Panama
Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species
This list of marine fish species found exclusively in Panama 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)
Notarius lentiginosus (Ariidae) Freckled Sea Catfish
Atherinella beani (Atherinopsidae)
Atherinella pallida (Atherinopsidae)
Batrachoides boulengeri (Batrachoididae) Boulenger's Toadfish
Batrachoides walkeri (Batrachoididae) Walker's Toadfish
Protemblemaria perla (Chaenopsidae) Fringed Tube-blenny
Tanyemblemaria alleni (Chaenopsidae) Slender Tube-blenny
Chlorophthalmus mento OC (Chlorophthalmidae)
Symphurus microlepis (Cynoglossidae) Smallfin Tonguefish
Anchoa chamensis (Engraulidae) Chame Point Anchovy
Tomicodon bidens (Gobiesocidae) Bifid Clingfish
Enypnias aceras (Gobiidae)
Gobioides brevis OC (Gobiidae)
Gobiosoma homochroma (Gobiidae) Plain Goby
Gobiosoma spilota OC (Gobiidae) Isthmian Goby
Parrella fusca (Gobiidae) Dark Goby
Cerdale prolata (Microdesmidae) Many-spined Worm-goby
Aplatophis zorro (Ophichthidae) Snaggle-toothed Snake-eel
Paranebris bauchotae (Sciaenidae) Goose-billed Croaker
Urotrygon reticulata (Urolophidae) Reticulate Round Stingray
Urotrygon simulatrix (Urolophidae) Fake Round Stingray
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 21 endemic marine fish species listed above, these additional 6 species total 27 species of marine fishes known solely from Panama.
Notarius insculptus (Ariidae)
Gunterichthys coheni (Bythitidae) Cohen's Brotula 2004
Ogilbia mccoskeri (Bythitidae) McCosker's Coralbrotula 2005
Ogilbichthys ferocis (Bythitidae) Ferocious Coralbrotula 2004
Pseudogilbia sanblasensis (Bythitidae) San Blas Coralbrotula 2004
Symphurus ocellaris (Cynoglossidae) Ringtail Tonguefish 2005