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Checklist of the shore fishes of New Caledonia
Ronald FRICKE 1&Michel KULBICKI 2
1Ichthyology, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
fricke.smns@naturkundemuseum-bw.de
2IRD, UR128, Université de Perpignan, 52, Avenue Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan Cedex, France
michel.kulbicki@univ-perp.fr
The present checklist includes the fish species known from the upper 100 m of the New Caledonian
seas. Some deep-sea fishes which are occasionally found in shallow water (e.g. Loyalty Islands), high
sea species which only rarely enter coastal waters, or freshwater fish species which may be found in
estuaries, are excluded from this list. The geographical distribution of the shore fishes of New
Caledonia is discussed by Kulbicki (in press).
A detailed annotated checklist of all New Caledonian fish species including distribution data, litera-
ture references and material lists is in preparation by R. Fricke. In the present checklist of shore fish
species, all records which are verified either by museum specimens or by confirmation by revising
authors, are included. Families are arranged systematically according to Nelson (2006), and species
alphabetically under the family names. Doubtful records are discussed after the family name. The
names which have been applied to New Caledonian shore fish species in the literature are either list-
ed as valid species, or as synonyms or misidentifications in parentheses behind the species name. In
the checklist, reference is given to materials in the collections of the Australian Museum Sydney
(AMS), the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle Paris (MNHN), and the Staatliches Museum für
Naturkunde Stuttgart (SMNS), in order to document new records.
The present checklist of the shore fishes of New Caledonia includes a total of 1694 species. Among
these, 85 species are recorded from New Caledonia for the first time. As there is still a number of
additional undescribed species known to the authors, and as the New Caledonian fish fauna is still
incompletely known, with gaps of knowledge mainly around northern Grande Terre and the northern
reefs, the Grand Récif Sud, the Ile des Pins, some of the Loyalty Islands, and the islands of Walpole,
Matthew and Hunter, additional species are expected to be added to the list in future.
The 10 largest shore fish families are the Gobiidae (153 species, 9.0 % of the total species), Labridae
(113 species, 6.7 %), Pomacentridae (110 species, 6.5 %), Serranidae (85 species, 5.0 %),
Apogonidae (78 species, 4.6 %), Blenniidae (61 species, 3.6 %), Muraenidae (52 species, 3.1 %),
Scorpaenidae (43 species, 2.5 %), Syngnathidae (42 species, 2.5 %), and Carangidae (40 species, 2.4 %).
Among the shore fishes of New Caledonia, 39 species (2.3 % of the total shore fish species) are
endemic to the territory. The reason for this relatively low endemism rate is that neighbouring island
groups like Lord Howe Island or southern Vanuatu are relatively close, so that most species could
easily disperse there in the past. If species living in deeper water (100-600 m) were included in the
checklist, the figure of endemic species would be much higher. But even for shore fish species, the
percentage of endemic species is expected to rise in the future as several apparently endemic species
are still undescribed.
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List of Shore fishes of New Caledonia (0-100 m)
STEGOSTOMATIDAE
Stegostoma fasciatum (Seba in Hermann, 1783) (Synonym: Stegostoma varium).
GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE
Nebrius ferrugineus (Lesson, 1831) (Reported by several authors under the name Nebrius concolor)
RHINCODONTIDAE
Rhincodon typus (Smith, 1828)
ODONTASPIDIDAE
Odontaspis noronhai (Maul, 1955)
PSEUDOCARCHARIIDAE
Pseudocarcharias kamoharai (Matsubara, 1936)
ALOPIIDAE
Alopias pelagicus Nakamura, 1935
Alopias superciliosus (Lowe, 1841)
Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
LAMNIDAE
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758)
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810
Isurus paucus Guitart Manday, 1966
SCYLIORHINIDAE
Aulohalaelurus kanakorum Séret, 1990
CARCHARHINIDAE
Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837)
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856)
Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Carcharhinus falciformis (Bibron in Müller & Henle, 1839)
Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes in Müller & Henle, 1839)
Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes in Müller & Henle, 1839)
Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861)
Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Carcharhinus obscurus (LeSueur, 1818)
Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827)
Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes in Müller & Henle, 1839)
Galeocerdo cuvier (Peron & LeSueur in LeSeur, 1822)
Negaprion acutidens (Rüppell, 1837)
Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837)
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SPHYRNIDAE
Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834)
Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837)
HEXANCHIDAE
Hexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller, 1969
SQUALIDAE
Squalus blainville (Risso, 1827)
Squalus megalops (Macleay, 1882)
RHINIDAE
Rhina ancylostoma Bloch & Schneider, 1801
RHINOBATIDAE
Rhinobatus djiddensis (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
DASYATIDAE
Dasyatis bennetti (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Dasyatis fluviorum Ogilby, 1908
Dasyatis kuhlii (Müller & Henle, 1841)
Himantura fai Jordan & Seale, 1906
Himantura granulata (Macleay, 1883)
Pastinachus sephen (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Taeniura lymma (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Taeniura meyeni Müller & Henle, 1841 (Synonym: Taeniura melanospila)
Urogymnus asperrimus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
MYLIOBATIDAE
- SUBFAMILY MYLIOBATINAE
Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790)
Aetomylaeus maculatus (Gray, 1832)
Aetomylaeus vespertilio (Bleeker, 1852)
- SUBFAMILY MOBULINAE
Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792)
Mobula tarapacana (Philippi, 1893)
ELOPIDAE
Elops hawaiiensis Regan, 1909 (Reported by several authors under the name Elops machnata).
MEGALOPIDAE
Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)
ALBULIDAE
Albula forsteri Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846 (Reported by several authors under
the name Albula vulpes).
Albula glossodonta (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
ANGUILLIDAE
Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 (Synonym: Anguilla australis schmidti)
Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (Synonym: Anguilla mauritiana)
Anguilla megastoma Kaup, 1856
Anguilla obscura Günther, 1871
Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867
MORINGUIDAE
Moringua ferruginea Bliss, 1883
Moringua javanica (Kaup, 1856)
Moringua macrochir Bleeker, 1855
Moringua microchir Bleeker, 1853
CHLOPSIDAE
Kaupichthys atronasus Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
Kaupichthys brachychirus Schultz, 1953 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS
material from northeastern Grande Terre)
Kaupichthys diodontus Schultz, 1943
Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömmann, 1896)
Xenoconger fryeri Regan, 1912
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MURAENIDAE
A record of Echidna xanthospilos (Bleeker, 1859), under the name Gymnomuraena xanthopleura needs veri-
fication.
Anarchias cantonensis (Schultz, 1943)
Anarchias seychellensis Smith, 1962
Echidna amblyodon (Bleeker, 1856) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 22791
from Tao, northeastern Grande Terre)
Echidna delicatula (Kaup, 1856) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 22943
from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Echidna leucotaenia Schultz, 1943 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS material
from Grande Terre and Loyalty Islands)
Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
Echidna polyzona (Richardson, 1845) (Synonym: Megaderus catenatus)
Echidna unicolor Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
Enchelycore bayeri (Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953)
Enchelycore pardalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Gymnomuraena zebra (Shaw & Nodder, 1797)
Gymnothorax albimarginatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (Reported by Rivaton et al. [1989]
under the name Gymnothorax hepaticus)
Gymnothorax berndti Snyder, 1904
Gymnothorax boschii (Bleeker, 1853)
Gymnothorax buroensis (Bleeker, 1857)
Gymnothorax chilospilus Bleeker, 1865
Gymnothorax eurostus (Abbott, 1861)
Gymnothorax fimbriatus (Bennett, 1832) (Reported by Whitley [1961] under the name Lycodontis
melanospilos)
Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus (Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953)
Gymnothorax gracilicauda Jenkins, 1903 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS
22912 from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859)
Gymnothorax kidako (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) (New record from New Caledonia; reported
as Gymnothorax sp. 5 by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 114])
Gymnothorax margaritophorus (Bleeker, 1865) (Synonym: Gymnothorax talofa)
Gymnothorax marshallensis (Schultz, 1953)
Gymnothorax melatremus Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw in Shaw & Nodder, 1795)
Gymnothorax monochrous (Bleeker, 1856)
Gymnothorax nudivomer (Günther in Playfair & Günther, 1867) (Synonym: Gymnothorax
xanthostomus)
Gymnothorax pictus (Ahl, 1789) (Reported as Gymnothorax sp. 4 by Laboute & Grandperrin
[2000: 113])
Gymnothorax pindae Smith, 1962 (Reported as Gymnothorax sp. 3 by Laboute & Grandperrin
[2000: 113])
Gymnothorax polyuranodon (Bleeker, 1853)
Gymnothorax porphyreus (Guichenot, 1848) (Reported as Gymnothorax sp. 2 and 6 by Laboute &
Grandperrin [2000: 113, 114])
Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus (Bleeker, 1852)
Gymnothorax richardsonii (Bleeker, 1852) (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 112] under
the name Gymnothorax reticularis)
Gymnothorax rueppellii (McClelland, 1845) (Name erroneously spelled Gymnothorax rueppelliae
by authors)
Gymnothorax thyrsoideus (Richardson, 1845)
Gymnothorax undulatus (Commerson & Lacepède in Lacepède, 1803)
Gymnothorax zonipectis Seale, 1906
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Rhinomuraena quaesita Garman, 1888
Scuticaria tigrina (Lesson, 1828)
Siderea prosopeion (Bleeker, 1853)
Strophidon sathete (Hamilton, 1822) (Synonym: Thyrsoidea macrura)
Uropterygius alboguttatus Smith, 1962 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS
23687 from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Uropterygius concolor Rüppell, 1838
Uropterygius fuscoguttatus Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
Uropterygius macrocephalus (Bleeker, 1865)
Uropterygius makatei Gosline, 1958
Uropterygius marmoratus (Lacepède 1803) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS
18274 from southeastern Grande Terre)
Uropterygius xanthopterus Bleeker, 1859 (Reported by Schmeltz [1869: 27]; record needs
verification)
Uropterygius xenodontus McCosker & Smith, 1997
OPHICHTHIDAE
Apterichtus klazingai (Weber, 1913)
Callechelys catostoma (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Synonym: Callechelys melanotaenia)
Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker, 1853) (New record from New Caledonia; reported as Myrichthys
sp. by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 118])
Ichthyapus vulturis (Weber & Beaufort, 1916) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS
21759 from Chesterfield Islands)
Lamnostoma kampeni (Weber & Beaufort, 1916)
Lamnostoma orientalis (McClelland, 1845)
Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
Muraenichthys gymnotus Bleeker, 1857
Muraenichthys laticaudatus (Ogilby, 1898)
Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker, 1857
Muraenichthys schultzi Bleeker, 1857 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS
22801 from northern Grande Terre)
Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)
Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier, 1816)
Myrophis uropterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842)
Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856)
Ophichthus cephalozona (Bleeker, 1864)
Pisodonophis boro (Hamilton, 1822)
Schismorhynchus labialis (Seale, 1917)
Schultzidia johnstonensis (Schultz & Woods, 1949)
Yirrkala insolitus McCosker, 1999 (Reported by Rivaton et al. [1989] under the name Yirrkala
lumbricoides)
MURAENESOCIDAE
Muraenesox bagio (Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822)
CONGRIDAE
Ariosoma anagoides (Bleeker, 1854)
Ariosoma anago (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914)
Ariosoma scheelei (Strömman, 1896)
Conger cinereus (Rüppell, 1828) (Reported by Jouan [1879] as Conger marginatus; reported by
Fourmanoir, [1981] under the name Conger japonicus)
Conger verreauxi Kaup, 1856
Conger wilsoni (Banning in Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Gnathophis habenatus (Richardson, 1848) (Reported by Castle [1963] as Gnathophis habenatus
longicaudus)
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Gnathophis umbrellabius (Whitley, 1948) (Synonym: Gnathophis incognitus Castle, 1963; new
record from New Caledonia based on Castle [1963: 37-45])
Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeld, 1959) (Synonym: Taenioconger hassi
neocaledoniensis Castle, 1967)
Heteroconger tomberua Castle & Randall, 1999
ENGRAULIDAE
Encrasicholina devisi (Whitley, 1940)
Encrasicholina heteroloba (Rüppell, 1837)
Encrasicholina punctifer (Fowler, 1938)
Engraulis australis (White, 1790) (Reported by Fowler [1928: 33] under the name Engraulis
indica, and by Fourmanoir [1971: 110] as Engraulis japonicus).
Stolephorus indicus (Hasselt, 1823)
Stolephorus insularis Hardenberg, 1933 (Reported by Rivaton et al. [1989] under the name
Stolephorus tri )
Stolephorus waitei Jordan & Seale, 1906
Thryssa baelama (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
CHIROCENTRIDAE
Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Synonym: Neosudis vorax Castelnau, 1873)
CLUPEIDAE
Amblygaster clupeoides Bleeker, 1849
Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum, 1792)
Anodontostoma chacunda (Hamilton Buchanan, 1822)
Dussumieria elopsoides Bleeker, 1849 (Reported by several authors under the name Dussumieria
acuta)
Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell, 1837) (Clupea mauritiana Bennett, 1833 is a senior
synonym according to Fricke [1999: 73], but should not be used)
Nematalosa come (Richardson, 1846)
Sardinella fijiense (Fowler & Bean, 1923) (Reported by Borodin [1932] under the name Clupea sinden-
sis)
Sardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829)
Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennett, 1832)
Spratelloides gracilis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
CHANIDAE
Chanos chanos (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
GONORYNCHIDAE
Gonorynchus greyi (Richardson, 1845) (Reported by several authors under the name Gonorynchus gono-
rynchus with different spelling)
PLOTOSIDAE
Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) (Synonyms: Plotosus anguillaris,Plotosus arab)
AULOPIDAE
Hime japonica (Günther, 1880) (Reported by several authors under the name Aulopus japonicus)
SYNODONTIDAE
A record of Saurida longimanus (Norman, 1939) by Rivaton et al. (1989: 74) needs verification.
Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Saurida nebulosa Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1850 (This species was confused by some
authors with S. gracilis)
Saurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795)
Saurida undosquamis (Richardson, 1848) (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin, 2000: 126 under the
name Saurida sp.)
Synodus binotatus Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
Synodus dermatogenys Fowler, 1912 (This species was confused by several authors with Synodus varie-
gatus and Synodus englemani)
Synodus doaki Russell & Cressey, 1979
Synodus hoshionis (Tanaka, 1917)
Synodus jaculum Russell & Cressey, 1979
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Synodus macrocephalus (Cressey, 1981)
Synodus oculeus Cressey, 1981
Synodus rubromarmoratus Russell & Cressey, 1979
Synodus similis (McCulloch, 1921)
Synodus tectus (Cressey, 1981) (Reported by Rivaton [1989: 142] under the name Synodus
variegatus)
Synodus variegatus (Commerson in Lacepède, 1803) (Reported by Thollot & Kulbicki [1988: 618]
under the name Synodus englemani)
Trachinocephalus myops (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
MYCTOPHIDAE
Some species of Myctophidae, like Diaphus metopoclampus (Cocco, 1829) or Myctophum nitidulum
Garman, 1899, may be encountered inshore at night (e.g. at Baie du Santal, Lifou, Loyalty Islands; identifica-
tion based on SMNS material).
