Clipperton Island

Clipperton Island is an overseas possession of France and forms its own ecoregion (EoE). Shorefish zoogeography is covered in (ResearchGate) and a list of endemic molluscs is at (BHL). An overview of the biodiversity of Clipperton Island is at (IRD pdf).

Marine fish known only from Clipperton Island include Baldwin's Major Stegastes baldwini (STRI WM), the Clipperton Cardinal Soldierfish Myripristis gildi (STRI WM), the Clipperton Rainbow Wrasse Thalassoma robertsoni (STRI WM), the Clipperton Razorfish Xyrichtys wellingtoni (FishBase), the Clipperton Angelfish Holacanthus limbaughi (ResearchGate), the Clipperton Fangedblenny Ophioblennius clippertonensis (STRI WM), and Axelrod's Reefbass Pseudogramma axelrodi (STRI WM). A goby Bathygobius arundelii (GBIF) has sometimes been considered a full species distinct from the Southern Frillfin Bathygobius lineatus (STRI WM).

A skink Emoia arundelii (Sentiers & Nature) (ResearchGate) is sometimes considered distinct from the widespread Copper-tailed Skink Emoia cyanura.

Invertebrates unique to Clipperton Island include a land snail Succinea atollica (fig. 3 at BHL), a centipede Cryptops navigans (BHL), a hermit crab Calcinus mclaughlinae (PLAZI), the sponges Callyspongia roosevelti (Guardian) and Suberea etiennei (World Porifera Database) and Timea clippertoni (GBIF), the marine gastropods Turbonilla clippertonensis (Internet Archive), and Chrysallida limbaughi (fig. 4 at BHL), the clams Chama rubropicta (GBIF) and Epicodakia clippertonensis (GBIF), a barnacle Megabalanus clippertonensis (p. 21 of Naturalis WM pdf), a polychaete worm Anaitides albengai (GBIF), and an ostracod Potamocypris insularis (BHL).

There are no endemic vascular plant species.