Kyrgyzstan

Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species

This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Kyrgyzstan 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.

Nemacheilus paradoxus (Balitoridae) Talas Stone Loach

Lagowskiella dementjevi (Cyprinidae)

Leuciscus bergi (Cyprinidae) Issyk-Kul Dace

Leuciscus schmidti (Cyprinidae) Schmidt's Dace

Phoxinus issykkulensis (Cyprinidae) Issyk-Kul Minnow

An additional endemic freshwater fish species described too recently to be 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 5 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, the additional species listed below gives a total of 6 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Kyrgyzstan.


Dzihunia turdakovi (Balitoridae) 2003