Species Directory

ESA Threatened & Endangered

NOAA Fisheries has jurisdiction over 163 endangered and threatened marine species (79 endangered; 84 threatened), including 65 foreign species (39 endangered; 26 threatened).

Additional species are currently under review or have been proposed for Endangered Species Act listing: 2 petitioned species awaiting a 90-day finding, 14 candidate species for ESA listing, 2 proposed species for ESA listing.

In the table below, the Region column shows if the species can be found in a NOAA Fisheries region. If the species occurs only in areas beyond the U.S. exclusive economic zone and territorial waters, the region is labeled as Foreign.

Species Name	Species Category	Protected Status
Adriatic Sturgeon Acipenser naccarii	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2014 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---
African Coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Tanzanian DPS Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- Region Foreign
Argentine Angelshark Squatina argentina	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2017 --- --- Region Foreign
Atlantic Salmon (Protected) Salmo salar Also Known As Sea run salmon, Kelts, Black salmon	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Gulf of Maine DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2009 (expanded); 2000 (original) Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region New England/Mid-Atlantic
Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Carolina DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2012 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Chesapeake Bay DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2012 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock New York Bight DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2012 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock South Atlantic DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2012 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Gulf of Maine DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2012 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Final Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Southeast
Banggai Cardinalfish Pterapogon kauderni	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Reef Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- Region Foreign
Blackchin Guitarfish Rhinobatos cemiculus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2017 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---
Bocaccio (Protected) Sebastes paucispinis Also Known As Bocaccio, Rock Salmon, Salmon Rockfish, Pacific Red Snapper, Pacific Snapper, Oregon Red Snapper, Oregon Snapper, Longjaw, Merou, Jack, Snapper, Rock Cod, Rockfish	Species Category Fish Groundfish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Puget Sound/Georgia Basin DPS Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2010 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat FInal Region Alaska West Coast
Brazilian Guitarfish Rhinobatos horkelii	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2017 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---
Chinese Sturgeon Acipenser sinensis	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2014 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---
Chinook Salmon (Protected) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Sacramento River winter-run Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1994 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Upper Columbia River spring-run Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock California coastal Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Central Valley spring-run Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Lower Columbia River Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Puget Sound Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Snake River fall-run Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1992 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Snake River spring/summer-run Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1992 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Upper Willamette River Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2005 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Central Valley spring-run in the San Joaquin River XN Species Status ESA Experimental Population --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Upper Columbia River spring-run in the Okanogan River subbasin XN Species Status ESA Experimental Population --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Upper Klamath-Trinity River Species Status ESA Candidate --- --- --- Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Oregon Coast Species Status ESA Candidate --- --- --- Region West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal Species Status ESA Candidate --- --- --- Region West Coast
Chum Salmon (Protected) Oncorhynchus keta	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Columbia River ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Hood Canal summer-run ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1999 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast
Coho Salmon (Protected) Oncorhynchus kisutch	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Central California Coast ESU Species Status ESA Endangered Year Listed 2005; 1996 (original) Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Lower Columbia River ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2005 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Oregon coast ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2008 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Southern Oregon & Northern California coasts ESU Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1997 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast
Common Angelshark Squatina squatina	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- --- Region Foreign
Common Guitarfish Rhinobatos rhinobatos	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2017 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---
Daggernose Shark Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Sharks	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2017 --- --- Region Foreign
Dwarf Sawfish Pristis clavata	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2014 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- ---
Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Southern DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2010 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast
European Sturgeon Acipenser sturio	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2014 --- --- Region Foreign Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix I --- --- --- ---
Giant Manta Ray Manta birostris	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2018 Recovery Plan Under Development Critical Habitat Not Prudent Region New England/Mid-Atlantic Pacific Islands Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- --- Name of DPS or Stock Throughout the Wider Caribbean Region Species Status SPAW Annex III --- --- --- ---
Green Sawfish Pristis zijsron	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2014 --- --- Region Foreign
Green Sturgeon Acipenser medirostris	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Southern DPS Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 2006 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Alaska West Coast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---
Gulf Grouper Mycteroperca jordani	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Endangered - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- Critical Habitat No Region Foreign
Gulf Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi	Species Category Fish Protected Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened Year Listed 1991 Recovery Plan Final Critical Habitat Final Region Southeast Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status CITES Appendix II --- --- --- ---
Island Grouper Mycteroperca fusca	Species Category Fish Protected Fish Reef Fish	Name of DPS or Stock Throughout Its Range Species Status ESA Threatened - Foreign Year Listed 2016 --- Critical Habitat No Region Foreign