Sao Tome and Principe

Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species

This list of marine fish species found exclusively in Sao Tome and Principe 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.


Clepticus africanus (Labridae)


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 endemic marine fish species listed above, these additional 4 species total 5 species of marine fishes known solely from Sao Tome and Principe.

Apletodon wirtzi (Gobiesocidae) Sao Tome Clingfish 2007

Didogobius amicuscaridis (Gobiidae) 2008

Gorogobius stevcici (Gobiidae) 2008

Thalassoma newtoni (Labridae)