New Caledonia Endemic Marine Fish Checklist

New Caledonia

Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species

This list of marine fish species found exclusively in New Caledonia 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 catalai (Apogonidae)

Apogon noumeae (Apogonidae)

Meiacanthus phaeus (Blenniidae)

Callionymus rivatoni (Callionymidae)

Callionymus tethys (Callionymidae)

Springeratus caledonicus (Clinidae)

Bathycongrus trilineatus (Congridae)

Erythrocles taeniatus (Emmelichthyidae)

Eviota corneliae (Gobiidae)

Cirrhilabrus roseafascia (Labridae)

Parioglossus neocaledonicus (Microdesmidae)

Gymnothorax intesi OC (Muraenidae)

Rhinophichthus penicillatus (Ophichthidae)

Yirrkala insolitus (Ophichthidae)

Parapriacanthus marei (Pempheridae)

Parapercis flavescens (Pinguipedidae)

Parapercis gilliesii (Pinguipedidae) Yellow Weaver

Ogilbyina salvati (Pseudochromidae)

Pseudochromis kolythrus (Pseudochromidae)

Aulohalaelurus kanakorum (Scyliorhinidae) New Caledonia Catshark

Chelidoperca lecromi OC (Serranidae)

Luzonichthys williamsi (Serranidae)

Plectranthias retrofasciatus (Serranidae)

Pseudanthias rubrolineatus (Serranidae)

Pseudanthias xanthomaculatus (Serranidae)

Selenanthias barroi (Serranidae)

Dentex fourmanoiri (Sparidae)

Squalus melanurus (Squalidae) Blacktailed Spurdog

Doryrhamphus chapmani (Syngnathidae) Glowtail Pipefish

Enneapterygius niger OC (Tripterygiidae) New Caledonian Black Triplefin

Enneapterygius paucifasciatus (Tripterygiidae) New Caledonian Striped Triplefin

Enneapterygius trisignatus (Tripterygiidae)

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 31 endemic marine fish species listed above, these additional 20 species total 51 species of marine fishes known solely from New Caledonia.

Cocotropus richeri (Aploactinidae) 2004

Apogon euspilotus (Apogonidae) 2006

Didymothallus pruvosti (Bythitidae) 2007

Lapitaichthys frickei (Bythitidae) 2007

Callionymus kanakorum (Callionymidae) 2006

Protogrammus antipodus (Callionymidae) 2006

Amblyeleotris bellicauda (Gobiidae) 2004

Amblyeleotris stenotaeniata (Gobiidae) 2004

Upeneus mouthami (Mullidae) 2006

Neosebastes capricornis (Neosebastidae) Capricorn Gurnard Perch 2004

Pteropsaron neocaledonicus (Percophidae)

Parapercis albipinna (Pinguipedidae) 2008

Siganus woodlandi (Siganidae) 2005