VELIFERIDAE
Metavelifer multiradiatus (Regan, 1907)
LAMPRIDAE
Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788) (Reported by Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 326] under the
name Lampris regius)
TRACHIPTERIDAE
Zu cristatus (Bonelli, 1819)
POLYMIXIIDAE
Polymixia berndti Gilbert, 1905
BREGMACEROTIDAE
Bregmaceros sp. (Undescribed species; reported by authors under the name Bregmaceros
macclellandi or Bregmaceros mcclellandii)
Bregmaceros japonicus Tanaka, 1908 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS
23663 from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Bregmaceros nectabanus Whitley, 1941
Bregmaceros rarisquamosus Munro, 1950
MORIDAE
Physiculus therosideros Paulin, 1987
CARAPIDAE
Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934)
Echiodon coheni Williams, 1984
Encheliophis homei (Richardson, 1846)
Encheliophis vermicularis (Müller, 1842)
Onuxodon fowleri (Smith, 1955) (Reported by authors under the name Onuxodon margaritiferae)
Onuxodon parvibrachium (Fowler, 1927)
Pyramodon ventralis Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
OPHIDIIDAE
Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Brotula townsendi Fowler, 1901
Monomitopus garmani (Smith & Radcliffe in Radcliffe, 1913)
Ophidion muraenolepis (Günther, 1880)
BYTHITIDAE
Several undescribed species are known to occur at New Caledonia; descriptions are under preparation by
Schwarzhans, Møller and Nielsen.
Diancistrus brevirostris Schwarzhans, Møller & Nielsen, 2005 (Reported by Kulbicki & Williams
[1997: 12] under the name Brosmophyciops pautzkei [in part])
Diancistrus longifilis Ogilby, 1899
Diancistrus tongaensis Schwarzhans, Møller & Nielsen, 2005 (Reported by authors under the
name Brosmophyciops pautzkei [in part])
Dinematichthys randalli Machida, 1994
Dinematichthys riukiuensis Aoyagi, 1954
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ANTENNARIIDAE
Antennarius coccineus (Cuvier in Lesson, 1831) (Synonym: Abantennarius neocaledoniensis Danois, 1964)
Antennarius commerson (Commerson & Lacepède in Anonymus, 1798) (Synonym: Antennarius
moluccensis; reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 131] under the name Antennarius sp. 1-3)
Antennarius duescus Snyder, 1904
Antennarius hispidus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (New record from New Caledonia based on
SMNS 19848 from Maré, Loyalty Islands)
Antennarius maculatus (Desjardins, 1840)
Antennarius nummifer Cuvier, 1816
Antennarius pictus (Shaw in Shaw & Nodder, 1794) (Reported by Whitley [1961: 64] under the
name Antennarius phymatodes)
Antennarius rosaceus Smith & Radcliffe in Radcliffe, 1912 (New record from New Caledonia
based on SMNS 23913 from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Antennarius striatus (Shaw in Shaw & Nodder, 1794) (Synonyms: Chironectes tridens Temminck
& Schlegel, 1845; Phrynelox zebrinus Schultz, 1957)
Antennatus tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817) (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 132] under the
name Antennarius sp. 4; new record from New Caledonia, also based on SMNS 23904 from Lifou,
Loyalty Islands)
Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
MUGILIDAE
Mugil broussoneti Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valencienes, 1836 was doubtfully recorded from New
Caledonia by Harrsion & Senou, (1999: 2095).
Cestraeus goldiei (Macleay, 1883)
Cestraeus oxyrhyncus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836
Cestraeus plicatilis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836
Chelon macrolepis (Smith, 1849)
Chelon melinopterus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836)
Chelon planiceps (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836) (Synonym: Liza tade)
Chelon subviridis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836)
Crenimugil crenilabis (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Synonym: Mugil neocaledonicus Castelnau, 1873)
Crenimugil heterocheilos (Bleeker, 1855)
Ellochelon vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Synonym: Liza macrolepidotus)
Moolgarda buchanani (Bleeker, 1853)
Moolgarda cunnesius (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836)
Moolgarda engeli (Bleeker, 1858)
Moolgarda seheli (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (Synonym: Mugil catalarum Whitley, 1951)
Oedalechilus labiosus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836) (New record from New Caledonia
based on SMNS 23994 from southern Grande Terre)
ATHERINIDAE
Record of Atherinomorus insularum (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) by Borodin (1932: 76) under the name
Atherina insularum needs verification.
Atherinomorus duodecimalis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835) (Reported by authors
under the name Atherinomorus endrachtensis).
Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Reported by Whitley [1961: 65]
under the name Pranesus ogilbyi, and by Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 306] under the name
Pranesus pinguis).
Atherion elymus Jordan & Starks, 1901
Hypoatherina barnesi Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
Hypoatherina ovalaua (Herre, 1935)
Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1853)
Stenatherina panatela (Jordan & Richardson, 1908)
EXOCOETIDAE
Records of Cypselurus bruuni Kotthaus, 1965 by Fourmanoir (1971: 111), and of Hirundichthys volador
(Jordan, 1884) by Rivaton et al. (1989: 38) under the name Prognichthys rondeletii, need verification.
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Cheilopogon atrisignis (Jenkins, 1904)
Cheilopogon dorsomacula (Fowler, 1944)
Cheilopogon furcatus (Mitchill, 1815)
Cheilopogon rapanouiensis Parin, 1962
Cheilopogon spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1866)
Cheilopogon spilopterus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846)
Cheilopogon unicolor (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847) (Synonym: Cypsilurus
ogilbyi Jordan & Snyder in Jordan & Dickerson, 1908)
Cypselurus angusticeps Nichols & Breder, 1935
Cypselurus naresii (Günther, 1889)
Cypselurus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1866)
Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846)
Exocoetus obtusirostris Günther, 1866
Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758
Hirundichthys speculiger (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847)
Oxyporhamphus meristocystis (Parin, 1961)
Parexocoetus brachypterus (Günther, 1866)
HEMIRAMPHIDAE
Euleptorhamphus viridis (Russell in Hasselt, 1823)
Hemirhamphus far (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Reported by Jouan [1879] under the name
Hemiramphus marginatus, and by Castelnau, [1873] under the name Hemirhamphus commersonii)
Hyporhamphus dussumieri (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846)
Zenarchopterus dispar (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846)
BELONIDAE
Ablennes hians (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846)
Platybelone argalus platyura (Bennett, 1832)
Strongylura incisa (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846)
Strongylura leiura (Bleeker, 1851)
Strongylura urvillii (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846)
Tylosurus acus melanotus (Bleeker, 1851)
Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus (Peron & LeSueur in LeSueur, 1821) (Reported by Seale [1935:
345] under the name Tylosurus indica)
ANOMALOPIDAE
Anomalops katopron Bleeker, 1856
Photoblepharon palpebratus (Boddaert, 1781)
MONOCENTRIDIDAE
Monocentris japonica (Houttuyn, 1782)
TRACHICHTHYIDAE
Gephyroberyx darwini (Johnson, 1866)
Paratrachichthys trailli (Hutton, 1875)
Parinoberyx horridus Kotlyar, 1984
BERYCIDAE
Beryx splendens Lowe, 1834
Centroberyx affinis (Günther, 1859)
Centroberyx druzhinini (Busakhin, 1981)
HOLOCENTRIDAE
Records of Myripristis amaena by Rivaton et al. (1989: 43) and Kulbicki & Williams (1997: 12) are
probably based on Myripristis pralinia.
Myripristis adusta Bleeker, 1853
Myripristis berndti Jordan & Evermann, 1903 (Reported by Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 155]
under the name Myripristis amaenus)
Myripristis botche Cuvier, 1829 (Synonym: Myripristis melanostictus; reported by Fourmanoir &
Laboute [1976: 156-157] under the name Myripristis murdjan)
Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède, 1802)
Myripristis kuntee Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831
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Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Synonym: Myripristis bowditchae Woods in
Schultz et al., 1953)
Myripristis pralinia Cuvier, 1829
Myripristis violacea Bleeker, 1851
Myripristis vittata Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831 (Reported by Borodin [1932: 75]
under the name Myripristis trachyacron, and by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 45, 140] under the
name Myripristis sp.)
Myripristis woodsi Greenfield, 1974 (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 143] under the
name Myripristis sp.; new record from New Caledonia)
Neoniphon argenteus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831)
Neoniphon opercularis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831)
Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Ostichthys hypsipterygion Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982
Ostichthys japonicus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
Ostichthys kaianus (Günther, 1880)
Plectrypops lima (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831) (Reported by Laboute &
Grandperrin [2000: 141] under the name Myripristis hexagona)
Sargocentron caudimaculatum (Rüppell, 1838)
Sargocentron cornutum (Bleeker, 1853)
Sargocentron diadema (Commerson & Lacepède in Lacepède, 1802)
Sargocentron ensifer (Jordan & Evermann, 1903) (Reported by Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 153] and
Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 138, 145] under the name Adioryx furcatus or Sargocentron furcatum)
Sargocentron iota Randall, 1998
Sargocentron lepros (Allen & Cross, 1983)
Sargocentron melanospilos (Bleeker, 1858)
Sargocentron microstoma (Günther, 1859)
Sargocentron praslin (Lacepède, 1802) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 22634
from southern Grande Terre)
Sargocentron punctatissimum (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
Sargocentron rubrum (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Sargocentron spiniferum (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Sargocentron tiere (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
Sargocentron violaceum (Bleeker, 1853)
ZEIDAE
Zenopsis nebulosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
PEGASIDAE
Eurypegasus draconis (Linné, 1766)
SOLENOSTOMIDAE
Solenostomus cyanopterus Bleeker, 1854
Solenostomus paradoxus (Pallas, 1770)
SYNGNATHIDAE
Acentronura breviperula Fraser-Brunner & Whitley, 1949 (Reported by Rivaton et al. [1989: 73]
under the names Acentronura tentaculata,Acentronura australe and Acentronura gracilissima, and
by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 157, 159] under the names Halicampus sp. and Hippocampus sp.)
Corythoichthys sp. (Undescribed species similar to Corythoichthys amplexus)
Corythoichthys conspicillatus (Jenyns, 1842) (Reported by Fourmanoir [1971: 112] under the
name Corythoichthys flavofasciatus).
Corythoichthys haematopterus (Bleeker, 1851)
Corythoichthys intestinalis (Ramsay, 1881) (Reported by Whitley [1961: 64] under the name
Corythoichthys flavofasciatus, by Plessis & Fourmanoir [1966: 125] under the name Hippichthys
intestinalis waitei, and by Kulbicki et al. [1994: 15] under the name Corythoichthys amplexus)
Corythoichthys nigripectus Herald in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
Corythoichthys ocellatus Herald in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
Corythoichthys paxtoni Dawson, 1977
Corythoichthys schultzi Herald in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
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Cosmocampus banneri (Herald & Randall, 1972)
Doryrhamphus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1858) (Reported by several authors under the name
Doryrhamphus excisus excisus)
Dunckerocampus chapmani (Herald in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953)
Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus (Bleeker, 1853)
Festucalex kulbickii Fricke, 2004 (Reported by Plessis & Fourmanoir [1966: 125] and other authors
under the name Ichthyocampus erythraeus or Festucalex erythraeus, by others as Festucalex
gibbsi, and by Kuiter [2000: 122] as Festucalex sp. 1)
Festucalex wassi Dawson, 1977
Halicampus boothae (Whitley, 1964)
Halicampus brocki (Herald in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953)
Halicampus dunckeri (Chabanaud, 1929)
Halicampus mataafae (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
Halicampus nitidus (Günther, 1873)
Halicampus spinirostris (Dawson & Allen, 1981)
Hippichthys spicifer (Rüppell, 1838)
Hippocampus bargibanti Whitley, 1970
Hippocampus curvicuspis Fricke, 2004 (Reported by several authors under the name Hippocampus
histrix, by Fourmanoir [1971: 112] as Hippocampus jayakari, and by Myers [1999: 89] and
Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 158, large fig.] as Hippocampus kuda)
Hippocampus pusillus Fricke, 2004
Hippocampus semispinosus Kuiter, 2001 (Reported by several authors under the name
Hippocampus kuda, and by Lourie, Vincent & Hall [1999: 92-93] as Hippocampus fisheri)
Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker, 1852
Micrognathus brevicorpus Fricke, 2004 (Reported by several authors under the name Micrognathus
andersonii)
Micrognathus micronotopterus (Fowler, 1938)
Micrognathus natans Dawson, 1982
Micrognathus pygmaeus Fritzsche, 1981 (Reported by several authors under the name
Micrognathus brevirostris)
Microphis argulus (Peters, 1855)
Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1853)
Microphis brevidorsalis (Beaufort, 1913)
Microphis leiaspis (Bleeker, 1853)
Microphis retzii (Bleeker, 1856)
Phoxocampus belcheri (Kaup, 1856)
Phoxocampus diacanthus (Schultz, 1943)
Siokunichthys herrei Herald in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
Siokunichthys striatus Fricke, 2004
Syngnathoides biaculeatus (Bloch, 1785)
Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus (Bleeker, 1857) (Reported by Jouan [1879: 332] under the name
Ichthyocampus maculatus, by Fourmanoir [1971: 112] and Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 272] as Yozia
intermedia, and by Rivaton et al. [1989: 74] and Rivaton & Bourret [1999: 46] as
Trachyrhamphus longirostris)
AULOSTOMIDAE
Aulostomus chinensis (Linné, 1766)
FISTULARIIDAE
Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 (Confused with Fistularia petimba by Fowler [1928: 117-118])
Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803 (Records from New Caledonia need verification; they may be
based on F. commersonii according to Fritzsche & Thiesfeld [1999: 2279]; synonym: Fistularia vil-
losa)
MACRORAMPHOSIDAE
Macroramphosus scolopax (Linnaeus, 1758)
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CENTRISCIDAE
Aeoliscus strigatus (Günther, 1860) (Reported by Jouan [1863: 183] and Fowler [1928: 118] under
the name Amphisile scutatum or Centriscus scutatus)
DACTYLOPTERIDAE
Dactyloptena orientalis (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
SCORPAENIDAE
-SUBFAMILY SCORPAENINAE
Dendrochirus bellus (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)
Dendrochirus biocellatus (Fowler, 1938)
Dendrochirus brachypterus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
Dendrochirus zebra (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) (Reported by Whitley [1961: 65]
under the name Pterois volitans)
Iracundus signifer Jordan & Evermann, 1903
Parascorpaena mcadamsi (Fowler, 1938)
Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855)
Parascorpaena picta Kuhl & Hasselt in Cuvier, 1829 (Synonym: Sebastapistes bynoensis)
Phenacoscorpius megalops Fowler, 1938
Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787)
Pterois lunulata Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
Pterois mombasae (Smith, 1957)
Pterois radiata Cuvier, 1829
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rhinopias aphanes Eschmeyer, 1973
Scorpaena neglecta Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
Scorpaenodes albaiensis (Evermann & Seale, 1907)
Scorpaenodes corallinus Smith, 1957
Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000:
167] under the name Scorpaenodes sp. 2)
Scorpaenodes hirsutus (Smith, 1957)
Scorpaenodes kelloggi (Jenkins, 1903) (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 167] under the
name Scorpaenodes sp. 1)
Scorpaenodes minor (Smith, 1958) [Scorpaenodes brocki (Schultz, in Schultz, Woods & Lachner,
1966) is a synonym]
Scorpaenodes parvipinnis (Garrett, 1864)
Scorpaenodes scaber (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1885)
Scorpaenodes varipinnis Smith, 1957
Scorpaenopsis diabolus Cuvier, 1829
Scorpaenopsis eschmeyeri Greenfield & Randall, 2004
Scorpaenopsis macrochir Ogilby, 1910 (Reported by several authors under the name Scorpaenopsis gib-
bosa, and by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 169] under the name Scorpaenopsis sp.)
