Colombia
Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species
This list of marine fish species found exclusively in Colombia 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)
Trinectes opercularis OC (Achiridae) Spottedcheek Sole
Porichthys oculellus (Batrachoididae) Smalleye Midshipman
Saccogaster melanomycter (Bythitidae)
Foetorepus garthi (Callionymidae)
Acanthemblemaria stephensi (Chaenopsidae) Malpelo Barnacle Blenny
Chaenopsis megalops (Chaenopsidae)
Emblemariopsis tayrona OC (Chaenopsidae) Tayrona Blenny
Gobiesox daedaleus OC (Gobiesocidae) Dotted Clingfish
Chriolepis lepidota (Gobiidae) Pretty Goby
Gobionellus daguae OC (Gobiidae) Choco Goby
Lythrypnus solanensis (Gobiidae) Sola's Goby
Priolepis robinsi (Gobiidae)
Halichoeres malpelo (Labridae) Malpelo Wrasse
Starksia variabilis OC (Labrisomidae)
Diplobatis colombiensis (Narcinidae)
Narcine leoparda (Narcinidae) Leopard Electric-ray
Gordiichthys combibus (Ophichthidae) Pacific Horsehair Eel
Opistognathus fenmutis (Opistognathidae) Sailfin Jawfish
Hypoplectrus providencianus (Serranidae) Masked Hamlet
Sphoeroides georgemilleri (Tetraodontidae)
Axoclinus rubinoffi (Tripterygiidae) Rubinoff's Triplefin
Lepidonectes bimaculata (Tripterygiidae) Twinspot Triplefin
Additional endemic marine fish species that were described too recently to be included in FishBase 2004 are given below. This list is primarily based on information from the 13 March 2009 version of the Catalog of Fishes database (current version here) and includes species described through 2008. In addition to the 22 endemic marine fish species listed above, these additional 2 species total 24 species of marine fishes known solely from Colombia.
Cathorops manglarensis (Ariidae) 2007
Notarius armbrusteri (Ariidae) 2006