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Neopterygii (New-Finned Fish)

 

Order: Anabantiformes

Family: Pristolepididae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Pristolepis marginata Jerdon, 1849   - Mananthavady River, Wayanad district, Kerala, India Rediscovered Access

 

 

Order: Atheriniformes

Family: Atherinopsidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Atherinella callida Chernoff, 1986 Cunning silverside 1957 or 1962 Refugio, Veracruz, Mexico Extinct Access
             
Chirostoma aculeatum Barbour, 1973 Scowling silverside 1993 Mexico Extinct in the wild? Access
             
Chirostoma bartoni Jordan & Evermann, 1896 Alberca silverside August 2006 Alberca Caldera, Guanajuato, México Extinct Access
             
Chirostoma charari
(de Buén, 1945) Least silverside ? Mexico Missing Access
             
Chirostoma compressum de Buén, 1940 - 1940 Lake Cuitzeo, Mexico Missing Access

 

 

Family: Melanotaeniidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Chilatherina fasciata ssp. nov. 'Lake Wanam' - Lake Wanam rainbowfish early 1990's? Lake Wanam, Papua New Guinea Missing Access
             
Chilatherina sentaniensis (Weber, 1907) Sentani rainbowfish - Lake Sentani, Papua New Guinea Rediscovered Access
             

Glossolepis dorityi

Allen, 2001 Grime rainbowfish 2008 Lake Nenggwambu (Lake Kali Biru) and Lake Tum, Papua Province (Indonesia), New Guinea Possibly extinct in the wild Access
             
Melanotaenia ajamaruensis Allen & Cross, 1980 Ajamaru Lakes rainbowfish - Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             
Melanotaenia eachamensis Allen & Cross, 1982 Lake Eacham rainbow fish - Lake Eacham, Atherton tablelands, Queensland Rediscovered Access
             

Melanotaenia ogilbyi

Weber, 1910 Ogilby's rainbowfish (rediscovered) Papua Province, New Guinea Rediscovered Access
             

Melanotaenia parva

Allen, 1990 Lake Kurumoi rainbowfish 2008 Lake Kurumoi, Papua Province (Indonesia), New Guinea Possibly extinct in the wild Access
             
Rheocles pellegrini Nichols & La Monte, 1931 - 1930's Madagascar Missing Access
             

Rheocles sikorae

(Sauvage, 1891) Zona, Sikora's rainbowfish (rediscovered) Manambolo River, Madagascar Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Phallostethidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Neostethus ctenophorus (Aurich, 1937)   1937 Philippines  Missing Access 

 

 

Order: Batrachoidiformes

Family: Batrachoididae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Batrachoides walkeri Collette & Russo, 1981 Walker's toadfish 1953 Panama Bay, Panama Missing Access

 

 

Order: Beloniformes

Family: Adrianichthyidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Adrianichthys kruyti
Weber, 1913 Duck-billed buntingi, Duck-bill poso minnow September 1983 Lake Poso, Sulawesi (central), Indonesia Missing Access
             
Adrianichthys roseni Parenti & Soeroto, 2004 Rosen's buntingi 4 or 5 September 1978 Lake Poso, Sulawesi (central), Indonesia Missing Access
             
Oryzias timorensis (Weber & de Beaufort, 1922)   1911 Timor, Indonesia Missing Access
             
Xenopoecilus poptae Weber & de Beaufort, 1922 Popta's buntingi March 2003 Lake Poso, Sulawesi (central), Indonesia Missing Access

 

 

Family: Hemiramphidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Hyporhamphus taiwanensis Collette & Su, 1986 - ? Taiwan Missing Access

 

 

Order: Callionymiformes

Family: Callionymidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Callionymus sanctaehelenae Fricke, 1983 St Helena dragonet 1930's Sugar Loaf Hill, St Helena Invalid (synonym) Access

 

 

Order: Characiformes (Characins and their allies)

Family: Characidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Astyanax guaporensis Eigenmann, 1911 - - Guaporé River basin & rio Madeira basin, Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Brycon acuminatus (Eigenmann & Norris, 1900) - - Brazil Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Hasemania crenuchoides Zarske and Géry, 1999 - - Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Hasemania maxillaris Ellis, 1911   1908 Brazil Missing Access
             
Hasemania melanura Ellis, 1911   1908 Brazil Missing Access
             
Hyphessobrycon parvellus Ellis, 1911 - ? Catu and Itapicuru rivers, Brazil (northeasterm) Extinct in the wild Access
             
Hyphessobrycon taurocephalus Ellis, 1911   1908 Brazil Missing Access
             
Stygichthys typhlops Brittan & Böhlke, 1965 - - Minas Gerais state, Brazil Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Iguanodectidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Bryconops gracilis (Eigenmann, 1908:106)   (rediscovered) rio Tapajós, Brazil Rediscovered Access

 

 

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae (Cichlids)

NB: Serious sampling of Lake Victoria only began in 1979, meaning that some species probably went extinct without ever being recorded. Moreover, given the size of Lake Victoria (area: 68,800 km²) it is reasonable to suppose that many of the species listed here survived much longer than is recorded (or still exist). See (Harrison & Stiassny, 1999:291-293) for a detailed discussion of this and other points.

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Astatotilapia piceata

(Greenwood & Gee, 1969) Pitch-black fulu ? Lake Victoria, East Africa Possibly extinct in the wild Access
             
Aulonocara nyassae Regan, 1922 Peacock cichlid (rediscovered) Lake Malawi, East Africa Rediscovered Access
             

Corematodus shiranus

Boulenger, 1897   1997 Lake Malawi, Malawi & Mozambique Missing Access
             
Crenicichla yaha Casciotta, Almirón & Gómez, 2006 - - Urugua-í river, Misiones Province, Argentina Rediscovered Access
             
Ctenochromis pectoralis Pfeffer, 1893 Pangani haplo(chromine) - Kenya & Tanzania Rediscovered Access
             
Etroplus canarensis
Day, 1877 Canara pearl spot, Canara pearlspot (rediscovered) Western Ghats, India Rediscovered Access
             
Haplochromis aelocephalus
Greenwood, 1959 - 1985 Lake Victoria, East Africa (Uganda section only) Missing Access
             
Haplochromis altigenis Regan, 1922 - 1922 or before (1989?) Lake Victoria, Tanzania Missing Access
             
Haplochromis antleter Mietes & Witte, 2010 - early 1980's Lake Victoria, Tanzania Missing Access
             
Haplochromis apogonoides Greenwood, 1967 - 1983 Lake Victoria (Tanzania & Uganda), East Africa Missing Access
             
Haplochromis arcanus Greenwood & Gee, 1969 - ? Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis argenteus Regan, 1922 - 1983 (1987?) Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis artaxerxes Greenwood, 1962 - ? Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis barbarae Greenwood, 1967 - 1985 Lake Victoria, Tanzania & Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis bareli van Oijen, 1991 - 1985 Lake Victoria, Tanzania Missing Access
             
Haplochromis bartoni Greenwood, 1962 - ? Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis bayoni Boulenger, 1909 - early 1990's Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis boops
Greenwood, 1967 - 1983 Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis brownae Greenwood, 1962 - 1980 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis cassius Greenwood & Barel, 1978 - 1986 Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis chromogynos Greenwood, 1959 - - Lake Victoria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Rediscovered Access
             