Scorpaenopsis neglecta Heckel, 1837
Scorpaenopsis papuensis (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) (Reported by Fourmanoir & Laboute
[1976: 158] under the name Scorpaenopsis cirrhosa, and by other authors as Scorpaenopsis oxy-
cephala)
Scorpaenopsis possi Randall & Eschmeyer, 2001
Scorpaenopsis ramaraoi Randall & Eschmeyer, 2001
Scorpaenopsis venosa (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
Scorpaenopsis vittapinna Randall & Eschmeyer, 2001 (Reported by Kulbicki et al. [1994: 17]
under the name Scorpaenopsis brevifrons)
Sebastapistes cyanostigma (Bleeker, 1856) (Synonym: Scorpaena albobrunnea Günther, 1874)
Sebastapistes coniorta Jenkins, 1903 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 23749
from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Sebastapistes fowleri (Pietschmann, 1934)
Sebastapistes galactacma Jenkins, 1903 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS
material from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier, 1829)
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Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829) (Synonym: Kantapus oglinus Smith, 1947)
Sebastapistes tinkhami (Fowler, 1946)
Taenianotus triacanthus Lacepède, 1802
- SUBFAMILY TETRAROGINAE
Ablabys taenianotus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
Ocosia apia Poss & Eschmeyer, 1975
Paracentropogon longispinis (Cuvier, 1829)
Richardsonichthys leucogaster (Richardson, 1848)
Tetraroge barbata (Cuvier, 1829)
- SUBFAMILY SYNANCEIINAE
Erosa erosa (Langsdorf in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
Inimicus caledonicus (Sauvage, 1878)
Inimicus didactylus (Pallas, 1769)
Minous monodactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Minous pusillus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
Minous trachycephalus (Bleeker, 1854)
Synanceia horrida (Linné, 1766)
Synanceia verrucosa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
CARACANTHIDAE
Caracanthus maculatus (Gray, 1831)
Caracanthus unipinna (Gray, 1831)
APLOACTINIDAE
Aploactis aspera (Richardson, 1844)
Cocotropus dermacanthus (Bleeker, 1852)
Cocotropus richeri Fricke, 2004
Erisphex pottii (Steindachner, 1896)
Neoaploactis tridorsalis Eschmeyer & Allen, 1978
Paraploactis sp. (Very similar to Paraploactis kagioshimensis from Japan and P. obbesi from Indonesia;
specimens under study by Stuart G. Poss according to Randall [2005: 130])
Paraploactis trachyderma Bleeker, 1865
TRIGLIDAE
Pterygotrigla andertoni Waite, 1910 (Reported by Cerro & Lloris [1997: 15-117] under the name
Pterygotrigla picta)
Satyrichthys rieffeli (Kaup, 1859)
PLATYCEPHALIDAE
Records of Papilloculiceps longiceps (Ehrenberg in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) by Rivaton et al.
[1989: 61] and Rivaton & Bourret [1999: 50] are erroneous, as the species is restricted to the Red Sea
and Western Indian Ocean.
Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1812)
Cymbacephalus beauforti (Knapp, 1973) (Reported by Whitley [1961: 64] under the name Cociella croco-
dilus)
Cymbacephalus staigeri (Castelnau, 1875)
Eurycephalus arenicola (Schultz, in Schultz, Woods & Lachner, 1966)
Eurycephalus otaitensis (Parkinson in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
Onigocia bimaculata Knapp, Imamura & Sakashita, 2000
Onigocia macrolepis (Bleeker, 1854)
Onigocia pedimacula (Regan, 1908) (Reported by several authors under the name Onigocia spinosa;
records from New Caledonia need verification, may be based on O. bimaculata)
Rogadius patriciae Knapp, 1987
Rogadius pristiger (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) (Reported by Rivaton et al. [1989: 61]
under the name Rogadius asper)
Rogadius serratus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
Rogadius welanderi (Schultz, in Schultz, Woods & Lachner, 1966) (Reported by Kulbicki et al. [1994:
18] under the name Rogadius sp.; new record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 21758 from
Chesterfield Islands)
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Thysanophrys celebicus (Bleeker, 1854)
Thysanophrys chiltonae Schultz, in Schultz, Woods & Lachner, 1966
AMBASSIDAE
Ambassis buruensis Bleeker, 1856
Ambassis interruptus Bleeker, 1852
Ambassis miops Günther, 1871
SYMPHYSANODONTIDAE
Symphysanodon maunaloae Anderson, 1970
SERRANIDAE
- SUBFAMILY ANTHIINAE
Caprodon schlegelii (Günther, 1859)
Luzonichthys waitei (Fowler, 1931) (Synonym: Luzonichthys robustus Fourmanoir, 1977)
Luzonichthys whitleyi (Smith, 1955)
Luzonichthys williamsi Randall & McCosker, 1992
Plectranthias sp. 1 (Undescribed species, based on SMNS material from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Plectranthias sp. 2 (Undescribed species, based on SMNS material from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Plectranthias fourmanoiri Randall, 1980
Plectranthias kamii Randall, 1980 (Reported by Rivaton et al. [1989: 70] under the name
Plectranthias anthioides)
Plectranthias kelloggi (Jordan & Evermann, 1903)
Plectranthias longimanus (Weber, 1913)
Plectranthias nanus Randall, 1980
Plectranthias randalli Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1980
Plectranthias retrofasciatus Fourmanoir & Randall, 1979
Plectranthias rubrifasciatus Fourmanoir & Randall, 1979
Plectranthias wheeleri Randall, 1980 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 24052
from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Plectranthias winniensis (Tyler, 1966)
Pseudanthias bicolor (Randall, 1979)
Pseudanthias carlsoni Randall & Pyle, 2001
Pseudanthias cichlops (Bleeker, 1853)
Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan, 1902) (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 203] under the
name 'Anthiinae indéterminée 3')
Pseudanthias elongatus (Franz, 1910)
Pseudanthias flavicauda Randall & Pyle, 2001 (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 203]
under the name Anthiinae indéterminée 2; new record for New Caledonia)
Pseudanthias hypselosoma (Bleeker, 1878)
Pseudanthias lori (Lubbock & Randall, 1976)
Pseudanthias pascalus (Jordan & Tanaka, 1927)
Pseudanthias pictilis (Randall & Allen, 1978)
Pseudanthias pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1857)
Pseudanthias rubrizonatus (Randall, 1983)
Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855)
Pseudanthias ventralis ventralis (Randall, 1979)
Sacura margaritacea (Hilgendorf, 1879)
Serranocirrhitus latus Watanabe, 1949 (Synonym: Dactylanthias mcmichaeli Whitley, 1962)
- SUBFAMILY EPINEPHELINAE
- TRIBE EPINEPHELINI
A record of Epinephelus corallicola (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) by Plessis &
Fourmanoir (1966: 127), and the record of Epinephelus melanostigma Schultz in Schultz, Herald,
Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953 and Plectropomus areolatus (Rüppell, 1830) by Rivaton et al. (1989:
69, 70) need verification.
Aethaloperca rogaa (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Anyperodon leucogrammicus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828)
Cephalopholis argus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
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Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828)
Cephalopholis boenak
(Bloch, 1790) (Reported by Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 52, 53] and other authors under
the names Cephalopholis formosanus (non Shaw & Nodder, 1812) and Cephalopholis pachycentron)
Cephalopholis igarashiensis Katayama, 1957
Cephalopholis leopardus (Lacepède, 1801)
Cephalopholis microprion (Bleeker, 1852)
Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828)
Cephalopholis spiloparaea (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828)
Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Cromileptes altivelis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828)
Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Synonym: Serranus angularis Valenciennes in
Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828)
Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790) (Synonym: Serranus hoevenii Bleeker, 1849)
Epinephelus chlorostigma (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828)
Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822) (Synonym: Serranus suillus Valenciennes in Cuvier &
Valenciennes, 1828)
Epinephelus cyanopodus (Richardson, 1846) (Synonyms: Serranus hoedtii Bleeker, 1855;
Epinephelus kohleri Schultz in Schultz et al., 1953)
Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Synonym: Serranus horridus Valenciennes
in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828)
Epinephelus hexagonatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Epinephelus howlandi (Günther, 1873) (Reported by Whitley [1961: 64] under the name
Epinephelus corallicola; synonym: Epinephelus spilotus Schultz in Schultz et al., 1953)
Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790)
Epinephelus macrospilos (Bleeker, 1855)
Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch, 1790)
Epinephelus magniscuttis Postel, Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1963
Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Reported by Borodin [1932: 79] under the
name Serranus stoliczkae [non Day, 1875]; synonym: Epinephelus cylindricus Postel, 1965)
Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793
Epinephelus morrhua (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833)
Epinephelus ongus (Bloch, 1790) (Reported by several authors under the name Epinephelus
summana [non Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775])
Epinephelus polyphekadion (Bleeker, 1849) (Synonym: Epinephelus microdon)
Epinephelus retouti (Bleeker, 1868)
Epinephelus rivulatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) (Synonym: Serranus
rhyncholepis Bleeker, 1852)
Epinephelus spilotoceps Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953 (Reported by
Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 189] under the name Epinephelus sp.; new record from New
Caledonia)
Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Gracila albomarginata (Fowler & Bean, 1930)
Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède, 1802) (Synonym: Plectropomus melanoleucus)
Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepède, 1802) (Reported by Whitley [1961: 65] under the name
Plectropomus maculatus)
Variola albimarginata Baissac, 1952
Variola louti (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
- TRIBE DIPLOPRIONI
Belonoperca chabanaudi Fowler & Bean, 1930
Diploprion bifasciatum Kuhl & Hasselt in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
- TRIBE LIOPROPOMATINI
Liopropoma susumi (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
Liopropoma tonstrinum Randall & Taylor, 1988
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- TRIBE GRAMMISTINI
Aporops bilinearis Schultz, 1943
Grammistes sexlineatus (Thunberg, 1792)
Grammistops ocellatus Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
Pogonoperca punctata (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Pseudogramma astigmum Randall & Baldwin, 1997 (New record from New Caledonia based on
SMNS material from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Pseudogramma polyacanthum polyacanthum (Bleeker, 1856)
Suttonia lineata Gosline, 1960
CALLANTHIIDAE
Callanthias australis Ogilby, 1900
Grammatonotus laysanus Gilbert, 1905
Grammatonotus surugaensis Katayama, Yamakawa & Suzuki, 1980
PSEUDOCHROMIDAE
Cypho purpurascens (DeVis, 1884) (Reported by Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 285] under the
name Pseudochromis mccullochi, and by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 205] as 'Pseudochromidae
indéterminée')
Ogilbyina salvati (Plessis & Fourmanoir, 1966) (Reported by Whitley [1961: 65] under the name
Pseudochromis novaehollandiae)
Pictichromis coralensis Gill, 2004 (Reported by several authors under the name Pseudochromis
paccagnellae)
Pseudochromis cyanotaenia Bleeker, 1857
Pseudochromis fuscus Müller & Troschel, 1849 (Synonym: Pseudochromis aurea Seale, 1910)
Pseudochromis jamesi Schultz, 1943
Pseudochromis kolythrus Gill & Winterbottom, 1993
Pseudochromis marshallensis Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
Pseudochromis tapeinosoma Bleeker, 1853
Pseudoplesiops howensis Allen, 1987
Pseudoplesiops immaculatus Gill & Edwards, 2002
Pseudoplesiops multisquamatus Allen, 1987
Pseudoplesiops rosae Schultz, 1943
PLESIOPIDAE
A record of Plesiops corallicola (Bleeker, 1853) by Rivaton et al. (1989: 61) needs verification
Assessor macneilli Whitley, 1935
Belonepterygion fasciolatum (Ogilby, 1889)
Calloplesiops altivelis (Steindachner, 1903)
Plesiops coeruleolineatus Rüppell, 1835 (Synonym: Plesiops melas Bleeker, 1849)
Plesiops insularis Mooi & Randall, 1991 (Reported by Rivaton et al. [1989: 61] under the name
Plesiops oxycephalus)
Plesiops verecundus Mooi, 1995
OPISTOGNATHIDAE
Opistognathus sp. 1 (To be described by W.F. Smith-Vaniz)
Opistognathus sp. 2 (To be described by W.F. Smith-Vaniz)
Stalix histrio Jordan & Snyder, 1902
BANJOSIDAE
Banjos banjos (Richardson, 1846)
PRIACANTHIDAE
Cookeolus japonicus (Cuvier, 1829)
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacepède, 1802)
Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Synonym: Priacanthus longipinnis Borodin,
1932)
Priacanthus macracanthus Cuvier, 1829
Priacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988
Pristigenys niphonia (Cuvier, 1829)
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APOGONIDAE
A record of Ostorhinchus poecilopterus Cuvier, 1828 by Rivaton et al. (1989) under the name Apogon
poecilopterus needs verification.
Apogon amboinensis Bleeker, 1853
Apogon caudicinctus Randall & Smith, 1988
Apogon crassiceps Garman, 1903 (Reported by Plessis & Fourmanoir [1966: 128] under the name
Apogon erythrinus, and by other authors under the name Apogon coccineus)
Apogon doryssa (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
Apogon ellioti Day, 1878
Apogon fasciatus (White, 1790)
Apogon gilberti (Jordan & Seale, 1905)
Apogon hyalosoma Bleeker, 1853
Apogon indicus Greenfield, 2001 (Reported by Kulbicki & Williams [1997: 14] under the name Apogon
erythrinus)
Apogon melas Bleeker, 1848
Apogon notatus (Houttuyn, 1782)
Apogon noumeae Whitley, 1958
Apogon semiornatus Peters, 1876
Apogon susanae Greenfield, 2001
Apogon talboti Smith, 1961
Apogonichthys ocellatus (Weber, 1913)
Apogonichthys perdix Bleeker, 1854
Archamia fucata (Cantor, 1850)
Archamia leai Waite, 1916
Archamia macroptera (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) (Reported by several authors under
the name Archamia lineolata or A. lineolatus;new record from New Caledonia)
Archamia zosterophora (Bleeker, 1856)
Cercamia cladara Randall & Smith, 1988
Cheilodipterus artus Smith 1961
Cheilodipterus isostigmus (Schultz, 1940)
Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepède, 1802) (Reported by several authors under the name
Cheilodipterus lachneri)
Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
Cheilodipterus singapurensis Bleeker, 1859 (Synonym: Cheilodipterus subulatus Weber, 1909;
new record from New Caledonia)
Foa fo Jordan & Seale, 1906 (Reported by several authors under the name Foa brachygramma, and
by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 219] as 'Apogonidae indéterminé 1')
Fowleria aurita (Valenciennes, 1831)
Fowleria isostigma (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
Fowleria marmorata (Alleyne & Macleay, 1877)
Fowleria vaiulae (Jordan & Seale, 1906) (Synonym: Fowleria abocellata Goren & Karplus, 1980;
reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 218] under the name Fowleria sp.)
Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes, 1832)
Gymnapogon philippinus (Herre, 1939)
Gymnapogon urospilotus Lachner in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
Neamia catalai (Fourmanoir, 1973)
Neamia octospina Smith & Radcliffe in Radcliffe, 1912
Ostorhinchus angustatus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911)
Ostorhinchus apogonides (Bleeker, 1856)
Ostorhinchus aureus (Lacepède, 1802)
Ostorhinchus bandanensis (Bleeker, 1854) (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 216] under
the name Apogon sp. 6)
Ostorhinchus capricornis (Allen & Randall, 1993)
Ostorhinchus compressus (Smith & Radcliffe in Radcliffe, 1911)
Ostorhinchus cookii (Macleay, 1881)
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Ostorhinchus cyanosoma (Bleeker, 1853)
Ostorhinchus diversus (Smith & Radcliffe in Radcliffe 1912)
Ostorhinchus doederleini (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Ostorhinchus endekataenia (Bleeker, 1852)
Ostorhinchus euspilotus (Fraser, 2006)
Ostorhinchus flavus (Allen & Randall, 1993)
Ostorhinchus fuscus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Ostorhinchus guamensis (Bleeker, 1856) (Synonym: Apogon nubilus Garman, 1903; reported by Whitley
[1961: 64] under the name Aspiscis savayensis, by Rivaton et al. [1989: 24] as Apogon ocellatus,
and by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 219] as 'Apogonidae indéterminé 2')
Ostorhinchus kiensis (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 215] under
the name Apogon sp. 3)
Ostorhinchus lateralis (Valenciennes, 1832) (Synonym: Apogon ceramensis Bleeker, 1852)
Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus (Lachner in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953)
Ostorhinchus norfolcensis (Ogilby, 1888) (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 215] under the
names Apogon sp. 2 and Apogon sp. 4)
Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828)
Ostorhinchus rubrimacula (Randall & Kulbicki, 1988)
Ostorhinchus savayensis (Günther, 1872)
Ostorhinchus sealei (Fowler, 1918) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS material from
southern Grande-Terre)
Ostorhinchus selas (Randall & Hayashi, 1990)
Ostorhinchus septemstriatus (Günther, 1880)
Ostorhinchus taeniophorus (Regan, 1905)
Pristiapogon exostigma (Jordan & Starks, 1906)
Pristiapogon fraenatus (Valenciennes, 1832)
Pristiapogon kallopterus (Bleeker, 1856) (Reported by Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 290] under the
names Apogon sp. and Apogon snyderi; reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 216] under
the name Apogon sp. 7)
Pristiapogon taeniopterus (Bennett, 1835)
Pristicon trimaculatus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828) (Reported by Rivaton et al. [1989:24]
under the names Apogon taeniatus and A. koilomatodon)
Pseudamia gelatinosa Smith, 1955 (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 218] under the name
Pseudamia sp.)
Pseudamia zonata Randall, Lachner & Fraser, 1985
Pseudamiops gracilicauda (Lachner in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953)
Rhabdamia cypselura Weber, 1909 (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 66] under the name
'Apogonidae indéterminé')
Rhabdamia gracilis (Bleeker, 1856)
Siphamia versicolor (Smith & Radcliffe, 1909) (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 218] under
the name Siphamia sp.)
Sphaeramia nematoptera (Bleeker, 1856)
Sphaeramia orbicularis (Kuhl & Hasselt in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828)
Zoramia fragilis (Smith, 1961) (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 215] under the name Apogon sp.1)
Zoramia leptacantha (Bleeker, 1856) (reported by several authors under the name Apogon graeffei)
SILLAGINIDAE
Sillago ciliata Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 (Synonym: Sillago insularis Castelnau, 1873)
Sillago sihama (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
MALACANTHIDAE
Branchiostegus wardi Whitley, 1932
Hoplolatilus chlupatyi Klausewitz, McCosker, Randall & Zetzsche, 1978
Hoplolatilus cuniculus Randall & Dooley, 1974
Hoplolatilus fronticinctus Günther, 1887
Hoplolatilus starcki Randall & Dooley, 1974
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Malacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848 (Synonyms: Malacanthus hoedti Bleeker, 1859;
Dikellorhynchus incredibilis Smith, 1956)
Malacanthus latovittatus (Lacepède, 1802)
CORYPHAENIDAE
Coryphaena equiselis Linnaeus, 1758
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758
ECHENEIDAE
Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758
Phtheirichthys lineata (Menzies, 1791)
Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829)
Remorina albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
CARANGIDAE
Records of Carangoides malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) by Jouan (1879: 334), Trachinotus rhom-
boides) by Borodn (1932: 77) of Caranx malabaricus and of Decapterus macrosoma Bleeker, 1951 by
Rivaton et al. [1989: 31] needs verification.
Alectis ciliaris (Bloch, 1787) (Reported by several authors under the name Alectis indicus)
Alepes apercna Smith-Vaniz in Grant, 1987 (Reported by Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 176]
under the name Alepes kalla, and by several authors under the name Alepes djeddaba)
Alepes vari (Cuvier, 1833)
Atule mate (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833)
Carangoides coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell, 1830) (Synonyms: Carangoides caeruleopinnatus;Carangoides uii)
Carangoides chrysophrys (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833)
Carangoides dinema Bleeker, 1851
Carangoides ferdau (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Synonym: Carangoides gilberti)
Carangoides fulvoguttatus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Synonym: Carangoides emburyi)
Carangoides gymnostethus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833)
Carangoides hedlandensis (Whitley, 1934) (Reported by Fourmanoir [1971: 113] under the name Caranx
armatus).
Carangoides orthogrammus Jordan & Gilbert, 1881
Carangoides plagiotaenia (Bleeker, 1857)
Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Caranx lugubris Poey, 1860
Caranx melampygus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833
Caranx papuensis Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 (Synonym: Caranx celetus Smith, 1968)
Caranx sexfasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Reported by Plessis & Fourmanoir [1966: 129] under the
name Caranx hippos)
Caranx tille Cuvier, 1833
Decapterus macarellus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833)
Decapterus muroadsi (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
Decapterus russelli (Rüppell, 1829) (Synonym: Decapterus lajang Bleeker, 1855)
Decapterus tabl Berry, 1967
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758
Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Synonym: Carangoides georgianus)
Scomberoides commersonnianus Lacepède, 1801
Scomberoides lysan (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Scomberoides tol (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1832)
Selar boops (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833)
Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793)
Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810)
Seriola lalandi Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 (Synonym: Seriola aureovittata)
Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833
Trachinotus anak Ogilby, 1909
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Trachinotus baillonii (Lacepède, 1801)
Trachinotus blochii (Lacepède, 1801)
Uraspis uraspis (Günther, 1860)
MENIDAE
A record of Mene maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) by Rivaton et al. (1989: 52) needs verification.
LEIOGNATHIDAE
Arecord of Leiognathus lineolatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835) by Rivaton et al. (1989:
48) needs verification.
Gazza minuta (Bloch, 1795) (Synonym: Gazza equulaeformis Rüppell, 1835)
Leiognathus bindus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835)
Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Leiognathus fasciatus (Lacepède, 1803)
Leiognathus leuciscus (Günther, 1860)
Leiognathus splendens (Cuvier, 1829)
Photoplagios rivulatus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
Secutor insidiator (Bloch, 1787)
Secutor ruconius (Hamilton Buchanan, 1822)
BRAMIDAE
Brama dussumieri Cuvier, 1831
Brama myersi Mead, 1972
Brama orcini Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831 (Synonym: Collybus drachme)
Pteraclis aesticola (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Pterycombus petersii (Hilgendorf, 1878)
Taractes asper Lowe, 1843
Taractes rubescens (Jordan & Jordan, 1887)
Taractichthys steindachneri (Döderlein, 1883) (Reported by several authors under the name
Taractichthys longipinnis)
EMMELICHTHYIDAE
Emmelichthys nitidus nitidus Richardson, 1845
Erythrocles taeniatus Randall & Rivaton, 1992 (Reported by several authors under the name Erythrocles schlegelii
)
LUTJANIDAE
Records of Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790 and Paracaesio gonzalezi Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979 by
Rivaton et al. (1989: 49) need verification.
Aphareus furca (Lacepède, 1801)
Aphareus rutilans Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
Aprion virescens Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
Etelis carbunculus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
Etelis coruscans Valenciennes, 1862 (Synonym: Etelis oculatus lifuensis Fourmanoir, 1971)
Etelis radiosus Anderson, 1981
Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873) (Synonyms: Lutjanus amabilis;Lutjanus parvavitta Postel, 1965)
Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Lutjanus fulvus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Lutjanus fuscescens (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Lutjanus lutjanus (Bloch, 1790) (Reported by Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 76] under the name
Lutjanus lineolatus)
Lutjanus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828)
Lutjanus quinquelineatus Bloch, 1790
Lutjanus rivulatus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828)
Lutjanus rufolineatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) (Reported by several authors under
the name Lutjanus boutton;new record from New Caledonia)
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Lutjanus russelli (Bleeker, 1849)
Lutjanus sebae (Cuvier, 1816)
Lutjanus semicinctus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Lutjanus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Macolor macularis Fowler, 1931
Macolor niger (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Paracaesio caerulea (Katayama, 1934)
Paracaesio kusakarii Abe, 1960
Paracaesio sordida Abe & Shinohara, 1962
Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869)
Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus (Valenciennes, 1831)
Pristipomoides filamentosus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Pristipomoides flavipinnis Shinohara, 1963
Pristipomoides multidens (Day, 1870) (Reported by several authors under the name Pristipomoides
typus)
Pristipomoides zonatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Symphorichthys spilurus (Günther, 1874)
Symphorus nematophorus (Bleeker, 1860)
CAESIONIDAE
Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède, 1802
Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791) (Synonym: Caesio erythrogaster Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Caesio lunaris Ehrenberg & Cuvier in Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
Caesio teres Seale, 1906 (Synonym: Caesio pulcherrimus; reported by Rivaton et al. [1989: 30] under
the name Caesio xanthonota)
Dipteronotus balteatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Gymnocaesio gymnoptera (Bleeker, 1856)
Pterocaesio chrysozona (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Pterocaesio digramma (Bleeker, 1865)
Pterocaesio marri Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953 (Reported by Laboute
& Grandperrin [2000: 259] under the name Pterocaesio sp. 1)
Pterocaesio pisang (Bleeker, 1853)
Pterocaesio tessellata Carpenter, 1987
Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Pterocaesio trilineata Carpenter, 1987
LOBOTIDAE
Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)
GERREIDAE
Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829
Gerres longirostris (Lacepède, 1801) (Synonym: Gerres acinaces)
Gerres oblongus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 (Synonym: Gerres macrosoma)
Gerres ovatus Günther, 1859
Gerres oyena (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Synonym: Gerres argyreus)
HAEMULIDAE
Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792) (Reported by Borodin [1932: 83] under the name Diagramma
punctatum)
Plectorhinchus albovittatus (Rüppell, 1835) (Synonym: Plectorhinchus harrawayi,
taxonomic decision of Randall & Johnson ([2000: 479]).
Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepède, 1800
Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia (Bleeker, 1855)
Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus (Ehrenberg in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) (Reported by Whitley
[1961: 65] under the name Plectorhinchus roughleyi)
Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacepède, 1802)
Plectorhinchus lessonii (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) (Reported by Rivaton et al.
[1989: 43] under the name Plectorhinchus diagrammus)
Plectorhinchus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym: Plectorhinchus goldmanni)
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Plectorhinchus obscurus (Günther, 1871)
Plectorhinchus picus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym: Plectorhinchus orientalis)
Pomadasys argenteus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Synonym: Pomadasys hasta; reported by Borodin
[1932: 83] under the name Pristipoma operculare)
NEMIPTERIDAE
Arecord of Parascolopsis inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) from New Caledonia by Rivaton et al.
(1989: 57) needs verification.
Nemipterus balinensoides (Popta, 1918) (Reported by Borodin [1932: 84] under the name Synagris striatus)
Nemipterus furcosus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) (Reported by Laboute &
Grandperrin [2000: 274, 275] under the name Nemipterus peronii)
Nemipterus peronii (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) (Synonym: Dentex tolu)
Nemipterus zysron (Bleeker, 1856) (Synonym: Nemipterus metopias)
Pentapodus aureofasciatus Russell, 2001 (Reported by various authors under the names Pentapodus
microdon [non Bleeker, 1853] and Pentapodus nagasakiensis [non Tanaka, 1915])
Pentapodus caninus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) (Synonym: Pentapodus macrurus)
Pentapodus paradiseus (Günther, 1859)
Scolopsis affinis Peters, 1877 (Reported by Fourmanoir [1971: 112] under the name Scolopsis
personatus)
Scolopsis bilineata (Bloch, 1793) (Reported by Whitley [1961: 65] under the name Scolopsis
cancellatus)
Scolopsis ciliata (Lacepède, 1802)
Scolopsis lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Scolopsis taeniopterus (Kuhl & Hasselt in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Scolopsis temporalis (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) (Reported by Randall, Allen & Steene
[1997: 207] under the name Scolopsis monogramma [part].
Scolopsis trilineatus Kner, 1868
LETHRINIDAE
Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Lacepède, 1802)
Gymnocranius sp. (Undescribed species, reported by several authors under the name Gymnocranius
lethrinoides [non Bleeker, 1850])
Gymnocranius audleyi Ogilby, 1916 (Synonym: Gymnocranius bitorquatus)
Gymnocranius elongatus Senta, 1973
Gymnocranius euanus Günther, 1879 (Synonym: Gymnocranius japonicus Akazaki, 1961)
Gymnocranius grandoculis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) (Synonym: Gymnocranius
rivulatus; reported by Kulbicki [1988: 306] under the name Gymnocranius robertsi)
Lethrinus atkinsoni (Seale, 1909) (Reported by several authors under the name Lethrinus mahsena;
reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 272] under the name Lethrinus sp.)
Lethrinus erythracanthus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 (Synonym: Lethrinus kallopterus
Bleeker, 1856)
Lethrinus genivittatus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 (Frequently used synonym:
Lethrinus nematacanthus)
Lethrinus harak (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Reported by Whitley [1961: 64] under the name Lethrinus
glyphodon)
Lethrinus laticaudis Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 (Synonym: Lethrinus anarhynchus Postel, 1965)
Lethrinus lentjan (Lacepède, 1802)
Lethrinus miniatus (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Synonym: Lethrinus chrysostomus Richardson,
1848)
Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Reported by Borodin [1932: 83] under the name
Lethrinus hematopterus [non Temminck & Schlegel, 1844])
Lethrinus obsoletus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Synonym: Lethrinus ramak)
Lethrinus olivaceus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 (Synonym: Lethrinus rostratus
Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Lethrinus ravus Carpenter & Randall, 2003
Lethrinus rubrioperculatus Sato, 1978
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Lethrinus semicinctus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
Lethrinus variegatus Ehrenberg in Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
Lethrinus xanthochilus Klunzinger, 1870
Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Monotaxis heterodon (Bleeker, 1854)
Wattsia mossambica (Smith, 1957)
SPARIDAE
Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
POLYNEMIDAE
Eleutheronema tetradactylum (Shaw, 1804)
Polydactylus microstomus (Bleeker, 1851)
Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet, 1782)
Polydactylus sexfilis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831)
MULLIDAE
A record of Mulloidichthys pfluegeri (Steindachner, 1901) from New Caledonia by Rivaton et al. (1989: 53)
under the name Mulloides pflugeri needs verification.
