AN UPDATED CHECKLIST OF THE MARINE FISH FAUNA OF REUNION ISLAND, SOUTH-WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN by Yves LETOURNEUR (1, 2), Pascale CHABANET (2), Patrick DURVILLE (2), Marc TAQUET (3), Emmanuel TEISSIER (2, 4), Maurice PARMENTIER (2), Jean-Claude QUÉRO (5) & Karine POTHIN (2, 6) ABSTRACT. - The ichthyofauna of Reunion Island, Southwestern Indian Ocean, was sampled during several ecological and artisanal fisheries studies. Information from these investigations and from other sources were included to compile the present checklist of the marine fishes of the island. A total of 885 species belonging to 150 families was recorded. Nine species are known only from Reunion, indicating endemism of about 1.0%. The most speciose families (Labridae, Gobiidae, Serranidae, and Pomacentridae) were also among the most speciose at the neighbouring Mauritius Island (except gobiids), and, generally, on other islands in the Indian Ocean area (Maldives, Chagos, Madagascar and Christmas Island). The Gobiidae only represented 5.4% of the ichthyofauna, which was similar to the ratio for Aqaba (Red Sea), contrasting with 8.0% recorded for the Maldives, 13.0% at Chagos or other higher percentages recorded in the Pacific Ocean. The Apogonidae and Scaridae are relatively poorly diversified at Reunion, also in contrast with the Maldives, Madagascar, Chagos, Aqaba (Red Sea) and certain Pacific areas. The recent geological origins of Reunion Island and the low diversity of its marine biotopes are probably the most significant factors explaining both the total species richness and species richness of some major families. RÉSUMÉ. - Liste réactualisée des espèces de l’ichtyofaune marine de l’île de La Réunion, océan Indien occidental. L’ichtyofaune de l’île de La Réunion a été étudiée au cours de plusieurs travaux portant sur l’écologie des poissons et sur les pêcheries artisanales. Les informations issues de ces études, ainsi que d’autres sources, ont été compilées dans la présente liste des poissons marins de l’île. Un total de 885 espèces appartenant à 150 familles est recensé. Neuf espèces ne sont connues que de La Réunion, indiquant un endémisme proche de 1,0%. Les familles les plus diversifiées (Labridae, Gobiidae, Serranidae et Pomacentridae) sont aussi parmi les plus diversifiées à l’île Maurice voisine (à l’exception des Gobiidae), ainsi que dans d’autres îles de l’océan Indien (Maldives, Chagos, Madagascar et Christmas). Les Gobiidae ne représentent que 5,4% de l’ichtyofaune totale, ce qui est semblable à ce qui est connu à Aqaba (mer Rouge), mais contraste avec les 8,0% trouvés aux Maldives, les 13,0% trouvés aux Chagos ou d’autres pourcentages élevés dans l’océan Pacifique. Les Apogonidae et les Scaridae sont relativement peu diversifiés à La Réunion, ce qui contraste également avec ce qui est connu des Maldives, Madagascar, Chagos, la mer Rouge et certaines régions de l’océan Pacifique. Le jeune âge géologique de l’île et la faible diversité de ses biotopes marins pourraient être parmi les facteurs les plus importants pouvant expliquer la faible richesse spécifique totale et la richesse spécifique de certaines familles. Key words. - Marine Ichthyofauna - ISW - Reunion Island - Checklist - Biogeography. From the late 18th century on, fish specimens from Reunion were collected and sent to Paris (MNHN), where they were studied mainly by Lacepède (1798-1803) and by Cuvier and Valenciennes (1828-1850). Until 1849, the Mascarenes (off the coast of South Africa) were the Indian Ocean areas best known to ichthyologists. The first attempts to provide checklists were those by Guichenot (1863, Reunion), Playfair and Günther (1866, Mauritius and Reunion), Bleeker (1874, Reunion), and Sauvage (1891, Reunion). After the invention of Scuba-diving in the 1950s, much additional shorefish material from the Indo-Pacific was collected. The examination of the material resulted in numerous revisional studies (Fourmanoir and Guézé, 1961a, 1961b, 1962a, 1962b, 1963, 1967). As a result, numerous misidentifications from earlier checklists of species were noted. There were also duplications of names because earlier authors did not know much about biology, sexual dimorphism and young stages of fishes. Recent sample collection at Reunion has provided numerous new records, and new species of marine fishes, resulting in an annotated checklist, which also included fishes from the two other islands of the Mascarenes Archipelago (Mauritius and Rodrigues) (Fricke, 1999). Since then, several new species have been identified (1) Centre d’Océanologie de Marseille, Université de la Méditerranée, UMR CNRS 6540, Campus universitaire de Luminy, Case 901, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, FRANCE. [letourneur@com.univ-mrs.fr] (2) Laboratoire d’Écologie marine, Université de La Réunion, Avenue René Cassin, 97715 Saint-Denis Messag. cedex 9, La Réunion, FRANCE. (3) Délégation IFREMER de La Réunion, Rue de la Glacière, 97420 Le Port, La Réunion, FRANCE. (4) CRPMEM