Taiwan
Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species
This list of marine fish species found exclusively in Taiwan 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)
Erisphex simplex (Aploactinidae)
Archamia goni OC (Apogonidae)
Aulopus formosanus (Aulopidae)
Centroberyx rubricaudus (Berycidae)
Laeops tungkongensis (Bothidae)
Parabothus taiwanensis (Bothidae)
Callionymus martinae (Callionymidae)
Ariosoma nancyae (Congridae)
Symphurus novemfasciatus (Cynoglossidae)
Himantura microphthalma (Dasyatidae) Smalleye Whip Ray
Callogobius nigromarginatus (Gobiidae)
Cryptocentrus yatsui (Gobiidae)
Ctenogobiops formosa (Gobiidae)
Myripristis formosa (Holocentridae)
Ostichthys sheni (Holocentridae)
Pseudocoris ocellata (Labridae) Ocellated Wrasse
Cirrimaxilla formosa (Muraenidae) Taiwanese Barbel Moray
Gymnothorax niphostigmus (Muraenidae) Snowflake-patched Moray
Gymnothorax prolatus (Muraenidae)
Paramyxine nelsoni (Myxinidae)
Paramyxine taiwanae (Myxinidae)
Paramyxine yangi (Myxinidae)
Brachysomophis longipinnis (Ophichthidae)
Cirricaecula macdowelli (Ophichthidae)
Myrophis cheni (Ophichthidae)
Ophichthus brevicaudatus (Ophichthidae)
Stalix sheni (Opistognathidae)
Pseudorhombus ctenosquamis (Paralichthyidae)
Cirrhoscyllium formosanum (Parascylliidae) Taiwan Saddled Carpetshark
Rhinobatos microphthalmus (Rhinobatidae) Smalleyed Guitarfish
Samariscus filipectoralis (Samaridae)
Plectranthias sheni (Serranidae) Shen's Basslet
Sillago microps (Sillaginidae) Small-eyed Sillago
Dysomma longirostrum (Synaphobranchidae)
Dysomma melanurum OC (Synaphobranchidae)
Dysomma opisthoproctus (Synaphobranchidae)
Ocosia spinosa (Tetrarogidae)
Enneapterygius cheni (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 38 endemic marine fish species listed above, these additional 13 species total 51 species of marine fishes known solely from Taiwan.
Amblyeleotris bleekeri (Gobiidae) 2006
Callogobius sheni (Gobiidae) 2006
Nuchequula mannusella (Leiognathidae) 2007
Gymnothorax shaoi (Muraenidae) 2007
Gymnothorax taiwanensis (Muraenidae) Taiwanese Moray Eel 2008
Parapercis shaoi (Pinguipedidae) 2008
Scorpaena pepo (Scorpaenidae) Pumpkin Scorpionfish 2007
Acanthopagrus taiwanensis (Sparidae) 2006
Synodus taiwanensis (Synodontidae) 2007
Torpedo formosa (Torpedinidae) Taiwan Torpedo Ray 2006
Enneapterygius erythrosomus (Tripterygiidae)
Enneapterygius shaoi (Tripterygiidae) 2008
Enneapterygius sheni (Tripterygiidae) 2008