Living National Treasures: Thailand

Checklists of  Endemics

Mammal Species 5

Bird Species 2

Reptile Species 47

Amphibian Species 9

Freshwater Fish Species 81

Marine Fish Species 16

Vertebrate Genera 4

Swallowtail & Milkweed Butterfly Species 0

Vascular Plant Genera 14

Families & Orders 0


Taxonomic Sources & Caveats

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 Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species

This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Thailand 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)

Acrochordonichthys gyrinus (Akysidae) False Chameleon Catfish

Amblyceps platycephalus (Amblycipitidae)

Amblyceps variegatum (Amblycipitidae)

Arius harmandi (Ariidae)

Arius macracanthus OC (Ariidae)

Arius sciurus (Ariidae) Squirrelheaded Catfish

Badis khwae (Badidae)

Badis siamensis (Badidae) Siamese Chameleon Fish

Bagrichthys majusculus OC (Bagridae)

Batasio havmolleri (Bagridae)

Batasio tigrinus (Bagridae)

Hemibagrus imbrifer (Bagridae)

Leiocassis bicolor (Bagridae)

Cryptotora thamicola (Balitoridae) Waterfall Climbing Cave Fish

Hemimyzon nanensis (Balitoridae)

Homaloptera sexmaculata OC (Balitoridae)

Nemacheilus binotatus (Balitoridae) Two-spot Loach

Nemacheilus ornatus (Balitoridae) Ornate Sand Loach

Nemacheilus troglocataractus (Balitoridae) Blind Cave Loach

Physoschistura pseudobrunneana (Balitoridae)

Schistura alticrista (Balitoridae)

Schistura bella (Balitoridae)

Schistura deignani (Balitoridae)

Schistura dubia (Balitoridae)

Schistura geisleri (Balitoridae) Polka Dotted Loach

Schistura jarutanini (Balitoridae) Kittipong's Cave Loach

Schistura maepaiensis (Balitoridae)

Schistura mahnerti (Balitoridae) Salween Hillstream Loach

Schistura menanensis (Balitoridae)

Schistura oedipus (Balitoridae)

Schistura paucicincta (Balitoridae)

Schistura reidi (Balitoridae)

Schistura sexcauda (Balitoridae)

Schistura spilota (Balitoridae) Giant Schistura

Sectoria atriceps (Balitoridae)

Clarias cataractus (Clariidae)

Acantopsis thiemmedhi (Cobitidae)

Bangana sinkleri (Cyprinidae)

Barbodes jolamarki (Cyprinidae)

Barilius bernatziki (Cyprinidae)

Barilius huahinensis OC (Cyprinidae)

Barilius infrafasciatus (Cyprinidae)

Barilius ornatus OC (Cyprinidae)

Barilius ponticulus OC (Cyprinidae)

Devario maetaengensis (Cyprinidae) Tiger Danio

Devario peninsulae (Cyprinidae)

Devario suvatti (Cyprinidae)

Discherodontus schroederi (Cyprinidae)

Epalzeorhynchos bicolor OC (Cyprinidae) Redtail Sharkminnow

Hampala salweenensis OC (Cyprinidae)

Hypsibarbus salweenensis (Cyprinidae)

Lobocheilos cornutus (Cyprinidae)

Lobocheilos nigrovittatus (Cyprinidae)

Lobocheilos quadrilineatus OC (Cyprinidae)

Lobocheilos thavili (Cyprinidae)

Lobocheilos trangensis (Cyprinidae)

Microrasbora kubotai (Cyprinidae) Neon Dwarf Rasbora

Neolissochilus vittatus (Cyprinidae)

Parasikukia maculata (Cyprinidae)

Poropuntius bantamensis (Cyprinidae)

Poropuntius faucis (Cyprinidae)

Poropuntius hathe (Cyprinidae)

Poropuntius heterolepidotus (Cyprinidae)

Poropuntius melanogrammus (Cyprinidae)

Poropuntius scapanognathus OC (Cyprinidae)

Poropuntius speleops (Cyprinidae)

Trigonostigma somphongsi (Cyprinidae) Sompong's Rasbora

Erethistes maesotensis OC (Erethistidae)

Calamiana aliceae (Gobiidae)

Eugnathogobius microps (Gobiidae)

Indostomus crocodilus (Indostomidae)

Macrognathus meklongensis (Mastacembelidae)

Betta simplex (Osphronemidae) Krabi Mouthbrooding Betta

Polynemus aquilonaris (Polynemidae) Northern Paradise Fish

Platytropius siamensis (Schilbeidae) Siamese Schilbeid Catfish

Kryptopterus hesperius (Siluridae) Maeklong Sheatfish

Pterocryptis buccata (Siluridae) Cave Sheatfish

Glyptothorax buchanani (Sisoridae)

Glyptothorax callopterus OC (Sisoridae)

Oreoglanis siamensis (Sisoridae) Siamese Bat Cavefish


Additional endemic freshwater 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 81 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, these additional 18 species total 99 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Thailand.


Akysis pulvinatus (Akysidae) 2007

Pseudobagarius hardmani (Akysidae) 2005

Badis khwae (Badidae) 2004

Ellopostoma mystax (Balitoridae) 2002

Schistura fowleriana (Balitoridae)

Schistura pridii (Balitoridae) 2003

Schistura spiesi (Balitoridae) 2003

Schisturea deansmarti (Balitoridae) 2003

Barbodes colemani (Cyprinidae)

Neolissochilus subterraneus (Cyprinidae) 2003

Puntius spilopterus (Cyprinidae)

Himantura kittipongi (Dasyatidae) 2005

Hara mesembrina (Erethistidae) 2007

Rhinogobius chiengmaiensis (Gobiidae) Chiangmai Stream Goby

Betta apollon (Osphronemidae) 2006

Betta ferox (Osphronemidae) 2006

Betta pallida (Osphronemidae) 2004

Eutropiichthys salweenensis (Schilbeidae) 2007