This is a list of freshwater fish species found in Western New Guinea, Indonesia. This list also includes freshwater fish found on small islands around Western New Guinea, such as Biak Archipelago, Yapen, Raja Ampat Islands, Aru Islands and Yos Sudarso Island. Island names written in brackets indicate that the species is endemic to that island, or is only known to occur on that island. The listing below is based on the taxonomic treatment of FishBase.
Order Carcharhiniformes Family Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839) Glyphis glyphis Müller & Henle, 1839
Order Rhinopristiformes Family Pristidae Pristis pristis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Order Myliobatiformes Family Dasyatidae Urogymnus dalyensis (Last & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2008)
Order Osteoglossiformes Family Osteoglossidae Scleropages jardinii (Saville-Kent, 1892)
Order Elopiformes Family Elopidae Elops hawaiensis Regan, 1909
Family Megalopidae Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)
Order Anguilliformes Family Anguillidae Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844 Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Anguilla obscura Günther, 1872 Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867
Family Muraenidae Gymnothorax polyuranodon (Bleeker, 1854)
Family Ophichthidae Lamnostoma kampeni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
Order Clupeiformes Family Dorosomatidae Nematalosa flyensis Wongratana, 1983 Nematalosa papuensis (Munro, 1964)
Family Ehiravidae Clupeoides papuensis (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) Clupeoides venulosus Weber & de Beaufort, 1912
Family Engraulididae Thryssa rastrosa Roberts, 1978 Thryssa scratchleyi (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
Order Gonorynchiformes Family Chanidae Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775)
Order Siluriformes Family Ariidae
Family Plotosidae Neosilurus ater (Perugia, 1894) Neosilurus brevidorsalis (Günther, 1867) Neosilurus equinus (Weber, 1913) Neosilurus idenburgi (Nichols, 1940) Neosilurus novaeguineae (Weber, 1907) Oloplotosus mariae Weber, 1913 Plotosus papuensis Weber, 1910 Porochilus meraukensis (Weber, 1913) Porochilus obbesi Weber, 1913
Order Lophiiformes Family Antennariidae Antennarius biocellatus Cuvier, 1817
Order Beloniformes Family Hemiramphidae Arrhamphus sclerolepis Günther, 1866
Family Zenarchopteridae Zenarchopterus alleni (Collette, 1982) Zenarchopterus caudovittatus (Weber, 1907) Zenarchopterus kampeni (Weber, 1913) Zenarchopterus novaeguineae (Weber, 1913) Zenarchopterus ornithocephala (Collette, 1985)
Family Belonidae Strongylura krefftii (Günther, 1866)
Order Atheriniformes Family Melanotaeniidae
Family Pseudomugilidae Pseudomugil gertrudae Weber, 1911 Pseudomugil inconspicuus Roberts, 1978 Pseudomugil ivantsoffi Allen & Renyaan, 1999 Pseudomugil luminatus Allen, Unmack & Hadiaty, 2016 Pseudomugil novaeguineae Weber, 1907 Pseudomugil paludicola Allen & Moore, 1981 Pseudomugil pellucidus Allen & Ivantsoff, 1998 Pseudomugil reticulatus Allen & Ivantsoff, 1986 Pseudomugil tenellus Taylor, 1964
Family Telmatherinidae Kalyptatherina helodes (Ivantsoff & Allen, 1984)
Family Atherinidae Craterocephalus fistularis Crowley, Ivantsoff & Allen, 1995 Craterocephalus nouhuysi (Weber, 1910) Craterocephalus randi Nichols & Raven, 1934 Sashatherina gigantea Ivantsoff & Allen, 2011
Order Mugiliformes Family Mugilidae Cestraeus goldiei (Macleay, 1883) Chelon melinopterus (Valenciennes, 1836) Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Moolgarda buchanani (Bleeker, 1853) Moolgarda heterocheilos (Bleeker, 1855) Moolgarda seheli (Forsskål, 1775) Moolgarda tade (Fabricius, 1775) Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 Planiliza alata (Steindachner, 1892) Planiliza macrolepis (Smith, 1846) Planiliza subviridis (Valenciennes, 1836)
Order Syngnathiformes Family Syngnathidae Hippichthys heptagonus Bleeker, 1849 Hippichthys spicifer (Ruppel, 1838) Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854) Microphis brevidorsalis (de Beaufort, 1913) Microphis caudocarinatus (Weber, 1907) Microphis leiaspis (Bleeker, 1854) Microphis manadensis (Bleeker, 1856) Microphis retzii (Bleeker, 1856)
Order Synbranchiformes Family Synbranchidae Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844
