India
Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species
This list of marine fish species found exclusively in India 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)
Arius parvipinnis OC (Ariidae)
Balistes ellioti (Balistidae)
Haptogenys bipunctata (Blenniidae)
Praealticus dayi (Blenniidae)
Callionymus kotthausi (Callionymidae)
Callionymus megastomus (Callionymidae)
Cirrhitichthys bleekeri OC (Cirrhitidae)
Heteroconger obscurus (Congridae)
Rhynchoconger squaliceps (Congridae)
Cynoglossus macrostomus OC (Cynoglossidae) Malabar Tongue-sole
Incara multisquamatus OC (Eleotridae)
Erythrocles acarina OC (Emmelichthyidae)
Thryssa kammalensoides (Engraulidae) Godavari Thryssa
Gerres phaiya OC (Gerreidae) Strongspined Silver-biddy
Acentrogobius ennorensis (Gobiidae)
Chiramenu fluviatilis (Gobiidae)
Egglestonichthys melanoptera OC (Gobiidae)
Glossogobius mas (Gobiidae)
Gobiopsis woodsi OC (Gobiidae)
Obliquogobius cometes OC (Gobiidae)
Odontamblyopus roseus (Gobiidae)
Oxyurichthys dasi (Gobiidae)
Oxyurichthys paulae (Gobiidae) Jester Goby
Parachaeturichthys ocellatus OC (Gobiidae)
Parapocryptes rictuosus OC (Gobiidae)
Scartelaos cantoris OC (Gobiidae)
Silhouettea indicus (Gobiidae)
Stigmatogobius minima (Gobiidae)
Xyrichtys cyanifrons (Labridae)
Xyrichtys rajagopalani (Labridae)
Leiognathus striatus (Leiognathidae)
Lalmohania velutina (Monacanthidae)
Moringua arundinacea OC (Moringuidae) Bengal Spaghetti-eel
Liza mandapamensis (Mugilidae)
Heteronarce prabhui (Narcinidae) Quilon Electric Ray
Parascolopsis boesemani (Nemipteridae) Redfin Dwarf Monocle Bream
Dibranchus nasutus OC (Ogcocephalidae)
Pisodonophis hijala (Ophichthidae)
Yirrkala maculata OC (Ophichthidae)
Parapercis quadrispinosus OC (Pinguipedidae)
Ilisha obfuscata (Pristigasteridae) Hidden Ilisha
Pseudanthias conspicuus OC (Serranidae)
Sillago soringa (Sillaginidae) Soringa Sillago
Sillago vincenti (Sillaginidae) Vincent's Sillago
Zebrias annandalei (Soleidae)
Zebrias keralensis (Soleidae)
Zebrias maculosus (Soleidae)
Dysomma bucephalus (Synaphobranchidae)
Dysomma muciparus OC (Synaphobranchidae)
Harpadon squamosus OC (Synodontidae)
Saurida pseudotumbil (Synodontidae)
Arothron leopardus (Tetraodontidae) Banded Leopardblowfish
Ocosia ramaraoi (Tetrarogidae)
Trichonotus cyclograptus (Trichonotidae)
Lepidotrigla longipinnis OC (Triglidae)
Uranoscopus crassiceps OC (Uranoscopidae)
Kraemericus smithi (Xenisthmidae)
Additional endemic marine fish species that were not 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 57 endemic marine fish species listed above, these additional 3 species total 60 species of marine fishes known solely from India.
Arius malabaricus (Ariidae)
Perulibatrachus aquilonarius (Batrachoididae) 2005
Enchelycore tamarae (Muraenidae) 2005