Checklist of Endemic Indian Marine Fish Species

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Living National Treasures.

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Checklist Details

Checklist Info -
Entries in this checklist are based on the taxonomy used in FishBase 2004. For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
Entries 2, 15 and 41 are not included in FishBase 2004. These species are 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.

Checklist References -
FishBase 2004: a global information system on fishes. DVD. WorldFish Center - Philippine Office, Los Banos, Philippines. Published in May 2004.

Checklist Key -
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)

Checklist Stats -
Number of species: 60.

Checklist
s.no. scientific_name oc family common_name
1 Acentrogobius ennorensis OC Ariidae
2 Arius malabaricus Balistidae
3 Arius parvipinnis Blenniidae
4 Arothron leopardus Blenniidae
5 Balistes ellioti Callionymidae
6 Callionymus kotthausi Callionymidae
7 Callionymus megastomus OC Cirrhitidae
8 Chiramenu fluviatilis Congridae
9 Cirrhitichthys bleekeri Congridae
10 Cynoglossus macrostomus OC Cynoglossidae Malabar Tongue-sole
11 Dibranchus nasutus OC Eleotridae
12 Dysomma bucephalus OC Emmelichthyidae
13 Dysomma muciparus Engraulidae Godavari Thryssa
14 Egglestonichthys melanoptera OC Gerreidae Strongspined Silver-biddy
15 Enchelycore tamarae Gobiidae
16 Erythrocles acarina Gobiidae
17 Gerres phaiya OC Gobiidae
18 Glossogobius mas Gobiidae
19 Gobiopsis woodsi OC Gobiidae
20 Haptogenys bipunctata OC Gobiidae
21 Harpadon squamosus Gobiidae
22 Heteroconger obscurus Gobiidae
23 Heteronarce prabhui Gobiidae Jester Goby
24 Ilisha obfuscata OC Gobiidae
25 Incara multisquamatus OC Gobiidae
26 Kraemericus smithi OC Gobiidae
27 Lalmohania velutina Gobiidae
28 Leiognathus striatus Gobiidae
29 Lepidotrigla longipinnis Labridae
30 Liza mandapamensis Labridae
31 Moringua arundinacea Leiognathidae
32 Obliquogobius cometes Monacanthidae
33 Ocosia ramaraoi OC Moringuidae Bengal Spaghetti-eel
34 Odontamblyopus roseus Mugilidae
35 Oxyurichthys dasi Narcinidae Quilon Electric Ray
36 Oxyurichthys paulae Nemipteridae Redfin Dwarf Monocle Bream
37 Parachaeturichthys ocellatus OC Ogcocephalidae
38 Parapercis quadrispinosus Ophichthidae
39 Parapocryptes rictuosus OC Ophichthidae
40 Parascolopsis boesemani OC Pinguipedidae
41 Perulibatrachus aquilonarius Pristigasteridae Hidden Ilisha
42 Pisodonophis hijala OC Serranidae
43 Praealticus dayi Sillaginidae Soringa Sillago
44 Pseudanthias conspicuus Sillaginidae Vincent's Sillago
45 Rhynchoconger squaliceps Soleidae
46 Saurida pseudotumbil Soleidae
47 Scartelaos cantoris Soleidae
48 Silhouettea indicus Synaphobranchidae
49 Sillago soringa OC Synaphobranchidae
50 Sillago vincenti OC Synodontidae
51 Stigmatogobius minima Synodontidae
52 Thryssa kammalensoides Tetraodontidae Banded Leopardblowfish
53 Trichonotus cyclograptus Tetrarogidae
54 Uranoscopus crassiceps Trichonotidae
55 Xyrichtys cyanifrons OC Triglidae
56 Xyrichtys rajagopalani OC Uranoscopidae
57 Yirrkala maculata Xenisthmidae
58 Zebrias annandalei Ariidae
59 Zebrias keralensis Batrachoididae
60 Zebrias maculosus Muraenidae