Species Directory
ESA Threatened & Endangered
NOAA Fisheries has jurisdiction over 165 endangered and threatened marine species (80 endangered; 85 threatened), including 66 foreign species (40 endangered; 26 threatened). Â
Additional species are currently under review or have been proposed for Endangered Species Act listing: 2 petitioned species awaiting a 90-day finding, 12Â candidate species for ESA listing, 0 proposed species for ESA listing.
Species Name
Species Category
Species, Subspecies, or DPS
Status
Year Listed
Recovery Plan
Critical Habitat
Region
Acipenser naccarii
Fish
Protected Fish
Throughout Its Range
ESA Endangered - Foreign
2014
-
-
Foreign
Latimeria chalumnae
Fish
Protected Fish
Tanzanian DPS
ESA Threatened - Foreign
2016
-
-
Foreign
Squatina argentina
Fish
Protected Fish
Sharks
Throughout Its Range
ESA Endangered - Foreign
2017
-
-
Foreign
Salmo salar
Fish
Protected Fish
Salmon & Steelhead
Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
Fish
Protected Fish
Pterapogon kauderni
Fish
Protected Fish
Reef Fish
Throughout Its Range
ESA Threatened - Foreign
2016
-
-
Foreign
Rhinobatos cemiculus
Fish
Protected Fish
Throughout Its Range
ESA Threatened - Foreign
2017
-
-
Foreign
Sebastes paucispinis
Fish
Protected Fish
Rhinobatos horkelii
Fish
Protected Fish
Throughout Its Range
ESA Endangered - Foreign
2017
-
-
Foreign
Acipenser sinensis
Fish
Protected Fish
Throughout Its Range
ESA Endangered - Foreign
2014
-
-
Foreign
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Fish
Protected Fish
Salmon & Steelhead
Upper Klamath-Trinity River
ESA Candidate
-
-
-
Alaska
West Coast
Oregon Coast spring-run
ESA Candidate
-
-
-
West Coast
Central Valley spring-run in the San Joaquin River XN
ESA Experimental Population
-
-
-
Alaska
West Coast
Upper Columbia River spring-run in the Okanogan River subbasin XN
ESA Experimental Population
-
-
-
Alaska
West Coast
Oncorhynchus keta
Fish
Protected Fish
Salmon & Steelhead
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Fish
Protected Fish
Salmon & Steelhead
Squatina squatina
Fish
Protected Fish
Sharks
Throughout Its Range
ESA Endangered - Foreign
2016
-
-
Foreign
Rhinobatos rhinobatos
Fish
Protected Fish
Throughout Its Range
ESA Threatened - Foreign
2017
-
-
Foreign
Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus
Fish
Protected Fish
Sharks
Throughout Its Range
ESA Endangered - Foreign
2017
-
-
Foreign
Pristis clavata
Fish
Protected Fish
Throughout Its Range
ESA Endangered - Foreign
2014
-
-
Foreign
Thaleichthys pacificus
Fish
Protected Fish
Acipenser sturio
Fish
Protected Fish
Throughout Its Range
ESA Endangered - Foreign
2014
-
-
Foreign
Manta birostris
Fish
Protected Fish
Throughout Its Range
ESA Threatened
2018
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
Pristis zijsron
Fish
Protected Fish
Throughout Its Range
ESA Endangered - Foreign
2014
-
-
Foreign
Acipenser medirostris
Fish
Protected Fish
Mycteroperca jordani
Fish
Protected Fish
Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi
Fish
Protected Fish
Mycteroperca fusca
Fish
Protected Fish
Reef Fish
Throughout Its Range
ESA Threatened - Foreign
2016
-
-
Foreign