de La Réunion, 47 rue Evariste de Parny, B.P. 295, 97827 Le Port cedex, La Réunion, FRANCE. (5) Muséum d’Histoire naturelle, 28 rue Albert 1er, 17000 La Rochelle, FRANCE. (6) ARVAM, 14 rue du Stade de l’Est, 97490 Ste-Clotilde, La Réunion, FRANCE. Cybium 2004, 28(3): 199-216. An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island from Reunion Island mainly as the result of new studies on coral reef fish recruitment and settlement (Durville, 2002; Durville et al., 2002; Pothin, unpubl. data), specimens caught in deep waters (Teissier and Taquet, unpubl. data), and specimens caught by local fishermen or on isolated occasions (Pothin, unpubl. data). In addition, there is a local and regional need for a synthesis of information specific to the island, which avoids the earlier duplications and/or misidentifications in lists made from Museum specimens, as could be found in the annotated checklist of Fricke (1999). Most tropical marine biotopes are under threat on a global scale (Wilkinson, 2000, 2002; Khalaf and Kochzius, 2002), and environmental managers need information on reef organisms for various purposes, such as conservation, proper management and patrimony richness assessment. Therefore, an updated checklist of the fishes of Reunion Island is provided in the present paper, with a brief account of general aspects of shore fish biogeography. MATERIALS AND METHODS Study area Reunion is a relatively isolated island located in the Southwestern Indian Ocean (21°07’S and 55°32’E), about 800 km east of Madagascar. Along with Mauritius and Rodrigues Islands, it constitutes the Mascarene Archipelago (Fig. 1). The island’s surface area is 2512 km2; its greatest length is 70 km. Reunion is a relatively recently emerged volcanic island (< 5 million years), and the Piton de la Fournaise volcano is still active. The island has very rugged topography (its highest point, the Piton des Neiges, is 3069 m), precipitous coasts and a very narrow insular shelf (< 5 km width). These conditions are mainly responsible for the poor development of Reunion coral-reef formations: 12 km2 compared to about 200 km2 for Rodrigues and 300 km2 for Mauritius (Montaggioni and Faure, 1980). Fringing coral reefs, 25 km in total length, are located along the dry West and Southwest coasts of the island, where they form a discontinuous reef belt (Fig. 1). Most of the studies on fish were conducted on coral reefs (Letourneur, 1991, 1992a, 1992b, 1996a, 1996b; Letourneur et al., 1993; Letourneur and Chabanet, 1994; Chabanet, 1994; Chabanet and Letourneur, 1995; Chabanet et al., 1995; Durville et al., 2002). The total shoreline of the island is about 215 km long. Apart from the coral reefs, the major biotopes are basaltic rocky coasts, approximately 100 km long, and sandy basaltic coasts mixed with small basaltic blocks, which are approximately 90 km in length (Fig. 1). Two seasons can be distinguished on Reunion Island: a hot wet season from November to April (austral summer), and a cooler dry season from May to October (winter). Reunion coasts are exposed to strong hydrodynamic conditions, mainly due to the Southeast trade winds (Gabrié and Montaggioni, 200 LETOURNEUR ET AL. 1982). Located on the leeward coast of the island, the reefs are protected from the direct action of the trade winds, which, however, generate rough or choppy seas along this coast. Moreover, the Reunion coasts, especially towards the South end of the island, are often exposed to a strong oceanic swell generated by polar depressions. During the austral summer, hurricanes cause very heavy swells. Tides are semi-diurnal and the maximum range during spring tides is about 0.8 m. On the reefs, the tidal phenomenon may be masked by meteorological factors, such as wind direction, atmospheric pressure and/or strong wave action. Sources of data Data were obtained using different methods. Visual censuses were used for studies on coral reef fishes. In addition, rotenone poisoning was carried out on the reef flat of SaintGilles / La Saline (Letourneur, 1992a). Surveys of artisanal fisheries mainly involved catches by members of IFREMER in collaboration with local fishermen. This involved handline fishing at depths ranging from 5 to 300 m. Species were also photographed in situ, mainly as a complement to underwater visual censuses. The R/V ‘Marion Dufresne’ used Figure 1. - Location of Reunion Island in the SW Indian Ocean, and distribution of the main biotopes around the island. Cybium 2004, 28(3) LETOURNEUR ET AL. dredges and beam trawls at depths ranging from 20 to 4220 m (Quéro et al., 1989a, 1989b). During recent works by Fricke (1999) on blennioid and gobioid fishes, species were mostly collected in shallow waters of the lagoon, back reefs, reef crest and tidal pools at St-Gilles (Les Filaos), StLeu and in the vicinity of St-Pierre (Grande-Anse), and in the upper 5 m of the rocky SE coast of the island at Anseaux-Cascades, using rotenone and hand nets. Published literature on the fishes of Reunion was also