Endangered Fish of South America
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| Common Name | Range *** |
|---|---|
| Andean Catfish | Ecuador |
| Angular Angelshark | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay |
| Annual Tropical Killifish | Brazil |
| Anthias spp. (1) | Brazil, French Polynesia |
| Apron Ray | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay |
| Argentine Angel Shark | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay |
| Arius spp. (1) | Colombia, Madagascar |
| Austrolebias cinereus | Uruguay |
| Basking Shark | South America |
| Bentfin Devil Ray | South America |
| Bigeye Tuna | South America |
| Bignose Fanskate | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay |
| Black Grouper | Central and South America |
| Black Rockfish | South America |
| Black-blotched Stingray | South America |
| Brasilia Lyrefin | Brazil |
| Brazilian Blind Electric Ray | Brazil |
| Brazilian Cownose Ray | Brazil |
| Brazilian Guitarfish | Argentina, Brazil |
| Bronze Whaler | South America |
| Brownband Numbfish | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Brownstriped Grunt | Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela |
| Bullseye Electric Ray | Colombia, Ecuador |
| Cape Shark | South America |
| Caribbean Electric Ray | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela |
| Caribbean Reef Shark | South America |
| Chaetodon obliquus | Brazil |
| Colares Stingray | Brazil, Venezuela |
| Colombian Electric Ray | Colombia |
| Colorado Grouper | Colombia, Ecuador |
| Common Sawfish | Central and South America |
| Cotuero Toadfish | Colombia, Venezuela |
| Cousseau's Skate | Argentina, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
| Cowfish | Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela |
| Crossband Rockfish | South America |
| Crown Shark | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
| Cubera Snapper | South America |
| Cuphead Skate | Argentina, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
| Curry Shark | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela |
| Daggernose Shark | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela |
| Devil Fish | South America |
| Donkey Fish | Central and South America |
| Dusky Grouper | South America |
| Easter Island Butterflyfish | Chile |
| Eyespot Skate | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay |
| Fiddlefish | Colombia, Ecuador |
| Frilled Shark | Chile, Guyana |
| Galapagos Shark | South America |
| Giant Butterfly Ray | South America |
| Ginger Pearlfish | Brazil |
| Golden Cownose Ray | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
| Goliath Grouper | Central and South America |
| Gray Nurse Shark | South America |
| Graytail Skate | Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chubut, Rio Negro, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego), Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
| Great White Shark | South America |
| Gulper Shark | South America |
| Hammerhead Shark | Central and South America |
| Hidden Angel Shark | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay |
| Hogfish | South America |
| Humpback Smoothhound | Chile, Peru |
| Japanese Devilray | South America |
| Kite Ray | Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Uruguay |
| La Plata Skate | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay |
| Largetooth Sawfish | Central and South America |
| Lined Seahorse | South America |
| Liver-oil Shark | South America |
| Lizard Catshark | Brazil |
| Longfin Mako | South America |
| Longnose Eagle Ray | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
| Masked Hamlet | Colombia |
| Minute Pearlfish | Brazil |
| Multispine Skate | Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Uruguay |
| Munk's Devil Ray | South America |
| Mutton Snapper | South America |
| Naked Characin | Argentina |
| Narcine leoparda | Colombia |
| Narrownose Smoothhound | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay |
| Nassau Grouper | Central and South America |
| Needle Dogfish | French Guiana |
| Night Shark | South America |
| Oceanic Whitetip Shark | South America |
| Olive Grouper | Colombia, Ecuador |
| One-finned Shark | South America |
| Onefin Skate | Brazil |
| Opalescent Pearlfish | Brazil |
| Orestias chungarensis | Chile |
| Pacific Seahorse | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru |
| Patagonian Skate | Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Uruguay |
| Poey's Grouper | South America |
| Prickly Shark | Peru |
| Queen Triggerfish | South America |
| Rainbow Parrotfish | South America |
| Red Grouper | South America |
| Red Porgy | Central and South America |
| Rio Skate | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay |
| Roughskin Skate | Argentina, Brazil, Chile |
| Saccogaster melanomycter | Colombia |
| Santa Catarina Sabrefin | Brazil |
| Seabass | South America |
| Sharpfin Houndshark | Ecuador |
| Sharpsnout Stingray | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela |
| Shortnose Guitarfish | Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay |
| South Brazilian Skate | Brazil |
| Southern Bluefin Tuna | 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 | South America |
| Spotted Houndshark | Chile, Peru |
| Stegastes spp. (1) | Brazil, St. Helena |
| 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, Venezuela |
| Venezuelan Herring | Venezuela |
| Warthead Blenny | Venezuela |
| Whale Shark | South America |
| Whitedotted Skate | Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands, Uruguay |
| Yellowfin Grouper | South America |
**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.
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.