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacepède, 1801) (Synonym: Mulloides samoensis)
Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831)
Parupeneus barberinoides (Bleeker, 1852)
Parupeneus barberinus (Lacepède, 1801)
Parupeneus ciliatus (Lacepède, 1801) (Reported by Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 199] under the name
Parupeneus porphyreus, and by several authors under the name Parupeneus dispilurus or
Parupeneus dispirilus)
Parupeneus crassilabris (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831) (Reported by several
authors under the name Parupeneus bifasciatus)
Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepède, 1802) (Synonym: Parupeneus chryserydros)
Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1801) (Synonym: Parupeneus pleurospilos; reported by
Borodin [1932: 84] under the name Upeneus cinnaborinus)
Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803) (Reported by Whitley [1961: 65] under the name Pseudupeneus
filamentosus)
Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Reported by several authors under the name
Parupeneus trifasciatus)
Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bleeker, 1853)
Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854) (Synonyms: Parupeneus signatus;Pseudupeneus jeffi Ogilby, 1908;
reported by several authors under the name Parupeneus signatus [Günther, 1867], with the latter
name considered as valid for the New Caledonian populations by Kuiter [1993], which was not
accepted by subsequent authors like Randall [2005: 299])
Upeneus australiae Kim & Nakaya, 2002
Upeneus filifer (Ogilby, 1910)
Upeneus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1855)
Upeneus mouthami Randall & Kulbicki, 2005
Upeneus sulphureus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 (Reported by Rivaton et al. [1989: 53]
under the name Upeneus bensasi)
Upeneus tragula Richardson, 1845
Upeneus vittatus Lacepède, 1801
PEMPHERIDAE
Parapriacanthus dispar (Herre, 1935)
Parapriacanthus marei Fourmanoir, 1971
Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 (Reported by Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 292-293]
under the name Parapriacanthus beryciformes)
Pempheris oualensis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831 (Synonym: Pempheris otaitensis)
Pempheris schwenkii Bleeker, 1855
MONODACTYLIDAE
Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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KYPHOSIDAE
Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Kyphosus pacificus Sakai & Nakabo, 2004 (Reported by several authors from Grande Terre under
the name Kyphosus bigibbus; reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 288] under the name
Kyphosus sp. 1; new record from New Caledonia)
Kyphosus sydneyanus (Günther, 1886) (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 289] under the
name Kyphosus sp. 2)
Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831)
DREPANIDAE
Drepane punctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
CHAETODONTIDAE
Amphichaetodon howensis (Waite, 1903)
Chaetodon auriga Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775
Chaetodon baronessa Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831
Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831
Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831
Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831
Chaetodon flavirostris Günther, 1874
Chaetodon guentheri Ahl, 1923
Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790
Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831
Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802)
Chaetodon lunulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (Reported by several authors under the name
Chaetodon trifasciatus)
Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Chaetodon mertensii Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831 (Reported by Whitley [1961: 64]
under the name Chaetodon dixsoni)
Chaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831
Chaetodon pelewensis Kner, 1868
Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831
Chaetodon rafflesii Bennett, 1830
Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831
Chaetodon semeion Bleeker, 1855
Chaetodon speculum Cuvier in Cuverr & Valenciennes, 1831
Chaetodon trifascialis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Chaetodon ulietensis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831 (Reported by Plessis & Fourmanoir [1966:
130] under the name Chaetodon falcula):
Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787
Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758
Coradion altivelis McCulloch, 1916
Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898
Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782)
Hemitaurichthys polylepis (Bleeker, 1857) (Reported by Whitley [1961: 64] under the name
Hemitaurichthys zoster)
Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Heniochus chrysostomus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831 (Reported by Whitley [1961: 64] and
Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 228-229] under the name Heniochus permutatus)
Heniochus monoceros Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831
Heniochus singularius Smith & Radcliffe, 1911
Heniochus varius (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
Prognathodes guyotensis (Yamamoto & Tameka in Okamura et al., 1982)
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POMACANTHIDAE
Apolemichthys trimaculatus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831)
Centropyge bicolor (Bloch, 1787)
Centropyge bispinosa (Günther, 1860)
Centropyge flavicauda Fraser-Brunner, 1933
Centropyge flavissima (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831)
Centropyge heraldi Woods & Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
Centropyge loricula (Günther, 1874)
Centropyge multifasciata (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911)
Centropyge nigriocella Woods & Schultz in Schultz, Herald, Lachner, Welander & Woods, 1953
Centropyge nox (Bleeker, 1853)
Centropyge tibicen (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831)
Centropyge vrolikii (Bleeker, 1853)
Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus (Waite, 1900)
Genicanthus melanospilos (Bleeker, 1857)
Genicanthus watanabei (Yasuda & Tominaga, 1970)
Pomacanthus annularis (Bloch, 1787)
Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787)
Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831)
Pomacanthus sexstriatus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831)
Pomacanthus xanthometopon (Bleeker, 1853)
Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772)
PENTACEROTIDAE
Evistias acutirostris (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844)
Pentaceros decacanthus Günther, 1883
Pseudopentaceros richardsoni (Smith, 1849)
TERAPONTIDAE
Mesopristes kneri (Bleeker, 1873)
Terapon jarbua (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Synonym: Therapon servus)
Terapon theraps (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
KUHLIIDAE
Kuhlia marginata (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
Kuhlia mugil (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Kuhlia munda (De Vis, 1885) (Synonym: Kuhlia humilis)
Kuhlia rupestris (Lacepède, 1802)
CIRRHITIDAE
Amblycirrhitus bimacula (Jenkins, 1903)
Cirrhitichthys falco Randall, 1963
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855)
Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker, 1875)
Neocirrhites armatus Castelnau, 1873 (New record from New Caledonia based on AMS IB.7081 from
southern Grande-Terre)
Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker, 1857
Paracirrhites arcatus (Parkinson in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829)
Paracirrhites forsteri (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Paracirrhites hemistictus (Günther, 1874)
CHEILODACTYLIDAE
Goniistius francisi (Burridge, 2004) (Reported from New Caledonia by authors under the name
Cheilodactylus vittatus)
Goniistius vestitus (Castelnau, 1878) (Reported from New Caledonia by authors under the name
Cheidodactylus gibbosus, or Goniistius gibbosus)
CICHLIDAE
Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters, 1852) (Introduced species)
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POMACENTRIDAE
A record of Amblyglyphidodon ternatensis (Bleeker, 1853) from New Caledonia by Rivaton et al. (1989: 62),
and records of Amblypomacentrus breviceps (Schlegel & Müller, 1839) (under the name Pomacentrus
breviceps), Chromis elerae Fowler & Bean, 1928 and Chrysiptera unimaculata (Cuvier in Cuvier &
Valencienes, 1830) (under the name Abudefduf unimaculatus) from Nouméa by Borodin (1932: 92, 93), need
verification. Kulbicki & Williams (1997: 19) recorded Stegastes cf. apicalis from Ouvéa, Loyalty Islands; this
also needs verification.
Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801) (Synonym: Glyphisodon coelestinus Cuvier in Cuvier &
Valenciennes, 1830)
Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Synonym: Glyphidodon leucopleura Day, 1877)
Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Reported by Rivaton et al. [1989: 62] under the name
Abudefduf saxatilis)
Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974
Amblyglyphidodon aureus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Amblyglyphidodon curacao (Bloch, 1787)
Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster (Bleeker, 1847)
Amblyglyphidodon orbicularis (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853) (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin
[2000: 318] from New Caledonia under the name Amblyglyphidodon sp.)
Amphiprion akindynos Allen, 1972
Amphiprion chrysopterus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 (New record from New Caledonia
based on SMNS material from Maré, Loyalty Islands)
Amphiprion clarkii (Bennett, 1830) (Reported by Whitley [1961: 64] under the name Amphiprion bicinc-
tus)
Amphiprion melanopus Bleeker, 1852 (Reported by Whitley [1961: 64] and subsequent authors
under the name Amphiprion ephippium)
Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker, 1855
Amphiprion tricinctus Schultz & Welander in Schultz, 1953 (Reported by several authors from the
northern lagoon of Grande-Terre and îles Bélep)
Cheiloprion labiatus (Day, 1877) (Reported by Rivaton et al. [1989: 63] on the basis of specimen
MNHN 1980-0347 from Grande-Terre)
Chromis acares Randall & Swerdloff, 1973
Chromis agilis Smith, 1960
Chromis alpha Randall, 1988
Chromis amboinensis (Bleeker, 1873)
Chromis analis (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Chromis atripectoralis Welander & Schultz, 1951
Chromis atripes Fowler & Bean, 1928
Chromis caudalis Randall, 1988
Chromis chrysura (Bliss, 1883)
Chromis flavomaculata Kamohara, 1960 (Synonym: Chromis kennensis Whitley, 1964)
Chromis fumea (Tanaka, 1917)
Chromis iomelas Jordan & Seale, 1906
Chromis lepidolepis Bleeker, 1877
Chromis leucura Gilbert, 1905
Chromis margaritifer Fowler, 1946
Chromis mirationis Tanaka, 1917
Chromis nitida (Whitley, 1928)
Chromis notata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
Chromis retrofasciata Weber, 1913
Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker, 1856) [Chromis caerulea (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) is the
senior synonym, but was suppressed by the International Commission on Zoological
Nomenclature, Opinion 1563]
Chromis vanderbilti (Fowler, 1941)
Chromis viridis (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
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Chromis weberi Fowler & Bean, 1928
Chromis xanthochira (Bleeker, 1851)
Chromis xanthura (Bleeker, 1854)
Chrysiptera biocellata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Synonym: Glyphisodon zonatus Cuvier in Cuvier
& Valenciennes, 1830)
Chrysiptera brownriggii (Bennett, 1828) (Synonym: Chrysiptera leucopoma; reported from Baie de
Saint-Vincent/Grande-Terre by Plessis & Fourmanoir [1966: 134] under the name Pomacentrus
albofasciatus)
Chrysiptera cyanea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Synonym: Glyphisoson uniocellatus Quoy & Gaimard,
1825)
Chrysiptera flavipinnis (Allen & Robertson, 1974)
Chrysiptera glauca (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Chrysiptera notialis (Allen, 1975)
Chrysiptera rex (Snyder, 1909)
Chrysiptera rollandi (Whitley, 1961)
Chrysiptera starcki (Allen, 1973)
Chrysiptera talboti (Allen, 1975) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 21623 from Maré,
Loyalty Islands)
Chrysiptera taupou (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
Chrysiptera tricincta (Allen & Randall, 1974)
Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dascyllus flavicaudus Randall & Allen, 1977 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 24048
from Grand Récif Sud)
Dascyllus melanurus Bleeker, 1854
Dascyllus reticulatus (Richardson, 1846) (Reported by Whitley [1961: 65] under the name Pellochromis
marginatus)
Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1828)
Dischistodus fasciatus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830) (New record from New Caledonia
based on SMNS 19727 from southern Grande-Terre)
Dischistodus prosopotaenia (Bleeker, 1852) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS material
from southern Grande Terre)
Lepidozygus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1856)
Neoglyphidodon carlsoni (Allen, 1975)
Neoglyphidodon melas (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Neoglyphidodon nigroris (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830)
Neoglyphidodon polyacanthus (Ogilby, 1889)
Neopomacentrus anabatoides (Bleeker, 1847) (Reported from Grande Terre, New Caledonia by Whitley
[1961: 65] under the name Parapomacentrus bankieri)
Neopomacentrus azysron (Bleeker, 1877)
Neopomacentrus bankieri (Richardson, 1846) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 22661
from southern Grande-Terre)
Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856)
Neopomacentrus filamentosus (Macleay, 1883)
Neopomacentrus nemurus (Bleeker, 1857)
Neopomacentrus taeniurus (Bleeker, 1856)
Neopomacentrus violascens (Bleeker, 1848)
Parma polylepis Günther, 1862
Plectroglyphidodon dickii (Liénard, 1839)
Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875
Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus Fowler & Ball, 1924
Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus leucozonus (Bleeker, 1859)
Pomacentrus adelus Allen, 1991
Pomacentrus amboinensis Bleeker, 1868
Pomacentrus arenarius Allen, 1987
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Pomacentrus aurifrons Allen, 2004 (Reported by several authors including Laboute & Grandperrin
[2000: 326] under the name Pomacentrus smithi)
Pomacentrus bankanensis Bleeker, 1853
Pomacentrus brachialis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 (Synonym: Pomacentrus melanopterus
Bleeker, 1852)
Pomacentrus chrysurus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 (Synonym: Pomacentrus rhodonotus
Bleeker, 1853)
Pomacentrus coelestis Jordan & Starks, 1901
Pomacentrus grammorhynchus Fowler, 1918
Pomacentrus imitator (Whitley, 1964)
Pomacentrus lepidogenys Fowler & Bean, 1928
Pomacentrus moluccensis Bleeker, 1853 (Synonyms: Pomacentrus popei Evermann & Seale, 1907;
Pomacentrus sufflavus Whitley, 1927)
Pomacentrus nagasakiensis Tanaka, 1909 (Synonum: Pomacentrus arenarius Allen, 1987 Reported from
New Caledonia by Fourmanoir [1981: 27] under the name Pomacentrus wardi, and Laboute &
Grandperrin [2000: 327] under the name Pomacentrus sp.)
Pomacentrus nigromanus Weber, 1913 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 24117 from
Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Pomacentrus pavo (Bloch, 1787)
Pomacentrus philippinus Evermann & Seale, 1907
Pomacentrus reidi Fowler & Bean, 1928
Pomacentrus simsiang Bleeker, 1856
Pomacentrus spilotoceps Randall, 2002 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS material
from Grande-Terre and Lifou/Loyalty Islands).
Pomacentrus taeniometopon: Bleeker, 1852
Pomacentrus tripunctatus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
Pomacentrus vaiuli Jordan & Seale, 1906
Pomachromis richardsoni (Snyder, 1909)
Pristotis obtusirostris (Günther, 1862) (Synonym: Pristotis jerdoni; reported from New Caledonia by
Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 327] under the name Pristotis sp.)
Stegastes albifasciatus (Schlegel & Müller, 1839) (Synonym: Pomacentrus eclipticus Jordan & Seale,
1906)
Stegastes apicalis (DeVis, 1885)
Stegastes aureus (Fowler, 1927)
Stegastes fasciolatus (Ogilby, 1889)
Stegastes gascoynei (Whitley, 1964)
Stegastes nigricans (Lacepède, 1803) (Synonym: Pomacentrus subniger DeVis, 1885)
Stegastes punctatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Reported from New Caledonia by Myers [1999: 187]
under the name Stegastes lividus)
LABRIDAE
Records of Bodianus unimaculatus (Günther, 1862) under the name Bodianus oxycephalus (non Bleeker, 1862)
by Rivaton et al. (1989: 45) and Labroides rubrolabiatus Randall, 1958 by Fourmanoir & Laboute (1976: 127)
need verification.
