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Endangered Fishes of Europe

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Fishes
Common Name	Range ***
Acanthobrama spp.	Syria, Turkey
Achondrostoma spp. (2)	Portugal, Spain
Adriatic Salmon	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro
Adriatic Sturgeon	Albania, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro
Aegean Minnow	Greece
Ala Balik	Turkey
Alburnus belvica	Albania, Greece, Republic of Macedonia
Alburnus orontis	Syria, Turkey
Alosa vistonica	Greece
Ammersee Kilch	Germany
Amur Sturgeon	China, Russia
Anaecypris hispanica	Spain
Angel Shark	Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Angular Rough Shark	Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East
Aphanius spp. (6)	Greece, Spain, Turkey
Arno Goby	Italy
Asprete	Romania
Atlantic Cod	Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), Oceanic
Atlantic Halibut	Canada (Newfoundland), Europe, United States (Alaska)
Atlantic Sawtail Catshark	Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Spain
Baltic Sturgeon	France
Barbatula spp. (5)	Turkey
Barbel spp. (8)	Albania, France, Greece, Italy, Republic of Macedonia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine
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
Bigeye Tuna	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America - Including United States (Hawaii), Oceanic, South America
Blackchin Guitarfish	Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Blacksaddled Coral Grouper	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
Blue Skate	Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Bondelle	Switzerland
Bottlenose Skate	Africa, Europe
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-marbled Grouper	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
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
Carpione Del Garda	Italy
Caspian Lamprey	Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan
Chondrostoma spp. (8)	Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Republic of Macedonia, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey
Chornaya Gudgeon	Ukraine
Cicek Minnow	Turkey
Clupeonella abrau	Russia
Cobitis spp. (18)	Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Libya, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Spain, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine
Common Guitarfish	Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Common Sawfish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, Europe, Mexico, United States
Corfu Toothcarp	Albania, Greece
Cottus petiti	France
Crimea Shemaya	Ukraine
Crimean Tatar Goby	Ukraine
Dalmatian Barbel-gudgeon	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
Danube Salmon	Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Deepwater Spiny Dogfish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe
Delminichthys spp. (4)	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
Dere Kayasi	Turkey
Devil Fish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Hawaii, Middle East, North America, Oceanic, South America
Doiran Bleak	Greece, Republic of Macedonia
Dusky Grouper	Africa, Europe, Middle East, South America
Eastern Carpathian Golden Loach	Romania
Ellinopygosteos	Greece
European Eel	European coasts from the Black Sea to the White Sea (Russia), Rivers of the North Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean Seas
European Mudminnow	Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Fibreno Trout	Italy
Freshwater Sawfish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East
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
Ghizani	Greece
Giant Butterfly Ray	Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America
Giant Devilray	Cyprus, Egypt, Gibraltar, Turkey
Giant Sturgeon	Asia, Europe, Middle East
Gillaroo	Ireland, United Kingdom
Goureen	Ireland
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
Greek Brook Lamprey	Greece
Greenland Shark	Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Norway, Russia
Gulper Shark	Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), South America
Gwyniad	United Kingdom
Haddock	Asia, Europe, North America (including United States), Oceanic
Hemigrammocapoeta kemali	Turkey
Herault Sculpin	France
Iberochondrostoma spp. (4)	Portugal, Spain
Iberocypris spp. (2)	Portugal, Spain
Italian Bleak	Italy
Japanese Huchen	Japan, Russia
Kaluga	China, Russia
Kerch Black Sea Shad	Bulgaria, Georgia (Eurasia), Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine
Kezenoi-am Trout	Russia
Knipowitschia spp. (9)	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey
Large-eyed Rabbitfish	France, Iceland, Ireland, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Senegal, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Western Sahara
Largetooth Sawfish	Africa, Central and South America, Europe, Mexico, United States
Lavaret	France, Switzerland
Liparia	Greece
