Aquatic species at risk: Department of Fisheries and Oceans jurisdiction
Last updated July 31, 2015
| Species | Scientific Name | Designatable Unit | SARA Status | Species Profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Salmon | Salmo salar | Inner Bay of Fundy population | Endangered | Profile of Atlantic Salmon, Inner Bay of Fundy population |
| Atlantic Walrus | Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus | Northwest Atlantic population | Extirpated | Profile of Atlantic Walrus, Northwest Atlantic population |
| Atlantic Whitefish | Coregonus huntsmani | - | Endangered | Profile of Atlantic Whitefish |
| Atlantic Wolffish | Anarhichas lupus | - | Special Concern | Profile of Atlantic Wolffish |
| Aurora Trout | Salvelinus fontinalis timagamiensis | - | Endangered | Profile of Aurora Trout |
| Banded Killifish | Fundulus diaohanus | Newfoundland populations | Special Concern | Profile of Banded Killifish, Newfoundland populations |
| Basking Shark | Cetorhinus maximus | Pacific population | Endangered | Profile of Basking Shark, Pacific population |
| Beluga Whale | Delphinapterus Leucas | St. Lawrence Estuary population | Threatened | Profile of Beluga Whale, St. Lawrence Estuary population |
| Bigmouth Buffalo | Ictiobus cyprinellus | Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations | Special Concern | Profile of Bigmouth Buffalo, Saskatchewan – Nelson River populations |
| Blackstripe Topminnow | Fundulus notatus | - | Special Concern | Profile of Black Stripe Topminnow |
| Blue Whale | Balaenoptera musculus | Pacific population | Endangered | Profile of Blue Whale, Pacific population |
| Blue Whale | Balaenoptera musculus | Atlantic population | Endangered | Profile of Blue Whale, Atlantic population |
| Bluntnose Sixgill Shark | Hexanchus griseus | - | Special Concern | Profile of Bluntnose Sixgill Shark |
| Bowhead Whale | Balaena mysticetus | Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort population | Special Concern | Profile of Bowhead Whale, Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort population |
| Bridle Shiner | Notropis bifrenatus | - | Special Concern | Profile of Bridle Shiner |
| Brook Floater | Alasmidonta varicosa | - | Special Concern | Profile of Brook Floater |
| Carmine Shiner | Notropis percobromus | - | Threatened | Profile of Carmine Shiner |
| Channel Darter | Percina copelandi | - | Threatened | Profile of Channel Darter |
| Coastrange Sculpin | Cottus aleuticus | Cultus population | Threatened | Profile of Coastrange Sculpin, Cultus population |
| Columbia Sculpin | Cottus hubbsi | - | Special Concern | Profile of Columbia Sculpin |
| Copper Redhorse | Moxostoma hubbsi | - | Endangered | Profile of Copper Redhorse |
| Deepwater Sculpin | Myoxocephalus thompsonii | Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence population | Special Concern | Profile of Deepwater Sculpin, Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence population |
| Dwarf Wedgemussel | Alasmidonta heterodon | - | Extirpated | Profile of Dwarf Wedgemussel |
| Eastern Pondmussel | Ligumia nasuta | - | Endangered | Profile of Eastern Pondmussel |
| Eastern Sand Darter | Ammocrypta pellucida | Ontario populations | Threatened | Profile of Eastern Sand Dater, Ontario populations |
| Eastern Sand Darter | Ammocrypta pellucida | Quebec populations | Threatened | Profile of Eastern Sand Dater, Quebec populations |
| Enos Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback | Gasterosteus aculeatus | - | Endangered | Profile of Enos Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback |
| Enos Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback | Gasterosteus aculeatus | - | Endangered | Profile of Enos Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback |
| Fin Whale | Balaenoptera physalus | Pacific population | Threatened | Profile of Fin Whale, Pacific population |
| Fin Whale | Balaenoptera physalus | Atlantic population | Special Concern | Profile of Fin Whale, Atlantic population |
| Grass Pickerel | Esox americanus vermiculatus | - | Special Concern | Profile of Grass Pickerel |
| Gravel Chub | Erimystax x-punctatus | - | Extirpated | Profile of Gravel Chub |
| Green Sturgeon | Acipenser medirostris | - | Special Concern | Profile of Green Sturgeon |
| Grey Whale | Eschrichtius robustus | Eastern North Pacific population | Special Concern | Profile of Grey Whale, Eastern North Pacific population |
| Grey Whale | Eschrichtius robustus | Atlantic population | Extirpated | Profile of Grey Whale, Atlantic population |
