| Order |
Family |
Species |
Status |
FB name |
Name |
| Perciformes |
Sparidae |
Acanthopagrus berda
|
native | Picnic seabream | Pikey bream |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Allomogurnda flavimarginata
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Allomogurnda hoesei
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Allomogurnda insularis
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Allomogurnda landfordi
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Allomogurnda montana
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Allomogurnda nesolepis
|
native | Yellowbelly gudgeon | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Allomogurnda papua
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Ambassis agrammus
|
native | Sailfin glass perchlet | Pale river perchlet |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Ambassis interrupta
|
native | Long-spined glass perchlet | Perchlet |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Ambassis macleayi
|
native | Macleay's glass perchlet | Macleay's perchlet |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Ambassis macracanthus
|
native | Estuarine glass perchlet | Estuarine perchlet |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Ambassis miops
|
native | Flag-tailed glass perchlet | Flag-tailed perchlet |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Ambassis nalua
|
native | Scalloped perchlet | Scalloped perchlet |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Ambassis urotaenia
|
native | Banded-tail glassy perchlet | |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Ambassis vachellii
|
native | Vachelli's glass perchlet | |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Amniataba affinis
|
endemic | Tiger grunter | |
| Perciformes |
Anabantidae |
Anabas testudineus
|
introduced | Climbing perch | Climbing perch |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla bicolor bicolor
|
native | Indonesian shortfin eel | |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla bicolor pacifica
|
native | Indian short-finned eel | Indian short-finned eel |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla interioris
|
native | Highlands long-finned eel | New Guinea eel |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla marmorata
|
native | Giant mottled eel | Giant long-finned eel |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla megastoma
|
native | Polynesian longfinned eel | Pacific long-finned eel |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla obscura
|
native | Pacific shortfinned eel | Pacific short-finned eel |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla reinhardtii
|
native | Speckled longfin eel | |
| Lophiiformes |
Antennariidae |
Antennarius biocellatus
|
native | Brackishwater frogfish | Brackishwater frogfish |
| Perciformes |
Apogonidae |
Apogon amboinensis
|
native | Amboina cardinalfish | Amboina cardinalfish |
| Perciformes |
Apogonidae |
Apogon hyalosoma
|
native | Humpbacked cardinalfish | Humpbacked cardinalfish |
| Perciformes |
Apogonidae |
Archamia buruensis
|
native | Buru cardinalfish | Buru cardinalfish |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Arius macrorhynchus
|
native | Sharp-nosed catfish | Sharp-nosed catfish |
| Beloniformes |
Hemiramphidae |
Arrhamphus sclerolepis sclerolepis
|
native | Northern snubnose garfish | Snub-nosed garfish |
| Pleuronectiformes |
Soleidae |
Aseraggodes klunzingeri
|
native | Tailed sole | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Awaous acritosus
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Awaous guamensis
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Awaous melanocephalus
|
native | Largesnout goby | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Belobranchus belobranchus
|
native | Throat-spine gudgeon | Throat-spine gudgeon |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Boleophthalmus boddarti
|
native | Boddart's goggle-eyed goby | Boddart's goggle-eyed goby |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Boleophthalmus caeruleomaculatus
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Bostrychus strigogenys
|
native | Striped-cheek gudgeon | Striped-cheek gudgeon |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Bostrychus zonatus
|
native | Barred gudgeon | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Brachyamblyopus brachysoma
|
native | | |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Brustiarius nox
|
endemic | Comb-gilled catfish | Comb-gilled catfish |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Brustiarius solidus
|
native | Hard-palate catfish | Hard-plate catfish |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Bunaka gyrinoides
|
native | Greenback gauvina | Green-backed gauvina |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Butis amboinensis
|
native | Olive flathead-gudgeon | Olive flathead-gudgeon |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Butis butis
|
