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Conservation Status of Australian Fishes - 2001

* Denotes taxa where formal taxonomic description has not been published but where listing is essential because of concern over their conservation status. Early formal publication is encouraged to resolve taxonomic status.

Extinct

No species

Critically Endangered

Brachionichthys hirsutus	Spotted handfish
Chlamydogobius micropterus	Elizabeth Springs goby
Chlamydogobius squamigenus	Edgbaston goby
Galaxias fontanus	Swan galaxias
Galaxias fuscus	Barred galaxias
Galaxias johnstoni	Clarence galaxias
Galaxias pedderensis	Pedder galaxias
Glyphis sp. A*	Bizant River shark
Maccullochella macquariensis	Trout cod
Maccullochella peelii mariensis	Mary River cod
Pristis microdon	Freshwater sawfish
Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis	Redfinned blue-eye

Endangered

Carcharias taurus	Grey nurse shark
Centrophorus harrissoni	Harrisson's deepsea dogfish
Craterocephalus fluviatilis	Murray hardyhead
Galaxias auratus	Golden galaxias
Glyphis sp. C*	Northern river shark
Maccullochella ikei	Eastern cod
Macquaria australasica	Macquarie perch
Nannoperca oxleyana	Oxleyan pigmy perch
Pristis clavata	Dwarf sawfish
Pristis zijsron	Green sawfish
Pseudomugil mellis	Honey blue-eye
Raja sp. L*	Maugean skate

Vulnerable

Anoxypristis cuspidata	Narrow sawfish
Bidyanus bidyanus	Silver perch
Brachaelurus colcloughi	Colclough’s shark
Brachionichthys politus	Red handfish
Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides	Cairns rainbowfish
Carcharodon carcharias	Great white shark
Centrophorus uyato	Southern dogfish
Chlamydogobius japalpa	Finke River goby
Chlamydogobius gloveri	Dalhousie goby
Craterocephalus amniculus	Darling River hardyhead
Craterocephalus dalhousiensis	Dalhousie hardyhead
Craterocephalus gloveri	Glover's hardyhead
Edelia obscura	Yarra pigmy perch
Epinephelus daemelii	Black rockcod
Galaxias rostratus	Flat-headed galaxias
Galaxias tanycephalus	Saddled galaxias
Galaxiella pusilla	Dwarf galaxias
Guyu wujalwujalensis	Bloomfield River cod
Himantura chaophraya	Freshwater whipray
Melanotaenia eachamensis	Lake Eacham rainbowfish
Mogurnda clivicola	Flinders Ranges gudgeon
Mordacia praecox	Non-parasitic lamprey
Nannoperca variegata	Variegated pigmy perch
Neosilurus gloveri	Dalhousie catfish
Paragalaxias dissimilis	Shannon paragalaxias
Paragalaxias eleotroides	Great Lake paragalaxias
Paragalaxias mesotes	Arthurs paragalaxias
Prototroctes maraena	Australian grayling
Sympterichthys n.sp.*	Ziebell's handfish
Sympterichthys n.sp.*	Waterfall Bay handfish

Lower Risk - Conservation Dependent

Achoerodus gouldii	Western blue groper
Achoerodus viridis	Eastern blue groper
Cheilinus undulatus	Humphead maori wrasse
Coris bulbifrons	Double-header
Cromileptes altivelis	Barramundi cod
Epinephelus lanceolatus	Queensland grouper
Epinephelus tukula	Potato cod
Furgaleus macki	Whiskery shark
Galeorhinus galeus	School shark
Hippocampus bleekeri	Southern potbelly seahorse
Hoplostethus atlanticus	Orange roughy
Paraplesiops bleekeri	Eastern blue devil
Phycodurus eques	Leafy seadragon
Phyllopteryx taeniolatus	Weedy seadragon
Pristiophorus cirratus	Common sawshark
Rexea solandri	Gemfish

Lower Risk – Near Threatened

Carcharhinus obscurus	Dusky shark
Carcharhinus plumbeus	Sandbar shark
Chaetodontoplus ballinae	Ballina angelfish
Craterocephalus centralis	Finke River hardyhead
Craterocephalus helenae	Drysdale hardyhead
Craterocephalus lentiginosus	Prince Regent hardyhead
Dasyatis fluviorum	Estuary stingray
Galaxiella munda	Western mud minnow
Galaxiella nigrostriata	Black-striped minnow
Girella cyanea	Bluefish
Glossogobius n.sp.*	Mulgrave goby
Halophryne queenslandiae	Sculptured frogfish
Hephaestus epirrhinos	Long-nose sooty grunter
Hippocampus dahli	Low-crown seahorse
Hippocampus sp G*	Bighead seahorse
Hippocampus sp 5*	False-eyed seahorse
Hypseleotris ejuncida	Slender gudgeon
Hypseleotris kimberleyensis	Barnett River gudgeon
Hypseleotris regalis	Prince Regent gudgeon
Kimberleyeleotris hutchinsi	Mitchell gudgeon
Kimberleyeleotris notata	Drysdale gudgeon
Leiopotherapon aheneus	Fortesque grunter
Leiopotherapon macrolepis	Large-scale grunter
Lepidogalaxias salamandroides	Salamanderfish
Melanotaenia gracilis	Slender rainbowfish
Melanotaenia pygmaea	Pygmy rainbowfish
Mogurnda oligolepis	False-spotted gudgeon
Odontaspis ferox	Herbsts nurse shark
Pictilabrus brauni	Braun’s wrasse
Pingalla midgleyi	Midgley's grunter
Scleropages leichardti	Saratoga
Scortum neili	Angalarri grunter
Syncomistes kimberleyensis	Kimberley grunter
Syncomistes rastellus	Drysdale grunter
Thunnus maccoyii	Southern bluefin tuna
Urogymnus asperrimus	Porcupine ray
Vanacampus vercoi	Verco’s pipefish