| Harbour Porpoise | Phocoena phocoena | Pacific Ocean population | Special Concern | Profile of Harbour Porpoise, Pacific Ocean population |
| Hotwater Physa | Physella wrighti | - | Endangered | Profile of Hotwater Physa |
| Humpback Whale | Megaptera novaeangliae | North Pacific population | Threatened | Profile of Humpback Whale, North Pacific population |
| Kidneyshell | Ptychobranchus fasciolaris | - | Endangered | Profile of Kidneyshell |
| Killer Whale | Orcinus orca | Northeast Pacific Transient population | Threatened | Profile of Killer Whale, Northeast Pacific Transient population |
| Killer Whale | Orcinus orca | Northeast Pacific Southern Resident population | Endangered | Profile of Killer Whale, Northeast Pacific Southern Resident population |
| Killer Whale | Orcinus orca | Northeast Pacific Northern Resident population | Threatened | Profile of Killer Whale, Northeast Pacific Northern Resident population |
| Killer Whale | Orcinus orca | Northeast Pacific Offshore population | Threatened | Profile of Killer Whale, Northeast Pacific Offshore population |
| Lake Chubsucker | Erimyzon sucetta | - | Endangered | Profile of Lake Chubsucker |
| Leatherback Sea Turtle | Dermochelys coriacea | - | Endangered | Profile of Leatherback Sea Turtle |
| Longspine Thornyhead | Sebastolobus altivelis | - | Special Concern | Profile of Longspine Thornyhead |
| Mapleleaf | Quadrula quadrula | Saskatchewan - Nelson population | Endangered | Profile of Mapleleaf, Saskatchewan - Nelson population |
| Mapleleaf | Quadrula quadrula | Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence population | Threatened | Profile of Mapleleaf, Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence population |
| Misty Lake Lentic Threespine Stickleback | Gasterosteus aculeatus | - | Endangered | Profile of Misty Lake Lentic Threespine Stickleback |
| Misty Lake Lotic Threespine Stickleback | Gasterosteus aculeatus | - | Endangered | Profile of Misty Lake Lotic Threespine Stickleback |
| Nooksack Dace | Rhinichthys cataractae ssp | - | Endangered | Profile of Nooksack Dace |
| North Atlantic Right Whale | Eubalaena glacialis | - | Endangered | Profile of North Atlantic Right Whale |
| North Pacific Right Whale | Eubalaena japonica | - | Endangered | Profile of North Pacific Right Whale |
| Northern Abalone | Haliotis kamtschatkana | - | Endangered | Profile of Northern Abalone |
| Northern Bottlenose Whale | Hyperoodon ampullatus | Scotian Shelf population | Endangered | Profile of Northern Bottlenose Whale, Scotian Shelf population |
| Northern Brook Lamprey | Ichthyomyzon fossor | Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations | Special Concern | Profile of Northern Brook Lamprey, Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations |
| Northern Madtom | Noturus stigmosus | - | Endangered | Profile of Northern Abalone |
| Northern Riffleshell | Epioblasma torulosa rangiana | - | Endangered | Profile of Northern Riffleshell |
| Northern Wolffish | Anarhichas denticulatus | - | Threatened | Profile of Northern Wolffish |
| Olympia Oyster | Ostrea lurida | - | Special Concern | Profile of Olympia Oyster |
| Paddlefish | Polyodon spathula | - | Extirpated | Profile of Paddlefish |
| Paxton Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback | Gasterosteus aculeatus | - | Endangered | Profile of Paxton Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback |
| Paxton Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback | Gasterosteus aculeatus | - | Endangered | Profile of Paxton Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback |
| Pugnose Minnow | Opsopoeodus emiliae | - | Special Concern | Profile of Pugnose Minnow |
| Pugnose Shiner | Notropis anogenus | - | Endangered | Profile of Pugnose Shiner |
| Rainbow | Villosa iris | - | Endangered | Profile of Rainbow |
| Rainbow Smelt | Osmerus mordax | Lake Utopia small-bodied population | Threatened | Profile of Rainbow Smelt, Lake Utopia small-bodied population |
| Rayed Bean | Villosa fabalis | - | Endangered | Profile of Rayed Bean |
| River Redhorse | Moxostoma carinatum | - | Special Concern | Profile of River Redhorse |
| Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel | Gonidea angulata | - | Special Concern | Profile of Rocky Mountain Ridged Mussel |
| Rocky Mountain Sculpin | Cottus sp. | Eastslope populations | Threatened | Profile of Rocky Mountain Sculpin, Eastslope poulations |
