Endangered Fish of Africa
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| Common Name | Range *** |
|---|---|
| African Blind Barb Fish | Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Republic of Congo |
| African Butter Catfish | Uganda |
| African Wedgefish | Africa |
| Angel Shark | Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
| Angular Rough Shark | Africa |
| Arius spp. (2) | Colombia, Madagascar |
| Atlantic Sawtail Catshark | Mauritania, Morocco |
| Aulonocara spp. (10) | Malawi, Mozambique |
| Barbel spp. (32) | Albania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Republic of Macedonia, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine |
| Barnard's Rock-catfish | South Africa (Western Cape Province) |
| Basking Shark | Africa |
| Bedotia spp. (15) | Madagascar |
| Bentfin Devil Ray | Africa |
| Bigeye Tuna | Africa |
| Black-blotched Stingray | Africa |
| Blackchin Guitarfish | Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
| Blacksaddled Coral Grouper | Africa |
| Blackspot Shark | Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, South Africa |
| Blue Skate | Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
| Bottlenose Skate | Africa |
| Bowmouth Guitarfish | Africa |
| Brindle Bass | Africa |
| Bronze Whaler | Africa |
| Brown-marbled Grouper | Africa |
| Bumphead Parrotfish | Africa |
| Camouflage Grouper | Africa |
| Cape Seahorse | South Africa |
| Cape Shark | Africa |
| Captain Fine | Mozambique, South Africa |
| Chiloglanis lufirae | Burundi |
| Clanwilliam Sandfish | South Africa (Northern Cape Province, Western Cape Province) |
| Cobitis spp. (2) | Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine |
| Coelacanth | Indian Ocean (Comoros) |
| Common Guitarfish | Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
| Common Sawfish | Africa |
| Copadichromis spp. (10) | Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania |
| Deepwater Spiny Dogfish | Africa |
| Devil Fish | Africa |
| Dusky Grouper | Africa |
| Estuary Cod | Africa |
| Fossil Shark | Africa |
| Frilled Shark | Angola, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, South Africa |
| Galapagos Shark | Africa |
| Giant Butterfly Ray | Africa |
| Giant Devilray | Egypt |
| Giant Guitarfish | Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania |
| Giant Wrasse | Africa |
| Golden Cave Catfish | Namibia |
| Goliath Grouper | Africa |
| Gray Nurse Shark | Africa |
| Great White Shark | Africa |
| Gulper Shark | Africa |
| Hammerhead Shark | Africa |
| Haplochromis spp. (59) | Algeria, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Israel, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda |
| Hardnose Shark | Kenya, Tanzania |
| Japanese Devilray | Africa |
| Knifetooth Sawfish | Somalia |
| Lake Victoria Deepwater Catfish | Kenya |
| Large-eyed Rabbitfish | Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Senegal, Western Sahara |
| Largetooth Sawfish | Africa |
| Largetooth Sawfish | Africa |
| Lethrinops spp. (6) | Malawi |
| Liver-oil Shark | Africa |
| Longfin Mako | Africa |
| Lowfin Gulper Shark | Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal |
| Lowveld Largemouth | Mozambique, South Africa |
| Malabar Grouper | Africa |
| Maltese Ray | Algeria, Tunisia |
| Marcusenius spp. (3) | Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda |
| Maylandia spp. (19) | Malawi, Mozambique |
| Melanochromis spp. (14) | Malawi |
| Mongo | Cameroon |
| Niger Stingray | Cameroon, Nigeria |
| Night Shark | Africa |
| Nothobranchius spp. (18) | Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda |
| Oceanic Whitetip Shark | Africa |
| One-finned Shark | Africa |
| Oreochromis spp. (19) | Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Ornate Eagle Ray | Mozambique |
| Orthochromis spp. (8) | Burundi, Tanzania |
| Pachypanchax spp. (5) | Madagascar |
| Pale Dottyback | Egypt |
| Plain terapon | Madagascar |
| Porcupine Ray | Africa |
| Portuguese Dogfish | Africa |
| Pygmy Devilray | Africa |
| Queen Triggerfish | Africa |
| Rabbitfish | Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East |
| Red Porgy | Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
| Roving Coralgrouper | Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Kenya, Mauritius, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania |
| Russian Sturgeon | Mediterranean Sea |
| Sawback Angelshark | Africa |
| Sharpsnout Stingray | Senegal |
| Sharptooth Lemon Shark, Sicklefin Lemon Shark | Madagascar, South Africa |
| Smoothnose Wedgefish | Tanzania |
| Somalian Cavefish | Somalia |
| Southern Bluefin Tuna | Africa |
| Spotted Eagle Ray | Africa |
| Synodontis spp. (3) | Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda |
| Tawny Nurse Shark | Africa |
| Teramulus waterloti | Madagascar |
| Varicorhinus spp. (5) | Burundi, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda |
| Whale Shark | Africa |
| White Grouper | Africa |
| Zebra Shark | Africa |
**What fishes are listed here?:
The Africa 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 African continent.
- Fishes dwelling in or that travel to the Mediterranean Sea and any islands located in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Fishes dwelling in or that migrate to Madagascar and nearby islands (to the southwest of India or east of Madagascar).
- Fishes dwelling in or that migrate to North Atlantic islands off the western coast of Africa.
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.
