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List of Freshwater Fishes for North Marianas
Number of freshwater fish species:
16
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.
Tropical Freshwater Fish | Biotope aquaria | Country Index
Record number 1 to 16 |
| Order |
Family |
Species |
Status |
FB name |
Name |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla marmorata
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native | Giant mottled eel | Tigitol |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Awaous guamensis
|
native | | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Poeciliidae |
Gambusia affinis
|
introduced | Mosquitofish | |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia marginata
|
questionable | Dark-margined flagtail | |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia rupestris
|
native | Rock flagtail | Marep |
| Perciformes |
Latidae |
Lates calcarifer
|
native | Barramundi | |
| Perciformes |
Leiognathidae |
Leiognathus equulus
|
native | Common ponyfish | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza macrolepis
|
native | Largescale mullet | Yayúw |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza vaigiensis
|
native | Squaretail mullet | Yaraf |
| Elopiformes |
Megalopidae |
Megalops cyprinoides
|
native | Indo-Pacific tarpon | |
| Perciformes |
Monodactylidae |
Monodactylus argenteus
|
native | Silver moony | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Mugil cephalus
|
native | Flathead mullet | Aitam |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
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introduced | Mozambique tilapia | |
| Scorpaeniformes |
Scorpaenidae |
Scorpaenodes minor
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native | Minor scorpionfish | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopus leprurus
|
native | | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Valamugil seheli
|
native | Bluespot mullet | Aitam |
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