Kiribati
Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species
This list of marine fish species found exclusively in Kiribati 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)
Gymnapogon vanderbilti OC (Apogonidae)
Amblyeleotris harrisorum (Gobiidae)
Gobiopsis exigua OC (Gobiidae)
Coris centralis (Labridae)
Physiculus coheni (Moridae)
Gymnothorax kontodontos OC (Muraenidae)
Ophichthus macrops (Ophichthidae)
Parapercis lata (Pinguipedidae) Y-barred Sandperch
Chrysiptera albata (Pomacentridae)
Plectranthias taylori (Serranidae)
Pseudanthias aurulentus (Serranidae) Golden Anthias
Lepidotrigla jimjoebob (Triglidae)
An additional endemic marine fish species not included in FishBase 2004 is 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 12 endemic marine fish species listed above, the additional species listed below gives a total of 13 species of marine fishes known solely from Kiribati.
Trimma squamicana (Gobiidae) Candy Scale Pygmy Goby 2004