surveyed, including previous checklists and all relevant generic or family revisions of Indo-Pacific fishes, especially the studies by Fourmanoir and Guézé (1961a, 1961b, 1962a, 1962b, 1963, 1967), Smith and Heemstra (1986) and the series IndoPacific fishes (Randall, 1982-1996). In addition, some new records by Durville and Teissier (1999) were added. The aim of this work is to synthesize existing data. Much of the original data is dispersed and usually available (when published) in documents of limited distribution. These mainly include results from Ph.D. theses which focused on coralreef fishes (Letourneur, 1992a; Chabanet, 1994; Durville, 2002; Pothin, in prep.), surveys of artisanal fisheries (Biais and Taquet, 1989, 1992; Taquet and Teissier, unpubl. data), a review of SW Indian Ocean serranids (Taquet and Diringer, 1992), and results from an experimental deep-fishing cruise by the R/V ‘Marion Dufresne’ (Quéro et al., 1989a, 1989b; Quéro and Maugé, 1989; Nielsen and Quéro, 1991; Saldanha and Quéro, 1994; Quéro and Saldanha, 1995; Quéro, 1997). In September/October 1995 and December 1998/January 1999, Fricke (1999) made a sample collecting expedition to the Mascarenes, concentrating on blennioid and gobioid fishes. Other ecological studies (Harmelin-Vivien, 1976; Delacroix, 1985; Bigot et al., 1994; Letourneur, 1998; Ribes-Beaudemoulin et al., 2002) are also considered, including some unpublished data and numerous field observations made by the authors. The families are arranged following Eschmeyer (1998), and the genera and species are presented alphabetically within each family. The list also includes a few brackish species (Anguillidae, some Gobiidae) because they regularly move between the sea and rivers, but excluded introduced freshwater fish (e.g., 9 species belonging to 5 families, see Fricke, 1999). Species from this checklist were all caught or seen by local fishermen or by the authors at sea, or were taken from studies carried out on Museum collections (Fricke, 1999): Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Muséum d’Histoire naturelle, Saint-Denis, Reunion (MHNSD); Laboratoire d’Écologie marine de l’Université de La Réunion, Saint-Denis, La Réunion (LEMUR); J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa (RUSI); Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart, Germany (SMNS); and Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt/Main, Germany (SMF). Cybium 2004, 28(3) An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island RESULTS A total of 885 species (known) belonging to 150 families constitutes the ichthyofauna of Reunion Island (see list in the Appendix). The composition of this list is weighed in favor of the shallow-water species, which were sampled more thoroughly than those in other habitats. The shore species from coral reefs, rocky coasts and soft-bottom represented, respectively, about 66.0% (including about 6.1% which were found only on coral reef flats), 36.2% and 12.0% of the species (Appendix). The percentage of pelagic species is about 11.2%, deep demersal 10.6%, whereas backrishestuarine species represented only 5.1% of the ichthyofauna. Currently, nine identified species are so far known only from Reunion Island: Channomuraena bauchotae, Gorgosia klausewitzi, Neobythites multistriatus, Parupeneus posteli, Upeneus mascariensis, Mimoblennius lineathorax, Cotylo pus acutipinnis, Oxyurichthys guibei, Pardachirus diringeri and Soleichthys tubifera. These data suggest an endemism of about 1.0%. However, some of the supposed endemic species may occur at Mauritius, considering the relatively short distance (minimum shelf distance of about 180 km) between the two islands. The most diversified families are the Labridae, Gobiidae, Serranidae, and Pomacentridae (Tab. I). Seven other families contained at least 20 species, and twelve have a diversity ranging from 10 to 19 species. About one-third of families (e.g., 58 families) are represented by a single species. For some families, species diversity is low compared with that of other areas in the Indian and/or Pacific oceans (Tab. II). Except at Mauritius, the Apogonidae are well represented elsewhere. Similar trends are found for the Scaridae and Gobiidae, although the latter are particularly poorly represented in Mauritius. The Scaridae is the seventh most important shore fish family in the Red Sea, with 4.1% of the total ichthyofauna (Khalaf and Kochzius, 2002; Kochzius, pers. com.). The percentage of Serranidae in the ichthyofauna of Reunion is similar to that of other areas, but Anthiinae are scarce at Reunion, compared with Pacific Ocean localities (Kulbicki and Rivaton, 1997). However, Serranidae represented only 3.2% of the ichthyofauna in Rodrigues (Fricke, 1999). A comparison between the ichthyofauna of Reunion Island and the ichthyofauna of nearby areas (Tab. II) indicates strong similarities in the order of importance of fish families. The four most important Reunion fish families, i.e. Labridae, Gobiidae, Serranidae, and