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Threatened and Endangered Fishes of the US

Fishes Protected by the Endangered Species Act

By Laura Klappenbach, About.com

Gila Trout (Oncorhynchus gilae).

Photo © Craig Springer / US FWS.

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The following list is an adaptation of data published at the The US Fish & Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Program Website. For the most current data, please refer to US Fish & Wildlife Service database.

Catfish, Yaqui (Ictalurus pricei)
Cavefish, Alabama (Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni)
Cavefish, Ozark (Amblyopsis rosae)
Chub, bonytail (Gila elegans)
Chub, Borax Lake (Gila boraxobius)
Chub, Chihuahua (Gila nigrescens)
Chub, Gila (Gila intermedia)
Chub, humpback (Gila cypha)
Chub, Hutton tui (Gila bicolor ssp.)
Chub, Mohave tui (Gila bicolor mohavensis)
Chub, Oregon (Oregonichthys crameri)
Chub, Owens tui (Gila bicolor snyderi)
Chub, Pahranagat roundtail (Gila robusta jordani)
Chub, slender (Erimystax cahni)
Chub, Sonora (Gila ditaenia)
Chub, spotfin (Erimonax monachus)
Chub, Virgin River (Gila seminuda (=robusta))
Chub, Yaqui (Gila purpurea)
Cui-ui (Chasmistes cujus)
Dace, Ash Meadows speckled (Rhinichthys osculus nevadensis)
Dace, blackside (Phoxinus cumberlandensis)
Dace, Clover Valley speckled (Rhinichthys osculus oligoporus)
Dace, desert (Eremichthys acros)
Dace, Foskett speckled (Rhinichthys osculus ssp.)
Dace, Independence Valley speckled (Rhinichthys osculus lethoporus)
Dace, Kendall Warm Springs (Rhinichthys osculus thermalis)
Dace, Moapa (Moapa coriacea)
Darter, amber (Percina antesella)
Darter, bayou (Etheostoma rubrum)
Darter, bluemask (=jewel) (Etheostoma)
Darter, boulder (Etheostoma wapiti)
Darter, Cherokee (Etheostoma scotti)
Darter, duskytail (Etheostoma percnurum)
Darter, Etowah (Etheostoma etowahae)
Darter, fountain (Etheostoma fonticola)
Darter, goldline (Percina aurolineata)
Darter, leopard (Percina pantherina)
Darter, Maryland (Etheostoma sellare)
Darter, Niangua (Etheostoma nianguae)
Darter, Okaloosa (Etheostoma okaloosae)
Darter, relict (Etheostoma chienense)
Darter, slackwater (Etheostoma boschungi)
Darter, snail (Percina tanasi)
Darter, vermilion (Etheostoma chermocki)
Darter, watercress (Etheostoma nuchale)
Gambusia, Big Bend (Gambusia gaigei)
Gambusia, Clear Creek (Gambusia heterochir)
Gambusia, Pecos (Gambusia nobilis)
Gambusia, San Marcos (Gambusia georgei)
Goby, tidewater (Eucyclogobius newberryi)
Logperch, Conasauga (Percina jenkinsi)
Logperch, Roanoke (Percina rex)
Madtom, Neosho (Noturus placidus)
Madtom, pygmy (Noturus stanauli)
Madtom, Scioto (Noturus trautmani)
Madtom, smoky (Noturus baileyi)
Madtom, yellowfin (Noturus flavipinnis)
Minnow, Devils River (Dionda diaboli)
Minnow, loach (Tiaroga cobitis)
Minnow, Rio Grande silvery (Hybognathus amarus)
Pikeminnow (=squawfish), Colorado (Ptychocheilus lucius)
Poolfish, Pahrump (Empetrichthys latos)
Pupfish, Ash Meadows Amargosa (Cyprinodon nevadensis mionectes)
Pupfish, Comanche Springs (Cyprinodon elegans)
Pupfish, desert (Cyprinodon macularius)
Pupfish, Devils Hole (Cyprinodon diabolis)
Pupfish, Leon Springs (Cyprinodon bovinus)
Pupfish, Owens (Cyprinodon radiosus)
Pupfish, Warm Springs (Cyprinodon nevadensis pectoralis)
Salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar)
Salmon, chinook (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) tshawytscha)
Salmon, chum (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) keta)
Salmon, coho (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) kisutch)
Salmon, sockeye (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) nerka)
Sawfish, smalltooth (Pristis pectinata)
Sculpin, pygmy (Cottus paulus (=pygmaeus))
Shiner, Arkansas River (Notropis girardi)
Shiner, beautiful (Cyprinella formosa)
Shiner, blue (Cyprinella caerulea)
Shiner, Cahaba (Notropis cahabae)
Shiner, Cape Fear (Notropis mekistocholas)
Shiner, palezone (Notropis albizonatus)
Shiner, Pecos bluntnose (Notropis simus pecosensis)
Shiner, Topeka (Notropis topeka (=tristis))
Silverside, Waccamaw (Menidia extensa)
Smelt, delta (Hypomesus transpacificus)
Spikedace (Meda fulgida)
Spinedace, Big Spring (Lepidomeda mollispinis pratensis)
Spinedace, Little Colorado (Lepidomeda vittata)
Spinedace, White River (Lepidomeda albivallis)
Springfish, Hiko White River (Crenichthys baileyi grandis)
Springfish, Railroad Valley (Crenichthys nevadae)
Springfish, White River (Crenichthys baileyi baileyi)
Steelhead (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) mykiss)
Stickleback, unarmored threespine (Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni)
Sturgeon, Alabama (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi)
Sturgeon, gulf (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Sturgeon, shortnose (Acipenser brevirostrum)

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