Laos
Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species
This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Laos 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)
Akysis inermis (Akysidae)
Hemimyzon confluens (Balitoridae)
Hemimyzon khonensis (Balitoridae)
Homalosoma crassicauda (Balitoridae)
Nemacheilus arenicolus (Balitoridae)
Schistura amplizona (Balitoridae)
Schistura aramis (Balitoridae)
Schistura athos (Balitoridae)
Schistura atra (Balitoridae)
Schistura bairdi (Balitoridae)
Schistura bolavenensis (Balitoridae)
Schistura cataracta (Balitoridae)
Schistura clatrata (Balitoridae)
Schistura coruscans (Balitoridae)
Schistura crabro (Balitoridae)
Schistura defectiva (Balitoridae)
Schistura dorsizona (Balitoridae)
Schistura ephelis (Balitoridae)
Schistura fusinotata (Balitoridae)
Schistura globiceps (Balitoridae)
Schistura imitator (Balitoridae)
Schistura implicata (Balitoridae)
Schistura irregularis (Balitoridae)
Schistura isostigma (Balitoridae)
Schistura kaysonei (Balitoridae)
Schistura khamtanhi (Balitoridae)
Schistura latidens (Balitoridae)
Schistura leukensis (Balitoridae)
Schistura melarancia (Balitoridae)
Schistura nomi (Balitoridae)
Schistura novemradiata (Balitoridae)
Schistura nudidorsum (Balitoridae)
Schistura obeini (Balitoridae)
Schistura personata (Balitoridae)
Schistura pervagata (Balitoridae)
Schistura porthos (Balitoridae)
Schistura procera (Balitoridae)
Schistura punctifasciata (Balitoridae)
Schistura quaesita (Balitoridae)
Schistura quasimodo (Balitoridae)
Schistura rikiki (Balitoridae)
Schistura russa (Balitoridae)
Schistura sertata (Balitoridae)
Schistura sigillata (Balitoridae)
Schistura sombooni (Balitoridae)
Schistura suber (Balitoridae)
Schistura tenura (Balitoridae)
Schistura tizardi (Balitoridae)
Schistura tubulinaris (Balitoridae)
Schistura xhatensis (Balitoridae)
Sewellia diardi (Balitoridae)
Sewellia speciosa (Balitoridae)
Vanmanenia serrilineata (Balitoridae)
Chaudhuria fusipinnis (Chaudhuriidae)
Botia splendida (Cobitidae) Splendid Loach
Serpenticobitis octozona (Cobitidae)
Serpenticobitis zonata (Cobitidae)
Acrossocheilus xamensis (Cyprinidae)
Bangana elegans (Cyprinidae)
Devario acrostomus (Cyprinidae)
Devario apopyris (Cyprinidae)
Devario fangfangae (Cyprinidae)
Devario gibber (Cyprinidae)
Devario leptos (Cyprinidae)
Devario salmonata (Cyprinidae)
Garra cyrano (Cyprinidae)
Garra theunensis (Cyprinidae)
Laocypris hispida (Cyprinidae)
Osteochilus striatus (Cyprinidae)
Poropuntius angustus (Cyprinidae)
Poropuntius bolovenensis (Cyprinidae)
Poropuntius consternans (Cyprinidae)
Poropuntius lobocheiloides (Cyprinidae)
Poropuntius solitus (Cyprinidae)
Rhodeus laoensis (Cyprinidae)
Scaphognathops theunensis (Cyprinidae)
Tor ater (Cyprinidae)
Troglocyclocheilus khammouanensis (Cyprinidae)
Papuligobius uniporus (Gobiidae)
Rhinogobius albimaculatus (Gobiidae)
Rhinogobius lineatus (Gobiidae)
Rhinogobius milleri (Gobiidae)
Rhinogobius nammaensis (Gobiidae)
Rhinogobius taenigena (Gobiidae)
Rhinogobius vermiculatus (Gobiidae)
Odontobutis aspro (Odontobutidae)
Pterocryptis inusitata (Siluridae)
Oreoglanis delacouri OC (Sisoridae)
Oreoglanis frenatus (Sisoridae)
Oreoglanis hypsiurus OC (Sisoridae)
Oreoglanis lepturus (Sisoridae)
Pareuchiloglanis nebulifer (Sisoridae)
Pseudecheneis sympelvica (Sisoridae)Additional endemic freshwater 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 93 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, these additional 3 species total 96 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Laos.
Pseudobagarius nitidus (Akysidae) 2005
Sineleotris namxamensis (Odontobutidae) 2004
Oreoglanis macronemus (Sisoridae) 2004