Haplochromis cinctus Greenwood & Gee, 1969 - 1982 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis cnester Witte & Witte-Maas, 1981 - 1983 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis coprologus Niemantsverdriet & Witte, 2010 - 1982 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis crassilabris Boulenger, 1906 - 1980 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis crocopeplus Greenwood & Barel, 1978 - 1985 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis decticostoma Greenwood & Gee, 1969 - ? Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis degeni Boulenger, 1906 - ? Lake Victoria, Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis dentex Regan, 1922 - 1987 Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis dichrourus Regan, 1922 - 1986 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis diplotaenia Regan & Trewavas, 1928 - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis estor Regan, 1929 - ? Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis flavipinnis
(Boulenger, 1906) - 1984 Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis gilberti Greenwood & Gee, 1969 - ? Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis gowersii Trewavas, 1928 - ? Lake Victoria, Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis granti Boulenger, 1906 - 1986 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis guiarti
(Pellegrin, 1904)
- 1985 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis heusinkveldi Witte & Witte-Maas, 1987 - 1985 Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis hiatus
Hoogerhoud & Witte, 1981
- 1980 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis iris Hoogerhoud & Witte, 1981 - 1980 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis ishmaeli Boulenger, 1906 - 1991 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis katunzii
ter Huurne & Witte, 2010
- 1982 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis lividus Greenwood, 1956 - ? Lake Victoria, Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis longirostris Hilgendorf, 1888 - 1985 Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis macrognathus Regan, 1922 - 1985 Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis maculipinna (Pellegrin, 1913) - 1967? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis mandibularis Greenwood, 1962 - ? Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis martini Boulenger, 1906 - 1985 Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis megalops Greenwood & Gee, 1969 - - Lake Victoria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Rediscovered Access
             
Haplochromis michaeli Trewavas, 1928 - 1985 Lake Victoria (Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda) Missing Access
             
Haplochromis microdon Boulenger, 1906 - 1985
Lake Victoria (Tanzania & Uganda), East Africa
Missing Access
             
Haplochromis mylergates Greenwood & Barel, 1978 - 1986 Lake Victoria (Tanzania) Missing Access
             
Haplochromis nanoserranus Greenwood & Barel, 1978 - 1986 Lake Victoria (Tanzania) Missing Access
             
Haplochromis nigrescens Pellegrin, 1909 - ? Lake Victoria (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) Missing Access
             
Haplochromis nyanzae
Greenwood, 1962
- ?
Lake Victoria (Uganda)
Missing Access
             
Haplochromis obtusidens Trewavas, 1928 - ? Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis pachycephalus Greenwood, 1967 - ? Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis pancitrinus Mietes & Witte, 2010 - 1986 Lake Victoria, Tanzania Missing Access
             
Haplochromis paraguiarti Greenwood, 1967 - ? Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis paraplagiostoma Greenwood & Gee, 1969 - ? Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis parorthostoma Greenwood, 1967 - ? Lake Victoria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis parvidens
(Boulenger, 1911) - 1995 Lake Victoria (Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda), East Africa Missing Access
             
Haplochromis percoides Boulenger, 1906 - 1986 Lake Victoria (Tanzania & Uganda) Missing Access
             
Haplochromis perrieri Pellegrin, 1909 - 1986 Lake Victoria, Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis pharyngomylus Regan, 1929 - ? Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis phytophagus Greenwood, 1966 (1965?) - 1996 Lake Victoria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis plagiostoma Regan, 1922 - ? Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis plutonius Greenwood & Barel, 1978 - 1980
Lake Victoria
Missing Access
             
Haplochromis prognathus Pellegrin, 1904 - ? Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis pseudopellegrini Greenwood, 1967 - ? Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis ptistes Greenwood & Barel, 1978 - 1984 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis pyrrhopteryx van Oijen, 1991 - 1983 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis retrodens Hilgendorf, 1888 - - Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Rediscovered Access
             
Haplochromis spekii
Boulenger, 1906 - 1992 Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sphex ter Huurne & Witte, 2010 - 1986 Lake Victoria, Tanzania Missing Access
             
Haplochromis squamulatus (Regan, 1922) - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sulphureus Greenwood & Barel, 1978 - 1985 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis teegelaari Greenwood & Barel, 1978 - 1986 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis theliodon Greenwood, 1960 - 1993 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis thuragnathus Greenwood, 1967 - ?
Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
Missing Access
             
Haplochromis tridens Regan & Trewavas, 1928 - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis ushindi Oijen, 2004 - 1985 Mwanza Gulf, Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis victorianus (Pellegrin, 1904) - 1985 Lake Victoria (Kenya & Uganda) Missing Access
             
Haplochromis vonlinnei van Oijen & de Zeeuw, 2008 - 1980 Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis xenostoma Regan, 1922 - 1983 Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "bartoni-like" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "bicolor" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "big teeth" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "black crytodon" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "black pectoral" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "chlorocephalus" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "citrus" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "coop" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "elongate rockpicker" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "filamentus" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "fleshy lips" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "grey pseudo nigricans" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "large eye guiarti"
- - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "lividus-frels" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "longurius" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "macrops-like" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. 'micro-obesus' - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "morsei" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "orange cinereus" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "orange macula" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "orange yellow big teeth" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "orange yellow small teeth" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "paropius-like" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "pink paedophage" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "pseudo-morsei" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "purple head" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "purple miller"
- - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "purple rocker" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "red empodisma" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "red eye scraper" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "reginus" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "regius" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "short supramacrops" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "small blue zebra" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "small empodisma" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "smoke" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "soft grey" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "stripmac" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "supramacrops" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "theliodon-like" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "tigrus" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "too small" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "twenty" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "two strip white lip" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "wyber" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "xenognathus-like" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "yellow" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Haplochromis sp. nov. "yellow-blue" - - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Harpagochromis sp. nov. "two stripe white lip" - - ? Lake Victoria Extinct in the wild Access
             
Mayaheros conchitae (Hubbs, 1936) Mojarra del Cenote Conchita (Spanish) 1975 Atlantic slope, Conchita Cenote, Merida, Yucatán, Mexico Extinct Access
             
Mayaheros ericymba (Hubbs, 1938) Mojarra de Bulha, Mojarra de Sambulá, Mojarra de San Bulha 1975 San Bulha Cenote (or Cave), Merida, Yucatan, Mexico Extinct Access
             
Nyassachromis breviceps (Regan, 1922)   1997 Lake Malawi, Malawi Missing Access
             

Oreochromis lidole

(Trewavas, 1941) Chambo 1992 Malawi, Mozambique & Tanzania (Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and the Shire River) Missing Access
             
Paretroplus maculatus Kiener & Maugé, 1966 Damba Mipentina pre-2011 Madagascar Extinct in the wild? Access
             
Paretroplus menarambo Allgayer, 1996 Pinstripe damba, damba menarambo - Madagascar Rediscovered Access
             
Prognathochromis eutaenia Regan & Trewavas, 1928 - ? Lake Victoria Invalid (nomen dubium or nomen nudum) Access
             
Psammochromis cryptogramma Greenwood & Gee, 1969 - ? Lake Victoria Missing Access
             
Ptychochromis insolitus Stiassny & Sparks, 2006 Mangarahara cichlid, Joba mena (native name) (rediscovered) Amboboa & Mangarahara Rivers, Madagascar Rediscovered Access
             
Ptychochromis onilahy Stiassny & Sparks, 2006 - 1962 Onilahy River, Madagascar (south-western) Extinct Access
             
Ptychochromoides betsileanus (Boulenger, 1899) Trondo mainty 1994 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Ptychochromoides itasy Sparks, 2004   - Lake Itasy, Madagascar Rediscovered Access
             
Stomatepia mongo Trewavas, 1972 - - Lake Barombi-Mbo, Cameroon Rediscovered Access
             
Tristramella intermedia
Steinitz & Ben-Turvia, 1953 - post-1969 Lake Hula, Israel Extinct Access
             
Tristramella magdalenae Lortet, 1878 - 1950's Damascus, Syria Extinct Access
             
Tristramella sacra Günther, 1865 Long jaw tristramella 1989/1990 Lake Kinneret (=Lake Tiberias), Israel Extinct Access
 

 

Family: Pholidichthyidae (Convict Blennies)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Clupeidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Alosa vistonica Economidis & Sinis, 1986 Thracian shad, Thritsa >1985 Lake Vistonis, Greece Missing Access
             
Clupea manulensis Marion de Procé, 1822   1822 Philippines Missing Access

 

 

Order: Cypriniformes (Carps, Minnows, Loaches, etc.)