native | Duckbill sleeper | Crimson-tipped gudgeon |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Butis melanostigma
|
native | Black-spotted gudgeon | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Caragobius urolepis
|
native | Scaleless worm goby | |
| Perciformes |
Carangidae |
Caranx sexfasciatus
|
native | Bigeye trevally | Babakulan |
| Carcharhiniformes |
Carcharhinidae |
Carcharhinus leucas
|
native | Bull shark | Bull shark |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Cestraeus goldiei
|
native | Goldie river mullet | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Cestraeus plicatilis
|
native | Lobed river mullet | Goldie river mullet |
| Perciformes |
Channidae |
Channa striata
|
introduced | Snakehead murrel | |
| Gonorynchiformes |
Chanidae |
Chanos chanos
|
native | Milkfish | |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Chilatherina axelrodi
|
endemic | Axelrod's rainbowfish | Axelrod's rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Chilatherina bulolo
|
endemic | Bulolo rainbowfish | |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Chilatherina campsi
|
endemic | Highlands rainbowfish | Highlands rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Chilatherina crassispinosa
|
native | Silver rainbowfish | Stiff-rayed rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Chilatherina fasciata
|
native | Barred rainbowfish | Barred rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Chilatherina lorentzii
|
native | Lorentz's rainbowfish | Lorentz' rainbowfish |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Cinetodus carinatus
|
native | Comb-spined catfish | Comb-spined catfish |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Cinetodus crassilabris
|
endemic | Thick-lipped catfish | Thick-lipped catfish |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Cinetodus froggatti
|
native | Small-mouthed salmon catfish | Frogatt's catfish |
| Siluriformes |
Clariidae |
Clarias batrachus
|
introduced | Walking catfish | |
| Clupeiformes |
Clupeidae |
Clupeoides papuensis
|
native | Papuan river sprat | Toothed river-herring |
| Clupeiformes |
Clupeidae |
Clupeoides venulosus
|
native | West Irian river sprat | River sprat |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Cochlefelis danielsi
|
native | Daniel's catfish | Daniel's catfish |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Cochlefelis spatula
|
native | Duckbilled catfish | Duck-billed catfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Atherinidae |
Craterocephalus kailolae
|
endemic | Kailola's hardyhead | |
| Atheriniformes |
Atherinidae |
Craterocephalus lacustris
|
endemic | Kutubu hardyhead | Kutubu hardyhead |
| Atheriniformes |
Atherinidae |
Craterocephalus nouhuysi
|
native | Mountain hardyhead | |
| Atheriniformes |
Atherinidae |
Craterocephalus pimatuae
|
endemic | Pima hardyhead | Pima hardyhead |
| Atheriniformes |
Atherinidae |
Craterocephalus randi
|
native | Kubuna hardyhead | Kubuna River hardyhead |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Crenimugil heterocheilos
|
native | Half fringelip mullet | Fringe-lipped mullet |
| Pleuronectiformes |
Cynoglossidae |
Cynoglossus heterolepis
|
native | Freshwater tongue sole | |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Cyprinus carpio carpio
|
introduced | Common carp | |
| Perciformes |
Datnioididae |
Datnioides campbelli
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Datnioididae |
Datnioides polota
|
native | | Four-banded triple-tail |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Denariusa bandata
|
native | Pennyfish | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Drombus globiceps
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris aquadulcis
|
endemic | Freshwater gudgeon | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris fusca
|
native | Dusky sleeper | Brown gudgeon |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris margaritacea
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris melanosoma
|
native | Broadhead sleeper | Black gudgeon |
| Perciformes |
Serranidae |
Epinephelus polystigma
|
native | White-dotted grouper | |
| Clupeiformes |
Clupeidae |
Escualosa thoracata
|
native | White sardine | Deep-bodied herring |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Poeciliidae |
Gambusia affinis
|
introduced | Mosquitofish | Mosquitofish |
| Perciformes |
Gerreidae |
Gerres filamentosus
|
native | Whipfin silverbiddy | Threadfin silver-biddy |
| Perciformes |
Apogonidae |
Glossamia abo
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Apogonidae |
Glossamia aprion
|
native | Mouth almighty | Mouth almighty |
| Perciformes |
Apogonidae |
Glossamia gjellerupi
|
native | Gjellerup's mouth almighty | Gjellerup's cardinalfish |
| Perciformes |
Apogonidae |
Glossamia narindica
|
endemic | Slender mouth almighty | Slender mouth almighty |
| Perciformes |
Apogonidae |
Glossamia sandei
|
native | Sande's mouth almighty | |
| Perciformes |
Apogonidae |
Glossamia trifasciata
|
native | Three-barred mouth almighty | |
| Perciformes |