Pomacentridae are among the most important at Mauritius (except for the Gobiidae), Madagascar, Christmas Island, Chagos Archipelago and Maldives (the Gobiidae dominate at the two latter localities), and also from the Seychelles (Smith and Smith, 1963) and the Red Sea (Khalaf and Kochzius, 2002; Kochzius, pers. com.). The Carangidae are relatively poorly diversified 201 An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island Table I. - Major families of Reunion marine fishes, presented in a decreasing order of importance of number of species. in most areas, except at Reunion in the Indian Ocean and both Fiji and Japan in the Pacific (Tab. II). Our work indicated that a total of 33 species were new records for Reunion Island (Tab. III). Most of these species were already known from the neighbouring areas of Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles and/or South Africa, and two species had been introduced for aquaculture purposes and escaped into marine waters. The record of Uranoscopus sul phureus apparently represented a relatively large extension of its geographical range, as the closest areas from where the species is known (Red Sea, and north of East Africa) can be considered as far from Reunion Island. DISCUSSION Despite our incomplete knowledge of the overall Reunion marine ichthyofauna, we can consider that at least the shallow-water species are now relatively well known. 202 LETOURNEUR ET AL. The least known areas are soft-bottom areas, which are usually species poor in the Indo-Pacific. An important similarity was found with the ichthyofauna of the neighbouring island of Mauritius, and, to a lesser degree, with Rodrigues which apparently has a depauperate fish fauna (Fricke, 1999). This similarity is linked to the ability of the larval stages of most species to disperse across the short distance between the islands, even though Durville (2002) and Durville et al. (2002) evidenced a low larval flux onto coral reef flats, thus suggesting a relative ‘larval isolation’ of Reunion Island. The rate of endemism is difficult to estimate, but is likely to be very low (our first estimate indicated 1.0%). The concept of endemism should be used carefully, particularly for marine waters. The rate of endemism most often depends on the degree of knowledge of the ichthyofauna which may vary between areas, and within an area at different times (Randall, 1995; Robertson and Allen, 1996). Randall (1995) indicated that in the Hawaiian Archipelago (an area with one of the highest percentages of endemism), the endemism was estimated to be 34.0% in 1960 and to 24.3% in 1995. More recently, in an Indo-Pacific comparison, Kulbicki and Rivaton (1997) found an endemism of 20.2% in Hawaii. Randall (1992) noted that endemism is generally greatest in isolated subtropical islands. Our results contradict this view, probably because of the geologically recent origins of Reunion Island. Marine biotopes are also poorly diversified in Reunion probably as a result of the precipitous coasts and very narrow insular shelf. In addition, Reunion Island is not very isolated compared to the Hawaiian archipelago or some other islands from the Pacific Ocean (Marquesa archipelago, etc.). The presence of some species needs verification, and even could be considered ‘cautiously’ as doubtful in particular for large species and/or species easily recognizable underwater, such as Carcharhinus melanopterus, Aethalop erca rogaa, Plectropomus laevis, Plectorhinchus gaterinus, Scolopsis frenatus, Platax pinnatus, Pomacanthus semicir culatus and Amphiprion allardi. Despite our extensive Scuba-diving and fishing activity carried out over the last decade, we have never seen or caught any of these species. This most likely implies that these species, if really present in Reunion Island waters, have become very rare. It is unlikely that the Reunion ichthyofauna includes many more than 900-950 species. There are several possible explanations. Shallow waters, which usually support the highest fish diversity, were well investigated, except for softbottoms (a total of 1118 species was recorded for the whole Mascarene archipelago: Fricke, 1999). However, it is probable that the diversity of some cryptic families and/or families of small-size species was underestimated. On the other hand, the sampling effort on deep waters and oceanic waters was relatively low, and some samples obtained by the R/V ‘Marion Dufresne’ experimental cruise remain unstudied to Cybium 2004, 28(3) Indian Ocean Family Mauritius Rodrigues 8.0 3.2 5.6 4.0 3.0 2.4 2.4 2.9 2.3 2.6 2.2 1.9 1.7 2.0 1.9 1.4 2.3 991 6.1 3.5 3.2 3.8 2.9 1.1 1.4 2.9 2.6 2.6 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.4 1.4 0.9 2.9 254 Source Fricke, 1999 Fricke, 1999 7.1 8.0 6.6 5.0 3.4 2.1 4.3 3.2 3.1 3.6 2.3 2.9 1.9 3.9 2.0 1.0 2.6 899 11.2 9.0 4.3 7.4 4.5 0.7 6.7 3.3 2.2 3.8 2.7 4.0 3.1 4.3 2.0 1.4 2.5 552 10.7 6.5 6.5 7.7 4.7 2.3 5.6 4.5 1.9 4.7 2.6 2.9 2.3 3.8 1.9 1.2 2.3 573 Chagos Archipelago 8.2 14 6.0 4.9 3.2 