Fish Species Listed Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)

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Sockeye Salmon, Courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
The following salmon species are listed under the Endangered Species Act: Atlantic, Chinook, Chum, Coho and Sockeye.
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The U.S. may not have ANY streams left that are
free from chemical contamination...

In 2002, The John Heinz Center, a Washington D.C. environmental, science and economic think tank, released a report commissioned by the Clinton Administration. The report (The State of the Nation's Eco Systems) states, "The U.S. may not have any streams left that are free from chemical contamination". LEARN MORE

The following fish species are currently listed
under the Endangered Species Act…

ESA Listed Fish Species
Species photos, info and distribution maps will be posted as they become available.

Status	Species Name Common (Scientific)
T	Catfish, Yaqui (Ictalurus pricei)
E	Cavefish, Alabama (Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni)
T	Cavefish, Ozark (Amblyopsis rosae)
E	Chub, Bonytail (Gila elegans)
E	Chub, Borax Lake (Gila boraxobius)
T	Chub, Chihuahua (Gila nigrescens)
E	Chub, Humpback (Gila cypha)
T	Chub, Hutton tui (Gila bicolor ssp.)
E	Chub, Mohave tui (Gila bicolor mohavensis)
E	Chub, Oregon (Oregonichthys crameri)
E	Chub, Owens tui (Gila bicolor snyderi)
E	Chub, Pahranagat roundtail (Gila robusta jordani)
T	Chub, Slender (Erimystax cahni)
T	Chub, Sonora (Gila ditaenia)
XN,T	Chub, Spotfin (Cyprinella monacha)
E	Chub, Virgin River [Gila seminuda (=robusta)]
E	Chub, Yaqui (Gila purpurea)
E	Cui-ui (Chasmistes cujus)
E	Dace, Ash Meadows speckled (Rhinichthys osculus nevadensis)
T	Dace, Blackside (Phoxinus cumberlandensis)
E	Dace, Clover Valley speckled (Rhinichthys osculus oligoporus)
T	Dace, Desert (Eremichthys acros)
T	Dace, Foskett speckled (Rhinichthys osculus ssp.)
E	Dace, Independence Valley speckled (Rhinichthys osculus lethoporus)
E	Dace, Kendall Warm Springs (Rhinichthys osculus thermalis)
E	Dace, Moapa (Moapa coriacea)
E	Darter, Amber (Percina antesella)
T	Darter, Bayou (Etheostoma rubrum)
E	Darter, Bluemask (=jewel) (Etheostoma)
E	Darter, Boulder (Etheostoma wapiti)
T	Darter, Cherokee (Etheostoma scotti)
E,XN	Darter, Duskytail (Etheostoma percnurum)
E	Darter, Etowah (Etheostoma etowahae)
E	Darter, Fountain (Etheostoma fonticola)
T	Darter, Goldline (Percina aurolineata)
T	Darter, Leopard (Percina pantherina)
E	Darter, Maryland (Etheostoma sellare)
T	Darter, Niangua (Etheostoma nianguae)
E	Darter, Okaloosa (Etheostoma okaloosae)
E	Darter, Relict (Etheostoma chienense)
T	Darter, Slackwater (Etheostoma boschungi)
T	Darter, Snail (Percina tanasi)
E	Darter, Vermilion (Etheostoma chermocki)
E	Darter, Watercress (Etheostoma nuchale)
E	Gambusia, Big Bend (Gambusia gaigei)
E	Gambusia, Clear Creek (Gambusia heterochir)
E	Gambusia, Pecos (Gambusia nobilis)
E	Gambusia, San Marcos (Gambusia georgei)
E	Goby, Tidewater (Eucyclogobius newberryi)
E	Logperch, Conasauga (Percina jenkinsi)
E	Logperch, Roanoke (Percina rex)
T	Madtom, Neosho (Noturus placidus)
E	Madtom, Pygmy (Noturus stanauli)
E	Madtom, Scioto (Noturus trautmani)
E,XN	Madtom, Smoky (Noturus baileyi)
XN,T	Madtom, Yellowfin (Noturus flavipinnis)
T	Minnow, Devils River (Dionda diaboli)
T	Minnow, loach (Tiaroga cobitis)
E	Minnow, Rio Grande silvery (Hybognathus amarus)
E,XN	Pikeminnow (=squawfish), Colorado (Ptychocheilus lucius)
E	Poolfish, Pahrump (Empetrichthys latos)
E	Pupfish, Ash Meadows Amargosa (Cyprinodon nevadensis mionectes)
E	Pupfish, Comanche Springs (Cyprinodon elegans)
E	Pupfish, Desert (Cyprinodon macularius)
E	Pupfish, Devils Hole (Cyprinodon diabolis)
E	Pupfish, Leon Springs (Cyprinodon bovinus)
E	Pupfish, Owens (Cyprinodon radiosus)
E	Pupfish, Warm Springs (Cyprinodon nevadensis pectoralis)
E	Salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar)
E,T	Salmon, Chinook [Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) tshawytscha]
T	Salmon, Chum [Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) keta]
T	Salmon, Coho [Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) kisutch]
E,T	Salmon, Sockeye [Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) nerka]
T	Sculpin, Pygmy [Cottus paulus (=pygmaeus)]
T	Shiner, Arkansas River (Notropis girardi)
T	Shiner, Beautiful (Cyprinella formosa)
T	Shiner, Blue (Cyprinella caerulea)
E	Shiner, Cahaba (Notropis cahabae)
E	Shiner, Cape Fear (Notropis mekistocholas)
E	Shiner, Palezone (Notropis albizonatus)
T	Shiner, Pecos bluntnose (Notropis simus pecosensis)
E	Shiner, Topeka [Notropis topeka (=tristis)]
T	Silverside, Waccamaw (Menidia extensa)
T	Smelt, Delta (Hypomesus transpacificus)
T	Spikedace (Meda fulgida)
T	Spinedace, Big Spring (Lepidomeda mollispinis pratensis)
T	Spinedace, Little Colorado (Lepidomeda vittata)
E	Spinedace, White River (Lepidomeda albivallis)
E	Springfish, Hiko White River (Crenichthys baileyi grandis)
T	Springfish, Railroad Valley (Crenichthys nevadae)
E	Springfish, White River (Crenichthys baileyi baileyi)
E,T	Steelhead [Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) mykiss]
E	Stickleback, Unarmored threespine (Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni)
E	Sturgeon, Alabama (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi)
T	Sturgeon, Gulf (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi)
E	Sturgeon, Pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
E	Sturgeon, Shortnose (Acipenser brevirostrum)
E	Sturgeon, White (Acipenser transmontanus)
E	Sucker, June (Chasmistes liorus)
E	Sucker, Lost River (Deltistes luxatus)
E	Sucker, Modoc (Catostomus microps)
E	Sucker, Razorback (Xyrauchen texanus)
T	Sucker, Santa Ana (Catostomus santaanae)
E	Sucker, Shortnose (Chasmistes brevirostris)
T	Sucker, Warner (Catostomus warnerensis)
E	Topminnow, Gila (incl. Yaqui) (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
T	Trout, Apache (Oncorhynchus apache)
T	Trout, Bull (Salvelinus confluentus)
E	Trout, Gila (Oncorhynchus gilae)
T	Trout, Greenback cutthroat (Oncorhynchus clarki stomias)
T	Trout, Lahontan cutthroat (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi)
T	Trout, Little Kern golden (Oncorhynchus aguabonita whitei)
T	Trout, Paiute cutthroat (Oncorhynchus clarki seleniris)
E,XN	Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)

