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Table 1: 1640 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 51 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 12 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 1703 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table : 1703 .
     
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Family Species Author Info Occurrence Common names Abundance Max length Maturity Remark Photo
Cyprinidae Parasinilabeo microps (Su, Yang & Cui, 2001) Fr native   7.95 cm SL male/unsexed  Museum: Taipingjiang (a tributary of the upper Yangtze R.), Longjiazhai village of Jiangkou C., Guizhou, KIZ 9905302 (holotype of Pararectoris microps, 6.75 cm SL) (Ref. 39634).  No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Paraspinibarbus macracanthus (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) Fr native    Found in Hekou, Yunnan (Ref. 94476).  No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Paratanakia chii (Miao, 1934) Fr native   5.56 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Jiangsu, Anhui and Fujian provinces (Ref. 26914). Also found in ling Lake of Zhejiang Province; Jiangsu Province Wujiang;(Ref. 33793). Museum: Longyan City, Fujian Province, IHAS 0877, 0878 (Ref. 26914).  No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Paratanakia himantegus (Günther, 1868) Fr misidentification  台湾石鲋 (Mandarin Chinese), 牛屎鲫仔 (Mandarin Chinese), 革条副鱊 (Mandarin Chinese), 革条田中鳑鲏 (Mandarin Chinese), 革條副鱊 (Mandarin Chinese), 革條田中鰟鲏 (Mandarin Chinese)  8.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Refers to Paratanakia chii (Ref. 123652, 123653) 
Cyprinidae Parator zonatus (Lin, 1935) Fr, Fi, Thr native  叶结鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), Trilobed-lip barbel (English), 葉結魚 (Mandarin Chinese)   Distributed in Xijiang river (Ref. 45563). Also Ref. 9671, 26563, 45679. Status of threat: Vulnerable (Ref. 45563). 
Xenocyprididae Parazacco fasciatus (Koller, 1927) Fr native   13.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Hainan Island and Guangdong Province (Ref. 44416). Known from Hainan Dao: Qiongzhong Xian Chengbo (Ref. 33782).  No picture yet.
Xenocyprididae Parazacco spilurus (Günther, 1868) Fr, Br, Thr native  Predaceous chub (English)  11.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Guangdong Province in the drainages of Longjin He and its river mouth, Dong Jiang, Bei Jiang, Xi Jiang and Zhu Jiang delta (Ref. 33345). Also found in Jiulongjiang and Zhanghe rivers of Fujian Prov. and some rivers in Hainan Is. (Ref. 45563). Known from Haifeng's lianhua mountain, Zhaoqing's Dinghu mountain of Guangdong Province(Ref.33782). Also Ref. 26563. Status of threat: Vulnerable (Ref. 45563). 
Sisoridae Pareuchiloglanis abbreviata Li, Zhou, Thomson, Zhang & Yang, 2007 Fr native   11.22 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Mekong [Lancangjiang] and Red River [Lixianjiang] drainages (Ref. 75856).  No picture yet.
Sisoridae Pareuchiloglanis anteanalis Fang, Xu & Cui, 1984 Fr native  前臀鮡 (Mandarin Chinese)  17.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Sichuan (Ref. 27962), and Huanghe [Yellow] river (Ref. 41093). Jinsha Jiang, Qingyi Jiang, Dadu River.  No picture yet.
Sisoridae Pareuchiloglanis feae (Vinciguerra, 1890) Fr native  短鳍鰋 (Mandarin Chinese), 短鰭鮡 (Mandarin Chinese), 短鰭鰋 (Mandarin Chinese), 短鳍鮡 (Mandarin Chinese)  13.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in Nujiang (=Salween) and Lancang (=Mekong) rivers (Ref. 41093). Also known from the Yiluowadi River. Known from Yunnan Tengchong, and Yunlong Xian Laowo(Ref.45661). Also Ref. 51717. 
Sisoridae Pareuchiloglanis gracilicaudata (Wu & Chen, 1979) Fr endemic  细尾鮡 (Mandarin Chinese), 細尾鮡 (Mandarin Chinese)  18.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Yunnan. Found in the Lancang Jiang River (=Mekong River) in Tibet (Ref. 32617). Type locality: Za-Qu, upper Lancang Jiang, Nangqen, Qinghai (Ref. 36656). Known from Liudong Jiang River of Deqin County in Yunnan Province, and also from Zhaqu in Qinghai Province(Ref.45661). Also Ref. 41093. 
