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: 2 petitioned species awaiting a 90-day finding, 13 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
Lipotes vexillifer
Dolphins & Porpoises
Throughout Its Range
ESA Endangered - Foreign
1989
-
-
Foreign
Pseudorca crassidens
Whales
Dolphins & Porpoises
Cephalorhynchus hectori
Dolphins & Porpoises
Maui's dolphin subspecies
ESA Endangered - Foreign
2017
-
-
Foreign
South Island Hector's dolphin subspecies
ESA Threatened - Foreign
2017
-
-
Foreign
Platanista gangetica minor
Dolphins & Porpoises
Throughout Its Range
ESA Endangered - Foreign
1991
-
-
Foreign
Orcinus orca
Whales
Dolphins & Porpoises
Sousa chinensis taiwanensis
Dolphins & Porpoises
Taiwanese Humpback Dolphin subspecies
ESA Endangered - Foreign
2018
-
-
Foreign
Phocoena sinus
Dolphins & Porpoises
Throughout Its Range
ESA Endangered - Foreign
1985
-
-
Foreign