Family: Balitoridae (Hillstream Loaches)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Barbuccidae (Scooter Loaches or Fire-eyed Loaches)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Botiidae (Pointface Loaches)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Catostomidae (Suckers)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Chasmistes liorus
Jordan, 1878 June sucker 1800's (21 March 1959?) Utah Lake, Utah, USA Missing Access
             
Chasmistes muriei Miller & Smith, 1981 Snake River sucker 13 October 1927 Snake River (below Jackson Lake dam), Teton County, Wyoming, USA Extinct Access
             
Moxostoma lacerum Jordan & Brayton, 1877 Harelip sucker 1893 USA (including Illinois) Extinct Access
             
Moxostoma robustum Cope, 1870 Robust redhorse - USA Rediscovered Access
             
Pantosteus sp. nov. 'Spring Valley' - Spring Valley sucker 1938 Spring Valley, Nevada (eastern), USA Invalid (synonym) Access

 

 

Family: Cobitidae (True Loaches)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Cobitis amphilekta
Vasil’eva & Vasil’ev, 2012 - 1937 Kyzylagach Bay, Azerbaijan Missing Access
             
Cobitis kellei Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998 Diyarbakir spined loach 1974 Göksu stream, upper Tigris drainage, Turkey Missing Access
             
Cobitis minamorii yodoensis Nakajima, 2012 - August 1996 middle and lower reaches of the Yodo River system, Japan Missing Access
             
Lepidocephalus pahangensis (de Beaufort, 1933)   1933 Pahang River, Mentakab district, Peninsular Malaysia Missing Access
             
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus ssp. nov. Jindai - Jindai-dojyô late 1970's? Iga City, Mie Prefecture, Honshū, Japan Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Cyprinidae (Carp, True Minnows, Barbs, Barbels, etc.)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Acanthobrama centisquama Heckel, 1843 Long-spine bream 1977 Amik Lake (Turkey) & al-Gab Lake (Syria) Missing Access
             
Acanthobrama hadiyahensis Coad, Alkahem & Behnke, 1983 Arabian bream - Qusaiba'a Dam, Al-Thamad area of Khaybar City, Saudi Arabia Rediscovered Access
             
Acanthobrama hulensis Goren, Fishelson & Trewavas, 1973 Hula bream 1975 Hula basin, Lake Hula, northern Israel Extinct Access
             
Acanthobrama telavivensis Goren, Fishelson & Trewavas, 1973 Yarkon bleak, Yarkon bream 1999 Israel Reintroduced to the wild Access
             
Acanthobrama tricolor (Lortet, 1883) Damascus bream 1980's Syrian Arab Republic Missing Access
             
Acheilognathus elongatus
Regan, 1908 Elongate bitterling 1980's? Lake Dianchi, Yunnan Province, China Missing Access
             
Alburnoides petrubanarescui Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009   ? Iran Missing Access
             
Alburnus adanensis Battalgazi, 1944 Adana bleak ? Seyhan River, Turkey Missing Access
             
Alburnus akili
Battalgil, 1942 Beyşehir bleak, Gokce baligi 1950's or later (1998?) Lake Beysehir, central Anatolia, Turkey Extinct Access
             
Alburnus danubicus Antipa, 1909 Danube shemaya 1943 Bulgaria & Romania Missing Access
             
Alburnus nicaeensis Battalgil, 1941 Iznik shemaya late 1900's Lake Iznik basin, Turkey Extinct Access
             
Algansea barbata
Álvarez & Cortés, 1964 Lerma chub - Rio Lerma Basin, Mexico Rediscovered Access
             
Anabarilius macrolepis Yih & Wu, 1964   1981 Yilong Lake, Yunnan Province, China (southwest) Extinct Access
             
Anabarilius qiluensis Chen & Chu, 1980   1980's (pre-1983) Qilu Lake, Yunnan Province, China Missing Access
             
Anabarilius yangzonensis Chen & Chu, 1980   pre-2008 Yangzong Lake, Yunnan Province, China Missing Access
             
Aspiorhynchus laticeps Day, 1877 Xinjiang datou, Big-head schizothorcin ? Bosten Lake & Yarkant River, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China (northwest) Extinct in the wild Access
             
Balantiocheilos ambusticauda Ng & Kottelat, 2007
Siamese bala-shak, Burnt-tailed barb, Burnt tail fish
1974 Thailand (=Siam) Missing Access
             
Barbodes amarus
Herre, 1924 Pait, Dipura 1982 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Barbodes baoulan Herre, 1926 Baolan, Baoulan 1991 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Barbodes cataractae Fowler, 1934   1986 Philippines Missing Access
             
Barbodes clemensi Herre, 1924 Bagangan 1975 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Barbodes disa Herre, 1932 Disa, Diza 1964 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Barbodes flavifuscus Herre, 1924 Katapa-tapa 1964 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Barbodes herrei (Fowler, 1934) - 1974 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Barbodes katolo Herre, 1924 Katolo 1977 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Barbodes lanaoensis Herre, 1924 Kandar, Kundur 1964 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Barbodes lindog Herre, 1924 Lindog 2008 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Missing Access
             
Barbodes manalak Herre, 1924 Manalak 1977 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             

Barbodes pachycheilus

Herre, 1924 Bitungu 1964 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Barbodes palaemophagus (Herre, 1924) Bitungu 1975 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Barbodes palata Herre, 1924 Palata 1964 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Barbodes resimus (Herre, 1924) Bagangan 1964 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Barbodes sirang Herre, 1932 Sirang, Tumaginting 2007 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Missing Access
             
Barbodes tras Herre, 1926 Tras 1976 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Barbodes truncatulus (Herre, 1924) Bitungu 1973 Lake Lanao, Lanao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Extinct Access
             
Barbonymus platysoma (Bleeker, 1855)   1855 or before Java, Indonesia Missing Access
             
Barbus mussullah Sykes, 1838 Hump backed mahseer - Ghod river, Sirur, Pune District. Maharashtra State, India Rediscovered Access
             
Caecocypris basimi Banister & Bunni, 1980 Haditha cavefish 1983 Near Haditha, Iraq (western) Missing Access
             
Chondrostoma orientale
Bianco & Bănărescu, 1982 Oriental nase, Kor nase ? Kor River basin, Iran Missing Access
             
Chondrostoma scodrense Elvira, 1987 Skadar nase 1881 Albania & Montenegro Extinct Access
             
Cyprinella lutrensis blairi Hubbs, 1940 Maravillas red shiner 1954 Texas, USA Invalid (synonym)? Access
             
Cyprinus barbatus
Chen & Huang, 1977   1982 Erhai Lake, China Missing Access
             
Cyprinus fuxianensis Yang et al., 1977 Fuxian carp pre-1995 Fuxian Lake, Yunan Province, China Missing Access
             
Cyprinus ilishaestomus
Chen & Huang, 1977
  late 1970's Qilu Lake, Yunnan Province, China Missing Access
             
Cyprinus micristius Regan, 1906 Dianchi carp 1980's Lake Dianchi and its tributaries, Yunnan Province, China Missing Access
             
Cyprinus qionghaiensis Liu, 1981   1980's? Qiong Lake, Yunnan Province, China Missing Access
             
Cyprinus yilongensis Yang et. al., 1977 Yilong carp 1963-64 China Extinct Access
             
Cyprinus yunnanensis
Tchang, 1933 Qilu carp late 1970's Qilu Lake, Yunnan Province, China Missing Access
             
Dawkinsia srilankensis Senanayake, 1985   ? Kalu River, Sri Lanka Extinct in the wild? Access
             
Dionda episcopa punctifer Garman, 1881 Parras roundnosed minnow 1930 Parras River, Coahuila, Mexico Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Epalzeorhynchos bicolor Smith, 1931 Red-tailed shark, Redtailed black shark, Red-tailed labeo, Red tailed shark, Redtail shark, Redtail sharkminnow - Thailand Rediscovered Access
             