1.9 5.3 3.8 2.6 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.1 4.3 1.2 1.4 2.7 773 Aqaba New Caledonia Chesterfield Islands Fiji Japan Carolines Islands 14.6 4.7 6.1 8.0 5.0 1.9 2.5 3.0 1.1 2.8 1.4 2.2 1.7 4.7 2.2 2.2 4.1 362 6.9 12.1 5.0 5.8 3.4 2.6 4.4 2.2 1.5 2.2 1.9 3.6 2.0 5.0 1.3 1.4 1.7 1487 10.8 7.2 3.7 7.5 3.0 1.7 3.0 3.8 1.4 3.4 2.8 3.3 3.0 6.8 1.6 1.7 3.0 702 6.7 11.3 5.0 5.2 4.5 3.1 3.9 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.0 2.7 2.1 5.6 1.5 1.6 1.9 1376 8.0 11.1 5.4 4.9 3.6 2.9 2.6 2.0 1.5 2.6 2.0 2.4 2.5 4.2 1.5 1.1 1.7 1743 7.9 10.8 5.1 7.8 4.8 2.0 3.9 3.4 1.8 3.3 2.2 2.1 2.4 4.8 1.3 1.0 2.9 1076 Randall and HarmelinAllen and Winterbottom Khalaf and Kulbicki and Kulbicki Sato, in prep. Randall et al., 1997 Anderson, Vivien, 1979 Steene, 1988 and Anderson, Kochzius, Rivaton, 1997 et al., 1994 1997 2002 1993 Myers, 1989 203 An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island Labridae Gobiidae Serranidae Pomacentridae Blenniidae Carangidae Muraenidae Acanthuridae Lutjanidae Chaetodontidae Holocentridae Scorpaenidae Balistidae Apogonidae Tetraodontidae Mullidae Scaridae TOTAL Pacific Ocean Red Sea Tuléar (SW Christmas Maldives Madagascar) Island LETOURNEUR ET AL. Cybium 2004, 28(3) Table II. - Major families of marine fishes found in other areas of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, expressed in percentage of total ichthyofauna. (order of families as in Table I). An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island LETOURNEUR ET AL. Table III. - New records of marine fishes from Reunion Island, with indications on geographical extension range and sources of information. 204 Cybium 2004, 28(3) LETOURNEUR ET AL. An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island Table III. - (Continued.) date (Quéro, unpubl. data). For example, numerous deepdwelling fish species of orders such as the Stomiiformes, Salmoniformes, Myctophiformes or Lophiiformes are widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific area (Smith and Heemstra, 1986), but their presence in Reunion waters is not yet confirmed. Finally, fish diversity and/or diversity of some families usually tends to increase with island size and age. These factors enhance substrate diversity and increase the development of wide reef structures (Harmelin-Vivien, 1989; Kulbicki and Rivaton, 1997). For example, large and developed coral reefs usually support higher fish species richness than small and patchy reefs, due to higher availability of microhabitats for fishes (Sale and Douglas, 1984; Letourneur et al., 1998). As Reunion Island is recent and has limited reef areas, it is unlikely that the current fish species richness on this island will significantly increase with future investigations, at least on shallow coral reefs and rocky bottoms. Although not comparable with what is known for the South-Western and Western equatorial parts of the Pacific Ocean, the fish species richness in Reunion Island is relatively high. Despite recent protective measures for coral reefs, the urbanisation of coastal zones, demographic pressure, tourism, natural disturbances (Letourneur et al., 1993; Naïm et al., 2004) and other human induced disturbances (Cuet et al., 1988; Cuet and Naïm, 1992; Ahamada et al., 2002; Chabanet et al., 2004), mean that the marine biotopes of the island are under growing pressure. Management both for conservation of marine organisms and their habitats and for a sustainable exploitation of fish resources is therefore needed. 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Townsville, Australia. WINTERBOTTOM R. & R.C. ANDERSON, 1997. - A revised checklist of the epipelagic and shore fishes of the Chagos archipelago, central Indian Ocean. Ichthyol. Bull., 66: 1-28. Reçu le 06 janvier 2003. Accepté pour publication le 06 novembre 2003. APPENDIX: CHECKLIST OF REUNION MARINE FISHES Codes of habitats where species were caught or observed: C = coral reefs, R = rocky coasts, S = soft-bottoms, P = pelagic or semipelagic, B = brackish or estuarine, and D = deep-bottoms. New records for Reunion Island were compared to Fricke (1999), and noted “+”. Species mentioned by Fricke (1999), but for which presence in Reunion waters was not verified by the authors for at least one decade are noted “*”. Lamnidae P Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) P Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810 Hexanchidae D Heptranchias perlo (Bonnaterre, 1788) + D Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) + D Hexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller, 1969 D Notorynchus cepedianus (Peron, 1807) Carcharhinidae C Carcharhinus albimarginatus (Rüppell, 1837) + C Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856) P Carcharhinus brevipinna (Müller & Henle, 1839) P Carcharhinus limbatus (Müller & Henle, 1839) P Carcharhinus longimanus (Poey, 1861) C* Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) P Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) C, R