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List of Freshwater Fishes for Vanuatu
Number of freshwater fish species:
34
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 34 |
| Order |
Family |
Species |
Status |
FB name |
Name |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Akihito vanuatu
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native | | |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Ambassis interrupta
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native | Long-spined glass perchlet | |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla marmorata
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native | Giant mottled eel | |
| Perciformes |
Apogonidae |
Apogon amboinensis
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native | Amboina cardinalfish | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Awaous guamensis
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Awaous ocellaris
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native | | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Cestraeus goldiei
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native | Goldie river mullet | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Cestraeus plicatilis
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native | Lobed river mullet | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Crenimugil heterocheilos
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native | Half fringelip mullet | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris fusca
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native | Dusky sleeper | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris oxycephala
|
questionable | | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Hypseleotris cyprinoides
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native | Tropical carp-gudgeon | |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia marginata
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native | Dark-margined flagtail | |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia munda
|
native | Silver flagtail | |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia rupestris
|
native | Rock flagtail | |
| Perciformes |
Latidae |
Lates calcarifer
|
native | Barramundi | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Lentipes kaaea
|
native | | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza subviridis
|
native | Greenback mullet | |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Mesopristes argenteus
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native | Silver grunter | |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Mesopristes cancellatus
|
native | Tapiroid grunter | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis retzii
|
native | Ragged-tail pipefish | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Mugil cephalus
|
native | Flathead mullet | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Oligolepis acutipennis
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native | Sharptail goby | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Ophieleotris aporos
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native | Snakehead gudgeon | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
|
introduced | Mozambique tilapia | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Redigobius bikolanus
|
native | Speckled goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Schismatogobius vanuatuensis
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopterus aiensis
|
endemic | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopterus lagocephalus
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native | Bichique | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stiphodon astilbos
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stiphodon kalfatak
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stiphodon rutilaureus
|
native | | |
| Anguilliformes |
Muraenidae |
Strophidon sathete
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native | Slender giant moray | |
| Perciformes |
Toxotidae |
Toxotes jaculatrix
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native | Banded archerfish | |
Page created by: Eli, 15.08.07,
last modified by: Lei, 20.11.08
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