Evarra bustamantei
Navarro, 1955 Mexican dace ? Canals near San Gregorio Atlapulco, Xochimilco, Mexico Extinct Access
             
Evarra eigenmanni Woolman, 1894 Plateau dace, Plateau chub, Mexican dace ? Mexico Extinct Access
             
Evarra tlahuacensis Meek, 1902 Endorheic dace, Mexican dace 1901 Chalco Lake, Tlahuac, Mexico Extinct Access
             
Garra festai
Tortonese, 1939 Ammiq garra 2011 Ammiq Marshes, Lebanon Missing Access
             
Garra longipinnis Banister & Clarke, 1977   1968 a wadi near the village of Saiq, Jebel al Akhdar Range, Oman Missing Access
             
Gila bicolor isolata
Hubbs & Miller, 1972 Independence Valley tui chub 3 April 1966 Nevada, USA Missing Access
             
Gila bicolor ssp. nov. 'High Rock Springs tui chub' - High Rock Spring tui chub 1989 California & Nevada, USA Missing Access
             
Gila cf. intermedia - Monkey Springs chub   Arizona, USA Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Gila crassicauda Baird & Girard, 1854 Thicktail chub, Sacramento chub, mee-coosh (Amerindian) 1950's California, USA Extinct Access
             
Gila sp. nov. 'carpa delgada de Parras' - carpa delgada de Parras 1968 North America Missing Access
             
Gila sp. nov. 'carpa gorda de Parras' - carpa gorda de Parras (rediscovered) desert springs near Parras, Coahuila, Mexico Rediscovered Access
             

Gila sp. nov. 'Parras de la Fuente'

    (rediscovered) Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila, México Rediscoverd Access
             
Gnathopogon elongatus suwae Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 Suwa gudgeon 1960's Lake Suwa, Shinsu (=Nagano Prefecture), central Honshu, Japan Missing Access
             
Gymnocypris biswasi Talwar, 1977 Ladakh snowtrout ? India Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Hemigrammocypris lini Weitzman & Chan, 1966 Garnet minnow ? China Extinct in the wild Access
             
Hypselobarbus lithopidos Day, 1874 Canara barb - South Canara, Western Ghats, India Rediscovered Access
             
Hypselobarbus pulchellus Day, 1870 - - South Canara, Karnataka, India Rediscovered Access
             

Hypsibarbus annamensis

(Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) Annamite barb 1936 Huong River, South China Sea slope, Viet Nam Missing if valid Access
             
Labeo augraoides (Jerdon, 1849)   (rediscovered) Karnataka, India Rediscovered Access
             
Labeo worthingtoni Fowler, 1958 - 1932 Lake Malawi Missing Access
             
Labeobarbus microbarbis David & Poll, 1937 - 1934 Lake Luhondo, Rwanda Invalid (synonym)? Access
             
Labeobarbus reinii (Günther, 1874) Giant Atlas barbel 2001 Morocco Extinct Access
             
Lavinia symmetricus ssp. nov. 'Red Hills' - Red Hills roach - Tuolumne County, California, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Lepidomeda altivelis Miller & Hubbs, 1960 Pahranagat spinedace 1938 Nevada, USA Extinct Access
             
Lepidomeda mollispinis pratensis Miller & Hubbs, 1960 Big Spring spinedace - Lincoln County, Nevada, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Leuciscus stigma Valenciennes, 1844 - - Kerala, India Rediscovered Access
             
Lobocheilos lehat Bleeker, 1858   1858 Java, Indonesia Missing Access
             
Luciobarbus antinorii Boulenger, 1911 Algerian barb, Chott el Djerid barbel 1989 Tunisia (southern) Missing Access
             
Luciobarbus nasus (Günther, 1874)   1874 Morocco Extinct Access
             
Metzia mesembrinum Jordan & Evermann, 1902 - - Taiwan Rediscovered Access
             
Neobola fluviatilis (Whitehead, 1962) Athi sardine 1961 Kenya Missing Access
             
Neolissochilus bovanicus (Day, 1877) Bovany barb 1998
Tamil Nadu, India
Missing Access
             
Notropis amecae Chernoff & Miller, 1986 Ameca shiner, carpita del Ameca 2008 Río Ameca, Mexico Extinct in the wild Access
             
Notropis atherinoides acutus (Lapham, 1854) Lake Emerald shiner ? Michigan & Wisconsin, USA Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Notropis aulidion Chernoff & Miller, 1986 Durango shiner 1961 Extinct Extinct Access
             
Notropis marhabatiensis Domínguez-Domínguez, Pérez-Rodríguez, Escalera-Vázquez & Doadrio, 2009   2002 Mexico Missing Access
             
Notropis megalops (Girard, 1856) West Texas shiner - Texas, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Notropis orca Woolman, 1894 Phantom shiner 1975 Mexico & El Paso county, Texas, USA Extinct Access
             
Notropis saladonis Hubbs & Hubbs, 1958 Salado shiner, sardinita de salado Before 1988 (October 1966 or after) Coahuila, Mexico Extinct Access
             
Notropis simus simus Cope, 1875 Rio Grande bluntnose shiner 28 July 1964 Mexico & Texas and New Mexico, USA Extinct Access
             
Parapsilorhynchus prateri Hora & Misra, 1938 Deolali minnow 1937 Darna River, upper Godavari River basin, Deolali, Nasik District, Maharashtra State, India Missing Access
             
Pogonichthys ciscoides Hopkirk, 1974 (1973?) Clear Lake split-tail 1970 Clear Lake, Lake County, California, USA Extinct Access
             
Poropuntius chonglingchungi (Tchang, 1938)   1980's Fuxian Lake, Yunnan Province, China Missing Access
             

Pseudobarbus quathlambae

(Barnard, 1938) Maloti redfin, Maloti minnow (rediscovered) Lesotho & South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Rediscovered Access
             

Pseudophoxinus egridiri

(Karaman, 1972) Yag baligi, Eğirdir minnow (rediscovered) Lake Eğirdir basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey Rediscovered Access
             
Pseudophoxinus handlirschi
Pietschmann, 1933 Ciçek, Eğirdir minnow early 1970s (1980's?) Lake Egirdir, central Anatolia, Turkey Extinct Access
             
Pseudophoxinus ninae Freyhof & Özulug, 2006 Onaç Spring minnow pre-2013 Onaç drainage, Anatolia, Turkey Missing Access
             
Pseudophoxinus sojuchbulagi (Abdurakhmanov, 1950) Akstafa spring roach 1948 or 1950's Akstafa region, Kura drainage, Azerbaijan Missing Access
             
Pseudophoxinus syriacus (Lortet, 1883) Barada Spring minnow 2008 Syria Missing Access
             
Puntius deccanensis Yazdani & Babu Rao, 1976 Deccan barb ? Maharashtra, India Missing Access
             
Rasborinus macrolepis Regan, 1908     Taiwan (=Formosa) Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Rhinichthys cataractae smithi
Nichols, 1916 Banff longnose dace 1986 Cave & Basin Marsh, Banff, Alberta, Canada Missing Access
             
Rhinichthys deaconi Miller, 1984 Las Vegas dace 30 July 1940 Las Vegas Creek, Nevada, USA Extinct Access
             
Rhinichthys osculus reliquus Hubbs & Miller, 1972 Grass Valley speckled dace 9 August 1938 Nevada, USA Missing Access
             
Rhinichthys osculus ssp. nov. - Diamond Valley speckled dace   Nevada, USA Missing Access
             
Romanogobio antipai Bănărescu, 1953 Danube Delta gudgeon 1958 (1960's?); 1992? Romania Extinct Access
             
Schizothorax saltans Turdakov, 1955   1953 Assa River, Lake Ak-Kol & Lake Ashi-Kol, Kazakhstan Extinct Access
             
