List of Freshwater Fishes for Hong Kong

Number of freshwater fish species: 57 The tables below were generated from Fishbase.org - A project to provide indexing and links for all known species as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. All links below take you to pages on the fishbase.org site.
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Order	Family	Species	Status	FB name	Name
Perciformes	Sparidae	Acanthopagrus berda	native	Picnic seabream	Hak lap
Anguilliformes	Anguillidae	Anguilla japonica	native	Japanese eel	Bat sin
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Aristichthys nobilis	introduced	Bighead carp	Hak lin
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Brachyamblyopus brachysoma	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Carassius auratus auratus	native	Goldfish	Kam tsak
Perciformes	Channidae	Channa asiatica	native	Small snakehead	San ban
Perciformes	Channidae	Channa maculata	native	Blotched snakehead
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Chanodichthys erythropterus	native	Predatory carp	Bak ue
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Cirrhinus chinensis	native	Chinese mud carp	Leng ue
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Cirrhinus molitorella	introduced	Mud carp
Siluriformes	Clariidae	Clarias fuscus	native	Whitespotted clarias	Bak fu ue
Clupeiformes	Engraulidae	Coilia nasus	native	Japanese grenadier anchovy	Fung mei ue
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Ctenopharyngodon idella	introduced	Grass carp	Waan ue
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Cyprinus carpio carpio	introduced	Common carp	Lei ue
Perciformes	Eleotridae	Eleotris balia	native
Cyprinodontiformes	Poeciliidae	Gambusia affinis	introduced	Mosquitofish	Dai to ue
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Glossogobius giuris	native	Tank goby	Lam go ue
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Hemiculter leucisculus	native	Sharpbelly	Lam do
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Hemigobius hoevenii	native
Cypriniformes	Balitoridae	Homaloptera hoffmanni	native		Sucker-belly loach
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix	native	Silver carp	Bin ue
Perciformes	Osphronemidae	Macropodus hongkongensis	native
Perciformes	Osphronemidae	Macropodus ocellatus	questionable	Roundtail paradisefish	Fa sau gun
Perciformes	Osphronemidae	Macropodus opercularis	native	Paradise fish	Tin tong ue
Perciformes	Centrarchidae	Micropterus salmoides	introduced	Largemouth bass	Tam suy lo ue
Cypriniformes	Cobitidae	Misgurnus anguillicaudatus	native	Oriental weatherfish	Nai chau
Cypriniformes	Cobitidae	Misgurnus mizolepis	native		Pond loach
Synbranchiformes	Synbranchidae	Monopterus albus	native	Swamp eel	Wong sin
Mugiliformes	Mugilidae	Mugil cephalus	native	Flathead mullet	Wu tau
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Mylopharyngodon piceus	native	Black carp	Hak waan
Cypriniformes	Balitoridae	Nemacheilus fasciatus	native	Barred loach	So chau
Osmeriformes	Salangidae	Neosalanx jordani	native
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Opsariichthys bidens	introduced
Perciformes	Cichlidae	Oreochromis mossambicus	introduced	Mozambique tilapia	Gam san tsak
Perciformes	Cichlidae	Oreochromis niloticus niloticus	introduced	Nile tilapia
Cypriniformes	Balitoridae	Oreonectes platycephalus	native	Flat-headed loach	Bin tau chau
Beloniformes	Adrianichthyidae	Oryzias latipes	native	Japanese rice fish	Fut mei dzeung ue
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Osteochilus vittatus	questionable	Bonylip barb	Uen kei ue
Cypriniformes	Cyprinidae	Parabramis pekinensis	native	White amur bream	Bin ue
Anguilliformes	Ophichthidae	Pisodonophis boro	native	Rice-paddy eel	Snake eel
Cyprinodontiformes	Poeciliidae	Poecilia reticulata	introduced	Guppy	Hung dzoek ue
Cypriniformes	Balitoridae	Pseudogastromyzon myersi	native	Sucker-belly loach	Kap poon chau
Siluriformes	Siluridae	Pterocryptis anomala	native
Siluriformes	Siluridae	Pterocryptis cochinchinensis	native		Catfish
Perciformes	Gobiidae	Rhinogobius duospilus	native
Osmeriformes	Salangidae	Salanx cuvieri	native	Noodlefish
Osmeriformes	Salangidae	Salanx prognathus	native
Cypriniformes	Balitoridae	Schistura hingi	native
Perciformes	Sillaginidae	Sillago sihama	native	Silver sillago	Silver sillago
Perciformes	Odontobutidae	Sineleotris saccharae	native

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