Apogonidae |
Glossamia wichmanni
|
native | Wichmann's mouth almighty | Wichmann's cardinalfish |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Glossogobius aureus
|
native | Golden tank goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Glossogobius bicirrhosus
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Glossogobius brunnoides
|
native | Dusky mountain goby | Dusky mountain goby |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Glossogobius bulmeri
|
native | Bulmer's goby | Bulmer's goby |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Glossogobius celebius
|
native | Celebes goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Glossogobius circumspectus
|
native | Circumspect goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Glossogobius coatesi
|
endemic | Coates' goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Glossogobius concavifrons
|
native | Concave goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Glossogobius giuris
|
native | Tank goby | Flat-headed goby |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Glossogobius koragensis
|
native | Koragu tank goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Glossogobius torrentis
|
endemic | White water goby | |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Glossolepis maculosus
|
endemic | Spotted rainbowfish | Spotted rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Glossolepis multisquamata
|
native | Sepik rainbowfish | Rosy rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Glossolepis ramuensis
|
endemic | Ramu rainbowfish | Ramu rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Glossolepis wanamensis
|
endemic | Lake Wanam rainbowfish | Lake Wanam rainbowfish |
| Carcharhiniformes |
Carcharhinidae |
Glyphis glyphis
|
native | Speartooth shark | Speartooth shark |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Gobiopterus semivestita
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Gymnoamblyopus novaeguineae
|
native | | |
| Anguilliformes |
Muraenidae |
Gymnothorax polyuranodon
|
native | Freshwater moray | Freshwater moray |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Hemiarius dioctes
|
native | Warrior catfish | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Hemigobius hoevenii
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Hephaestus adamsoni
|
endemic | Adamson's grunter | Adamson's grunter |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Hephaestus fuliginosus
|
questionable | Black bream | Sooty grunter |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Hephaestus habbemai
|
native | Mountain grunter | |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Hephaestus komaensis
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Hephaestus obtusifrons
|
native | | Striped grunter |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Hephaestus raymondi
|
endemic | Raymond's grunter | Ray Moore's grunter |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Hephaestus roemeri
|
questionable | Röemer's grunter | Romer's grunter |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Hephaestus transmontanus
|
endemic | Sepik grunter | Northern grunter |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Hephaestus trimaculatus
|
endemic | Threespot grunter | Threespot grunter |
| Clupeiformes |
Clupeidae |
Herklotsichthys castelnaui
|
native | Castelnau's herring | |
| Rajiformes |
Dasyatidae |
Himantura chaophraya
|
native | Freshwater whipray | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Hippichthys heptagonus
|
native | Belly pipefish | Reticulated freshwater pipefish |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Hippichthys penicillus
|
native | Beady pipefish | Steep-nosed pipefish |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Hypseleotris compressa
|
native | Empire gudgeon | Australian carp-gudgeon |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Hypseleotris guentheri
|
native | | |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Iriatherina werneri
|
native | Threadfin rainbowfish | |
| Perciformes |
Sciaenidae |
Johnius australis
|
native | Bottlenose jewfish | |
| Atheriniformes |
Pseudomugilidae |
Kiunga ballochi
|
endemic | Glass blue-eye | Glass blue-eye |
| Atheriniformes |
Pseudomugilidae |
Kiunga bleheri
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia marginata
|
native | Dark-margined flagtail | Spotted flagtail |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia rupestris
|
native | Rock flagtail | Rock flagtail |
| Perciformes |
Kurtidae |
Kurtus gulliveri
|
native | Nurseryfish | Nurseryfish |
| Anguilliformes |
Ophichthidae |
Lamnostoma kampeni
|
native | Freshwater snake-eel | |
| Anguilliformes |
Ophichthidae |
Lamnostoma mindora
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Latidae |
Lates calcarifer
|
native | Barramundi | Barramundi |
| Perciformes |
Leiognathidae |
Leiognathus equulus
|
native | Common ponyfish | Common ponyfish |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Lentipes venustus
