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Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority :: Table 3. Threatened species known to occur in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and listed by the IUCN Red Data Book, or under Queensland or Commonwealth legislation

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Table 3. Threatened species known to occur in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area and listed by the IUCN Red Data Book, or under Queensland or Commonwealth legislation

Disclaimer. Whilst every attempt has been made to include Great Barrier Reef species that are listed by the IUCN Red Data Book or under Queensland or Commonwealth legislation, for certainty the original source documents should be examined.

DD - Data deficient; LMa-Listed marine species; NS-Not Scheduled; LR (cd) - Lower risk, conservation dependent; LR (nt) - Lower risk, near threatened.

Common Name	Scientific Name	Commonwealth *Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999*	Queensland *Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 1994*	The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red Data Book
Reptiles
Flatback turtle	Natator depressus	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	DD
Green turtle	Chelonia mydas	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Endangered
Hawksbill turtle	Eretmochelys imbricata	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Critically Endangered
Leatherback turtle	Dermochelys coriacea	Vulnerable	Endangered	Endangered
Loggerhead turtle	Caretta caretta	Endangered	Endangered	Endangered
Olive ridley turtle	Lepidochelys olivacea	Endangered	Endangered	Endangered
Estuarine crocodile	Crocodylus porosus	LMa	Vulnerable	NS
Seabirds
Grey-headed albatross	Dionedea chrysostoma	Vulnerable	Common	LR (nt)
Herald petrel	Pterodroma heraldica	Critically endangered	Endangered	NS
Little tern	Sterna albifrons	LMa	Endangered	NS
Northern giant petrel	Macronectes halli	Vulnerable	Common	NS
Red-tailed tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	LMa	Vulnerable	NS
Sooty albatross	Phoebetria fusca	Vulnerable	Common	NS
Southern giant petrel	Macronectes giganteus	Endangered	Common	NS
Wandering albatross	Diomedea exulans	Vulnerable	Common	Vulnerable
Marine Mammals
Blue whale	Balaenoptera musculus	Endangered	Common	Endangered
Bottlenose dolphin	Tursiops truncates	NS	Common	DD
Bryde’s whale	Balaenoptera edeni	NS	Common	DD
Cuvier’s beaked whale	Ziphius cavirostris	NS	Common	DD
Dense-beaked whale	Mesoplodon densirostris	NS	Common	DD
Dugong	Dugong dugon	NS	Vulnerable	Vulnerable
Fin whale	Balaenoptera physalus	Vulnerable	Common	Endangered
Fraser’s dolphin	Lagenodelphis hosei	NS	Common	DD
Humpback whale	Megaptera novaeangliae	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Vulnerable
Indo-pacific hump-backed dolphin	Sousa chinensis	NS	Rare	DD
Australian snubfin dolphin	Orcaella heinsohni	NS	Rare	DD
Killer whale (Orca)	Orcinus orca	NS	Common	LR (cd)
Longman’s beaked whale	Mesoplodon pacificus	NS	Common	DD
Minke whale	Balaenoptera acutorostrata	NS	Common	LR (nt)
Pantropical spotted dolphin	Stenella attenuata	NS	Common	LR (cd)
Pygmy killer whale	Feresa attenuata	NS	Common	DD
Risso’s dolphin	Grampus griseus	NS	Common	DD
Rough-toothed dolphin	Steno bredanensis	NS	Common	DD
Sei whale	Balaenoptera borealis	Vulnerable	Common	Endangered
Short-finned pilot whale	Globicephala macrorhynchus	NS	Common	LR (cd)
Sperm whale	Physeter macrocephalus	NS	Common	Vulnerable
Spinner dolphin	Stenella longirostris	NS	Common	LR (cd)
Strap-toothed beaked whale	Mesoplodon layardii	NS	Common	DD
Striped dolphin	Stenella coeruleoalba	NS	Common	LR (cd)
Subantarctic fur seal	Arctocephalus tropicalis	Vulnerable	NS	NS
Whale shark	Rhincodon typus	Vulnerable	NS	NS
Sharks, Skates and Rays
Banded wobbegong	Orectolobus ornatus	NS	NS	DD
