Bahamas Endemic Marine Fish Checklist

Bahamas

Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species

This list of marine fish species found exclusively in the Bahamas is based on the taxonomy used in FishBase 2004 (2004). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

FishBase 2004: a global information system on fishes. DVD. WorldFish Center - Philippine Office, Los Banos, Philippines. Published in May 2004.

The current version of this electronic database is accessible here.

OC = a FishBase occurrence record suggests a specimen from another country outside normal stated range (these vary widely in reliability from obvious misidentifications to being almost certainly correct)

Lucifuga spelaeotes (Bythitidae) New Providence Cuskeel

Catesbya pseudomuraena (Chlopsidae)

Platygillellus smithi (Dactyloscopidae)

Derilissus nanus (Gobiesocidae)

Elacatinus atronasus OC (Gobiidae)

Evermannichthys convictor (Gobiidae) Tenant Goby

Evermannichthys silus (Gobiidae) Pugnose Goby

Lythrypnus okapia OC (Gobiidae) Okapi Goby

Pariah scotius (Gobiidae) Peppered Goby

Pycnomma roosevelti OC (Gobiidae)

Vomerogobius flavus (Gobiidae) Lemon Goby

Paraclinus naeorhegmis (Labrisomidae) Surf Blenny