Maldives
Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species
This list of marine fish species found exclusively in the Maldives 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)
Apogon maculipinnis (Apogonidae)
Apogon quinquestriatus (Apogonidae)
Ecsenius minutus (Blenniidae) Collar Blenny
Callionymus cooperi OC (Callionymidae)
Callionymus tenuis (Callionymidae)
Symphurus maldivensis (Cynoglossidae)
Gerres maldivensis (Gerreidae)
Hazeus maculipinna (Gobiidae)
Frontilabrus caeruleus (Labridae)
Anarchias maldiviensis (Muraenidae)
Parapercis signata OC (Pinguipedidae) Blackflag Sandperch
Marleyella maldivensis (Pleuronectidae)
Poecilopsetta albomaculata (Pleuronectidae)
Pseudoplesiops occidentalis (Pseudochromidae)
Helcogramma larvata (Tripterygiidae)
Helcogramma maldivensis (Tripterygiidae)