ESA Species Status Codes
E -- Endangered
T -- Threatened
EmE -- Emergency Listing, Endangered
EmT -- Emergency Listing Threatened
EXPE, XE -- Experimental Population, Essential
EXPN, XN -- Experimental Population, Non-Essential
SAE, E(S/A) -- Similarity of Appearance to an Endangered Taxon
SAT, T(S/A) -- Similarity of Appearance to a Threatened Taxon
PE -- Proposed Endangered
PT -- Proposed Threatened
PEXPE, PXE -- Proposed Experimental Population, Essential
PEXPN, PXN -- Proposed Experimental Population, Non-Essential
PSAE, PE(S/A) -- Proposed Similarity of Appearance to an Endangered Taxon
PSAT, PT(S/A) -- Proposed Similarity of Appearance to a Threatened Taxon
C -- Candidate Taxon, Ready for Proposal
D3A -- Delisted Taxon, Evidently Extinct
D3B -- Delisted Taxon, Invalid Name in Current Scientific Opinion
D3C -- Delisted Taxon, Recovered
DA -- Delisted Taxon, Amendment of the Act
DM -- Delisted Taxon, Recovered, Being Monitored First Five Years
DO -- Delisted Taxon, Original Commercial Data Erroneous
DP -- Delisted Taxon, Discovered Previously Unknown Additional Populations and/or Habitat
DR -- Delisted Taxon, Taxonomic Revision (Improved Understanding)
AD -- Proposed Delisting
AE -- Proposed Reclassification to Endangered
AT -- Proposed Reclassification to Threatened.

ALERT!
Only 19% of the streams and waterways in the United States have been surveyed for the Clean Water Act -- that leaves 80% of the streams not inventoried or documented! LEARN MORE

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Status: ESA Delisted Species

SUGGESTED RESOURCES
*America's Polluted Streams & Restoration Strategies
MEDIUM: Web Site
AUTHOR: Center for Environmental Education & Information

*Species & Extinction
MEDIUM: Paper
AUTHOR: Jenny Setio

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