Anampses caeruleopunctatus Rüppell, 1828
Anampses femininus Randall, 1972
Anampses geographicus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840
Anampses neoguinaicus Bleeker, 1878
Anampses twistii Bleeker, 1856
Bodianus anthioides (Bennett, 1831)
Bodianus axillaris (Bennett, 1831)
Bodianus bimaculatus Allen, 1973
Bodianus busellatus Gomon, 2006 (New record from New Caledonia; previously reported from New
Caledonia by several authors including Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 350] and Randall [2005:
392] under the name Bodianus bilunulatus)
Bodianus cylindriatus (Tanaka, 1930)
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Bodianus dictynna Gomon, 2006 (Previously reported from New Caledonia by authors under the
name Bodianus diana)
Bodianus izuensis Araga & Yoshino in Masuda, Araga & Yoshino, 1975
Bodianus loxozonus (Snyder, 1908) (Reported from New Caledonia by Whitley [1961: 64] under
the name Bodianus hirsutus)
Bodianus masudai Araga & Yoshino, 1975
Bodianus mesothorax (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Bodianus paraleucosticticus Gomon, 2006
Bodianus perditio (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Cheilinus chlorourus (Bloch, 1791)
Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791)
Cheilinus oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853
Cheilinus trilobatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835
Cheilio inermis (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Choerodon anchorago (Bloch, 1791)
Choerodon fasciatus (Günther, 1867)
Choerodon graphicus (De Vis, 1885) (Synonym: Choerodon transversalis Whitley, 1956)
Choerodon jordani (Snyder, 1908) (Reported from New Caledonia by several authors under the
name Choerodon melanostigma)
Choerodon margaritiferus Fowler & Bean, 1928
Cirrhilabrus bathyphilus Randall & Nagareda, 2002
Cirrhilabrus laboutei Randall & Lubbock, 1982
Cirrhilabrus lineatus Randall & Lubbock, 1982
Cirrhilabrus punctatus Randall & Kuiter, 1989
Cirrhilabrus roseafascia Randall & Lubbock, 1982
Coris aygula Lacepède, 1801 (Synonyms: Coris cingulum;Coris angulatus;Coris variegata
Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887)
Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1856) (Synonym: Coris schroederi)
Coris dorsomacula Fowler, 1908 (Reported from New Caledonia by Rivaton & Bourret [1999:
158] under the name Coris multicolor)
Coris gaimard (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Coris picta (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Coris pictoides Randall & Kuiter, 1982
Coris sandeyeri (Hector, 1884) (Reported from Nouméa by Whitley [1961: 64] under the name
Guntheria trimaculata;new record from New Caledonia based on AMS IB.4152).
Cymolutes praetextatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (Reported from New Caledonia by Whitley
[1961: 64] under the name Cymolutes lecluse)
Cymolutes torquatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840)
Diproctacanthus xanthurus (Bleeker, 1856) (New record from New Caledonia based on AMS
IB.7799 from southern Grande Terre)
Epibulus insidiator (Pallas, 1770)
Gomphosus varius Lacepède, 1801 (Synonym: Thalassoma stuckiae Whitley, 1959)
Halichoeres argus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Synonym: Halichoeres leparensis)
Halichoeres biocellatus Schultz in Schultz, Chapman, Lachner & Woods, 1960
Halichoeres chrysus Randall, 1981
Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch, 1791)
Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801)
Halichoeres lamarii annularis
(Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839) (Reported from New
Caledonia by several authors under the name Halichoeres marginatus;new record from New
Caledonia based on these records and SMNS material from Grande-Terre and Lifou/Loyalty Islands)
Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839)
Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker, 1851) (Synonym: Halichoeres hoevenii; reported by Rivaton et al.
[1989: 46] under the name Halichoeres timorensis)
Halichoeres miniatus (Kuhl & Hasselt in Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839)
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Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839)
Halichoeres ornatissimus (Garrett, 1863) (Reported from New Caledonia by Rivaton et al. [1989:
46] under the name Halichoeres vrolikii)
Halichoeres prosopeion (Bleeker, 1853)
Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett, 1832) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 21560
from southern Grande Terre)
Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett, 1833)
Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch, 1792)
Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch, 1791)
Hologymnosus annulatus (Lacepède, 1801)
Hologymnosus doliatus (Lacepède, 1802)
Hologymnosus longipes (Günther, 1862)
Iniistius aneitensis (Günther, 1862)
Iniistius celebicus (Bleeker, 1856) (New record from New Caledonia based on Xyrichthys sp. of
Kulbicki, Randall & Rivaton [1994: 30] from Chesterfield Islands).
Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839)
Labrichthys unilineatus (Guichenot, 1847)
Labroides bicolor Fowler & Bean, 1928
Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839)
Labroides pectoralis Randall & Springer, 1975
Labropsis australis Randall, 1981
Labropsis xanthonota Randall, 1981
Macropharyngodon choati Randall, 1978
Macropharyngodon kuiteri Randall, 1978
Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839)
Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre, 1932
Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepède, 1802)
Oxycheilinus bimaculatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839)
Oxycheilinus celebicus (Bleeker, 1853)
Oxycheilinus digrammus (Lacepède, 1801)
Oxycheilinus nigromarginatus Randall, Westneat & Gomon, 2003
Oxycheilinus orientalis (Günther, 1862)
Oxycheilinus unifasciatus (Streets, 1877) (Reported from New Caledonia by Fourmanoir & Laboute
[1976: 117] under the name Cheilinus rhodocrous)
Pseudocheilinus evanidus Jordan & Evermann, 1903
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Bleeker, 1857)
Pseudocheilinus ocellatus Randall, 1999
Pseudocheilinus octotaenia Jenkins, 1900
Pseudocheilinus tetrataenia Schultz in Schultz, Chapman, Lachner & Woods, 1960
Pseudocoris bleekeri (Hubrecht, 1876) (Reported from New Caledonia by authors under the name Coris
philippina)
Pseudocoris yamashiroi (Schmidt, 1931)
Pseudodax moluccanus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839)
Pseudojuloides cerasinus (Snyder, 1904)
Pteragogus sp. (Undescribed species, which has been reported from New Caledonia by several authors
under the name Pteragogus cryptus, a species which is restricted to the Red Sea according to
Kuiter [2002: 56])
Pteragogus enneacanthus (Bleeker, 1853)
Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839) (Reported from New Caledonia by
authors under the names Pteragogus opercularis and P. flagellifera)
Stethojulis bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851) (Reported from New Caledonia by Whitley [1961: 65] under the
name Stethojulis axillaris)
Stethojulis notialis Randall, 2000 (Reported from New Caledonia by various authors under the name
Stethojulis interrupta)
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Stethojulis strigiventer (Bennett, 1832)
Suezichthys arquatus Russell, 1985
Suezichthys devisi (Whitley, 1941) (Reported from New Caledonia by various authors under the name
Suezichthys gracilis)
Terelabrus rubrovittatus Randall & Fourmanoir, 1998
Thalassoma amblycephalum (Bleeker, 1856) (Reported from New Caledonia by Whitley [1961: 65]
under the name Thalassoma melanochir)
Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1830)
Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758)
Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & Bennett, 1839) (Reported from New Caledonia by Whitley [1961: 65]
under the name Thalassoma aneitense)
Thalassoma nigrofasciatum Randall, 2003 (Reported from New Caledonia by several authors under the
name Thalassoma jansenii)
Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Thalassoma quinquevittatum (Lay & Bennett, 1839) (Reported from Lifou/Loyalty Islands by Günther
[1909: 294-295] under the name Julis güntheri)
Thalassoma trilobatum (Lacepède, 1801)
Wetmorella albofasciata Schultz & Marshall, 1954
Wetmorella nigropinnata Seale, 1901 (Reported from New Caledonia by Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976:
128] under the name Wetmorella ocellata)
Xiphocheilus typus Bleeker, 1856 (Reported from New Caledonia by Parenti & Randall [2000: 48] under
the name Xiphocheilus quadrimaculatus)
SCARIDAE
Records by Plessis & Fourmanoir (1966: 136) of Scarus tricolor Bleeker, 1847 (under the name Scarus mus)
need verification.
Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839)
Calotomus carolinus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840)
Calotomus spinidens (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Cetoscarus ocellatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840) (Reported from New Caledonia by
various authors under the name Cetoscarus bicolor;new record from New Caledonia, also
based on AMS IB.3830)
Chlorurus bleekeri (Beaufort, 1940)
Chlorurus frontalis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839)
Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854) (Reported from New Caledonia by several authors under the
name Scarus gibbus, and by Rivaton & Bourret [1999: 16] confused with Scarus rhoduropterus)
Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840)
Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Scarus altipinnis (Steindachner, 1879)
Scarus chameleon Choat & Randall, 1986
Scarus dimidiatus Bleeker, 1859
Scarus flavipectoralis Schultz, 1958
Scarus forsteni (Bleeker, 1861)
Scarus frenatus Lacepède, 1802
Scarus ghobban (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775) (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute & Grandperrin
[2000: 383] under the name Scarus sp. 3)
Scarus globiceps Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839
Scarus longipinnis Randall & Choat, 1980 (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute & Grandperrin
[2000: 383] under the name Scarus sp. 1)
Scarus niger (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Scarus oviceps Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839
Scarus psittacus Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775
Scarus quoyi Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840
Scarus rivulatus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1840 (Reported from New Caledonia by sever-
al authors under the name Scarus fasciatus)
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Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker, 1847
Scarus schlegeli (Bleeker, 1861) (Reported from New Caledonia by various authors under the name
Scarus venosus)
Scarus spinus (Kner, 1868)
PINGUIPEDIDAE
Parapercis australis Randall, 2003 (Reported by various authors under the name Parapercis cylindrica)
Parapercis binivirgata (Waite, 1904)
Parapercis clathrata Ogilby, 1910
Parapercis colemani Randall & Francis, 1993 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 23850
from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Parapercis hexophtalma (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) (Reported from New Caledonia by
various authors under the name Parapercis polyophthalma)
Parapercis lineopunctata Randall, 2003
Parapercis millepunctata (Günther, 1860)
Parapercis multiplicata Randall, 1984
Parapercis nebulosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (New record from New Caledonia, based on SMNS
23673 from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Parapercis schauinslandii (Steindachner, 1900)
Parapercis snyderi Jordan & Starks, 1905 (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute & Grandperrin
[2000: 391] under the name Parapercis sp.)
Parapercis xanthozona (Bleeker, 1849)
TRICHONOTIDAE
Trichonotus elegans Shimada & Yoshino, 1984
Trichonotus filamentosus (Steindachner, 1867)
Trichonotus setiger (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
CREEDIIDAE
Chalixodytes tauensis Schultz, 1943 (Synonym: Chalixodytes chameleontoculis)
Limnichthys nitidus Smith, 1958 (Synonym: Limnichthys donaldsoni Schultz in Schultz et al., 1960)
AMMODYTIDAE
Ammodytoides vagus (McCulloch & Waite, 1916) (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute &
Grandperrin [2000: 387] under the name Ammodytes sp.)
Bleekeria mitsukurii Jordan & Evermann, 1902
URANOSCOPIDAE
A record of Ichthyoscopus lebeck Bloch & Schneider, 1801 by two authors needs verification; New
Caledonian populations may be referable to Ichthyscopus sannio Whitley, 1936.
Uranoscopus oligolepis Bleeker, 1858
Uranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831
TRIPTERYGIIDAE
Ceratobregma helenae Holleman, 1987 (Synonym: Ceratobregma striata Fricke, 1994)
Enneapterygius elegans (Peters, 1877)
Enneapterygius flavoccipitis Shen & Wu, 1994 (Synonym: Enneapterygius bichrous Fricke, 1994)
Enneapterygius hemimelas (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) (Reported from Chesterfield Islands by
Kulbicki et al. [1994: 32] under the name Enneapterygius semilarvatus, a nomen nudum)
Enneapterygius howensis Fricke, 1997
Enneapterygius nanus (Schultz in Schultz, Chapman, Lachner & Woods, 1960)
Enneapterygius niger Fricke, 1994
Enneapterygius paucifasciatus Fricke, 1994
Enneapterygius philippinus (Peters, 1869) (Synonym: Enneapterygius minutus; reported from New
Caledonia by Whitley [1961: 65] under the name Vauclusella rufopileum)
Enneapterygius rhabdotus Fricke, 1994
Enneapterygius rhothion Fricke, 1997
Enneapterygius rubicauda Shen & Wu, 1994
Enneapterygius rufopileus (Waite, 1904)
Enneapterygius similis Fricke, 1997
Enneapterygius triserialis Fricke, 1994
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Enneapterygius trisignatus Fricke, 2001
Enneapterygius tutuilae Jordan & Seale, 1906
Enneapterygius williamsi Fricke, 1997
Helcogramma sp. (To be described by J.T. Williams) (Reported by several authors from New
Caledonia under the name Helcogramma ellioti)
Helcogramma hudsoni (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
Helcogramma novaecaledoniae Fricke, 1994
Helcogramma trigloides (Bleeker, 1858)
Norfolkia brachylepis (Schultz in Schultz, Chapman, Lachner & Woods, 1960)
Norfolkia squamiceps (McCulloch & Waite, 1916)
Norfolkia thomasi Whitley, 1964
Springerichthys kulbickii (Fricke & Randall in Fricke, 1994)
Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993
BLENNIIDAE
Records of Andamia reyi (Sauvage, 1880) by Rivaton et al. (1989: 27), Ecsenius aequalis Springer, 1988 and
Salarias sinuosus Snyder, 1908 by Rivaton et al. (1989: 28, 29) need verification. Records of Cirripectes
variolosus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836) (under the name C. sebae) by several authors also
need verification.
Alticus sp. (To be described by J.T. Williams)
Alticus sertatus (Garman, 1903)
Andamia amphibius (Walbaum, 1792) (New record from New Caledonia, based on SMNS 23579
from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Aspidontus dussumieri (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836)
Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1836
Atrosalarias fuscus holomelas (Günther, 1872)
Blenniella chrysospilos (Bleeker, 1857)
Blenniella paula (Bryan & Herre, 1903) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 22752
from northeastern Grande Terre)
Blenniella periophthalmus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836)
Cirripectes alboapicalis (Ogilby, 1899) (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute & Grandperrin
[2000: 397] under the name Cirripectes sp.; new record from New Caledonia, also based on
SMNS 23810 from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836)
Cirripectes chelomatus Williams & Maugé, 1983
Cirripectes filamentosus (Alleyne & Macleay, 1877) (New record from New Caledonia, based on
SMNS 22769 from northern Grande Terre)
Cirripectes fuscoguttatus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953 (New record from New Caledonia, based on
SMNS material from northern Grande Terre and Lifou/Loyalty Islands)
Cirripectes polyzonus Bleeker, 1868
Cirripectes stigmaticus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953
Crossosalarias macrospilus Smith-Vaniz & Springer, 1971
Ecsenius bicolor (Day, 1888)
Ecsenius fourmanoiri Springer, 1972
Ecsenius isos McKinney & Springer, 1976 (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute &
Grandperrin [2000: 399] under the name Ecsenius sp.)