Stypodon signifer Garman, 1881 Sumptooth minnow 1903 springs in the Chihuahua desert, near Parras, Coahuila, Mexico Extinct Access
             
Systomus compressiformis (Cockerell, 1913)   1994 Inlé Lake, Myanmar (=Burma) Missing Access
             
Tanichthys albonubes S. Y. Lin, 1932 White Cloud Mountain minnow - China Rediscovered Access
             
Telestes miloradi Bogutskaya, Zupancic, Bogut & Naseka, 2012   - Ljuta River, Croatia Rediscovered Access
             
Telestes turskyi (Heckel, 1843) Tursky dace - Cikola River, Croatia Rediscovered Access
             
Telestes ukliva (Heckel, 1843)   - Cetina River, Dalmatia, Croatia Rediscovered Access
             
Trigonostigma somphongsi (Meinken, 1958) Somphongs’s rasbora - Thailand Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Ellopostomatidae (Square-head or Sturgeon-mouthed Loaches)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Gastromyzontidae (Sucker Loaches)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Gyrinocheilidae (Algae Eaters or Sucking Loaches)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Nemacheilidae (Brook Loaches or Stone Loaches)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Paraschistura chrysicristinae (Nalbant, 1998) Diyarbakır loach (rediscovered) upper Tigris, Turkey Rediscovered Access
             
Physoschistura raoi Hora, 1929   pre-1930 Mongyai, Northern Shan States, Myanmar Missing Access
             
Schistura myrmekia
Fowler, 1935   pre-1936 Keng Sok in southwestern Thailand Missing Access
             
Schistura nasifilis Pellegrin, 1936   1936 Rivers Ko and Tan, Annam, central Vietnam Missing Access
             
Schistura tenura Kottelat, 2000   1998 Nam Leuk catchment, Lao PDR Missing Access
             
Schistura zonata McClelland 1839   1839 or before? upper Assam, India Missing or invalid (synonym) Access
             
Speonectes tiomanensis (Kottelat, 1990)   2000 Gua Tankok Air cave, Gunung Kajang, Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia Missing Access
             
Sphaerophysa dianchiensis Cao & Zhu, 1988   pre-1989 Lake Dianchi, Yunnan, China Missing Access
             

Triplophysa cakaensis

Cao & Zhu, 1988   ? Ulan, Qinghai Province, China Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Serpenticobitidae (Snake Loaches or Serpent Loaches)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Vaillantellidae (Longfin Loaches)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Aplocheilidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Leptolebias opalescens Myers, 1942 Annual tropical killifish, Opalescent pearlfish - south-eastern Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Leptopanchax sanguineus Costa, 2019 - 1988 south-eastern Brazil Missing Access
             
Leptopanchax splendens (Myers, 1942) Splendid pearlfish - Brazil Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Cyprinodontidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Aphanius apodus (Gervais, 1853)   1990 Algeria (northern) Extinct in the wild Access
             
Aphanius farsicus Teimori, Esmaeili & Reichenbacher, 2011 Farsi tooth-carp ? Lake Maharlun basin, Iran Extinct in the wild Access
             
Aphanius sirhani Villwock, Scholl & Krupp, 1983 Azraq killifish, Azraq toothcarp, Jordanian killifish between 2004 and 2006 Azraq Oasis, Wadi Sirhan valley, Syrian desert, Jordan Extinct in the wild Access
             
Aphanius splendens Kosswig & Sözer, 1945 Gölçük toothcarp 1980's or before Lake Gölçük, Turkey Extinct Access
             
Apricaphanius saourensis Blanco, Hrbek & Doadrio, 2006 Sahara aphanius 2003-2004 Oued Saoura Basin, Sahara desert, Algeria Extinct in the wild Access
             
Cyprinodon alvarezi Miller, 1976 Potosí pupfish, Perrito de Potosi pre-1995 Potosí Spring, Nuevo León, Mexico Extinct in the wild Access
             
Cyprinodon arcuatus Minckley, Miller & Norris, 2002 Santa Cruz pupfish, Monkey Springs pupfish 1971 Sonora, Mexico & upper Santa Cruz River basin, Arizona, USA Extinct Access
             
Cyprinodon bovinus Baird & Girard, 1853 Leon Springs pupfish - Pecos County, Texas, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Cyprinodon ceciliae
Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Balderas, 1993 Villa Lopez pupfish, Violet pupfish 1988 or later Nuevo Leon, Mexico Extinct Access
             
Cyprinodon inmemoriam Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Balderas, 1993 Charco Azul pupfish ? Mexico Extinct Access
             
Cyprinodon latifasciatus Garman, 1881 Perritos de Parras, Parras pupfish (rediscovered) Parras Springs, Mexico Rediscovered Access
             
Cyprinodon longidorsalis Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Balderas, 1993 Charco Palma pupfish, La Palma pupfish 1994 Charco La Palma spring, Neuvo Leon, Mexico Extinct in the wild Access
             
Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae Miller, 1948 Tecopa pupfish 2 February 1970 near Tecopa, Inyo County, California, USA Missing Access
             
Cyprinodon nevadensis shoshone Miller, 1948 Shoshone pupfish ? Shoshone Springs, Inyo County, California, USA Rediscovered (since missing?) Access
             
Cyprinodon radiosus Miller, 1948 Owens pupfish - California, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Cyprinodon simus Humphries & Miller, 1981 Boxer pupfish, Verticaljaw pupfish 1998? Laguna Chichancanab, Mexico Extinct in the wild Access
             
Cyprinodon veronicae Lozano-Vilano & Contreras-Balderas, 1993 Charco Palma pupfish 1995 Potosí Spring, Nuevo Leon, Mexico Extinct in the wild Access
             
Cyprinodon sp. nov. 'Perritos de Sandia' - Perritos de Sandia ? Mexico Extinct Access
             
Megupsilon aporus Miller & Walters, 1972 Catarina pupfish 2014 El Potosi, Nuevo Leon, Mexico Extinct Access
             
Orestias cuvieri
Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846 Titicaca orestias, Amanto, Lake Titicaca orestias 1937 (1939?) Lake Titicaca (Bolivia and Peru) Missing Access
             
Orestias incae Garman, 1895   1937 Lake Titicaca (Bolivia and Peru) Missing Access
             
Orestias taquiri Tchernavin, 1944   1937 Lake Titicaca Missing Access
             
Orestias tutini Tchernavin, 1944   1937 Lake Titicaca (Bolivia and Peru) Missing Access
             
Orestias uruni Tchernavin, 1944   1937 Lake Titicaca Missing Access

 

 

Family: Fundulidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Fundulus albolineatus Gilbert, 1891 Whiteline topminnow 27 May 1889 Spring Creek and Big Spring, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA Extinct Access
             
Fundulus bermudae Günther, 1874 Bermuda killifish - Bermuda Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Goodeidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Allodontichthys polylepis Rauchenberger, 1988 Finescale splitfin 1987 Mexico Extinct in the wild? Access
             
Allotoca goslinei Smith & Miller, 1987 Banded allotoca - Mexico Extinct in the wild Access
             
Allotoca maculata Smith & Miller, 1980 Opal allotoca, Opal goodeid, Blackspot allotoca, Blackspot goodeid, Tailspot goodeid, tiro manchado - Mexico Rediscovered Access
             
Allotoca meeki Álvarez del Villar, 1959 Zirahuén allotoca - Lago Zirahuén, near Ajuno, Michoacán, Mexico Rediscovered Access
             
Ameca splendens Miller & Fitzsimons, 1971 Butterfly splitfin - Ameca River drainage, Mexico Rediscovered? Access
             
Chapalichthys pardalis Álvarez, 1963 Polka-dot splitfin ? Mexico Extinct in the wild? Access
             
Characodon garmani Jordan & Evermann, 1898 Parras characodon 1900 Mexico Extinct Access
             
