New Zealand
Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species
This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in New Zealand 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
Anguilla dieffenbachii
(Anguilliformes Anguillidae) New Zealand Longfin
Eel
Rhombosolea retiaria
(Carangiformes Rhombosoleidae) Black Flounder
Galaxias anomalus
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Roundhead Galaxias
Galaxias argenteus
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Giant Kokopu
Galaxias cobitinis
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Lowland Longjaw
Galaxias
Galaxias depressiceps
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Taieri Flathead
Galaxias
Galaxias divergens
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Dwarf Galaxias
Galaxias eldoni
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Eldon's Galaxias
Galaxias fasciatus
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Banded Kokopu
Galaxias gollumoides
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Gollum Galaxias
Galaxias gracilis
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Dwarf Inanga
Galaxias macronasus
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Bignose Galaxias
Galaxias paucispondylus
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Alpine Galaxias
Galaxias postvectis
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Shortjaw Kokopu
Galaxias prognathus
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Upland Longjaw
Galaxias
Galaxias pullus
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Dusky Galaxias
Galaxias vulgaris
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Canterbury Galaxias
Neochanna apoda
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Brown Mudfish
Neochanna burrowsius
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Canterbury Mudfish
Neochanna diversus
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Black Mudfish
Neochanna heleios
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Northland Mudfish
Neochanna rekohua
(Galaxiiformes Galaxiidae) Chatham Mudfish
Gobiomorphus alpinus
(Gobiiformes Eleotridae) Tarndale Bully
Gobiomorphus basalis
(Gobiiformes Eleotridae) Crans Bully
Gobiomorphus breviceps
(Gobiiformes Eleotridae) Upland Bully
Gobiomorphus cotidianus
(Gobiiformes Eleotridae) Common Bully
Gobiomorphus dinae
(Gobiiformes Eleotridae) Dina's Bully
Gobiomorphus gobioides
(Gobiiformes Eleotridae) Giant Bully
Gobiomorphus hubbsi
(Gobiiformes Eleotridae) Bluegill Bully
Gobiomorphus huttoni
(Gobiiformes Eleotridae) Redfin Bully
Gobiomorphus mataraerore
(Gobiiformes Eleotridae) Kaharore Bully
Prototroctes oxyrhynchus
(Osmeriformes Retropinnidae) New Zealand
Grayling
Retropinna retropinna
(Osmeriformes Retropinnidae) New Zealand Common
Smelt
Stokellia anisodon
(Osmeriformes Retropinnidae) Stokell's Smelt
Cheimarrichthys fosterae
(Perciformes Cheimarrichthyidae) Torrentfish