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Lentipes watsoni
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Leptobramidae |
Leptobrama muelleri
|
native | Beachsalmon | Beach salmon |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza alata
|
native | Diamond mullet | Basket mullet |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza macrolepis
|
native | Largescale mullet | Large-scaled mullet |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza melinoptera
|
native | Otomebora mullet | Cream mullet |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza parmata
|
native | Broad-mouthed mullet | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza subviridis
|
native | Greenback mullet | Green back mullet |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza tade
|
native | Tade mullet | Rock mullet |
| Perciformes |
Lutjanidae |
Lutjanus argentimaculatus
|
native | Mangrove red snapper | Mangrove jack |
| Perciformes |
Lutjanidae |
Lutjanus fuscescens
|
native | Freshwater snapper | Dusky snapper |
| Perciformes |
Lutjanidae |
Lutjanus goldiei
|
endemic | Papuan black snapper | Papuan black bass |
| Perciformes |
Lutjanidae |
Lutjanus maxweberi
|
native | Pygmy snapper | Pygmy snapper |
| Tetraodontiformes |
Tetraodontidae |
Marilyna pleurosticta
|
native | | |
| Elopiformes |
Megalopidae |
Megalops cyprinoides
|
native | Indo-Pacific tarpon | Bunpis |
| Perciformes |
Blenniidae |
Meiacanthus anema
|
native | Threadless blenny | Threadless blenny |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia affinis
|
native | New Guinea rainbowfish | Red-finned rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia caerulea
|
native | Blue rainbowfish | Blue rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia goldiei
|
native | Goldie River rainbowfish | Gold-line rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi
|
endemic | Lake Tebera rainbowfish | Lake Tebera rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia iris
|
endemic | Strickland rainbowfish | Strickland rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia lacustris
|
endemic | Lake Kutubu rainbowfish | Lake Kutubu rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia maccullochi
|
native | Macculloch's rainbowfish | McCulloch's rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia monticola
|
endemic | Mountain rainbowfish | Mountain rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia mubiensis
|
native | Mubi rainbowfish | Mubi rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia oktediensis
|
endemic | Oktedi rainbowfish | Oktedi rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia papuae
|
endemic | Papuan rainbowfish | Papua rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia parkinsoni
|
endemic | Parkinson's rainbowfish | Parkinson's rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia pimaensis
|
endemic | Pima River rainbowfish | |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia sexlineata
|
endemic | Fly River rainbowfish | Fly River rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia splendida rubrostriata
|
native | Red-striped rainbowfish | Red-striped rainbowfish |
| Atheriniformes |
Melanotaeniidae |
Melanotaenia sylvatica
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Mesopristes argenteus
|
native | Silver grunter | Silver grunter |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Mesopristes cancellatus
|
native | Tapiroid grunter | Tapiroid grunter |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Mesopristes iravi
|
native | | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis brachyurus brachyurus
|
native | Short-tailed pipefish | Short-tailed pipefish |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis brachyurus millepunctatus
|
native | Shorttail pipefish | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis brevidorsalis
|
native | | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis leiaspis
|
native | Barhead pipefish | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis manadensis
|
native | Menado pipefish | Menado pipefish |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis mento
|
native | | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis retzii
|
native | Ragged-tail pipefish | Ragged-tail pipefish |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis spinachioides
|
endemic | Spinach pipefish | Spinach pipefish |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Mogurnda aurifodinae
|
native | Northern mogurnda | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Mogurnda cingulata
|
native | Banded mogurnda | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Mogurnda furva
|
endemic | Black mogurnda | Black mogurnda |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Mogurnda kutubuensis
|
endemic | Lake Kutubu mogurnda | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Mogurnda lineata
|
endemic | Kokoda mogurnda | Kokoda mogurnda |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Mogurnda maccuneae
|