Empetrichthys latos concavus
Miller, 1948 Raycraft Ranch poolfish 1950's Pahrump Valley, Nevada, USA Missing Access
             
Empetrichthys latos pahrump Miller, 1948 Pahrump Ranch poolfish, Pahrump killifish c.1958 Pahrump Valley, Nevada, USA Missing Access
             
Empetrichthys merriami Gilbert, 1893 Ash Meadows killifish, Ash Meadows poolfish 1940's Ash Meadows, Nevada, USA Extinct Access
             
Girardinichthys turneri (de Buen, 1940) Highland goodeid (rediscovered) Michoacán, Mexico Rediscovered Access
             
Skiffia francesae Kingston, 1978 Golden skiffia, Tiro, Golden sawfish goodeid 1979 Mexico Extinct in the wild Access
             
Zoogoneticus tequila Webb & Miller, 1998   - Mexico Reintroduced to the wild Access

 

 

Family: Nothobranchiidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Fundulopanchax powelli Van der Zee & Wildekamp, 1994 - pre-1995 Niger River Delta, Nigeria Missing Access
             
Nothobranchius mkuziensis (Fowler, 1934)   1931 KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Missing Access
             
Nothobranchius steinforti Wildekamp, 1977   1976 Tanzania Possibly extinct in the wild Access

 

 

Family: Poeciliidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Aplocheilichthys sp. nov. 'Naivasha' -   1970's or 1980's? Lake Naivasha, Kenya Extinct Access
             
Gambusia amistadensis
Peden, 1973 Amistad gambusia before 30 November 1974 Goodenough Springs (and nearby waters), Val Verde County, Texas, USA Extinct Access
             
Gambusia georgei
Hubbs & Peden, 1969
San Marcos gambusia 1983 San Marcos Springs, Texas, USA Extinct Access
             
Pantanodon madagascariensis
(Arnoult, 1963)   early 1960's Madagascar (eastern) Extinct Access
             
Pantanodon sp. nov. 'Manombo' -   1997 Madagascar Missing Access
             
Phalloptychus eigenmanni Henn, 1916   (rediscovered) Bahia State, Brazil Rediscovered Access
             

Phallotorynus fasciolatus

Henn, 1916 Guaru-listrado-da-cabeceira, Barrigudinho 1967 São Paulo, Brazil Missing Access
             
Poecilia thermalis Steindachner, 1863   - Mexico Rediscovered Access
             
Poecilia wingei Poeser, Kempkes & Isbrücker, 2005 Black-Bar endler, Endler's livebearer, Endler's guppy - Laguna de Patos, Venezuela Rediscovered Access
             
Priapella bonita Meek, 1904 Graceful priapella ? Mexico Extinct Access
             
Xiphophorus couchianus (Girard, 1859) Monterrey platyfish, Platy monterrey 1967 Nuevo León, Mexico Extinct in the wild Access
             
Xiphophorus meyeri Schartl & Schröder, 1988 Marbled swordtail 1997 Coahuila, Mexico Extinct in the wild Access
             
Xiphophorus sp. nov. 'Apodaca' - Apodaca platyfish ? Mexico Extinct in the wild? Access

 

 

Family: Rivulidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Cynolebias carvalhoi Myers, 1947   (rediscovered) Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Cynolebias elegans Costa, 2017   2005 Bahia, Brazil Missing Access
             
Hypsolebias splendissimus Costa, 2018   2010 Bahia, Brazil Missing Access
             
Moema claudiae (Costa, 2003)   2003 Bolivia Missing Access
             
Mucurilebias leitaoi Cruz & Peixoto, 1992 Leitao's dwarfed pearlfish 1992? Bahia, Brazil (north-eastern) Missing Access
             
Notholebias cruzi (Costa, 1988)   ? South-eastern Brazil Missing Access
             
Ophthalmolebias constanciae Myers, 1942 Featherfin pearlfish, Annual tropical killifish, Pearlfish ? Brazil Extinct in the wild Access
             
Ophthalmolebias perpendicularis
Costa, Nielsen & de Luca, 2001   pre-2000 Jequitinhonha river basin, Bahia, Brazil Missing Access
             
Simpsonichthys marginatus Costa & Brasil, 1996     São Francisco River basin, Brazil Extinct in the wild Access

 

 

 

Order: Galaxiiformes

Family: Galaxiidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Galaxias pedderensis Frankenberg, 1968 Pedder galaxias 1980's Lake Pedder, Tasmania, Australia Extinct in the wild Access

 

 

 

Order: Gasterosteiformes

Family: Gasterosteidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Gasterosteus crenobiontus
Bacescu & Mayer, 1956 Techirghiol stickleback 1960's Romania Extinct Access
             
Gasterosteus sp. nov. 'Benthic' - Hadley Lake benthic stickleback ? Haldey Lake, Lasqueti Island, British Columbia, Canada Missing Access
             
Gasterosteus sp. nov. 'Enos Lake benthic stickleback' -     Enos Lake, Vancouver Island (southeastern), Canada Missing Access
             
Gasterosteus sp. nov. 'Enos Lake limnetic stickleback' -     Enos Lake, Vancouver Island (southeastern), Canada Missing Access
             
Gasterosteus sp. nov. 'Limnetic' - Hadley Lake limnetic stickleback late 1980's? Hadley Lake, Lasqueti Island, British Columbia, Canada Missing Access
             
Pungitius kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915) Kyoto 9-spine stickleback, Kyoto ninespine stickleback 1960's Kichisho-in (southwest of Kyoto), Honshu, Japan Missing Access

 

 

Order: Gobiesociformes

Family: Gobiesocidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Gobiesox juniperoserrai Espinosa Pérez & Castro-Aguirre, 1996 Peninsular clingfish 1996 Mexico Extinct in the wild? Access

 

 

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Eleotridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Hypseleotris sp. nov. 'Gunning ghost' - - - near Gunning, New South Wales, Australia Rediscovered Access
             
Kimberleyeleotris notata Hoese & Allen, 1987 Drysdale gudgeon 1975 Western Australia, Australia Missing Access

 

 

Family: Gobiidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Asterropteryx gubbina Gerlach & Gerlach, 2008 - April 2008 Silhouette, Seychelles Missing Access
             
Cryptocentrus yangii Chen, 1960 - (rediscovered) Taiwan Rediscovered Access
             
Exyrias volcanus (Herre, 1927)   1927 Philippines Missing Access
             
Gobius malabaricus Day, 1865 - - Karavannoor river, Thrissur district (=Trichur =Trissur), Kerala, India Rediscovered Access
             
Knipowitschia cameliae Nalbant & Otel, 1996 Danube Delta dwarf goby 1994 Romania Missing Access
             
Knipowitschia goerneri Ahnelt, 1991 Corfu dwarf goby, Kerkyrogoviós - Corfu (=Kerkyra Island), Ionian Islands, Greece (western) Rediscovered Access
             
Mugilogobius amadi (Weber, 1913) Poso bungu, bungu hitam 1985 Lake Poso (=Posso Lake), Sulawesi, Indonesia Missing Access
             
Silhouettea flavoventris (Herre, 1927)   1927 Philippines Missing Access
             

Stiphodon martenstyni

Watson, 1998 Sri Lanka Martenstyn's goby January 1981 Kalu River, Sri Lanka Missing Access

 

 

Family: Oxudercidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Sicydium sp. nov. 'St. Croix' - - 1937 Caledonia Stream, St. Croix, Virgin Is. Missing Access
             
Stiphodon discotorquatus Watson, 1995 - 1985 Rurutu Island, Austral Islands, French Polynesia Missing Access

 

 

 

Order: Gymnotiformes (Electric Eel and American Knifefishes) 

Family: Apteronotidae (Ghost Knifefishes)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Tembeassu marauna Triques, 1998   1965 Brazil Missing Access

 

 

Family: Gymnotidae (Banded Knifefishes and Electric Eel)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Hypopomidae (Bluntnose Knifefishes)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Rhamphichthyidae (Sand Knifefishes)