Sisoridae Pareuchiloglanis longicauda (Yue, 1981) Fr native  长尾鮡 (Mandarin Chinese), 長尾鮡 (Mandarin Chinese)  18.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Guizhou; Nanpan Jiang, Beipan Jiang; and from the Red River drainage (Ref. 45661). Known Yunnan: Fuyuan, Luoping, Yiliang. Guizhou Huishui. Guangxi Bama (Ref. 45661). Present in Pearl River (Ref. 89718). Also Ref. 57879.  No picture yet.
Sisoridae Pareuchiloglanis macrotrema (Norman, 1925) Fr native  大孔鮡 (Mandarin Chinese)  16.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in Yunnan Province and inhabits running water in the hill brooks in Yuanjiang River (=Red River) (Ref. 51717).  No picture yet.
Sisoridae Pareuchiloglanis myzostoma (Norman, 1923) Fr native  兰坪鮡 (Mandarin Chinese), 蘭坪鮡 (Mandarin Chinese)  16.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Yunnan; also from the upper reaches of Lancangjiang River (= Mekong River) (Ref. 45661).  No picture yet.
Sisoridae Pareuchiloglanis poilanei Pellegrin, 1936 Fr native  越南鮡 (Mandarin Chinese)   Known from riivers of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau (Ref. 33800). 
Sisoridae Pareuchiloglanis prolixdorsalis Li, Zhou, Thomson, Zhang & Yang, 2007 Fr native   14.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the lower reaches of Lancangjiang [Mekong] drainage in Yunnan Province (Ref. 75856).  No picture yet.
Sisoridae Pareuchiloglanis robustus Ding, Fu & Ye, 1991 Fr native  壮体鮡 (Mandarin Chinese), 壯體鮡 (Mandarin Chinese)   Known from Sichuan.  No picture yet.
Sisoridae Pareuchiloglanis sichuanensis Ding, Fu & Ye, 1991 Fr native  四川鮡 (Mandarin Chinese)   Known from Sichuan.  No picture yet.
Sisoridae Pareuchiloglanis sinensis (Hora & Silas, 1952) Fr native  中华鮡 (Mandarin Chinese), 中華鮡 (Mandarin Chinese)  14.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Peiping (Ref. 6868); Changjiang [=Yangtze] River (Ref. 41093); Yunnan Jingshajiang River, Sichuan Dadu River, Gansu Bailongjiang River (Ref. 45661). Known from Judian of Lijiang County in Yunnan Province, Kangding of Sichuan Province, Wudu of Gansu Province(Ref.45661).  No picture yet.
Sisoridae Pareuchiloglanis tianquanensis Ding & Fang, 1997 Fr native    Known from upper Qing Yi River basin in Sichuan (Ref. 58032).  No picture yet.
Bagridae Pelteobagrus eupogon (Boulenger, 1892) Fr native  长须黄颡鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 長鬚黃顙魚 (Mandarin Chinese)  25.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from Shanghai; also Changjiang River basin (= Yangtze River) (Ref. 45654). Known from Nanchang of Jiangxi Province; Yueyang of Hunan Province; Hanyang, Wuchang, and Honghu of Hubei Province; Zhejiang of Jiangsu Province (Ref.45654). Also Ref. 35840, 93874.  No picture yet.
Bagridae Pelteobagrus intermedius (Nichols & Pope, 1927) Fr, Br native  中间拟鲿 (Mandarin Chinese), 亨氏拟鲿 (Mandarin Chinese), 中間擬鱨 (Mandarin Chinese), 中間黃顙魚 (Mandarin Chinese), 中间黄颡鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 亨氏擬鱨 (Mandarin Chinese)  17.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Collected from the drainages in Hainan Island (Ref. 33423). Also known from Zhujiang (=Pearl River) (Ref. 45654). Known from Haikou of Hainan Island; Zhaoqing, Sanshui, Dongwan, Jiangmen of Guangdong Province; Buobai, Guixian of Guangxi Province(Ref.45654). Also Ref. 6868, 35843.  No picture yet.
Bagridae Pelteobagrus ussuriensis (Dybowski, 1872) Fr native  乌苏里拟鲿(乌苏里鮠 ) (Mandarin Chinese), 乌苏里鮠 (Mandarin Chinese), 乌苏拟鲿 (Mandarin Chinese), 烏蘇擬鱨 (Mandarin Chinese), 烏蘇里鮠 (Mandarin Chinese)  100.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Heilong River [=Amur River] to the Zhujiang River [=Pearl River] (Ref. 51717). Amur river basin. Also Ref. 35840. 