endemic | | Iriguabi |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Mogurnda malsmithi
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Mogurnda mogurnda
|
native | Northern trout gudgeon | Purple-spotted gudgeon |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Mogurnda mosa
|
endemic | | Mosa |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Mogurnda orientalis
|
endemic | Eastern mogurnda | Eastern mogurnda |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Mogurnda pulchra
|
endemic | Moresby mogurnda | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Mogurnda spilota
|
endemic | Blotched mogurnda | Blotched mogurnda |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Mogurnda variegata
|
endemic | Variegated mogurnda | Variegated mogurnda |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Mogurnda vitta
|
endemic | Striped mogurnda | Striped mogurnda |
| Perciformes |
Monodactylidae |
Monodactylus argenteus
|
native | Silver moony | Silver moonfish |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Mugil cephalus
|
native | Flathead mullet | Waloya |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Mugilogobius duospilus
|
native | Dual-spotted goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Mugilogobius filifer
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Mugilogobius fusculus
|
native | Obscure goby | One-thread goby |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Mugilogobius rambaiae
|
native | Queen of Siam goby | |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Nedystoma dayi
|
native | Day's catfish | Day's catfish |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Nedystoma novaeguineae
|
native | Spoon-snouted catfish | Spoon-snouted catfish |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Nemapteryx augusta
|
endemic | Short barbelled catfish | Short-barbelled catfish |
| Clupeiformes |
Clupeidae |
Nematalosa erebi
|
native | Australian river gizzard shad | Australian river gizzard shad |
| Clupeiformes |
Clupeidae |
Nematalosa flyensis
|
endemic | Fly river gizzard shad | Fly river gizzard shad |
| Clupeiformes |
Clupeidae |
Nematalosa papuensis
|
endemic | Strickland river gizzard shad | Strickland River herring |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Neoarius berneyi
|
native | Berney's catfish | Berney's catfish |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Neoarius coatesi
|
endemic | Coates' catfish | |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Neoarius graeffei
|
native | Lesser salmon catfish | Salmon catfish |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Neoarius latirostris
|
native | Broad-snouted catfish | Broad-snouted catfish |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Neoarius leptaspis
|
native | Salmon catfish | Triangular-shield catfish |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Neoarius taylori
|
native | Taylor's catfish | Taylor's catfish |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Neoarius utarus
|
native | Northern rivers catfish | |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Neoarius velutinus
|
native | Papillate catfish | Papillate catfish |
| Siluriformes |
Plotosidae |
Neosilurus ater
|
native | Narrowfront tandan | Narrow-fronted tandan |
| Siluriformes |
Plotosidae |
Neosilurus brevidorsalis
|
native | Shortfin tandan | Short-finned tandan |
| Siluriformes |
Plotosidae |
Neosilurus coatesi
|
native | | |
| Siluriformes |
Plotosidae |
Neosilurus equinus
|
native | Southern tandan | Gjellerup's tandan |
| Siluriformes |
Plotosidae |
Neosilurus gjellerupi
|
endemic | Northern tandan | Coates' tandan |
| Siluriformes |
Plotosidae |
Neosilurus idenburgi
|
native | Idenburg tandan | Idenburg River tandan |
| Siluriformes |
Plotosidae |
Neosilurus novaeguineae
|
native | New Guinea tandan | |
| Perciformes |
Sciaenidae |
Nibea soldado
|
native | Soldier croaker | Silver jewfish |
| Perciformes |
Sciaenidae |
Nibea squamosa
|
native | Scale croaker | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Oligolepis acutipennis
|
native | Sharptail goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Oligolepis stomias
|
native | | |
| Siluriformes |
Plotosidae |
Oloplotosus luteus
|
endemic | Pale yellow tandan | Pale yellow tandan |
| Siluriformes |
Plotosidae |
Oloplotosus mariae
|
native | Maria's tandan | |
| Siluriformes |
Plotosidae |
Oloplotosus torobo
|
endemic | Kutubu tandan | Kutubu tandan |
| Perciformes |
Blenniidae |
Omobranchus ferox
|
native | Gossamer blenny | Gossamer blenny |
| Salmoniformes |
Salmonidae |
Oncorhynchus mykiss
|
introduced | Rainbow trout | Rainbow trout |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Ophieleotris aporos
|
native | Snakehead gudgeon | Snake-headed gudgeon |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Ophiocara porocephala
|
native | Northern mud gudgeon | Spangled gudgeon |
| Synbranchiformes |
Synbranchidae |
Ophisternon bengalense
|
native | Bengal eel | One-gilled eel |
| Synbranchiformes |
Synbranchidae |
Ophisternon gutturale
|