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Sternopygidae (Glass and Rat-tail Knifefishes)

—No subordinate taxa

 

 

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Apogonidae (Cardinalfish)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Pterapogon kauderni Koumans, 1933 Banggai cardinalfish (rediscovered) Banggai Archipelago, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Kurtidae (Nurseryfish)

–No subordinate taxa

 

Order: Labriformes

Family: Scaridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Scarus aff. guacamaia -   c. 1985 Brazil Invalid (synonym)? Access

 

 

 

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Brachionichthyidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Brachiopsilus dianthus Last & Gledhill, 2009 Pink handfish (rediscovered) Tasmania, Australia Rediscovered Access
             
Sympterichthys unipennis
(Cuvier, 1817) Smooth handfish 1800-1804 Tasmania, Australia Missing Access

 

 

Family: Lophiidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Lophiodes triradiatus Lloyd, 1909   - Laccadive Sea (India), Philippines and South China Sea Rediscovered Access

 

 

 

Order: Osmeriformes

Family: Retropinnidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Prototroctes oxyrhynchus Günther, 1870 New Zealand grayling, upokororo (Māori name) March 1923 New Zealand Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Salangidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Salanx acuticeps Regan, 1908   ? Lake Candidius, Taiwan Invalid (synonym)? Access

 

 

 

Order: Osteoglossiformes

Family: Mormyridae (Freshwater Elephantfish)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879)   - Gabon Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Notopteridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Chitala lopis
(Bleeker, 1851)   1851 Java (=Jawa), Indonesia Extinct Access

 

 

Order: Perciformes

Family: Blennidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Istiblennius colei (Herre, 1934)   - Philippines Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Elassomatidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Elassoma alabamae Mayden, 1993 Spring pygmy sunfish (rediscovered) Alabama (northern), USA Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Haemulidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Anisotremus moricandi (Ranzani, 1842) Brownstriped grunt - Brazil, Colombia & Panamá Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Labridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Anampses viridis Valenciennes, 1840 Mauritius green wrasse pre-1840 Mauritius, Mascarene Islands Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Sagittalarva inornata (Gilbert, 1890) Cape wrasse - eastern Pacific Ocean Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Moronidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Morone saxatilis sp. 3 - Lawrence Estuary striped bass ? Quebec, Canada Invalid (synonym)? Access

 

Family: Osphronemidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Betta fusca

Regan, 1910   1950's Sumatra, Indonesia Missing Access
             
Betta rubra Perugia, 1893 Red Sumatran fighter - Sumatra, Indonesia Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Percichthyidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Macquaria sp. nov. 'Kangaroo River' - Kangaroo River perch, Kangaroo River Macquarie perch, Shoalhaven River Macquarie perch 1998 Kangaroo River & Shoalhaven River, Shoalhaven area, New South Wales, Australia Missing Access

 

Family: Percidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Etheostoma sellare Radcliffe & Welsh, 1913 (1912?) Maryland darter 1988 Maryland, USA Extinct Access
             
Romanichthys valsanicola Dumitrescu, Bănărescu & Stoica, 1957 Asprete, Romanian darter, Romanian-darter - Romania Rediscovered Access
             
Sander vitreus glaucus Hubbs, 1926
Blue walleye, Blue pike
1965 Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and the Niagara River, North America Invalid (synonym) Access

 

Family: Sciaenidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Sciaena callaensis Hildebrand, 1946 - 1966 Callao Bay, Peru Missing Access

 

 

Family: Serranidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Anthias salmopunctatus Lubbock & Edwards, 1981 - (rediscovered) St Peter and St Paul’s Rocks, Atlantic Ocean Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Symphysanodontidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Symphysanodon andersoni Kotthaus, 1974 Bucktoothed slopefish - Arabian Sea Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Trichonotidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Trichonotus cyclograptus (Alcock, 1890) - - Bay of Bengal Rediscovered Access

 

 

Order: Pleuronectiformes

Family: Cynoglossidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Symphurus diabolicus Mahadeva & Munroe, 1990 Diabolical tonguefish - Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Rediscovered Access

 

 

Order: "Pomacentriformes"1

Family: Pomacentridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Azurina eupalama Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 Galápagos damsel(fish) 1982/1983 Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Missing Access

1 The taxonomic family Pomacentridae is considered incertae sedis with respect to its ordinal position. Thus it's ordinal assignation in this arrangement is both tentative and temporary (hence the quotation marks).

 

 

Order: Salmoniformes

Family: Salmonidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Coregonus alpenae
(Koelz, 1924) Longjaw cisco 1970's Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories (United States) and Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes basin (except Lakes Ontario and Erie) (Canada) Extinct Access
             
Coregonus bezola Fatio, 1888 Bezoule 1960's Lake Bourget, France Extinct Access
             
Coregonus cf. clupeaformis ‘Dragon’ - Dragon Lake whitefish 1956/60 Dragon Lake, British Columbia, Canada Extinct Access
             
Coregonus cf. clupeaformis ‘Squanga’ - Squanga whitefish 1956/60 Dragon Lake, British Columbia, Canada Extinct Access
             
Coregonus fera Jurine, 1825 True fera 1920 Lake Geneva, France and Switzerland Extinct Access
             
Coregonus gutturosus Gmelin, 1818 Bodensee Kilch 1970's? Lake Constance (Austria, Germany and Switzerland) Extinct Access
             
Coregonus hiemalis Jurine, 1825 Gravenche, Lake Geneva white(-)fish, Little fera early 1900's (1950?) Lake Geneva (France and Switzerland) Extinct Access
             
Coregonus hoferi Berg, 1932 Schwebrenke 1940's (1980's?) Lake Chiemsee, Germany Missing Access
             
Coregonus hubbsi
(Koelz, 1929) Ives Lake cisco 1983 Ives Lake, Huron Mountains, Michigan, USA Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Coregonus johannae Wagner, 1910 Deepwater cisco 4 August 1952 Michigan (Lakes Huron and Michigan), USA Extinct Access
             
Coregonus kiyi orientalis Koelz, 1929 Lake Ontario kiyi 19 September 1964 Lake Ontario Missing Access
             
Coregonus nigripinnis Milner, 1874 Blackfin cisco 26 November 1969 Michigan (Lakes Huron and Michigan), USA Extinct Access
             

Coregonus obliterus

Selz & Seehausen, 2023 Forgotten whitefish, Zugeralbock 1939 Lake Zug, Switzerland Extinct Access
             
Coregonus oxyrinchus
Linnaeus, 1758
Houting 1940 Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands and the United Kingdom Extinct Access
             
Coregonus reighardi Koelz, 1924 Shortnose cisco 1985 Great Lakes, North America Missing Access
             
Coregonus restrictus Fatio, 1885   1890 Lake Morat, Switzerland Extinct Access
             

Coregonus suidteri

Fatio, 1885 Lake Sempach whitefish, Sempacherfelchen, Sempacherbalchen 1899 Lake Sempach, Switzerland Extinct Access
             
Coregonus vandesius vandesius Richardson, 1836 Lochmaben vendace 1970's Europe Invalid (synonym)? Access
             

Coregonus zugensis

Nüsslin, 1882 Lake Zug whitefish, Zugeralbeli 1939 Lake Zug, Switzerland Extinct Access
             
Coregonus zenithicus bartletti Koelz, 1929 Siskiwit Lake cisco 1966 Siskiwit Lake, Isle Royale, Michigan, USA Extinct Access
             
Oncorhynchus clarkii alvordensis Behnke, 2002 Alvord cut-throat trout before 1920 (before 1934?) Trout Creek, Oregon and Virgin Creek, Nevada, USA Missing Access
             
Oncorhynchus clarkii henshawi var. 'lacustrine form' - Lacustrine Lahontan cutthroat trout - Pilot Peak Mountains, Bonneville basin, Utah (introduced) & Pyramid Lake, Truckee River basin, Nevada (formerly native), USA Rediscovered Access
             