Ecsenius midas Starck, 1969
Ecsenius nalolo Smith, 1959
Ecsenius stictus Springer, 1988 (Reported by several authors under the name Ecsenius yaeyamaensis)
Ecsenius tessera Springer, 1988 (Reported from New Caledoniy by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000:
399] under the name Ecsenius oculus)
Enchelyurus ater (Günther, 1877)
Enchelyurus kraussii (Klunzinger, 1871)
Entomacrodus caudofasciatus (Regan, 1909)
Entomacrodus decussatus (Bleeker, 1858)
Entomacrodus sealei Bryan & Herre, 1903
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Entomacrodus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1836)
Entomacrodus thalassinus (Jordan & Seale, 1906) (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute &
Grandperrin [2000: 400] under the name 'Blenniidae indéterminé'; new record from New
Caledonia, also based on SMNS 19796 from southern Grande-Terre)
Exallias brevis (Kner, 1868)
Istiblennius dussumieri (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836) (Reported by Günther [1877:
208] under the name Salarias meleagris, by Whitley [1927: 304] as Salarias geminatus, and by
Plessis & Fourmanoir [1966: 140] under the name Halmablennius striatomaculatus) Plessis &
Fourmanoir, 1966: 140 (Nouvelle-Calédonie/Grande-Terre, New Caledonia).
Istiblennius edentulus (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Istiblennius lineatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836)
Meiacanthus anema (Bleeker, 1852)
Meiacanthus atrodorsalis (Günther, 1877)
Meiacanthus ditrema Smith-Vaniz, 1976
Meiacanthus grammistes (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836)
Meiacanthus phaeus Smith-Vaniz, 1976
Nannosalarias nativitatus (Regan, 1909) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS material
from southern Grande Terre)
Omobranchus germaini (Sauvage, 1883) (Synonym: Graviceps alexanderi Whitley, 1945)
Omobranchus obliquus (Garman, 1903) (Reported from New Caledonia by Rivaton et al. [1989: 28]
under the name Omobranchus banditus)
Omox biporos Springer, 1972
Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson, 1849) (Synonym: Parablennius tasmanianus caledoniensis
Bath, 1989; taxonomic decision of H. Bath, personal communication, June 2006)
Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836)
Petroscirtes lupus (De Vis, 1886) (Synonym: Dasson icelii)
Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell, 1830
Petroscirtes variabilis Cantor, 1850
Petroscirtes xestus Jordan & Seale, 1906
Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961)
Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852)
Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857) (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute & Grandperrin
[2000: 68] under the name Omox sp.)
Praealticus bilineatus (Peters, 1868)
Rhabdoblennius snowi (Fowler, 1928) (Reported from New Caledonia by Kulbicki et al. [1994: 33]
under the name Rhabdoblennius ellipes)
Salarias alboguttatus Kner, 1867
Salarias fasciatus (Bloch, 1786) (Reported from New Caledonia by Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 137]
under the name Petroscirtes mitratus)
Salarias guttatus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1836 (New record from New Caledonia based
on SMNS 19777 from southeastern Grande Terre)
Stanulus seychellensis Smith, 1959 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 23616 from
Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Stanulus talboti Springer, 1968 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 23617 from Lifou,
Loyalty Islands)
Xiphasia setifer Swainson, 1839
CLINIDAE
Springeratus sp. (Undescribed species) (Reported from New Caledonia under the names Petraites roseus,
Petraites sellularius and Petraites nasutus)
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GOBIESOCIDAE
Conidens samoensis (Steindachner, 1906)
Diademichthys lineatus (Sauvage, 1883)
Discotrema crinophila Briggs, 1976
Lepadichthys sp. (Undescribed species based on SMNS material from southern Grande Terre)
Lepadichthys frenatus Waite, 1904
Lepadichthys minor Briggs, 1955
Pherallodus indicus (Weber, 1913) (Reported by Kulbicki & Williams [1997: 12] under the name
Pherallodus sp.; new record from New Caledonia, also based on SMNS material from Lifou,
Loyalty Islands)
CALLIONYMIDAE
Callionymus sp. (Chesterfield Islands; to be described by R. Fricke; recorded by Kulbicki et al.
[1994: 33] under the name Calliurichthys japonicus, and by Fricke [2000: 20-24, part]
under the name Callionymus scaber)
Callionymus brevianalis Fricke, 1983
Callionymus corallinus Gilbert, 1905
Callionymus enneactis Bleeker, 1879
Callionymus keeleyi Fowler, 1941 (Reported from New Caledonia by several authors under the name
Repomucenus virgis)
Callionymus pleurostictus Fricke, 1982
Callionymus rivatoni Fricke, 1993 (Reported from New Caledonia by several authors under the name
Repomucenus huguenini; reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 400] as Diplogrammus
goramensis)
Callionymus simplicicornis Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837
Callionymus tethys Fricke, 1993
Diplogrammus goramensis (Bleeker, 1858)
Synchiropus circularis Fricke, 1984
Synchiropus morrisoni Schultz in Schultz, Chapman, Lachner & Woods, 1960 (Reported from New
Caledonia by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 401, left fig.] under the name Synchiropus ocellatus
[part])
Synchiropus ocellatus (Pallas, 1770) (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 401] under the name
Synchiropus sp.)
Synchiropus rameus (McCulloch, 1926)
Synchiropus rubrovinctus (Gilbert, 1905) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS material
from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Synchiropus sechellensis Regan, 1908
Synchiropus splendidus (Herre, 1927)
Synchiropus springeri Fricke, 1983 (Reported from New Caledoniy by Rivaton et al. [1989: 31] under
the name Synchiropus postulus, and by Kulbicki & Williams [1997: 21] under the name
Minysynchiropus laddi)
ELEOTRIDAE
Butis amboinensis (Bleeker, 1853)
Calumia godeffroyi (Günther, 1877)
Eleotris acanthopoma Bleeker, 1853
Eleotris fusca (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Reported from New Caledonia by Whitley [1961: 64] under
the name Culius melanosoma)
Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker, 1852
XENISTHMIDAE
Xenisthmus eirospilus Gill & Hoese, 2004 (Reported from Chesterfield Islands by Kulbicki et al. [1994:
35] under the name Xenisthmus sp.; new record from New Caledonia)
Xenisthmus polyzonatus (Klunzinger, 1871)
KRAEMERIIDAE
Kraemeria samoensis Steindachner, 1906
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GOBIIDAE
Records of Drombus triangularis (Weber, 1909), under the name Acentrogobius bontii, by several authors
including Fourmanoir (1981: 27), Amblyeleotris japonica Takagi, 1957 by Fourmanoir & Laboute (1976: 140),
Bathygobius petrophilus (Bleeker, 1853) by Plessis & Fourmanoir [1966: 139], Parapocryptes serperaster
(Richardson, 1846) (under the name Apocryptes s.) by Borodin (1932: 96), and Amblygobius hectori (Smith,
1957), Bryaninops ridens Smith, 1959 and Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes,
1837) by Rivaton et al. [1989: 40, 42], need verification.
Amblyeleotris bellicauda Randall, 2004
Amblyeleotris biguttata Randall, 2004
Amblyeleotris diagonalis Polunin & Lubbock, 1979 (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000:
405] under the name Amblyeleotris sp. 1)
Amblyeleotris fasciata (Herre, 1953) (Synonym: Amblyeleotris wheeleri)
Amblyeleotris fontanesii (Bleeker, 1852)
Amblyeleotris guttata (Fowler, 1938)
Amblyeleotris novaecaledoniae Goren, 1981
Amblyeleotris ogasawarensis Yanagisawa, 1978 (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute &
Grandperrin [2000: 7, 8] under the names Amblyeleotris sp. 7 and Amblyeleotris sp. 8)
Amblyeleotris periophthalma (Bleeker, 1853) (Synonym: Amblyeleotris exilis)
Amblyeleotris randalli Hoese & Steene, 1978
Amblyeleotris rubrimarginata Mohlmann & Randall, 2002 (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute &
Grandperrin [2000: 406] under the name Amblyeleotris sp. 9)
Amblyeleotris steinitzi (Klausewitz, 1974)
Amblyeleotris stenotaeniata Randall, 2004 (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute & Grandperrin
[2000: 406] under the names Amblyeleotris sp. 4 and Amblyeleotris sp. 5)
Amblygobius bynoensis (Richardson, 1844)
Amblygobius decussatus (Bleeker, 1855)
Amblygobius linki (Herre, 1927)
Amblygobius nocturnus (Herre, 1945)
Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) (Reported from New Caledonia
by several authors under the name Amblygobius albimaculatus)
Amblygobius sphynx (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837)
Asterropterix ensifera (Bleeker, 1874)
Asterropterix semipunctata Rüppell, 1830
Asterropterix spinosa (Goren, 1981)
Barbuligobius sp. (Record based on SMNS 23775 from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Bathygobius coalitus (Bennett, 1832) (Reported from Grande Terre by several authors under the name
Bathygobius albopunctatus, which is a synonym; new record from New Caledonia, also based
on MNHN material from Grande Terre)
Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker, 1854)
Bathygobius cotticeps (Steindachner, 1880) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS material
from northeastern, southwestern and southern Grande Terre and Lifou/Loyalty Islands)
Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837)
Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell, 1830) (Synonyms: Gobius caledonicus Sauvage, 1880; Gobius filamento-
sus Sauvage, 1883, both originally described from New Caledonia)
Bryaninops loki Larson, 1985
Bryaninops natans Larson, 1985
Bryaninops yongei (Davis & Cohen, 1968)
Cabillus tongarevae (Fowler, 1927)
Callogobius hasseltii (Bleeker, 1851)
Callogobius maculipinnis (Fowler, 1918) (Synonyms: Callogobius irrasus;Intosagobius kuderi Herre, 1943)
Callogobius sclateri (Steindachner, 1880)
Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair & Günther, 1867)
Cryptocentrus leptocephalus Bleeker, 1876 (Reported from New Caledonia by several authors including
Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 409] under the name Cryptocentrus lutheri; new record from
New Caledonia, also based on SMNS 21552 from southern Grande Terre)
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Cryptocentrus strigilliceps (Jordan & Seale, 1906)
Ctenogobiops aurocingulus (Herre, 1935)
Ctenogobiops feroculus Lubbock & Polunin, 1977
Ctenogobiops pomastictus Lubbock & Polunin, 1977
Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus (Bleeker, 1860)
Eviota afelei Jordan & Seale, 1906
Eviota albolineata Jewett & Lachner, 1983
Eviota cometa Jewett & Lachner, 1983
Eviota distigma Jordan & Seale, 1906 (Reported by Whitley [1961: 64] under the name Eviota abax)
Eviota fasciola Karnella & Lachner, 1981
Eviota herrei Jordan & Seale, 1906 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 18327
from southeastern Grande Terre)
Eviota hoesei Gill & Jewett, 2004
Eviota latifasciata Jewett & Lachner, 1983
Eviota melasma Lachner & Karnella, 1980
Eviota monostigma Fourmanoir, 1971
Eviota nebulosa Smith, 1958
Eviota nigriventris Giltay, 1933
Eviota pellucida Larson, 1976
Eviota prasina (Klunzinger, 1871)
Eviota prasites Jordan & Seale, 1906
Eviota pseudostigma Lachner & Karnella, 1980
Eviota punctulata Jewett & Lachner, 1983 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS material
from southern Grande Terre and Maré/Loyalty Islands)
Eviota queenslandica Whitley, 1932 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS material from
northern Grande Terre and Lifou/Loyalty Islands)
Eviota sebreei Jordan & Seale, 1906
Eviota smaragdus Jordan & Seale, 1906
Eviota sparsa Jewett & Lachner, 1983
Eviota zebrina Lachner & Karnella, 1978
Eviota zonura Jordan & Seale, 1906
Exyrias belissimus (Smith, 1959) (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute & Grandperrin
[2000: 417] under the name ‘Gobiidae indéterminé 1’)
Exyrias puntang (Bleeker, 1851) (Synonym: Gobius canalae Sauvage, 1881)
Favonigobius reichei (Bleeker, 1853)
Fusigobius duospilus Hoese & Reader, 1985
Fusigobius gracilis (Randall, 2001)
Fusigobius humeralis (Randall, 2001)
Fusigobius longispinus Goren, 1978 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 22888
from Ile des Pins)
Fusigobius maximus (Randall, 2001)
Fusigobius neophytus (Günther, 1877)
Fusigobius pallidus (Randall, 2001)
Fusigobius signipinnis Hoese & Obika, 1988
Glossogobius sp. (An undescribed species which was reported by several authors under the name
Glossogobius celebius)
Glossogobius biocellatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837)
Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton Buchanan, 1822)
Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker, 1851)
Gnatholepis cauerensis cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853) (Synonym: Gnatholepis scapulostigma)
Gobiodon acicularis Harold & Winterbottom, 1995 (New record from New Caledonia based on
SMNS 23914 from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Gobiodon axillaris DeVis, 1884 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS material from
Grande Terre and Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Gobiodon brochus Harold & Winterbottom, 1999
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Gobiodon citrinus (Rüppell, 1838)
Gobiodon multilineatus Wu, 1979
Gobiodon okinawae Sawada, Arai & Abe, 1972
Gobiodon quinquestrigatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837)
Gobiodon rivulatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Gobiopsis malekulae (Herre, 1935) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 23692 from
Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Hetereleotris sp. (Undescribed species; record based on SMNS material from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Istigobius decoratus (Herre, 1927) (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute & Grandperrin
[2000: 417] under the name 'Gobiidae indéterminé 6')
Istigobius nigroocellatus (Günther, 1873) (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute &
Grandperrin [2000: 412] under the name Istigobius sp.)
Istigobius ornatus (Rüppell, 1830)
Istigobius rigilius (Herre, 1953)
Istigobius spence (Smith, 1947) (Synonym: Acentrogobius aestuarius Smith, 1959)
Koumansetta rainfordi (Whitley, 1940)
Lubricogobius exiguus Tanaka, 1915
Lubricogobius ornatus Fourmanoir, 1966
Macrodontogobius wilburi Herre, 1936
Mahidolia mystacina (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) (Synonym: Mahidolia duque Smith,
1947)
Mugilogobius mertoni (Weber, 1911)
Mugilogobius notospilus (Günther, 1877) (Synonym: Mugilogobius duospilus)
Oplopomus caninoides (Bleeker, 1852)
Oplopomus oplopomus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837)
Oxyurichthys papuensis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) (Reported from New
Caledonia by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 413] under the name Oxyurichthys sp.)
