Fiji Endemic Marine Fish Checklist

Fiji

Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species

This list of marine fish species found exclusively in Fiji is based on the taxonomy used in FishBase 2004 (2004). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

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

The current version of this electronic database is accessible here.

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)

Ecsenius fijiensis (Blenniidae)

Ecsenius pardus (Blenniidae)

Meiacanthus oualanensis (Blenniidae)

Synchiropus springeri OC (Callionymidae)

Heteroconger tomberua OC (Congridae)

Eschmeyer nexus (Eschmeyeridae)

Bryaninops dianneae (Gobiidae) Fiji Sponge Goby

Parioglossus triquetrus OC (Microdesmidae)

Bascanichthys fijiensis (Ophichthidae)

Bascanichthys pusillus (Ophichthidae)

Plesiops polydactylus OC (Plesiopidae)

Plectranthias fijiensis (Serranidae)

Pseudanthias flavicauda (Serranidae)

Siganus uspi OC (Siganidae) Bicolored Foxface

Additional endemic marine fish species that were described too recently to be included in FishBase 2004 are given below. This list is 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. In addition to the 14 endemic marine fish species listed above, these additional 14 species total 28 species of marine fishes known solely from Fiji.

Zoramia flebila (Apogonidae) 2005

Petroscirtes pylei (Blenniidae) Twilight Fangblenny 2005

Dermatopsis greenfieldi (Bythitidae) Greenfield's Mudbrotula 2006

Diancistrus fijiensis (Bythitidae) Fiji Coralbrotula 2005

Diancistrus robustus (Bythitidae) Robust Coralbrotula 2005

Microbrotula greenfieldi (Bythitidae) 2007

Gorgasia thamani (Congridae) 2004

Discotrema zonatum (Gobiesocidae) 2008

Tryssogobius nigrolineatus (Gobiidae) 2006

Vanderhorstia bella (Gobiidae) 2005

Cirrhilabrus marjorie (Labridae) Marjorie's Wrasse 2003

Paracheilinus rubricaudalis (Labridae) 2003