Oncorhynchus clarkii macdonaldi Jordan & Evermann, 1890 Yellowfin cutthroat trout; Yellow-fin cut-throat trout 1889 Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado, USA Extinct Access
             
Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias

(Cope, 1871)

- - USA Rediscovered Access
             
Oncorhynchus clarkii ssp. nov. 'San Juan cutthroat' - San Juan cutthroat trout - USA Rediscovered Access
             
Oncorhynchus kawamurae Jordan & McGregor, 1925 Kunimasu, Black kokanee - Lake Tazawa (native), Akita Prefecture & Lake Saiko (introduced), Yamanashi Prefecture, both Honshu, Japan Rediscovered Access
             
Oncorhynchus nerka ssp. nov. 'British Columbia' - - after 1924? British Columbia, Canada Missing Access
             
Salmo ischchan danilewskii
Gulelmi, 1888   19 May 1975 or later Armenia Missing Access
             
Salmo pallaryi Pellegrin, 1924 Lake Sidi Ali trout 1930's (1934 or later?) Lake Sidi Ali, Morocco Extinct Access
             
Salmo schiefermuelleri Bloch, 1784 May trout ? Austria Missing Access
             
Salvelinus agassizii
(Garman, 1885) Silver trout 1930 Dublin Pond & Christine Lake, New Hampshire, USA Extinct Access
             
Salvelinus inframundus Regan, 1909 Orkney charr 1908 Orkney Islands Missing or rediscovered Access
             
Salvelinus neocomensis Freyhof & Kottelat, 2005   1902 Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland Extinct Access
             
Salvelinus obtusus Regan, 1908   1999 Orkney Charr Missing? Access
             
Salvelinus profundus Schillinger, 1901 Tiefseesaibling - Lake Constance (or Konstanz), Austria, Germany and Switzerland Rediscovered Access
             
Salvelinus scharffi Regan, 1908 Scharff's char 1908 Lough Owel, Ireland Invalid (synonym)? Access
             
Stenodus leucichthys leucichthys (Güldenstädt, 1772) Inconnu, Beloribitsa 1960's or later Caspian Sea drainage systems Extinct in the wild Access
             
Thymallus tricolor Cope, 1865 Michigan grayling ? Michigan, USA Invalid (synonym) Access

 

 

Order: Scorpaeniformes

Family: Cottidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Cottus echinatus Bailey & Bond, 1963 Utah Lake sculpin April 1928 Utah Lake, Utah, USA Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Platycephalidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Platycephalus cultellatus Richardson, 1846   - South China Sea Rediscovered Access

 

 

 

Order: Siluriformes (catfishes)

Family: Amblycipitidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Liobagrus kingi Tchang, 1935 King's bullhead 1960 Lake Dianchi, Yunnan Province, China Missing Access
             
Liobagrus nigricauda Regan, 1904   - Lake Dianchi, Yunnan, China Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Bagridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Hemibagrus punctatus (Jerdon, 1849) Nilgiri mystus - Western Ghats, India Rediscovered Access
             
Hemileiocassis panjang Ng & Lim, 2000   1920-1929 Java, Indonesia Missing Access
             
Mystus armatus Day, 1865   - Kerala, India Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Clariidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Encheloclarias kelioides Ng & Lim, 1993   1993 Malaysia Missing Access
             
Horaglanis krishnai Menon, 1950   (rediscovered) Kerala, India Rediscovered Access
             
Xenoclarias eupogon (Norman, 1928) Lake Victoria deepwater catfish 1997 Lake Victoria Missing Access

 

 

Family: Heptapteridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Heptapterus multiradiatus

Ihering, 1907   1966 São Paulo, Brazil Missing Access
             
Pimelodella longipinnis (Borodin, 1927)   (rediscovered) Santos municipality, São Paulo, Brazil Rediscovered Access

 

 

Family: Ictaluridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile

Noturus baileyi

Taylor, 1969 Smoky madtom (rediscovered) tributaries of the Little Tennessee River, Tennessee, USA Rediscovered Access
             
Noturus crypticus Burr, Eisenhour & Grady, 2005 Chucky madtom 2004 Tennessee (eastern), USA Extinct in the wild Access
             
Noturus trautmani Taylor, 1969 Scioto madtom 1957 Big Darby Creek, Scioto River system, Ohio (southern), USA Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Loricariidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Chaetostomus setosus Boulenger, 1887   (rediscovered) Colombia Rediscovered Access
             
Hypostomus pantherinus Kner, 1854   (rediscovered) Bolivia & Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Hypostomus subcarinatus Castelnau, 1855   (rediscovered) rio São Francisco basin, Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Lithogenes valencia Provenzano, Schaefer, Baskin & Royero-Leon, 2003   ? Venezuela Missing Access

 

 

Family: Mochokidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Synodontis guttatus
Günther, 1865 Spotted Niger catfish 1865 Lower Niger Delta, Nigeria Missing Access

 

Family: Pseudopimelodidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Rhyacoglanis pulcher (Boulenger, 1887) - (rediscovered) Ecuador Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Schilbeidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Irvineia voltae
Trewavas, 1943
Butterfish pre-1943 Volta river, Ghana Missing Access
             
Platytropius siamensis Sauvage, 1883 Siamese flat-barbelled catfish Between 1975 and 1977 Thailand (=Siam) Extinct Access

 

Family: Siluridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Kryptopterus mononema (Bleeker, 1846)   1846 or before Java, Indonesia Missing Access
             
Silurus mento Regan, 1904 Kunming catfish, Kunming-lake catfish 1970's Lake Dianchi, China Missing Access

 

 

Family: Sisoridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Glyptothorax kurdistanicus (Berg, 1931) Kordestan sucking catfish, Mesopotamian sucking catfish - Iran & Kurdistan Rediscovered Access
             
Glyptothorax poonaensis (Hora, 1938)   - Bhima river (upper reaches), India Rediscovered Access

 

Family: Trichomycteridae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Listrura camposi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1957   - São Paulo State, Brazil Rediscovered Access
             
Microcambeva bendego de Medeiros et al., 2020   31 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Missing Access
             
Rhizosomichthys totae Miles, 1942 Greasefish, Lake Tota feeler fish, Pez grasso, Tota catfish ? Lake Tota, Colombia Extinct Access
             
Trichomycterus venulosus Steindachner, 1915 - 1911 Colombia Invalid (synonym) Access
             
Typhlobelus auriculatus de Pinna & Zuanon, 2013   1996 Brazil Missing Access

 

 

Order: Synbranchiformes

Family: Mastacembelidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Macrognathus pentophthalmos Gronow, 1854 Sri Lankan spiny eel (rediscovered) Sri Lanka (=Ceylon) Rediscovered Access
             
Mastacembelus malabaricus Jerdon, 1849   - Kerala, India Rediscovered Access
             
Sinobdella sinensis kobayashii Oshima, 1926   7 August 1922 or later Taiwan Missing Access

 

Family: Synbranchidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Ophichthys desilvai Bailey & Gans, 1998 Sri Lanka lesser swamp eel (rediscovered) Sri Lanka Rediscovered Access

 

 

Order: Syngnathiformes

Family: Syngnathidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Hippocampus tristis Castelnau, 1872   (rediscovered) Victoria, Australia Rediscovered Access
             
Microphis cruentus Dawson & Fourmanoir, 1981 Dumbéa River pipefish (rediscovered) Dumbéa River, New Caledonia Rediscovered or relocated Access
             
Syngnathus watermeyeri Smith, 1963 Estuarine pipefish, River pipefish (rediscovered) South Africa Rediscovered Access

 

 

Order: Trachiniformes

Family: Pinguipedidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Parapercis colemani Randall & Francis, 1993   - Pacific Ocean (including Norfolk Island) & Tasman Sea Rediscovered Access

 

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