Oxyurichthys tentacularis (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837)
Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell, 1828)
Paragobiodon lacunicolus (Kendall & Goldsborough, 1911)
Paragobiodon melanosomus (Bleeker, 1852)
Paragobiodon modestus (Regan, 1908) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS
material from northern and southern Grande Terre, and Maré and Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Paragobiodon xanthosomus (Bleeker, 1852)
Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837 (Synonym:
Periophthalmus vulgaris Eggert, 1935)
Pleurosicya bilobata (Koumans, 1941) (Synonym: Pleurosicya taisnei Plessis & Fourmanoir, 1966)
Pleurosicya coerulea Larson, 1990
Pleurosicya micheli Fourmanoir, 1971
Pleurosicya mossambica Smith, 1959
Priolepis cincta (Regan, 1908) (Synonym: Priolepis naraharae; reported from New Caledonia by some
authors including Plessis & Fourmanoir [1966: 139] under the name Quisquilius eugenius)
Priolepis compita Winterbottom, 1985
Priolepis fallacincta Winterbottom & Burridge, 1992
Priolepis inhaca (Smith, 1949) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 21677 from
Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Priolepis kappa Winterbottom & Burridge, 1992
Priolepis semidoliata (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837)
Priolepis squamogena Winterbottom & Burridge, 1989 (New record from New Caledonia based
on SMNS 22934 from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Stonogobiops yasha Yoshino & Shimada, 2001 (Reported by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 414]
under the name Stonogobiops sp.)
Sueviota lachneri Winterbottom & Hoese, 1988
Tomiyamichthys sp. (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 417] under
the name 'Gobiidae indéterminé 5')
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Trimma sp. (Undescribed species; previously reported by several authors under the name Trimma naudei)
Trimma benjamini Winterbottom, 1996
Trimma caesiura Jordan & Seale, 1906
Trimma emeryi Winterbottom, 1985 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS material
from Ile des Pins and Chesterfield Islands)
Trimma milta Winterbottom, 2002 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS material
from Chesterfield Islands and Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Trimma okinawae (Aoyagi, 1949)
Trimma striata (Herre, 1945) (Synonym: Zonogobius capostriatus Goren, 1981)
Trimma taylori Lobel, 1979
Trimma tevegae Cohen & Davis, 1969
Trimma unisquamis (Gosline, 1959)
Trimmatom eviotops (Schultz, 1943) (Synonym: Eviota corneliae Fricke, 1998)
Trimmatom nanus Winterbottom & Emery, 1981
Valenciennea decora Hoese & Larson, 1994
Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker, 1858)
Valenciennea limicola Hoese & Larson, 1994
Valenciennea longipinnis (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
Valenciennea parva Hoese & Larson, 1994
Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama, 1955)
Valenciennea randalli Hoese & Larson, 1994
Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet, 1782)
Valenciennea wardii (Playfair, 1866)
Vanderhorstia sp. 1 (Undescribed species; Blackblotched shrimp goby; reported by several authors
under the name Vanderhorstia ornatissima)
Vanderhorstia sp. 2 (Undescribed species; Halfstreaked shrimp goby; reported from New Caledonia by
Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 418] under the name 'Gobiidae indéterminé 10')
Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir, 1957)
Yongeichthys criniger (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) (Reported from New Caledonia by
Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 418] under the name 'Gobiidae indéterminé 12')
Yongeichthys nebulosus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Yongeichthys pavidus (Smith, 1959)
MICRODESMIDAE
Gunnellichthys curiosus Dawson, 1968
Gunnelichthys monostigma Smith, 1958
Gunnellichthys pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1858 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS
21546 from southern Grande Terre)
Gunnellichthys viridescens Dawson, 1968
PTERELEOTRIDAE
Nemateleotris decora Randall & Allen, 1973
Nemateleotris helfrichi Randall & Allen, 1973
Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler, 1938
Parioglossus dotui Tomiyama, 1958
Parioglossus neocaledonicus Dingerkus & Séret, 1992
Parioglossus philippinus (Here, 1945) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS material
from southern Grande Terre and Lifou/Loyalty Islands)
Parioglossus nudus Rennis & Hoese, 1985 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 21674
from Lifou/Loyalty Islands)
Parioglossus rainfordi McCulloch, 1921
Ptereleotris evides (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925)
Ptereleotris hanae (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)
Ptereleotris heteroptera (Bleeker, 1855)
Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker, 1856)
Ptereleotris monoptera Randall & Hoese, 1985
Ptereleotris zebra Fowler, 1938
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EPHIPPIDAE
Platax orbicularis (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Platax teira (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
SCATOPHAGIDAE
Scatophagus argus (Linné, 1766)
Scatophagus tetracanthus (Lacepède, 1801)
Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson, 1846)
SIGANIDAE
Siganus argenteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Siganus corallinus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835)
Siganus doliatus Guérin-Méneville, 1829-1838
Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782) (Synonym: Siganus nebulosus; reported from New Caledonia by
several authors under the names Siganus oramin or Siganus canaliculatus, and by Laboute &
Grandperrin [2000: 443] as Siganus sp.)
Siganus lineatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835)
Siganus puellus (Schlegel, 1852)
Siganus punctatus (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Siganus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Siganus uspi Gawel & Woodland, 1974
Siganus vermiculatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835)
Siganus vulpinus (Schlegel & Müller, 1844)
Siganus woodlandi Randall & Kulbicki, 2005 (This species has been misidentified by authors as
Siganus argenteus [non Quoy & Gaimard, 1825])
ZANCLIDAE
Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
ACANTHURIDAE
Acanthurus achilles Shaw, 1803
Acanthurus albipectoralis Allen & Ayling, 1987
Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835
Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835
Acanthurus grammoptilus Richardson 1843 (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS
22986 from southern Grande Terre)
Acanthurus guttatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Acanthurus leucopareius (Jenkins, 1903)
Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acanthurus mata (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) (Synonym: Acanthurus bleekeri)
Acanthurus nigricans (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym: Acanthurus aliala Lesson, 1831; reported from
New Caledonia by several authors under the name Acanthurus gahm).
Acanthurus nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929
Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Acanthurus nigroris (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835) (New record from New
Caledonia based on SMNS 19367 from the barrier reef off southern Grande-Terre)
Acanthurus nubilus (Fowler & Bean, 1929)
Acanthurus olivaceus Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Acanthurus pyroferus Kittlitz, 1834 (Synonym: Acanthurus celebicus Bleeker, 1852)
Acanthurus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923)
Acanthurus triostegus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835 (Synonym: Acanthurus
fuliginosus Lesson, 1831)
Ctenochaetus binotatus Randall, 1955
Ctenochaetus cyanocheilus Randall & Clements, 2001 (Reported by various authors under the
name Ctenochaetus strigosus)
Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Naso annulatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Naso brachycentron (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835)
Naso brevirostris (Cuvier, 1829) rnfish
Naso caesius Randall & Bell, 1992
Naso fageni Morrow, 1954 (doubtful record from New Caledonia by Randall [2002: 81])
Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) (Synonyms: Naso vomer;Naso thorpei)
Naso lituratus (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Naso lopezi Herre, 1927
Naso maculatus Randall & Struhsaker, 1981
Naso tonganus (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835) (Reported by various authors under the
name Naso tuberosus)
Naso unicornis (Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775)
Naso vlamingii (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1835)
Paracanthurus hepatus (Linné, 1766)
Prionurus maculatus Ogilby, 1887
Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829)
Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch, 1797) (Synonym: Zebrasoma veliferum novacaledoniae Borodin, 1932;
reported by Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 210] and other authors under the name Zebrasoma
desjardinii)
SPHYRAENIDAE
A record of Sphyraena waitii Ogilby, 1908 by several authors (under the name S. waittei) needs verification.
Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792)
Sphyraena flavicauda Rüppell, 1838
Sphyraena forsteri (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) (Synonym: Sphyraena toxeuma Fowler,
1904; reported from New Caledonia by authors under the name Sphyraena japonica, and by
Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 337] as Sphyraena sp. 2)
Sphyraena helleri Jenkins, 1901 (Reported from New Caledonia by authors under the name
Sphyraena acutipinnis and Sphyraena novaehollandiae)
Sphyraena jello Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 (Reported from New Caledonia by
Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 337] under the name Sphyraena sp. 1)
Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 (Reported from New Caledonia by
Fourmanoir & Laboute [1976: 185] under the name Sphyraena chrysotaenia)
Sphyraena putnamae Jordan & Seale, 1905 (Synonym: Sphyraena bleekeri Williams, 1959)
Sphyraena qenie Klunzinger, 1870
GEMPYLIDAE
Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829
Prometichthys prometheus (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831)
Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1829
TRICHIURIDAE
Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 (Synonym: Trichiurus haumela)
SCOMBRIDAE
Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831)
Auxis thazard (Lacepède, 1801)
Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1849)
Grammatorcynus bicarinatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Grammatorcynus bilineatus (Rüppell, 1836)
Gymnosarda unicolor (Rüppell, 1838)
Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1829)
Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède, 1802)
Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839)
NOMEIDAE
Psenes cyanophrys Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833
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CAPROIDAE
Antigonia capros Lowe, 1843
PARALICHTHIDAE
Pseudorhombus arsius (Hamilton Buchanan, 1822)
BOTHIDAE
Arnoglossus dalgleishi (Bonde, 1922) (New record from New Caledonia, based on SMNS 23571 from
Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Arnoglossus japonicus Hubbs, 1915
Arnoglossus macrolophus (Alcock, 1899)
Arnoglossus polyspilus (Günther, 1880)
Arnoglossus tenuis Günther, 1880
Asterorhombus annulatus (Weber, 1913)
Asterorhombus fijiensis (Norman, 1931)
Asterorhombus filifer Hensley & Randall, 2003
Asterorhombus intermedius (Bleeker, 1866)
Bothus mancus (Broussonet, 1782) (Synonym: Pleuronectes lunulatus Jouan, 1861)
Bothus pantherinus (Rüppell, 1830)
Engyprosopon bellonaensis Amaoka, Mihara & Rivaton, 1993
Engyprosopon grandisquamum (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Engyprosopon hureaui Quéro & Golani, 1990
Engyprosopon longipterum Amaoka, Mihara & Rivaton, 1993
Engyprosopon macrolepis (Regan, 1908)
Engyprosopon maldivensis (Regan, 1908)
Engyprosopon rostratum Amaoka, Mihara & Rivaton, 1993
Engyprosopon septempes Amaoka, Mihara & Rivaton, 1993 (The species has been reported from the
Chesterfield Islands under the names Engyprosopon longipelvis or Engyprosopon latifrons)
Grammatobothus pennatus Ogilby, 1913
Grammatobothus polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1866)
SAMARIDAE
Samaris cristatus Gray, 1831
Samaris macrolepis Norman, 1927
Samaris spinea Mihara & Amaoka, 2004
Samariscus latus Matsubara & Takamuri, 1951
Samariscus triocellatus Woods in Schultz, Woods & Lachner, 1966
SOLEIDAE
Aesopia cornuta (Kaup, 1858)
Aseraggodes magnoculus Randall, 2005
Aseraggodes melanostictus (Peters, 1877) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS 23790
from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Aseraggodes ramsayi (Ogilby, 1889)
Aseraggodes whitakeri Woods in Schultz et al., 1966
Pardachirus pavoninus (Lacepède, 1802)
Soleichthys heterorhinos (Bleeker, 1856)
Zebrias japonica (Bleeker, 1860)
CYNOGLOSSIDAE
Cynoglossus interruptus Günther, 1880
BALISTIDAE
A record of Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1829) by Rivaton et al. (1989: 26) needs verification.
Abalistes stellatus (Anonymus [ex Commerson, ex Lacepède], 1798)
Balistapus undulatus (Mungo Park, 1797)
Balistoides conspicillum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Canthidermis maculatus (Bloch, 1786)
Melichthys vidua (Solander, 1844)
Odonus niger (Rüppell, 1836) (Synonym: Balistes erythrodon Günther, 1870)
Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rhinecanthus lunula Randall & Steene, 1983
Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Rhinecanthus verrucosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sufflamen bursa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Sufflamen chrysopterum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Sufflamen fraenatum (Latreille, 1804) (Synonym: Sufflamen capistratus)
Xanthichthys auromarginatus (Bennett, 1831) (Reported by several authors under the name Xanthichthys
ringens or Balistes ringens)
MONACANTHIDAE
Acreichthys radiatus (Popta, 1900)
Acreichthys tomentosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reported from New Caledonia by Laboute &
Grandperrin [2000: 461] under the name 'Monacanthidae indéterminé 1')
Aluteres monoceros (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aluteres scriptus (Osbeck, 1765)
Amanses scopas (Cuvier, 1829)
Brachaluteres jacksonianus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Brachaluteres taylori Woods in Schultz, Woods & Lachner, 1966
Cantherhines dumerilii (Hollard, 1854)
Cantherhines fronticinctus (Günther in Playfair & Günther, 1867)
Cantherhines pardalis (Rüppell, 1835)
Kentrocapros flavofasciatus (Kamohara, 1938)
Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Paraluteres prionurus (Bleeker, 1851)
Paramonacanthus curtorhynchos (Bleeker, 1855) (Reported by several authors under the name
Paramonacanthus japonicus, and by Laboute & Grandperrin [2000: 461] under the name
'Monacanthidae indéterminé 2')
Paramonacanthus lowei Hutchins, 1997
Pervagor alternans (Ogilby, 1889)
Pervagor aspricaudus (Hollard, 1854)
Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854)
Pervagor melanocephalus (Bleeker, 1853)
Pseudalutarius nasicornis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Thamnaconus modestoides (Barnard, 1927)
OSTRACIIDAE
Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lactoria diaphana (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846)
Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 (Synonym: Ostracion tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758)
Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796
Tetrosomus concatenatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Tetrosomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
TRIODONTIDAE
Triodon macropterus Lesson in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829
TETRAODONTIDAE
Arothron alboreticulatus (Tanaka, 1908)
Arothron caeruleopunctatus Matsura, 1994
Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Arothron manilensis (Marion de Procé, 1822)
Arothron mappa (Lesson, 1830)
Arothron meleagris (Lacepède, 1798)
Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
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Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1865) (New record from New Caledonia based on SMNS
23610 from Lifou, Loyalty Islands)
Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854)
Canthigaster compressa (Marion de Procé, 1822)
Canthigaster coronata (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)
Canthigaster epilampra (Jenkins, 1903)
Canthigaster janthinoptera (Bleeker, 1855)
Canthigaster ocellicincta Allen & Randall, 1977
Canthigaster papua (Bleeker, 1848)
Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850)
Canthigaster solandri (Richardson, 1844)
Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)
Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton Buchanan, 1822) (New record from New Caledonia based on AMS
IB.7080 from southern Grande Terre; specimen identified by G. Hardy)
Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789)
Sphoeroides pachygaster (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
Torquigener brevipinnis (Regan, 1902)
Torquigener hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852)
Torquigener pallimaculatus Hardy, 1983
Torquigener tuberculiferus (Ogilby, 1912)
Tylerinus spinosissimus (Regan, 1908)
DIODONTIDAE
Cyclichthys spilostylus (Leis & Randall, 1982)
Cyclichthys orbicularis (Bloch, 1785)
Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758
Diodon hystrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804
Lophodiodon calori (Bianconi, 1855)
MOLIDAE
Masturus lanceolatus (Liénard, 1841)
Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mola ramsayi (Giglioli, 1883)
Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776)
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Acanthurus olivaceus
Caesio cuning
Chaetodon baronessa
Oxycheilinus bimaculatus
Gymnothorax nudivomer
Lethrinus miniatus
Manta birostris
Lutjanus adetii
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Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
Paracirrhites forsteri
Pomacanthus semicirculatus
Scarus rubroviolaceus
Stegostoma fasciatus
Sargocentron rubrum
Parupeneus indicus
Oxymonacanthus longirostris
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