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List of Freshwater Fishes for Solomon Islands
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 |
Sparidae |
Acanthopagrus berda
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native | Picnic seabream | |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla marmorata
|
native | Giant mottled eel | |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla megastoma
|
native | Polynesian longfinned eel | |
| Lophiiformes |
Antennariidae |
Antennarius biocellatus
|
native | Brackishwater frogfish | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Awaous melanocephalus
|
native | Largesnout goby | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Butis amboinensis
|
native | Olive flathead-gudgeon | |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Butis gymnopomus
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Serranidae |
Epinephelus polystigma
|
native | White-dotted grouper | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Poeciliidae |
Gambusia affinis
|
introduced | Mosquitofish | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Glossogobius celebius
|
native | Celebes goby | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Hippichthys heptagonus
|
native | Belly pipefish | |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia marginata
|
native | Dark-margined flagtail | |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia rupestris
|
native | Rock flagtail | |
| Perciformes |
Latidae |
Lates calcarifer
|
native | Barramundi | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Lentipes solomonensis
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Lutjanidae |
Lutjanus fuscescens
|
native | Freshwater snapper | |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Mesopristes argenteus
|
native | Silver grunter | |
| Perciformes |
Terapontidae |
Mesopristes cancellatus
|
native | Tapiroid grunter | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis argulus
|
native | Flat-nosed pipepish | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis brachyurus brachyurus
|
native | Short-tailed pipefish | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis manadensis
|
native | Menado pipefish | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis retzii
|
native | Ragged-tail pipefish | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
|
introduced | Mozambique tilapia | |
| Perciformes |
Rhyacichthyidae |
Rhyacichthys aspro
|
native | Loach goby | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopus zosterophorum
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Sillaginidae |
Sillago macrolepis
|
native | Large-scale sillago | |
| Perciformes |
Sillaginidae |
Sillago sihama
|
native | Silver sillago | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stenogobius hoesei
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stiphodon rutilaureus
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stiphodon semoni
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Toxotidae |
Toxotes jaculatrix
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native | Banded archerfish | Kaulau |
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