Korean Peninsula
Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species
This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively on the Korean Peninsula 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)
Liobagrus andersoni (Amblycipitidae) Korean Ttorrent Catfish
Cobitis pacifica (Cobitidae) Northern Loach
Acheilognathus yamatsutae (Cyprinidae) Korean Striped Bitterling
Coreoleuciscus splendidus (Cyprinidae) Splendid Shiner
Gobiobotia macrocephala (Cyprinidae)
Microphysogobio yaluensis OC (Cyprinidae)
Rhodeus uyekii (Cyprinidae) Korean Rose Bitterling
Rhynchocypris kumgangensis (Cyprinidae) Kumgang Fat Minnow
Rhynchocypris semotilus (Cyprinidae) Black Star Fat Minnow
Tanakia signifer (Cyprinidae) Korean Bitterling
Odontobutis interrupta OC (Odontobutidae) Dark Sleeper
Odontobutis platycephala (Odontobutidae) Korean Dark Sleeper
An additional endemic freshwater 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 freshwater fish species listed above, the additional species listed below gives a total of 13 species of freshwater fishes known solely from the Korean Peninsula.
Phoxinus oxyrhynchus (Cyprinidae)
Additional species endemic to North Korea can be found here and additional species endemic to South Korea can be found here