Lower Risk - Least Concern

Ambassis elongatus	Yellowfin perchlet
Anampses elegans	Elegant wrasse
Brachionichthys sp.*	Australian handfish
Choerodon rubescens	Baldchin groper
Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus	Banded pipefish
Epinephelus coioides	Estuary rockcod
Epinephelus cyanopodus	Purple rockcod
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus	Flowery cod
Epinephelus malabaricus	Malabar grouper
Epinephelus polyphekadion	Camouflage grouper
Epinephelus tauvina	Greasy grouper
Festucalex scalaris	Ladder pipefish
Hippichthys parvicarinatus	Estuary Pipefish
Hypseleotris aurea	Golden gudgeon
Lissocampus fatiloquus	Prophet's pipefish
Mogurnda adspersa	Southern purple-spotted gudgeon
Pegasus lancifer	Sculptured seamoth
Pingalla gilberti	Gilbert's grunter
Squalus acanthias	White-spotted spurdog
Toxotes oligolepis	Big-scale archerfish

Data Deficient

Acanthistius paxtoni	Striated wirrah
Assiculoides desmonotus	Kimberley dottyback
Bolbometopon muricatum	Humpheaded parrotfish
Carcharhinus limbatus	Common blacktip shark
Centrophorus granulosus	Gulper shark
Cetorhinus maximus	Basking shark
Cinedotus froggatti	Froggatt's catfish
Congrogadus winterbottomi	Pilbara eelblenny
Coris sandeyeri	Eastern king wrasse
Dalatias licha	Black shark
Dissostichus eleginoides	Patagonian toothfish
Epinephelus ergastularius	Bar cod
Galaxias parvus	Swamp galaxias
Grahamina gymnota	Tasmanian robust triplefin
Hannia greenwayi	Greenway's grunter
Hexanchus griseus	Sixgill shark
Hippocampus abdominalis	Eastern potbelly seahorse
Hippocampus angustus	Western spiny seahorse
Hippocampus bargibanti	Gorgonian seahorse
Hippocampus breviceps	Shorthead seahorse
Hippocampus minotaur	Bullneck seahorse
Hippocampus planifrons	Flatface seahorse
Hippocampus sp 1*	Eastern spiny seahorse
Hippocampus sp 3*	Winged seahorse
Hippocampus sp 4*	Queensland seahorse
Hippocampus sp M1*	Northern spiny seahorse
Hippocampus sp P*	Highcrown seahorse
Hippocampus elongatus	West Australian seahorse
Hippocampus taeniopterus	Common seahorse
Hippocampus tristis	Sad seahorse
Hippocampus tuberculatus	Knobby seahorse
Hippocampus whitei	White’s seahorse
Hippocampus zebra	Zebra seahorse
Hypseleotris n.sp*.	Katherine River gudgeon
Hypselognathus horridus	Prickly pipefish
Megachasma pelagios	Megamouth shark
Milyeringa veritas	Blind gudgeon
Mitotichthys meraculus	Western crested pipefish
Mitotichthys mollissoni	Mollison’s pipefish
Mitotichthys semistriatus	Halfbanded pipefish
Nannatherina balstoni	Balston’s pygmy perch
Notorynchus cepedianus	Sevengill shark
Ogilbyina novaehollandiae	Multicolour dottyback
Ophiclinops hutchinsi	Earspot snakeblenny
Ophisternon candidum	Blind cave eel
Orectolobus maculatus	Spotted wobbegong shark
Orectolobus ornatus	Banded wobbegong shark
Peronedys anguillaris	Eelblenny*
Pristis pectinata	Wide sawfish
Rexea solandri	Gemfish (western stock)
Rhincodon typus	Whale shark
Scortum hillii	Leathery grunter
Scortum parviceps	Small-headed grunter
Silhouettea hoesei	Hoese’s silhouette goby
Solegnathus dunckeri	Duncker’s pipehorse
Solegnathus hardwickii	Pallid pipehorse
Solegnathus lettiensis	Günther’s pipehorse
Solegnathus robustus	Robust pipehorse
Solegnathus spinosissimus	Spiny pipehorse
Sympterichthys verrucosus	Warty handfish*
Syngnathoides biaculeatus	Alligator pipefish
Tandanus n.sp.*	Bellinger River tandan
Thryssa scratchleyi	Freshwater anchovy
Xiphias gladius	Swordfish