El Salvador Endemic Marine Fish Checklist

El Salvador

Checklist of Endemic Marine Fish Species

This list of marine fish species found exclusively in El Salvador is based on the taxonomy used in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (2023). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds) 2023 Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Version downloaded 9 February 2023 https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp

The current version can be accessed here

Akko rossi (Gobiiformes Gobiidae) Blackfin Specter-goby

Additional deep-sea species (below 200 m) recorded only from El Salvador:

Leptoderma ospesca (Alepocephaliformes Alepocephalidae) Eastern Eel-slickhead

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Bird Species 0

Reptile Species 0

Amphibian Species 1

Freshwater Fish Species 1

Marine Fish Species 1

Vertebrate Genera 0

Swallowtail & Nymphalid Butterfly Species 0

Vascular Plant Genera 0

Families & Orders 0