| Rougheye Rockfish type I | Sebastes sp. type I | - | Special Concern | Profile of Rougheye Rockfish type I |
| Rougheye Rockfish type II | Sebastes sp. type II | - | Special Concern | Profile of Rougheye Rockfish type II |
| Round Hickorynut | Obovaria subrotunda | - | Endangered | Profile of Round Hickorynut |
| Round Pigtoe | Pleurobema sintoxia | - | Endangered | Profile of Round Pigtoe |
| Salamander Mussel | Simpsonaias ambigua | - | Endangered | Profile of Salamander Mussel |
| Salish Sucker | Catostomus sp. cf. catostomus | - | Endangered | Profile of Salish Sucker |
| Sea Otter | Enhydra lutris | - | Special Concern | Profile of Sea Otter |
| Sei Whale | Balaenoptera borealis | Pacific population | Endangered | Profile of Sei Whale, Pacific population |
| Shorthead Sculpin | Cottus confusus | - | Special Concern | Profile of Shorthead Sculpin |
| Shortnose Cisco | Coregonus reighardi | - | Endangered | Profile of Shortnose Cisco |
| Shortnose Sturgeon | Acipenser brevirostrum | - | Special Concern | Profile of Shortnose Sturgeon |
| Silver Chub | Macrhybopsis storeriana | - | Special Concern | Profile of Silver Chub |
| Snuffbox | Epioblasma triquetra | - | Endangered | Profile of Snuffbox |
| Sowerby`s Beaked Whale | Mesoplodon bidens | - | Special Concern | Profile of Sowerby`s Beaked Whale |
| Speckled Dace | Rhinichthys osculus | - | Endangered | Profile of Speckled Dace |
| Spotted Gar | Lepisosteus oculatus | - | Threatened | Profile of Spotted Gar |
| Spotted Sucker | Minytrema melanops | - | Special Concern | Profile of Spotted Sucker |
| Spotted Wolffish | Anarhichas minor | - | Threatened | Profile of Spotted Wolffish |
| Spring Cisco | Coregonus sp | - | Endangered | Profile of Spring cisco |
| Steller Sea Lion | Eumetopias jubatus | - | Special Concern | Profile of Stellar Sea Lion |
| Striped Bass | Morone saxatilis | St. Lawrence River population | Extirpated | Profile of Striped Bass, St. Lawrence River population |
| Tope | Galeorhinus galeus | - | Special Concern | Profile of Tope |
| Upper Great Lakes Kiyi | Coregonus kiyi kiyi | - | Special Concern | Profile of Upper Great Lakes Kiyi |
| Vananda Creek Benthic Threespine Stickleback | Gasterosteus aculeatus | - | Endangered | Profile of Vananda Creek Benthic Threespine Stickleback |
| Vananda Creek Limnetic Threespine Stickleback | Gasterosteus aculeatus | - | Endangered | Profile of Vananda Creek Limnetic Threespine Stickleback |
| Vancouver Lamprey | Lampetra macrostoma | - | Threatened | Profile of Vancouver Lamprey |
| Warmouth | Lepomis gulosus | - | Special Concern | Profile of Warmouth |
| Wavy-rayed Lampmussel | Lampsilis fasciola | - | Special Concern | Profile of Wavy-rayed Lampmussel |
| Western Brook Lamprey | Lampetra richardsoni | Morrison Creek population | Endangered | Profile of Western Brook Lamprey, Morrison Creek population |
| Western Silvery Minnow | Hybognathus argyritis | - | Threatened | Profile of Western Silvery Minnow |
| Westslope Cutthroat Trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi | Alberta population | Threatened | Profile of Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Alberta population |
| Westslope Cutthroat Trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi | British Columbia population | Special Concern | Profile of Westslope Cutthroat Trout, British Columbia population |
| White Shark | Carcharodon carcharias | Atlantic population | Endangered | Profile of White Shark, Atlantic population |
| White Sturgeon | Acipenser transmontanus | Nechako River population | Endangered | Profile of White Sturgeon, Nechako River population |
| White Sturgeon | Acipenser transmontanus | Upper Columbia River population | Endangered | Profile of White Sturgeon, Upper Columbia River population |
| White Sturgeon | Acipenser transmontanus | Upper Kootenay River population | Endangered | Profile of White Sturgeon, Upper Kootenay River population |
| White Sturgeon | Acipenser transmontanus | Upper Fraser River population | Endangered | Profile of White Sturgeon, Upper Fraser River population |
| Yellow Lampmussel | Lampsilis cariosa | - | Special Concern | Profile of Yellow Lampmussel |
| Yelloweye Rockfish | Sebastes ruberrimus | Pacific Ocean Inside Waters population | Special Concern | Profile of Yelloweye Rockfish, Pacific Ocean Inside Waters population |
| Yelloweye Rockfish | Sebastes ruberrimus | Pacific Ocean Outside Waters population | Special Concern | Profile of Yelloweye Rockfish, Pacific Ocean Outside Waters population |
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