New Zealand
Checklist of Endemic Vertebrate Genera
This list of vertebrate genera found exclusively in New Zealand is based on the taxonomy used in the Mammal Diversity Database (2020) for mammals, HBW/BirdLife (2024) for birds, the Reptile Database (2018) for reptiles, AmphibiaWeb (2018) for amphibians, and Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (2023) for fishes. For further details on the sources and possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
EX = Extinct
Phocarctos
1 spp. (Mammal Carnivora
Otariidae)
Mystacina
2 spp. (Mammal Chiroptera
Mystacinidae)
Apteryx 5
spp. (Bird Struthioniformes Apterygidae)
Hymenolaimus 1
spp. (Bird Anseriformes Anatidae)
Hemiphaga 2
spp. (Bird Columbiformes Columbidae)
Urodynamis 1
spp. (Bird Cuculiformes Cuculidae)
Diaphorapteryx 1 (1 EX)
spp. (Bird Gruiformes Rallidae)
Cabalus 1 (1
EX) spp. (Bird Gruiformes Rallidae)
Megadyptes 1
spp. (Bird Sphenisciformes Spheniscidae)
Anarhynchus 1
spp. (Bird Charadriiformes Charadriidae)
Coenocorypha 5 (2
EX) spp. (Bird Charadriiformes Scolopacidae)
Strigops 1
spp. (Bird Psittaciformes Strigopidae)
Nestor 2
spp. (Bird Psittaciformes Strigopidae)
Acanthisitta 1
spp. (Bird Passeriformes Acanthisittidae)
Xenicus 2 (1EX)
spp. (Bird Passeriformes Acanthisittidae)
Traversia 1 (1
EX) spp. (Bird Passeriformes Acanthisittidae)
Prosthemadera 1
spp. (Bird Passeriformes Meliphagidae)
Anthornis 2 (1
EX) spp. (Bird Passeriformes Meliphagidae)
Mohoua 3
spp. (Bird Passeriformes Mohouidae)
Turnagra 2 (2
EX) spp. (Bird Passeriformes Oriolidae)
Callaeas 2
spp. (Bird Passeriformes Callaeidae)
Philesturnus 2
spp. (Bird Passeriformes Callaeidae)
Heteralocha 1 (1
EX) spp. (Bird Passeriformes Callaeidae)
Notiomystis 1
spp. (Bird Passeriformes Notiomystidae)
Dactylocnemis
1 spp. (Reptile Squamata
Sauria - Diplodactylidae)
Gigarcanum 1 (1 EX) spp. (Reptile Squamata Sauria - Diplodactylidae) 2023
Hoplodactylus 2 (1 EX) spp. (Reptile Squamata
Sauria - Diplodactylidae)
Mokopirirakau
4 spp. (Reptile Squamata
Sauria - Diplodactylidae)
Naultinus
8 spp. (Reptile Squamata
Sauria - Diplodactylidae)
Toropuku
1 spp. (Reptile Squamata
Sauria - Diplodactylidae)
Tukutuku
1 spp. (Reptile Squamata
Sauria - Diplodactylidae)
Leiopelma 4 spp. (Amphibian Anura Leiopelmatidae)
Tewara 1
spp. (Actinopteri Acropomatiformes Creediidae)
Hemerocoetes 5
spp. (Actinopteri Acropomatiformes Hemerocoetidae)
Ericentrus 1
spp. (Actinopteri Blenniiformes Clinidae)
Bellapiscis 2
spp. (Actinopteri Blenniiformes Tripterygiidae)
Blennodon 1
spp. (Actinopteri Blenniiformes Tripterygiidae)
Cryptichthys 1
spp. (Actinopteri Blenniiformes Tripterygiidae)
Gilloblennius 2
spp. (Actinopteri Blenniiformes Tripterygiidae)
Karalepis 1
spp. (Actinopteri Blenniiformes Tripterygiidae)
Matanui 2
spp. (Actinopteri Blenniiformes Tripterygiidae)
Notoclinops 3
spp. (Actinopteri Blenniiformes Tripterygiidae)
Notoclinus 2
spp. (Actinopteri Blenniiformes Tripterygiidae)
Ruanoho 3
spp. (Actinopteri Blenniiformes Tripterygiidae)
Colistium 2
spp. (Actinopteri Carangiformes Rhombosoleidae)
Pelotretis 1
spp. (Actinopteri Carangiformes Rhombosoleidae)
Peltorhamphus 4
spp. (Actinopteri Carangiformes Rhombosoleidae)
Acanthoclinus 5
spp. (Actinopteri Cichliformes Plesiopidae)
Auchenoceros 1
spp. (Actinopteri Gadiformes Moridae)
Dellichthys 2
spp. (Actinopteri Gobiesociformes Gobiesocidae)
Diplocrepis 1
spp. (Actinopteri Gobiesociformes Gobiesocidae)
Gastrocyathus 1
spp. (Actinopteri Gobiesociformes Gobiesocidae)
Gastrocymba 1
spp. (Actinopteri Gobiesociformes Gobiesocidae)
Gastroscyphus 1
spp. (Actinopteri Gobiesociformes Gobiesocidae)
Haplocylix 1
spp. (Actinopteri Gobiesociformes Gobiesocidae)
Modicus 2
spp. (Actinopteri Gobiesociformes Gobiesocidae)
Trachelochismus 3
spp. (Actinopteri Gobiesociformes Gobiesocidae)
Grahamichthys 1
spp. (Actinopteri Gobiiformes Thalasseleotrididae)
Brosmodorsalis 1
spp. (Actinopteri Ophidiiformes Bythitidae)
Stokellia 1
spp. (Actinopteri Osmeriformes Retropinnidae)
Cheimarrichthys 1
spp. (Actinopteri Perciformes Cheimarrichthyidae)
Odax 2 spp.
(Actinopteri Perciformes Odacidae)
Neophrynichthys 2
spp. (Actinopteri Perciformes Psychrolutidae)
Leptoscopus 1
spp. (Actinopteri Perciformes *sedis mutabilis* Leptoscopidae)
Cylix 1 spp.
(Actinopteri Syngnathiformes Syngnathidae)
Paracanthostracion 1
spp. (Actinopteri Tetraodontiformes Ostraciidae)
Arhynchobatis 1
spp. (Elasmobranchii Rajiformes Arhynchobatidae)
Typhlonarke 1
spp. (Elasmobranchii Torpediniformes Narkidae)
Neomyxine 2
spp. (Myxini Myxiniformes Myxinidae)