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List of Threatened Fishes reported from Iran
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Note: The IUCN RedList threat category, as used here, is for the species as a whole, not necessarily for the population(s) in this country.


Table 1: 58 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 6 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 0 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 64 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table 1: 58 species currently present in the country/island.
     
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Family Species FishBase name Threat Category Occurrence
Acipenseridae Acipenser gueldenstaedtiiDanube sturgeon  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Acipenseridae Acipenser nudiventrisFringebarbel sturgeon  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Acipenseridae Acipenser persicusPersian sturgeon  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Acipenseridae Acipenser ruthenusSterlet sturgeon  Endangered (EN) native 
Acipenseridae Acipenser stellatusStarry sturgeon  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Aetobatidae Aetobatus ocellatusOcellated eagle ray  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Myliobatidae Aetomylaeus maculatusMottled eagle ray  Endangered (EN) native 
Myliobatidae Aetomylaeus nichofiiBanded eagle ray  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Alopiidae Alopias pelagicusPelagic thresher  Endangered (EN) native 
Alosidae Alosa immaculataPontic shad  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Cyprinidae Arabibarbus grypusShabout  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Cyprinidae Carasobarbus kosswigiKosswig’s barb  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus dussumieriWhitecheek shark  Endangered (EN) native 
Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus leucasBull shark  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus limbatusBlacktip shark  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus melanopterusBlacktip reef shark  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus plumbeusSandbar shark  Endangered (EN) native 
Hemigaleidae Chaenogaleus macrostomaHooktooth shark  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Channidae Channa orientalisWalking snakehead  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Ehiravidae Clupeonella engrauliformisAnchovy sprat  Endangered (EN) native 
Ehiravidae Clupeonella grimmiSouthern Caspian sprat  Endangered (EN) native 
Cobitidae Cobitis turcicaTurkish spined loach  Endangered (EN) native 
Nemacheilidae Eidinemacheilus smithiBlind loach  Vulnerable (VU) endemic 
Sphyrnidae Eusphyra blochiiWinghead shark  Endangered (EN) native 
Cyprinidae Garra typhlopsIran cave barb  Vulnerable (VU) endemic 
Cyprinidae Garra widdowsoniIraq blind barb  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Gymnuridae Gymnura poeciluraLong-tailed butterfly ray  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Hemigaleidae Hemipristis elongataSnaggletooth shark  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Dasyatidae Himantura uarnakHoneycomb stingray  Endangered (EN) native 
Syngnathidae Hippocampus kudaSpotted seahorse  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Acipenseridae Huso husoBeluga  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Lamnidae Isurus oxyrinchusShortfin mako  Endangered (EN) native 
Cyprinidae Luciobarbus brachycephalusAral barbel  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Cyprinidae Luciobarbus capitoBulatmai barbel  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Cyprinidae Luciobarbus esocinusMangar  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Cyprinidae Luciobarbus subquincunciatusMesopotamian barbel  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Cyprinidae Luciobarbus xanthopterusYellowfin barbell  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Dasyatidae Maculabatis gerrardiSharpnose stingray  Endangered (EN) native 
Cyprinidae Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Molidae Mola molaOcean sunfish  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Ginglymostomatidae Nebrius ferrugineusTawny nurse shark  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Blenniidae Omobranchus mekranensisMekran blenny  Vulnerable (VU) native 
Nemacheilidae Oxynoemacheilus tigrisTigris loach  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Cyprinidae Paracapoeta barroisiTigris barb  Endangered (EN) native 
Pristidae Pristis zijsronLongcomb sawfish  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Leuciscidae Pseudophoxinus atropatenusShirvan roachling  Critically Endangered (CR) native 
Rhincodontidae Rhincodon typusWhale shark  Endangered (EN) native 
Rhinopteridae Rhinoptera javanicaFlapnose ray  Endangered (EN) native 
Rhinopteridae Rhinoptera jayakariOman cownose ray  Endangered (EN) native 
Carcharhinidae Rhizoprionodon acutusMilk shark  Vulnerable (VU) native 
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