native | Australian swamp eel | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
|
introduced | Mozambique tilapia | Tilapia |
| Perciformes |
Osphronemidae |
Osphronemus goramy
|
introduced | Giant gourami | Giant gouramy |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Oxuderces wirzi
|
native | Wirz's goby | Wirz's goby |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Oxyeleotris aruensis
|
native | Aru gudgeon | Aru Island gudgeon |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Oxyeleotris caeca
|
endemic | | Ihaaribi |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Oxyeleotris fimbriata
|
native | Fimbriate gudgeon | Rough-scaled loter |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Oxyeleotris herwerdenii
|
native | Blackbanded gauvina | Black-banded gauvina |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Oxyeleotris heterodon
|
native | Sentani gudgeon | Bigmaus |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Oxyeleotris lineolata
|
native | Sleepy cod | Black-banded loter |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Oxyeleotris nullipora
|
native | Poreless gudgeon | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Oxyeleotris paucipora
|
native | Fewpored gudgeon | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Oxyeleotris urophthalmus
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Parambassis confinis
|
native | Sepik glass perchlet | Sepik River perchlet |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Parambassis gulliveri
|
native | Giant glassfish | Giant river perchlet |
| Pleuronectiformes |
Soleidae |
Pardachirus poropterus
|
native | Estuary sole | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Periophthalmus argentilineatus
|
native | Barred mudskipper | Barred mudskipper |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis
|
native | New Guinea mudskipper | |
| Characiformes |
Characidae |
Piaractus brachypomus
|
introduced | Pirapitinga | |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Pingalla lorentzi
|
native | Lorentz's grunter | Lorentz's grunter |
| Siluriformes |
Ariidae |
Plicofollis polystaphylodon
|
native | Mozambique sea catfish | |
| Siluriformes |
Plotosidae |
Plotosus canius
|
native | Gray eel-catfish | Grey catfish-eel |
| Siluriformes |
Plotosidae |
Plotosus papuensis
|
native | Papuan eel-catfish | Papuan catfish-eel |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia reticulata
|
introduced | Guppy | Guppy |
| Perciformes |
Polynemidae |
Polydactylus macrochir
|
native | King threadfin | Longfinned threadfin |
| Siluriformes |
Plotosidae |
Porochilus meraukensis
|
native | Merauke tandan | Merauke River catfish |
| Siluriformes |
Plotosidae |
Porochilus obbesi
|
native | Obbes' catfish | Obbes' catfish |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Prionobutis microps
|
native | Small-eyed loter | Small-eyed loter |
| Pristiformes |
Pristidae |
Pristis microdon
|
native | Largetooth sawfish | Sawfish |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Pseudogobius poicilosoma
|
native | | |
| Atheriniformes |
Pseudomugilidae |
Pseudomugil connieae
|
endemic | Popondetta blue-eye | Popondetta blue-eye |
| Atheriniformes |
Pseudomugilidae |
Pseudomugil furcatus
|
endemic | Forktail rainbowfish | Forktail blue-eye |
| Atheriniformes |
Pseudomugilidae |
Pseudomugil gertrudae
|
native | Spotted blue-eye | Gertrude's blue-eye |
| Atheriniformes |
Pseudomugilidae |
Pseudomugil inconspicuus
|
native | Inconspicuous blue-eye | Tiny blue-eye |
| Atheriniformes |
Pseudomugilidae |
Pseudomugil novaeguineae
|
native | New Guinea blue-eye | New Guinea blue-eye |
| Atheriniformes |
Pseudomugilidae |
Pseudomugil paludicola
|
native | Swamp blue-eye | |
| Atheriniformes |
Pseudomugilidae |
Pseudomugil paskai
|
endemic | Paska's blue-eye | Paska's blue-eye |
| Atheriniformes |
Pseudomugilidae |
Pseudomugil tenellus
|
native | Delicate blue-eye | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Redigobius balteatus
|
native | Rhinohorn goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Redigobius bikolanus
|
native | Speckled goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Redigobius chrysosoma
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Redigobius roemeri
|
native | Roemer's goby | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Rhinomugil nasutus
|
native | Shark mullet | Mud mullet |
| Perciformes |
Rhyacichthyidae |
Rhyacichthys aspro
|
native | Loach goby | Loach goby |
| Salmoniformes |
Salmonidae |
Salmo trutta trutta
|
introduced | Sea trout | Brown trout |
| Salmoniformes |
Salmonidae |
Salvelinus fontinalis
|
introduced | Brook trout | Brook trout |
| Perciformes |
Scatophagidae |
Scatophagus argus
|
native | Spotted scat | Spotted scat |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Schismatogobius bruynisi
|
native | | |
| Osteoglossiformes |
Osteoglossidae |
Scleropages jardinii
|
native | Australian bonytongue | Jardine's barramundi |
| Clupeiformes |
Engraulidae |
Setipinna tenuifilis
|
