New Zealand
Checklist of Endemic Vertebrate Genera
This list of vertebrate genera found exclusively in New Zealand is based on the taxonomy used in Wilson & Reeder (2005) for mammals, Dickinson (2003) for birds, the EMBL Reptile Database (2005) for reptiles, Frost (2004) for amphibians, and FishBase 2004 (2004) for fishes. For further details on the sources and possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
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)
Mystacina 2 spp. (Mammal Chiroptera Mystacinidae)
Phocarctos 1 spp. (Mammal Carnivora Otariidae)
Apteryx 3 spp. (Bird Apterygidae)
Hymenolaimus 1 spp. (Bird Anatidae)
Megadyptes 1 spp. (Bird Spheniscidae)
Anarhynchus 1 spp. (Bird Charadriidae)
Coenocorypha 2 spp. (Bird Scolopacidae)
Hemiphaga 1 spp. (Bird Columbidae)
Nestor 3 spp. (Bird Psittacidae)
Strigops 1 spp. (Bird Psittacidae)
Urodynamis 1 spp. (Bird Cuculidae)
Sceloglaux 1 spp. (Bird Strigidae)
Acanthisitta 1 spp. (Bird Acanthisittidae)
Xenicus 3 spp. (Bird Acanthisittidae)
Notiomystis 1 spp. (Bird Meliphagidae)
Anthornis 1 spp. (Bird Meliphagidae)
Prosthemadera 1 spp. (Bird Meliphagidae)
Mohoua 1 spp. (Bird Acanthizidae)
Finschia 1 spp. (Bird Acanthizidae)
Callaeas 1 spp. (Bird Callaeatidae)
Philesturnus 1 spp. (Bird Callaeatidae)
Heteralocha 1 spp. (Bird Callaeatidae)
Turnagra 1 spp. (Bird Incertae Sedis Pachycephalidae)
Hoplodactylus 10 spp. (Reptile Squamata Sauria Gekkonidae)
Naultinus 8 spp. (Reptile Squamata Sauria Gekkonidae)
Oligosoma 22 spp. (Reptile Squamata Sauria Scincidae)
Sphenodon 2 spp. (Reptile Rhynchocephalia Sphenodontidae)
Leiopelma 4 spp. (Amphibian Anura Leiopelmatidae)
Cheimarrichthys 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Cheimarrichthyidae)
Stokellia 1 spp. (Freshwater Fish Retropinnidae)
Brosmodorsalis 1 spp. (Marine Fish Bythitidae)
Fiordichthys 1 spp. (Marine Fish Bythitidae)
Cologrammus 1 spp. (Marine Fish Clinidae)
Ericentrus 1 spp. (Marine Fish Clinidae)
Tewara 1 spp. (Marine Fish Creediidae)
Grahamichthys 1 spp. (Marine Fish Eleotridae)
Dellichthys 1 spp. (Marine Fish Gobiesocidae)
Diplocrepis 1 spp. (Marine Fish Gobiesocidae)
Gastrocyathus 1 spp. (Marine Fish Gobiesocidae)
Gastrocymba 1 spp. (Marine Fish Gobiesocidae)
Gastroscyphusis 1 spp. (Marine Fish Gobiesocidae)
Haplocylix 1 spp. (Marine Fish Gobiesocidae)
Modicus 2 spp. (Marine Fish Gobiesocidae)
Trachelochismus 2 spp. (Marine Fish Gobiesocidae)
Leptoscopus 1 spp. (Marine Fish Leptoscopidae)
Neomyxine 1 spp. (Marine Fish Myxinidae)
Typhlonarke 2 spp. (Marine Fish Narcinidae)
Paracanthostracion 1 spp. (Marine Fish Ostraciidae)
Hemerocoetes 5 spp. (Marine Fish Percophidae)
Acanthoclinus OC 5 spp. (Marine Fish Plesiopidae)
Colistium 2 spp. (Marine Fish Pleuronectidae)
Pelotretis 1 spp. (Marine Fish Pleuronectidae)
Bellapiscis OC 2 spp. (Marine Fish Tripterygiidae)
Blennodon 1 spp. (Marine Fish Tripterygiidae)
Cryptichthys 1 spp. (Marine Fish Tripterygiidae)
Gilloblennius 2 spp. (Marine Fish Tripterygiidae)
Karalepis 1 spp. (Marine Fish Tripterygiidae)
Notoclinops OC 3 spp. (Marine Fish Tripterygiidae)
Notoclinus OC 2 spp. (Marine Fish Tripterygiidae)
Obliquichthys 1 spp. (Marine Fish Tripterygiidae)
Ruanoho OC 1 spp. (Marine Fish Tripterygiidae)
Genyagnus OC 1 spp. (Marine Fish Uranoscopidae)
Additional vertebrate genera described too recently to be included in the sources listed above include the following:
Matanui 2 spp. (Marine Fish Tripterygiidae) 2004