Malaysia
Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species
This list of marine fish species found exclusively in Malaysia 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)
Cocotropus echinatus (Aploactinidae)
Apogon sabahensis (Apogonidae)
Pogoneleotris heterolepis (Eleotridae)
Cryptocentrus russus OC (Gobiidae)
Ophichthus grandoculis OC (Ophichthidae)
Pomacentrus geminospilus (Pomacentridae)
Plectranthias jothyi OC (Serranidae)
Arothron carduus (Tetraodontidae)
Additional endemic marine fish species that were not 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 8 endemic marine fish species listed above, these additional 3 species total 11 species of marine fishes known solely from Malaysia.
Himantura lobistoma (Dasyatidae) Tubemouth Whipray 2006
Chrysiptera chrysocephala (Pomacentridae) 2002
Aseraggodes senoui (Soleidae) 2007