Percidae Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758 Fr introduced  欧洲河鲈 (Mandarin Chinese), 鲈(河鲈) (Mandarin Chinese), 鱸(河鱸) (Mandarin Chinese)  60.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Introduced from its native range to other regions in the country (stocked in great inland waters)(Ref. 55380). Caused the disappearance of endemic fish Asipiorhynchus laticeps in Lake Bosten, Xinjiang. Occurs in Ulungur lake, Erqishi, Tarim and Yili rivers (Ref. 41093). Also Ref. 51717. 
Percidae Perca schrenkii Kessler, 1874 Fr native  伊犁鲈 (Mandarin Chinese), 伊犁鱸 (Mandarin Chinese)  50.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in Yili river (Ref. 41093).  No picture yet.
Odontobutidae Perccottus glenii Dybowski, 1877 Fr native  葛氏鲈塘鳢 (Mandarin Chinese), 葛氏鱸塘鱧 (Mandarin Chinese)  25.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Heilong River [=Amur River] and Liaohe River (Ref. 51717). Also Ref. 1739, 13397, 92840. 
Cyprinidae Percocypris pingi (Tchang, 1930) Fr, Fi, Aq native  鲈鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 鲈鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 鱸鯉 (Mandarin Chinese)  44.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from Jinshajiang River, Shigu in Lijiang (Ref. 33800), and on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in Yunnan Province (Ref. 41093). Known from Huibei Province:(Changyang, Lichuan); and Yaan of Sichuan Province. 5 specimens from Shigu Jinshajiang River of Lijiang and ZhongdianXia Qiaotou in Yunnan Province. Present in Pearl River (Ref. 89718). Also Ref. 26561, 35840. 
Cyprinidae Percocypris regani (Tchang, 1935) Fr native    Found in Lancangjiang River (=Mekong) and Fuxian Lake (Ref. 26563). Also found in Pearl River basin (Ref. 44416).  No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Percocypris tchangi (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) Fr native  后背鲈鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 後背鱸鯉 (Mandarin Chinese)   Known from the upper Mekong (=Lancangjiang) basin (Ref. 12819).  No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Pethia ticto (Hamilton, 1822) Fr native   12.52 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Ruili River of Yunnan Province (Ref. 45620). 
Siluridae Phalacronotus apogon (Bleeker, 1851) Fr native  天竺细丝鲶 (Mandarin Chinese), 天竺細絲鯰 (Mandarin Chinese)  130 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Mekong basin in Yunnan. Also Ref. 43281. 
Leuciscidae Phoxinus brachyurus Berg, 1912 Fr native  短尾鱥 (Mandarin Chinese)  8.40 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in Yili river (Ref. 41093). Urumpi River(Ref.33783).  No picture yet.
Leuciscidae Phoxinus grumi Berg, 1907 Fr native  吐鲁番鱥 (Mandarin Chinese), 吐魯番鱥 (Mandarin Chinese)   Known from Turpan (Ref. 33783). Also Ref. 41093, 51717. 
Leuciscidae Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758) Fr native  科尔芝克鱥 (Mandarin Chinese), 阿尔塔鱥 (Mandarin Chinese), 真鱥 (Mandarin Chinese), 科爾芝克鱥 (Mandarin Chinese), 西氏鱥 (Mandarin Chinese), 阿爾塔鱥 (Mandarin Chinese)  14.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in Erqishi river (Ref. 41093). Also inhabits the Heilong River (=Amur River) system (Ref. 51717). 9 specimens from Heilongjiang Province and Heitou Shan of Inner Mongolia (Ref. 33783). Also Ref. 556. 
Leuciscidae Phoxinus tchangi Chen, 1988 Fr native    Type locality, Weifen R., China (Ref. 50838).  No picture yet.
Leuciscidae Phoxinus ujmonensis Kaschenko, 1899 Fr native   11.60 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the upper Irtysh and upper Ob drainages (Ref. 57778).  No picture yet.
Phractolaemidae Phractolaemus ansorgii Boulenger, 1901 Fr error  非洲枕枝鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 非洲枕枝魚 (Mandarin Chinese)  25.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Outside distributional range. 
Nemacheilidae Physoschistura absumbra Endruweit, 2017 Fr native   4.35 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Nangunhe River, Salween drainage in Yunnan (Ref. 116525).  No picture yet.
