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).

Additional species are currently under review or have been proposed for Endangered Species Act listing: 3 petitioned species awaiting a 90-day finding, 12 candidate species for ESA listing, 0 proposed species for ESA listing.

Species Name

Species Category

Status

Region

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Adriatic Sturgeon

Acipenser naccarii

Fish

Protected Fish

Throughout Its Range

ESA Endangered - Foreign

2014

-

-

Foreign

African Coelacanth

Latimeria chalumnae

Fish

Protected Fish

Tanzanian DPS

ESA Threatened - Foreign

2016

-

-

Foreign

Argentine Angelshark

Squatina argentina

Fish

Protected Fish

Sharks

Throughout Its Range

ESA Endangered - Foreign

2017

-

-

Foreign

Atlantic Salmon (Protected)

Salmo salar

Fish

Protected Fish

Salmon & Steelhead

Gulf of Maine DPS

ESA Endangered

2009 (expanded); 2000 (original)

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Atlantic Sturgeon

Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus

Fish

Protected Fish

Carolina DPS

ESA Endangered

2012

Under Development

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Southeast

Chesapeake Bay DPS

ESA Endangered

2012

Under Development

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Southeast

New York Bight DPS

ESA Endangered

2012

Under Development

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Southeast

South Atlantic DPS

ESA Endangered

2012

Under Development

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Southeast

Gulf of Maine DPS

ESA Threatened

2012

Under Development

New England/Mid-Atlantic

Southeast

Banggai Cardinalfish

Pterapogon kauderni

Fish

Protected Fish

Reef Fish

Throughout Its Range

ESA Threatened - Foreign

2016

-

-

Foreign

Blackchin Guitarfish

Rhinobatos cemiculus

Fish

Protected Fish

Throughout Its Range

ESA Threatened - Foreign

2017

-

-

Foreign

Bocaccio (Protected)

Sebastes paucispinis

Fish

Protected Fish

Puget Sound/Georgia Basin DPS

ESA Endangered

2010

Alaska

West Coast

Brazilian Guitarfish

Rhinobatos horkelii

Fish

Protected Fish

Throughout Its Range

ESA Endangered - Foreign

2017

-

-

Foreign

Chinese Sturgeon

Acipenser sinensis

Fish

Protected Fish

Throughout Its Range

ESA Endangered - Foreign

2014

-

-

Foreign

Chinook Salmon (Protected)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Fish

Protected Fish

Salmon & Steelhead

Sacramento River winter-run

ESA Endangered

1994

Alaska

West Coast

Upper Columbia River spring-run

ESA Endangered

1999

Alaska

West Coast

California coastal

ESA Threatened

1999

Alaska

West Coast

Central Valley spring-run

ESA Threatened

1999

Alaska

West Coast

Lower Columbia River

ESA Threatened

1999

Alaska

West Coast

Puget Sound

ESA Threatened

1999

Alaska

West Coast

Snake River fall-run

ESA Threatened

1992

Alaska

West Coast

Snake River spring/summer-run

ESA Threatened

1992

Alaska

West Coast

Upper Willamette River

ESA Threatened

2005

Alaska

West Coast

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

Chum Salmon (Protected)

Oncorhynchus keta

Fish

Protected Fish

Salmon & Steelhead

Columbia River ESU

ESA Threatened

1999

Alaska

West Coast

Hood Canal summer-run ESU

ESA Threatened

1999

Alaska

West Coast

Coho Salmon (Protected)

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Fish

Protected Fish

Salmon & Steelhead

Central California Coast ESU

ESA Endangered

2005; 1996 (original)

Alaska

West Coast

Lower Columbia River ESU

ESA Threatened

2005

Alaska

West Coast

Oregon coast ESU

ESA Threatened

2008

Alaska

West Coast

Southern Oregon & Northern California coasts ESU

ESA Threatened

1997

Alaska

West Coast

Common Angelshark

Squatina squatina

Fish

Protected Fish

Sharks

Throughout Its Range

ESA Endangered - Foreign

2016

-

-

Foreign

Common Guitarfish

Rhinobatos rhinobatos

Fish

Protected Fish

Throughout Its Range

ESA Threatened - Foreign

2017

-

-

Foreign

Daggernose Shark

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

Southern DPS

ESA Threatened

2010

Alaska

West Coast

European Sturgeon

Acipenser sturio

Fish

Protected Fish

Throughout Its Range

ESA Endangered - Foreign

2014

-

-

Foreign

Giant Manta Ray

Manta birostris

Fish

Protected Fish

Throughout Its Range

ESA Threatened

2018

Under Development

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

Southern DPS

ESA Threatened

2006

Alaska

West Coast

Mycteroperca jordani

Fish

Protected Fish

Throughout Its Range

ESA Endangered

2016

-

West Coast

Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi

Fish

Protected Fish

Throughout Its Range

ESA Threatened

1991

Southeast

Mycteroperca fusca

Fish

Protected Fish

Reef Fish

Throughout Its Range

ESA Threatened - Foreign

2016

-

-

Foreign