native | Common hairfin anchovy | Hairfin anchovy |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopterus cynocephalus
|
native | Cleft-lipped goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopterus longifilis
|
native | Threadfin goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopterus macrostetholepis
|
questionable | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopterus micrurus
|
native | Clinging goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopterus ouwensi
|
questionable | Ouwen's goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopus discordipinnis
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopus zosterophorum
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Sillaginidae |
Sillago sihama
|
native | Silver sillago | Northern whiting |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stenogobius alleni
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stenogobius beauforti
|
native | Beaufort's goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stenogobius genivittatus
|
native | Chinstripe goby | Chin-band goby |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stenogobius hoesei
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stenogobius laterisquamatus
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stenogobius psilosinionus
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stenogobius watsoni
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stiphodon atratus
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stiphodon birdsong
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stiphodon elegans
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stiphodon larson
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stiphodon rutilaureus
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stiphodon semoni
|
native | | |
| Clupeiformes |
Engraulidae |
Stolephorus indicus
|
native | Indian anchovy | Indian anchovy |
| Clupeiformes |
Engraulidae |
Stolephorus waitei
|
native | Spotty-face anchovy | |
| Beloniformes |
Belonidae |
Strongylura krefftii
|
native | Long tom | Freshwater long-tom |
| Beloniformes |
Belonidae |
Strongylura strongylura
|
native | Spottail needlefish | Spottail needlefish |
| Pleuronectiformes |
Soleidae |
Synaptura villosa
|
native | Velvety sole | Velvety sole |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Taenioides anguillaris
|
native | Eel worm goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Taenioides cirratus
|
native | Bearded worm goby | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Tateurndina ocellicauda
|
endemic | Peacock gudgeon | Peacock-eye gudgeon |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Terapon jarbua
|
native | Jarbua terapon | Dogigi |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Tetracentrum apogonoides
|
endemic | Four-spined glass perchlet | Four-spined perchlet |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Tetracentrum caudovittatus
|
endemic | Kokoda glass perchlet | Kokoda glass perchlet |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Tetracentrum honessi
|
endemic | Honess' glass perchlet | Honess' perchlet |
| Tetraodontiformes |
Tetraodontidae |
Tetraodon erythrotaenia
|
native | Red-striped toadfish | |
| Clupeiformes |
Engraulidae |
Thryssa rastrosa
|
endemic | Fly river thryssa | |
| Clupeiformes |
Engraulidae |
Thryssa scratchleyi
|
native | New Guinea thryssa | Freshwater anchovy |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Tilapia rendalli
|
introduced | Redbreast tilapia | |
| Perciformes |
Toxotidae |
Toxotes chatareus
|
native | Largescale archerfish | |
| Perciformes |
Toxotidae |
Toxotes jaculatrix
|
native | Banded archerfish | |
| Perciformes |
Toxotidae |
Toxotes lorentzi
|
native | Primitive archerfish | |
| Perciformes |
Osphronemidae |
Trichogaster pectoralis
|
introduced | Snakeskin gourami | Snakeskin gouramy |
| Perciformes |
Osphronemidae |
Trichogaster trichopterus
|
introduced | Three spot gourami | Three-spot gouramy |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Valamugil buchanani
|
native | Bluetail mullet | Waloya |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Variichthys lacustris
|
endemic | Lake grunter | Lake grunter |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Poeciliidae |
Xiphophorus hellerii
|
introduced | Green swordtail | Swordtail |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Zappa confluentus
|
native | New Guinea slender mudskipper | |
| Beloniformes |
Hemiramphidae |
Zenarchopterus caudovittatus
|
native | Long-jawed river garfish | Long-jawed river-garfish |
| Beloniformes |
Hemiramphidae |
Zenarchopterus dispar
|
native | Feathered river-garfish | Feathered river-garfish |
| Beloniformes |
Hemiramphidae |
Zenarchopterus kampeni
|
native | Sepik River halfbeak | Sepik River halfbeak |
| Beloniformes |
Hemiramphidae |
Zenarchopterus novaeguineae
|
native | Fly River garfish | Fly river-garfish |
| Beloniformes |
Hemiramphidae |
Zenarchopterus robertsi
|
endemic | Robert's river garfish | Robert's river-garfish |