Solomon Islands

Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species

This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in the Solomon Islands 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.

Although no endemic freshwater fish species was included in FishBase 2004, one species was subsequently described based on information from the the 13 March 2009 version of the Catalog of Fishes database (current version here). This species is listed below.


Lentipes solomonensis (Gobiidae) 2008