Black shark	Dalatias lichaI	NS	NS	DD
Blacktip topeshark	Hypogaleus hyugaensis	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Bluespotted ribbontail ray	Taeniura lymma	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Bull shark	Carcharinus leucas	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Colclough’s shark	Brachaelurus colcloughi	NS	NS	Vulnerable
Common blacktip shark	Carcharhinus limbatus	NS	NS	DD
Crocodile shark	Psudocarcharias kamoharai	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Estuary stingray	Dasyatis fluviorum	NS	NS	LR (nt)
Great hammerhead	Sphyrna mokarran	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Great white shark	Carcharias carcharias	Vulnerable	NS	Vulnerable
Grey nurse shark	Carcharias Taurus	Critically endangered	NS	Vulnerable
Grey reef shark	Carcharinus amblyrhynchos	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Manta ray	Manta birostris	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Porcupine ray	Urogymnus asperrimus	NS	NS	LR (nt)
Sandbar shark	Carcharhinus plumbeus	NS	NS	LR (nt)
Scalloped hammerhead	Sphyrna lewini	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Shortfin mako	Isurus oxyrinchus	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Silky shark	Carcharinu sfalciformis	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Spinner shark	Carcharinu brevipinnas	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Spotted eagle ray	Aetobatus narinari	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Tiger shark	Galeocerdo cuvier	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Whale shark	Rhincodon typus	NS	NS	DD
Whitespot giant guitarfish	Rhynchobatus djiddensis	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Whitetip reef shark	Triaenodon obesus	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Syngnathids
Dunker’s pipehorse	Solegnathus dunckeri	LMa	NS	Vulnerable
Qld spiny pipehorse	Solegnathus hardwickii	LMa	NS	Vulnerable
Hedge hog seahorse	Hippocampus spinossissimus	LMa	NS	Vulnerable
Narrow-bellied seahorse	Hippicampus angustus	LMa	NS	Vulnerable
Yellow seashores	Hippocampus kuda	LMa	NS	Vulnerable
Three spot seahorse	Hippocampus trimaculatus	LMa	NS	Vulnerable
White’s seahorse	Hippocampus whitei	LMa	NS	Vulnerable
Double-ended pipehorse	Syngnathoides biaculeatus	LMa	NS	DD
Banded pipefish	Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus	LMa	NS	DD
Pygmy seahorse	Hippocampus bargibanti	LMa	NS	DD
Marine Fishes
Bar cod	Epinephelus ergastularius	NS	NS	DD
Barramundi cod	Cromileptes altivelis	NS	NS	LR (cd)
Black rockcod	Epinephelus daemelii	NS	NS	Vulnerable
Camouflage grouper	Epinephelus polyphedakion	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Estuary rockcod	Epinephelus coioides	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Flowery cod	Epinephelus fuscoguttatus	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Greasy grouper	Epinephelus tauvina	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Humphead maori wrasse	Cheilinus undulatus	NS	NS	LR (cd)
Humpheaded parrotfish	Bolbometopon muricaturn	NS	NS	DD
Malabar grouper	Epinephelus malabaricus	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Multicolour dottyback	Ogilbynia novaehollandiae	NS	NS	DD
Potato cod	Epinephelus tukula	NS	NS	LR (cd)
Purple rockcod	Epinephelus cyanopodus	NS	NS	LR (lc)
Queensland grouper	Epinephelus lanceolatus	NS	NS	LR (cd)
Sculptured frogfish	Halophryne queenslandiae	NS	NS	LR (nt)
Swordfish	Xiphias gladius	NS	NS	DD
Island Fauna
Beach stone-curlew	Esacus neglectus	LMa	Vulnerable	NS
Black-necked stork	Ephipporhynchus asiaticus	LMa	Rare	NS
Blue-faced parrot-finch	Erythrura trichroa	LMa	Rare	NS
Bower’s shrike-thrush	Colluricincla boweri	LMa	Common	LR (nt)
Eastern curlew	Numemius madagascariensis	LMa	Rare	LR (nt)
Grey falcon	Falco hypoleucos	LMa	Rare	Vulnerable
Grey goshawk	Accipiter novaehollandiae	LMa	Rare	NS
