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Marine Species Protected by
the
United States Endangered Species Act1
| Mammals |
Status |
| Blue Whale |
Endangered |
| Bowhead Whale |
Endangered |
| Finback Whale |
Endangered |
| Gray Whale |
Endangered** |
| Humpack Whale |
Endangered |
| Right Whale |
Endangered |
| Sei Whale |
Endangered |
| Sperm Whale |
Endangered |
| Vaquita (Cochito) |
Endangered |
| Dugong |
Endangered |
| West Indian Manatee |
Endangered |
| Marine Otter |
Endangered |
| Southern Sea Otter |
Threatened |
| Steller Sea Lion |
Threatened |
| Guadalupe Fur Seal |
Threatened |
| Caribbean Monk Seal |
Endangered |
| Hawaiian Monk Seal |
Endangered |
| Mediterranean Monk Seal |
Endangered |
| Saimaa Seal |
Endangered |
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Reptiles
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| Green Sea Turtle |
Threatened* |
| Hawksbill Sea Turtle |
Endangered |
| Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle |
Endangered |
| Olive Ridley Sea Turtle |
Threatened* |
| Leatherback Sea Turtle |
Endangered |
| Loggerhead Sea Turtle |
Threatened |
| American Crocodile |
Endangered |
| Saltwater Crocodile |
Endangered+ |
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Fishes
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| Chinook Salmon |
Threatened* |
| Sockeye Salmon |
Endangered+ |
| Central California Coast Coho Salmon |
Threatened+ |
| Shortnose Sturgeon |
Endangered |
| Gulf Sturgeon |
Threatened |
| Totoaba (Seatrout) |
Endangered |
| Umpqua River cutthroat trout |
Endangered |
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Birds
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| Short-tailed Albatross |
Endangered** |
| Amsterdam Albatross |
Endangered |
| Abbott's Booby |
Endangered |
| Cahow (Bermuda Petrel) |
Endangered |
| Madeira Petrel |
Endangered |
| Mascarene Black Petrel |
Endangered |
| Hawaiian Dark-Rumped Petrel |
Endangered |
| Andrew's Frigatebird |
Endangered |
| Audouin's Gull |
Endangered |
| Brown Pelican |
Endangered+ |
| Galapagos Penguin |
Endangered |
| Marbled Murrelet |
Threatened |
| Newell-Townsend Shearwater |
Threatened+ |
| California Least Tern |
Endangered |
| Roseate Tern |
Threatened* |
| Canarian Black Oystercatcher |
Endangered |
| Madagascar Sea Eagle |
Endangered |
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Marine Edge Species
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| Mammals |
Status |
| Alabama Beach Mouse |
Endangered |
| Anastasia Island Beach Mouse |
Endangered |
| Choctawhatchee Beach Mouse |
Endangered |
| Perdido Key Beach Mouse |
Endangered |
| Southeastern Beach Mouse |
Threatened |
| Pacific Pocket Mouse |
Endangered |
| Saltmarsh Harvest Mouse |
Endangered |
| Shark Bay Mouse |
Endangered |
| Morro Bay Kangaroo Rat |
Endangered |
| False Water Rat |
Endangered |
| Florida Salt Marsh Vole |
Endangered |
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Birds
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| Laysan Duck |
Endangered |
| Chinese Egret |
Endangered |
| Nordmann's Greenshank |
Endangered |
| New England Shore Plover |
Endangered |
| Piping Plover |
Threatened* |
| California Clapper Rail |
Endangered |
| Lightfooted Clapper Rail |
Endangered+ |
| Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow |
Endangered |
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Fishes
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| Tidewater Goby |
Endangered |
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Reptiles
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| Atlantic Marsh Snake |
Threatened |
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Invertebrates
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| Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle |
Threatened |
| Morro Shoulderband Snail (Banded Dune) |
Endangered |
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Plants
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| Seabeach Amaranth |
Threatened |
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1 Includes species which require marine habitats, or their edges,
to survive.
* Denotes threatened species which are endangered throughout certain portions
of their range or species with endangered breeding populations.
+ Denotes species which are endangered or threatened only in certain portions
of their range.
** Denotes species which are endangered/threatened in their entire range,
except for a certain limited portion of their range.
Center For Marine Conservation, May 1997
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