Carcharhinus sorrah (Müller & Henle, 1839) C Carcharhinus wheeleri Garrick, 1982 C, R Galeocerdo cuvier (Péron & LeSueur, 1822) P Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) C Triaenodon obesus (Rüppell, 1837) Centrophoridae D Centrophorus moluccencis Bleeker, 1860 + Rhincodontidae P Rhincodon typus (Smith, 1828) Ginglymostomatidae C, R, S Nebrius ferrugineus (Lesson, 1831) Cybium 2004, 28(3) Alopiidae P Alopias superciliosus (Lowe, 1840) P Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre, 1788) 207 LETOURNEUR ET AL. An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island Sphyrnidae P Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837) C, P Sphyrna sp. (cf. lewini and/or zygeana) + Dalatiidae D Centroscymnus crepidater (Bocage & Capello, 1864) D Euprotomicrus bispinatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Squalidae D Squalus asper Merrett, 1973 D Squalus megalops (Macleay, 1882) Pristidae S* Pristis microdon Latham, 1794 S* Pristis pectinata Latham, 1794 Torpedinidae S Torpedo fuscomaculata Peters, 1855 Rhinobatidae R Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forsskål, 1775) Dasyatidae S, C Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus, 1758) S Dasyatis thetidis Ogilby, 1899 P Dasyatis violacea (Bonaparte, 1832) + S Taeniura melanospilos Bleeker, 1853 S, C Taeniura meyeni Müller & Henle, 1841 Myliobatidae C, R Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) P Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792) P Myliobatis aquila (Linnaeus, 1758) Elopidae B* Elops machnata (Forsskål, 1775) Megalopidae B* Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) Albulidae B Albula glossodonta (Forsskål, 1775) Anguillidae B, P Anguilla bengalensis labiata (Peters, 1852) B, P Anguilla bicolor bicolor McClelland, 1845 B, P Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 B, P Anguilla mossambica (Peters, 1852) Moringuidae S Moringua ferruginea Bliss, 1883 S Moringua javanica (Kaup, 1856) Chlopsidae C, R Kaupichthys hyoproroides (Strömmann, 1896) Muraenidae C Anarchias seychellensis Smith, 1962 R Channomuraena bauchotae Saldanha & Quéro, 1994 + D Channomuraena bennettii (Günther, 1870) C Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789) C Echidna polyzona (Richardson, 1845) C Enchelycore bayeri (Schultz, 1953) C Enchelycore pardalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1842) C Enchelynassa canina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) + C Gymnomuraena zebra (Shaw, 1797) C Gymnothorax buroensis (Bleeker, 1857) 208 C Gymnothorax chilospilus Bleeker, 1865 D Gymnothorax elegans Bliss, 1883 C Gymnothorax enigmaticus McCosker & Randall, 1982 C Gymnothorax eurostus (Abbott, 1861) C Gymnothorax favagineus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 C, R Gymnothorax fimbriatus (Bennett, 1832) C, R Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1830) C Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859) C, R Gymnothorax johnsoni (Smith, 1962) C Gymnothorax margaritophorus Bleeker, 1865 C, R Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw, 1795) C Gymnothorax nudivomer (Günther, 1867) C Gymnothorax rueppelliae (McClelland, 1845) C, R Gymnothorax undulatus (Lacepède, 1803) C, R Gymnothorax zonipectis Seale, 1906 C, R Rhinomuraena quaesita Garman, 1888 C Scuticaria tigrina (Lesson, 1828) C, R Siderea grisea (Lacepède, 1803) C Siderea picta (Ahl, 1801) S Thyrsoidea macrura (Bleeker, 1854) C Uropterygius concolor Rüppell, 1838 C Uropterygius macrocephalus (Bleeker, 1865) C Uropterygius xanthopterus Bleeker, 1859 Synaphobranchidae D Meadia abyssalis (Kamohara, 1938) D Synaphobranchus affinis Günther, 1877 D Synaphobranchus brevidorsalis Günther, 1887 Ophichthidae S Apterichtus klazingai (Weber, 1913) S Brachysomophis crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833) + S Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay & Bennett, 1839) S Muraenichthys gymnotus Bleeker, 1857 S Muraenichthys laticaudatus (Ogilby, 1897) S, C Muraenichthys xorae Smith, 1958 S, C Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781) S, C Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier, 1816) S Ophichthus bonaparti (Kaup, 1856) S Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1865 S, B Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1848) S, B Yirrkala tenuis (Günther, 1870) Colocongridae D Coloconger raniceps Alcock, 1889 Congridae D Ariosoma mauritianum (Pappenheim, 1914) C Conger cinereus cinereus Rüppell, 1830 R Conger wilsoni (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) S Gorgasia klausewitzi Quéro & Saldanha, 1995 S Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeld, 1959) D Rhechias wallacei (Castle, 1968) Muraenesocidae S, B Muraenesox bagio (Hamilton, 1822) Nemichthyidae D Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömmann, 1896) Serrivomeridae D Serrivomer beanii Gill & Ryder, 1883 Nettastomatidae D Venefica proboscidea (Vaillant, 1888) Cybium 2004, 28(3) LETOURNEUR ET AL. Clupeidae P Amblygaster