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List of Freshwater Fishes for Samoa
Number of freshwater fish species:
31
The tables below were generated from Fishbase.org - A project to provide indexing and links for all known species as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. All links below take you to pages on the fishbase.org site.
Tropical Freshwater Fish | Biotope aquaria | Country Index
Record number 1 to 31 |
| Order |
Family |
Species |
Status |
FB name |
Name |
| Perciformes |
Ambassidae |
Ambassis miops
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native | Flag-tailed glass perchlet | Lafa |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla australis australis
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native | Shortfin eel | Tuna |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla celebesensis
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native | Celebes longfin eel | Tuna |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla marmorata
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native | Giant mottled eel | Tuna |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Awaous ocellaris
|
native | | Mano'o-apofu |
| Cypriniformes |
Cyprinidae |
Carassius auratus auratus
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introduced | Goldfish | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris fusca
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native | Dusky sleeper | Apofu |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris melanosoma
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native | Broadhead sleeper | Apofu |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Poeciliidae |
Gambusia affinis
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introduced | Mosquitofish | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Hemigobius hoevenii
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Hypseleotris cyprinoides
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native | Tropical carp-gudgeon | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Hypseleotris guentheri
|
native | | Maluvai |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia rupestris
|
native | Rock flagtail | Inato |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia salelea
|
native | | Salele |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza melinoptera
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native | Otomebora mullet | |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Liza subviridis
|
native | Greenback mullet | Anae |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis brachyurus brachyurus
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native | Short-tailed pipefish | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis retzii
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native | Ragged-tail pipefish | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Mugilogobius fontinalis
|
native | | Mano'o |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
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introduced | Mozambique tilapia | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia mexicana
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introduced | Shortfin molly | Fo-vai |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia reticulata
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introduced | Guppy | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopterus lagocephalus
|
native | Bichique | Mono'o-vai |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopterus macrostetholepis
|
native | | Mano'o |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopterus pugnans
|
native | | Mano'o |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stenogobius genivittatus
|
native | Chinstripe goby | Mano'o-vai |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stiphodon elegans
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native | | Mano'o-vai |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stiphodon hydoreibatus
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Terapon jarbua
|
native | Jarbua terapon | Ava'ava |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Valamugil seheli
|
native | Bluespot mullet | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Yongeichthys nebulosus
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native | Shadow goby | Mano'o-gatala |
Page created by: Eli, 15.08.07,
last modified by: Lei, 20.11.08
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