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
Luciobarbus spp. (7)	Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia (Eurasia), Greece, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Maltese Ray	Algeria, Italy, Malta, Tunisia
Mandras Shemaya	Bulgaria
Maraene	Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands (Europe), Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden
Mediterranean Trout	France, Italy
Nanogovios	Greece
Oceanic Whitetip Shark	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), Oceanic, South America
Ohrid Gudgeon	Albania, Republic of Macedonia
Ohrid Spirlin	Albania, Republic of Macedonia
One-finned Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America
Orthrias tschaiyssuensis	Turkey
Oxynoemacheilus pindus	Greece
Parachondrostoma spp. (3)	France, Spain, Switzerland
Pelagos Trout	Albania, Greece, Republic of Macedonia
Pelasgus spp. (5)	Albania, Greece, Republic of Macedonia
Percarina demidoffi	Republic of Moldova, Romania, Ukraine
Persian Sturgeon	Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan
Pfarrit	Switzerland
Phoxinellus spp. (4)	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Turkey
Pike Asp	Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Polkadot Cod	Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic
Pollan	Ireland, United Kingdom
Pontian Shemaya	Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Ukraine
Porbeagle	Denmark, France, Gibraltar, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Portuguese Dogfish	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America (United States Territory)
Powan	United Kingdom
Prespa Spirlin	Albania, Greece, Republic of Macedonia
Pseudochondrostoma spp. (2)	Portugal, Spain
Pseudophoxinus spp. (5)	Turkey
Quietschbukers	Germany
Rabbitfish	Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East
Red Porgy	Asia, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, Mexico, United States
Redfish	Canada, Greenland, Iceland, United States
Reinanke	Austria
Resowska Shemaja	Bulgaria, Turkey
Riedling	Austria
Romanian Loach	Romania
Romanogobio benacensis	Italy, Slovenia
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
Rutilus spp. (5)	Albania, Greece, Italy, Republic of Macedonia
Sakhalin Sturgeon	Japan, Russia
Salaria economidisi	Greece
Salgir Gudgeon	Ukraine
Salmo ohridanus	Albania, Republic of Macedonia
Salmo peristericus	Greece, Republic of Macedonia
Salvelinus spp. (15)	Germany, Ireland, Norway, United Kingdom
Sandfelchen	Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Sawback Angelshark	Africa, Europe
Scardinius spp. (5)	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Romania
Schelly	United Kingdom
Schwebrenke	Germany
Shortspine Thornyhead	Canada, Russia, United States
Siberian Sturgeon	China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia
Siraz Baligi	Turkey
Siraz Baliginin Capoeta	Turkey
Sixgill Sawshark	Mozambique, Republic of Moldova, South Africa
Skadar Gudgeon	Montenegro
Skadar Shad	Albania, Montenegro
Smoothback Angel Shark	Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Sonaghen	Ireland, United Kingdom
Squalius spp. (16)	Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey
Star Sturgeon	Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Iran, Kazakhstan, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine
Sterlet	Asia, Europe, Middle East
Strandzha Minnow	Bulgaria, Turkey
Syr-darya Shovelnose Sturgeon	Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Taiwan Gulper Shark	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America (United States Territory)
Telestes spp. (6)	Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece
Thessaly Gudgeon	Greece
Timavo Sculpin	Italy
Tropidophoxinellus spartiaticus	Greece
Valencia Toothcarp	Spain
Varna Gudgeon	Bulgaria
Varsikloja	Finland, Russia, Sweden
Vendace	United Kingdom
Vistonis Shemaja	Greece
Volga Shad	Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan
Volvi Bleak	Greece, Republic of Macedonia
White Grouper	Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East
Wild Common Carp	Asia, Europe, Middle East
Yalartza	Greece
Zingel asper	France, Switzerland
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***What fishes are listed here?:

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

• Fishes that dwell in or migrate to any region found in Europe and any nearby islands of the Atlantic Ocean.
• Fishes that dwell in the East Atlantic Ocean (Azores).
• Fishes of Iceland.
• Fishes that dwell in the Adriatic Sea and Sea of Azov.
• Fishes that dwell in the Black and Caspian Sea.
• Fishes that dwell in Corsica.
• Fishes that dwell in Cyprus.
• Fishes of the Palearctic.
• Fishes of Russia.
• Fishes of Eurasia.
• Some species dwelling on the North African Coast.
• Fishes of the Mediterranean Sea and islands located in the Mediterranean Sea.
• Fishes dwelling in islands of Spain (Canary, Balearic).

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.