sirm (Walbaum, 1792) P Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Rüppell, 1837) P Herklotsichthys spilurus (Guichenot, 1863) P Sardinella jussieui (Lacepède, 1803) P Sardinella melanura (Cuvier, 1829) P Spratelloides delicatulus (Bennett, 1832) Engraulidae P Stolephorus commersonii Lacepède, 1803 P Thryssa baelama (Forsskål, 1775) Chanidae C Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775) Gonorynchidae D, S Gonorynchus gonorynchus (Linnaeus, 1766) Plotosidae C, R Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) Gonostomatidae D Cyclothone alba Brauer, 1906 D Cyclothone braueri Jespersen & Taning, 1926 D Cyclothone microdon (Günther, 1878) D Cyclothone pallida Brauer, 1902 Sternoptychidae D Argyropelecus aculeatus Valenciennes, 1850 Synodontidae C, R, S Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) S Saurida nebulosa Valenciennes, 1850 S, C Synodus binotatus Schultz, 1953 S Synodus dermatogenys Fowler, 1912 C, R, S Synodus variegatus (Lacepède, 1803) S Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801) Alepisauridae P Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833 Myctophidae P Symbolophorus rufinus (Tåning, 1928) Macrouridae D Caelorinchus acanthiger Barnard, 1925 Ophidiidae D Acanthonus armatus Günther, 1878 D Bassozetus glutinosus (Alcock, 1890) C, R Brotula multibarbata Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 D Holcomycteronus aequatoris (Smith & Radcliffe, 1913) D Neobythites multistriatus Nielsen & Quéro, 1991 Carapidae C Carapus homei (Richardson, 1846) R Encheliophis gracilis (Bleeker, 1856) Bythitidae C Brosmophyciops pautzkei Schultz, 1960 Lophiidae D Lophiodes mutilus (Alcock, 1894) Antennariidae C, R Antennarius coccineus (Lesson, 1831) C, R Antennarius commersonii (Latreille, 1804) Cybium 2004, 28(3) An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island C, R Antennarius hispidus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C, R Antennarius nummifer (Cuvier, 1817) C, R Antennarius pictus (Shaw1794) D, R Antennarius sarasa Tanaka, 1916 C, R Antennarius striatus (Shaw, 1794) P Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758) Chaunacidae D Chaunax umbrinus Gilbert, 1905 Ogcocephalidae D Halieutopsis bathyoreos Bradbury, 1988 D Halieutaea coccinea Alcock, 1889 Gobiesocidae C, R Lepadichthys minor Briggs, 1955 Exocoetidae P Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson, 1846 P Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758 P Parexocoetus brachypterus brachypterus (Günther, 1866) Hemiramphidae P Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775) P Hyporhamphus erythrorinchus (LeSueur, 1821) Belonidae P Ablennes hians (Valenciennes, 1846) P Platybelone argalus platyura (Bennett, 1831) P Strongylura leiura (Bleeker, 1851) P Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus (Péron & LeSueur, 1821) Atherinidae P Atherinomorus lacunosus (Forster, 1801) Lampridae D Lampris guttatus (Brünnich, 1788) Trachipteridae D Trachipterus jacksonensis (Ramsay, 1881) Lophotidae D, P Lophotus lacepede Giorna, 1809 + Monocentridae C, R Monocentris japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) Anomalopidae C, R Photoblepharon palpebratus steinitzi Abe & Haneda, 1973 Berycidae D Beryx decadactylus Cuvier, 1829 D Beryx splendens Lowe, 1834 Holocentridae C, R Myripristis adusta Bleeker, 1853 C, R Myripristis berndti Jordan & Evermann, 1903 C Myripristis chryseres Jordan & Evermann, 1903 C Myripristis hexagona (Lacepède, 1802) C Myripristis kuntee Valenciennes, 1831 C, R Myripristis murdjan (Forsskål, 1775) C Myripristis seychellensis Cuvier, 1829 C Myripristis vittata Valenciennes, 1831 C Neoniphon aurolineatus (Liénard, 1839) C, R Neoniphon sammara (Forsskål, 1775) D Ostichthys archiepiscopus (Valenciennes, 1862) D Ostichthys delta Randall, Shimizu & Yamakawa, 1982 209 LETOURNEUR ET AL. An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island C Ostichthys kaianus (Günther, 1880) D Pristilepis oligolepis (Whitley, 1941) C Sargocentron caudimaculatum (Rüppell, 1838) C, R Sargocentron diadema (Lacepède, 1802) C Sargocentron inaequalis Randall & Heemstra, 1985 C Sargocentron ittodai (Jordan & Fowler, 1902) C Sargocentron melanospilos (Bleeker, 1858) C, R Sargocentron punctatissimum (Cuvier, 1829) C Sargocentron seychellense (Smith & Smith, 1963) C Sargocentron spiniferum (Forsskål, 1775) C Sargocentron tiere (Cuvier, 1829) Polymixiidae D Polymixia berndti Gilbert, 1905 Caproidae D Antigonia capros Lowe, 1843 + Pegasidae S, C Eurypegasus draconis (Linnaeus, 1766) Aulostomidae C, R Aulostomus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) Fistulariidae C, R Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 C, R Fistularia petimba Lacepède, 1803 Solenostomidae C Solenostomus cyanopterus Bleeker, 1854 Syngnathidae C, R Choeroichthys brachysoma (Bleeker, 1855) C, R Choeroichthys sculptus (Günther, 1870) C, R Corythoichthys flavofasciatus (Rüppell, 1838) C, R Corythoichthys haematopterus (Bleeker, 1851) C, R Corythoichthys