Order Kurtiformes Family Apogonidae Fibramia amboinensis (Bleeker, 1853) Glossamia aprion (Richardson, 1842) Glossamia arguni Hadiaty & Allen, 2011 Glossamia beauforti (Weber, 1907) Glossamia gjellerupi (Weber & de Beaufort, 1929) Glossamia sandei (Weber, 1907) Glossamia timika Allen, Hortle & Renyaan, 2000 Glossamia trifasciata (Weber, 1913) Glossamia wichmanni (Weber, 1907) Yarica hyalosoma (Bleeker, 1852)
Family Kurtidae Kurtus gulliveri Castelnau, 1878
incertae sedis Series Carangaria Family Latidae Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790)
Family Toxotidae Protoxotes lorentzi (Weber, 1910) Toxotes chatareus (Hamilton, 1822) Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas, 1767)
Series Ovalentaria Family Ambassidae Ambassis buruensis Bleeker, 1856 Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853 Ambassis macracanthus Bleeker, 1849 Ambassis miops Günther, 1872 Pseudoambassis agrammus (Günther, 1867) Parambassis altipinnis Allen, 1982 Parambassis confinis (Weber, 1913) Parambassis gulliveri (Castelnau, 1878)
Family Pomacentridae Neopomacentrus taeniurus Bleeker, 1856
Series Eupercaria Family Gerreidae Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829
Family Lutjanidae Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775) Lutjanus fuscescens (Valenciennes, 1830)
Family Monodactylidae Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family Sciaenidae Nibea soldado (Lacepède, 1802) Nibea squamosa Sasaki, 1992
Family Sparidae Acanthopagrus berda (Fabricius, 1775)
Order Centrarchiformes Family Kuhliidae Kuhlia marginata (Cuvier, 1829) Kuhlia rupestris (Lacépède, 1802)
Family Terapontidae Hephaestus habbemai (Weber, 1910) Hephaestus lineatus Allen, 1984 Hephaestus obtusifrons (Mees & Kailola, 1977) Hephaestus roemeri (Weber, 1910) Mesopristes argenteus (Cuvier, 1829) Mesopristes cancellatus (Cuvier, 1829) Pingalla lorentzi (Weber, 1910) Terapon jarbua Fabricius, 1775 Variichthys jamoerensis (Mees, 1971)
Order Blenniiformes Family Blenniidae Meiacanthus anema Bleeker, 1852
Order Gobiiformes Family Rhyacichthyidae Rhyacichthys aspro (Valenciennes, 1837)
Family Eleotridae Allomogurnda nesolepis (Weber, 1907) Allomogurnda sampricei Allen, 2003 (Yapen) Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker, 1853) Belobranchus belobranchus (Valenciennes, 1837) Belobranchus segura Keith, Hadiaty & Lord, 2012 Eleotris fusca (Forster, 1801) Eleotris melanosoma (Bleeker, 1853) Giuris margaritacea (Valenciennes, 1837) Hypseleotris compressa (Krefft, 1864) Mogurnda aurifodinae Whitley, 1938 Mogurnda aiwasoensis Allen & Renyaan, 1996 Mogurnda arguni Allen & Hadiaty, 2014 Mogurnda cingulata Allen & Hoese, 1991 Mogurnda kaifayama Allen & Jenkins, 1999 Mogurnda kaimana Allen & Hadiaty, 2014 Mogurnda magna Allen & Renyaan, 1996 Mogurnda mbuta Allen & Jenkins, 1999 Mogurnda mogurnda Richardson, 1844 Mogurnda pardalis Allen & Renyaan, 1996 Mogurnda wapoga Allen, Jenkins & Renyaan, 1999
Family Butidae Bostrychus aruensis Weber, 1911 (Aru) Bostrychus strigogenys Nichols, 1937 Bostrychus zonatus Weber, 1907 Butis amboinensis (Bleeker, 1853) Butis butis (Hamilton, 1822) Butis melanostigma (Bleeker, 1849) Oxyeleotris aruensis (Weber, 1911) Oxyeleotris altipinna Allen & Renyaan, 1996 Oxyeleotris colasi Pouyaud, Kadarusman, Hadiaty, Slembrouck, Lemauk, Kusumah & Keith, 2013 Oxyeleotris fimbriata (Weber, 1907) Oxyeleotris herwerdenii (Weber, 1910) Oxyeleotris nullipora Roberts, 1978 Oxyeleotris paucipora Roberts, 1978 Oxyeleotris selheimi (Macleay, 1884) Oxyeleotris stagnicola Allen, Hortle & Renyaan, 2000 Oxyeleotris wisselensis Allen & Boeseman, 1982
Family Oxudercidae Periophthalmodon freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes, 1837 Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis Eggert, 1935 Periophthalmus weberi Eggert, 1935 Zappa confluentus (Roberts, 1978)
Family Gobiidae
Order Acanthuriformes Family Leiognathidae Leiognathus equula (Forsskål, 1775)
Family Lobotidae Datnioides campbelli Whitley, 1939
Family Siganidae Siganus vermiculatus (Valenciennes, 1835)
Family Scatophagidae Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Order Pleuronectiformes Family Cynoglossidae Cynoglossus heterolepis Weber, 1910
Family Soleidae Brachirus villosus (Weber, 1907) Leptachirus alleni Randall, 2007 Leptachirus klunzingeri (Weber, 1907) Leptachirus lorentz Randall, 2007 Pardachirus poropterus (Bleeker, 1851)
Order Tetraodontiformes Family Tetraodontidae Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton, 1822) Dichotomyctere erythrotaenia (Bleeker, 1853) Marilyna meraukensis (de Beaufort, 1955)
References
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