Grey-headed robin	Heteromyias albispecularis	LMa	Common	LR (nt)
Lewin’s rail	Rallus pectoralis	LMa	Rare	NS
Proserpine rock wallaby	Petrogale persephone	Endangered	Endangered	Endangered
Radjah shelduck	Tadorna radjah	LMa	Rare	NS
Rufous owl southern subspecies	Ninox rufa	LMa	Vulnerable	NS
Sooty oystercatcher	Haematopus fuliginosus	LMa	Rare	NS
Southern cassowary	Casuarius casuarius	Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
White-rumped swiftlet	Collocalia spodiopygius	LMa	Rare	NS
Yellow chat (Dawson)	Epthianura crocea macgregori	Critically endangered	Vulnerable	LR (nt)
Island Flora
	Acacia homaloclada	NS	Rare	Rare
	Acacia jackesiana	NS	Rare	Rare
	Acacia polyadenia	NS	Rare	Rare
	Acmenosperma pringlei	NS	Rare	Rare
	Actephila sessilifolia	NS	Rare	Rare
	Albizia retusa subsp. retusa	NS	Rare	NS
	Amaranthus pallidiflorus	NS	Rare	NS
	Aphyllorchis queenslandica	NS	Rare	NS
	Archidendron hirsutum	NS	Rare	Rare
Australian Arenga Palm	Arenga australasica	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	NS
	Aristolochia chalmersii	NS	Rare	NS
	Atalaya rigida	NS	Rare	Rare
	Austromyrtus lucida	NS	Rare	Rare
	Austromyrtus pubiflora	NS	Rare	Rare
	Banksia plagiocarpa	NS	Rare	Rae
	Berrya rotundifolia	NS	Rare	NS
	Bonamia dietichiana	NS	Rare	NS
	Brachychiton compactus	NS	Rare	Rare
	Buchanania mangoides	NS	Rare	NS
	Capparis sp. (Gloucester Island, Batianoff 920912)	NS	Rare	NS
	Cassia queenslandica	NS	Rare	Rare
	Cassia sp. (Paluma Range G., Sankoswky+ 450)	NS	Rare	NS
	Cerbera dumicola	NS	Rare	Rare
	Cerbera inflata	NS	Rare	Rare
	Cleistanthus myrtianthus	NS	Rare	NS
	Combretum trifoliatum	NS	Rare	NS
	Comesperma praecelsum	NS	Rare	Rare
	Corchorus hygrophilus	NS	Rare	NS
	Croton magneticus	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Ctenopteris blechnoides	Vulnerable	Rare	NS
	Dendrobium johannis	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Dendrobium phalaenopsis	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Didymoplexus pallenscrystal bells	NS	Rare	NS
	Dipodium ensifolium	NS	Rare	Rare
	Dischidia littoralis	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	NS
	Drosera adelae	NS	Rare	Rare
	Ehretia grahamii	NS	Rare	Rare
	Elaeocarpus carolinae	NS	Rare	Rare
	Eucalyptus xanthope	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Gahnia insignis	NS	Rare	Rare
	Grewia graniticola	NS	Rare	NS
	Gymnema brevifolium	NS	Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Gymnostoma australianum	NS	Rare	Rare
	Habenaria divaricata	NS	Endangered	Endangered
	Habenaria xanthantha	NS	Rare	Rare
	Huperzia phlegmaria	NS	Rare	NS
	Ipomoea saintronanensis	NS	Rare	NS
	Kunzea graniticola	NS	Rare	Rare
	Larsenaikia jardinei	NS	Rare	NS
	Leucopogon cuspidatus	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Livistona drudei	NS	Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Macaranga polyadenia	NS	Vulnerable	NS
	Macropteranthes fitzalanii	NS	Rare	Rare
	Muellerargia timorensis	NS	Endangered	NS
	Myrmecodia beccarii	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	NS
	Omphalea celata	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	NS
	Ozothamnus eriocephalus	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Vulnerable
	Peripleura scabra	NS	Rare	NS
	Peristylus banfieldii	NS	Rare	NS
	Psychotria coelospermum	NS	Rare	NS
	Psychotria lorentzii	NS	Rare	NS
Quassia	Quassia bidwillii	Vulnerable	Rare	Rare
	Rhodamnia pauciovulata	NS	Rare	Rare
	Solanum sporadotrichum	NS	Rare	Rare
	Spathoglottis plicata	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	NS
	Stackhousia tryonii	NS	Rare	Rare
	Stenocarpus cryptocarpus	NS	Rare	Rare
	Syzygium alatoramulum	NS	Rare	Rare
	Tephrosia savannicola	NS	Rare	NS
	Tetramolopium sp. (Mt Bowen, G.D. Fell 1224)	NS	Rare	NS
	Tiliacora australiana	NS	Rare	Rare
	Tinospora angusta	NS	Rare	NS
	Wrightia versicolor	NS	Rare	Rare
	Xylosma ovatum	NS	Rare	Rare

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