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List of Freshwater Fishes for Tahiti
Number of freshwater fish species:
27
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 27 |
| Order |
Family |
Species |
Status |
FB name |
Name |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla australis australis
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questionable | Shortfin eel | |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla marmorata
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native | Giant mottled eel | Tuna |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla megastoma
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native | Polynesian longfinned eel | Tuna |
| Anguilliformes |
Anguillidae |
Anguilla obscura
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native | Pacific shortfinned eel | Tuna |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Awaous ocellaris
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native | | Mo'o mo'o |
| Perciformes |
Carangidae |
Caranx melampygus
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native | Bluefin trevally | Paaihere |
| Perciformes |
Carangidae |
Caranx sexfasciatus
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native | Bigeye trevally | Omuri |
| Perciformes |
Eleotridae |
Eleotris fusca
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native | Dusky sleeper | O'opu |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Poeciliidae |
Gambusia affinis
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introduced | Mosquitofish | |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia boninensis
|
native | | |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia malo
|
native | | Nato |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia marginata
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questionable | Dark-margined flagtail | Nato |
| Perciformes |
Kuhliidae |
Kuhlia mugil
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native | Barred flagtail | Pati'a nana'o |
| Anguilliformes |
Ophichthidae |
Lamnostoma orientalis
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native | Oriental worm-eel | Atii |
| Perciformes |
Latidae |
Lates calcarifer
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introduced | Barramundi | |
| Syngnathiformes |
Syngnathidae |
Microphis brachyurus brachyurus
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native | Short-tailed pipefish | Tia'i pape |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Mugil cephalus
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native | Flathead mullet | |
| Salmoniformes |
Salmonidae |
Oncorhynchus mykiss
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not established | Rainbow trout | |
| Perciformes |
Cichlidae |
Oreochromis mossambicus
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introduced | Mozambique tilapia | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia mexicana
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introduced | Shortfin molly | |
| Cyprinodontiformes |
Poeciliidae |
Poecilia reticulata
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introduced | Guppy | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Pseudapocryptes elongatus
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native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopterus lagocephalus
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native | Bichique | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Sicyopterus pugnans
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native | | |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stenogobius genivittatus
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native | Chinstripe goby | Tuivi |
| Perciformes |
Gobiidae |
Stiphodon elegans
|
native | | Tuivi |
| Mugiliformes |
Mugilidae |
Valamugil engeli
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native | Kanda | 'Orie |
Page created by: Eli, 15.08.07,
last modified by: Lei, 20.11.08
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