Serrasalmidae Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818) Fr introduced  短盖巨脂鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 双齿巨脂鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 短盖巨脂鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 短盖肥脂鲤(淡水白鲳) (Mandarin Chinese), 短蓋巨脂鯉 (Mandarin Chinese), 短蓋肥脂鯉(淡水白鯧) (Mandarin Chinese), 雙齒巨脂鯉 (Mandarin Chinese)  88.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Ophichthidae Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848) Fr, Br, M native  食蟹荳齿蛇鳗 (Mandarin Chinese), 食蟹豆齿鳗 (Mandarin Chinese), 食蟹豆齒鰻 (Mandarin Chinese)  108 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Placocheilus caudofasciatus (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936) Fr native  纹尾盆唇鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 紋尾盆唇魚 (Mandarin Chinese)  10.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in the Red River basin (Ref. 43281, 55924). Also Ref. 75600.  No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Placocheilus cryptonemus Cui & Li, 1984 Fr, Thr native  缺须盆唇鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), Barbless disc-barb (English), 缺鬚盆唇魚 (Mandarin Chinese)  11.55 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Nujiang River (=Salween River) (Ref. 49783). Also recorded from Mekong River in Yunlong County, Yunnan Province (Ref. 45563). Type locality: Laowo, 25°51'N, 99°01'E, Yunlong Co., Yunnan (Ref. 33021). Status of threat: Rare (Ref. 45563).  No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Placocheilus dulongensis Chen, Pan, Xiao & Yang, 2012 Fr native   12.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found only in the main course and tributaries of the Dulong River near Qinlangdang village (Dulongjiang County), which is a part of the upper Irrawaddy River basin, Yunnan Province (Ref. 93106).  No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Placocheilus robustus Zhang, He & Chen, 2002 Fr native   10.91 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Yuanjiang [=Red River] River basin in Yunnan (Ref. 49783). Also Ref. 75600.  No picture yet.
Xenocyprididae Plagiognathops microlepis (Bleeker, 1871) Fr native  细鳞斜颌鮰 (Mandarin Chinese), 细鳞斜颌鮰的异名 (Mandarin Chinese), 細鱗斜頜鮰 (Mandarin Chinese), 細鱗斜頜鮰的異名 (Mandarin Chinese)  70.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in Yangtze, Amur, Ussuri (Ref. 13397); Bosten lake, Tarim and Yili rivers (Ref. 41093). Introduced from its native range to other regions in the country (stocked in great inland waters)(Ref. 55380). Also Ref. 1441, 35840. 
Mugilidae Planiliza haematocheilus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) Fr, Br, M, Fi, Aq native  粗唇鲻属 (Mandarin Chinese), 鮻的异名 (Mandarin Chinese), 鮻 (Mandarin Chinese), 鮻(梭鱼) (Mandarin Chinese), 鮻的异名 (Mandarin Chinese), 鮻(梭魚) (Mandarin Chinese), 鮻的異名 (Mandarin Chinese) common (usually seen) 80.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Reported from China's coast (Ref. 47843). Introduced from its native range to other regions in the country, intensive culture and extensive stocking in all kinds of inland waters (Ref. 55380). Recorded from Yalu, Chefoo (Ref. 2058) and chiefly cultured north of Changjiang (the Yangtze River) (Ref. 31845). Also Ref. 559, 41299, 117610. 
Pleuronectidae Platichthys bicoloratus (Basilewsky, 1855) Fr, Br, M native  石鲽 (Mandarin Chinese), Shí dié (Mandarin Chinese), 石鰈 (Mandarin Chinese)  50.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, Shantung, ZIN 6354 (holotype of Platessa bicolorata, lost); Chefoo, Shantung Province, NMW 42671 (holotype of Pleuronectes scutifer) (Ref. 51668). Also Ref. 117610. 
Cyprinidae Platypharodon extremus Herzenstein, 1891 Fr, Fi native  扁咽齿鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), Wide-tooth Schizothoracin (English), 扁咽齒魚 (Mandarin Chinese)  60.00 cm OT male/unsexed  Recorded from the upper reaches of the Huanghe River (Ref. 9671). Known from Suozangsi, Ruoergai of Sichuan Province(Ref.45622). Also Ref. 26563, 41093, 45563. 563). 
Gobionidae Platysmacheilus exiguus (Lin, 1932) Fr, Fi native  片唇鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  15.90 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Bei Jiang drainage in Guangdong Province. Commonly found in the sand and gravel bottom of streams in the Zhujiang River (Pearl River) system (Ref. 26563). Known from Guangxi Province: Guilin, Yangsu; Jiangshi of Hubei Province. 2 specimens from Yangshan county of Beijiang River drainage of Guangdong Province(Ref.33792). 
Gobionidae Platysmacheilus longibarbatus Lu, Luo & Chen, 1977 Fr, Thr endemic  长须片唇鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), United-lip Gudgeon (English), 長鬚片唇鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  8.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River (=Changjiang River). Also Ref. 26561, 45563. Status of threat: Rare (Ref. 45563). 
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