	New Zealand
Silver Perch	Australia
Slender Hammerhead	Asia, Australia, Middle East
Smooth Skate	New Zealand
Smoothnose Wedgefish	Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tanzania
Southern Bluefin Tuna	Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Oceans, South America
Speartooth Shark	Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea
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 Handfish	Australia
Spotted Shovelnose Ray	Australia
Spotted Wobbegong	Australia
Striped Mogurnda	Papua New Guinea
Surge Grouper	American Samoa, Asia, Australia, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
Swan Galaxias	Australia
Taiwan Gulper Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America (United States Territory)
Tarndale Bully	New Zealand
Tasselled Wobbegong	Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Tawny Nurse Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
Tiger Cod	Australia
Trout Cod	Australia
Variagated Pygmy Perch	Australia
Variegated Mogurnda	Papua New Guinea
Whale Shark	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Middle East, Oceanic, South America
White-spotted Guitarfish	Australia (Queensland), Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand
Whitecheek Shark	Asia, Australia, Middle East
Whitish Catshark	Australia
Yarra Pygmy Perch	Australia
Yellowback Stingaree	Australia
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***What fishes are listed here?:

The Australia section of this site lists the folllowing fishes appearing on select endangered species lists:

• Fishes that dwell in or migrate to any region found on the Australian continent and any nearby islands.
• Fishes that dwell in or travel to New Zealand and any nearby islands.
• Fishes that dwell in Papua New Guinea and nearby islands (east of Indonesia).

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 what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our About Us page.