schultzi Herald, 1953 C, R Doryrhamphus excisus excisus Kaup, 1856 C Doryrhamphus multiannulatus (Regan, 1903) + C, R Halicampus mataafae (Jordan & Seale, 1906) C, R Hippocampus histrix Kaup, 1853 C, R Hippocampus whitei Bleeker, 1855 B Microphis brachyurus millepunctatus (Kaup, 1856) C Nannocampus pictus (Duncker, 1915) C Penetopteryx taeniocephalus Lunel, 1881 C, R Trachyramphus bicoarctatus (Bleeker, 1857) + Dactylopteridae S, C Dactyloptena orientalis (Cuvier, 1829) S Dactyloptena peterseni (Nyström, 1887) Scorpaenidae C Dendrochirus biocellatus (Fowler, 1938) C Dendrochirus zebra (Cuvier, 1829) C Inimicus filamentosus (Cuvier, 1829) C Iracundus signifer Jordan & Evermann, 1903 C Parascorpaena mcadamsi (Fowler, 1938) D Pontinus tentacularis (Fowler, 1938) C, R Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787) C, R, S Pterois miles (Bennett, 1828) C Rhinopias frondosa (Günther, 1891) C, R Scorpaenodes guamensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) C Scorpaenodes kelloggi (Jenkins, 1903) C Scorpaenodes minor (Smith, 1958) C Scorpaenodes parvipinnis (Garrett, 1864) C Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829) 210 C, R Scorpaenopsis gibbosa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C Scorpaenopsis venosa (Cuvier, 1829) C Sebastapistes mauritiana (Cuvier, 1829) C Sebastapistes tinkhami (Fowler, 1946) C, R Taenianotus triacanthus Lacepède, 1802 Synanceidae C, R Synanceia verrucosa Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Triglidae D Pterygotrigla guezei Fourmanoir, 1963 Caracanthidae C Caracanthus madagascariensis (Guichenot, 1869) C, R Caracanthus unipinna (Gray, 1831) Platycephalidae S Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1812) S Kumococius rodericensis (Cuvier, 1829) S, C Thysanophrys otaitensis (Parkinson, 1829) Ambassidae B Ambassis ambassis (Lacepède, 1802) B Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepède, 1802) Serranidae C* Aethaloperca rogaa (Forsskål, 1775) C Anyperodon leucogrammicus (Valenciennes, 1828) C, R Cephalopholis argus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 R Cephalopholis aurantia (Valenciennes, 1828) C, R Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790) C Cephalopholis leopardus (Lacepède, 1801) + C Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskål, 1775) R Cephalopholis polleni (Bleeker, 1868) C Cephalopholis sexmaculata (Rüppell, 1830) C, R Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828) C, R Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801) C Epinephelus coeruleopunctatus (Bloch, 1790) S Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822) C, R Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) C, R Epinephelus flavocaeruleus (Lacepède, 1801) C Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775) C, R Epinephelus hexagonatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790) R Epinephelus longispinis (Kner, 1864) C, R Epinephelus macrospilos (Bleeker, 1858) D Epinephelus magniscuttis Postel, Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1964 C Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C, R Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 D Epinephelus morrhua (Valenciennes, 1833) R Epinephelus multinotatus (Peters, 1876) D Epinephelus octofasciatus Griffin, 1926 D Epinephelus radiatus (Day, 1868) R Epinephlus retouti Bleeker, 1868 R Epinephelus rivulatus (Valenciennes, 1830) C, R Epinephelus spilotoceps Schultz, 1953 C, R Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskål, 1775) C Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959 R Gracila albomarginata (Fowler & Bean, 1930) D Holanthias borbonius (Valenciennes, 1828) D Holanthias natalensis (Fowler, 1925) D Liopropoma lunulatum (Guichenot, 1863) D Liopropoma susumi (Jordan & Seale, 1906) C* Plectropomus laevis (Lacepède, 1801) C Pseudanthias bimaculatus (Smith, 1955) Cybium 2004, 28(3) LETOURNEUR ET AL. C, R Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan, 1902) C, R Pseudanthias evansi (Smith, 1954) C, R Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855) R Variola albimarginata Baissac, 1953 C Variola louti (Forsskål, 1775) Grammistidae D Aulacocephalus temmincki Bleeker, 1854 C, R Grammistes sexlineatus (Thunberg, 1793) C Pogonoperca ocellata Günther, 1859 C, R Pogonoperca punctata (Valenciennes, 1830) C Pseudogramma polyacantha (Bleeker, 1856) Pseudochromidae C Anisochromis sp. C Haliophis guttatus (Forsskål, 1775) Plesiopidae C Plesiops coeruleolineatus Rüppell, 1835 Teraponidae B* Terapon jarbua (Forsskål, 1775) Kuhliidae C, R, B Kuhlia caudavittata (Lacepède, 1802) C, R, B Kuhlia mugil (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C, R, B Kuhlia rupestris (Lacepède, 1802) Priacanthidae D, R Cookeolus japonicus (Cuvier, 1829) + C, R Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacepède, 1801) C, R Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskål, 1775) R, C Priacanthus sagittarius Starnes, 1988 D Pristigenys niphonia (Cuvier, 1829) Apogonidae C Apogon angustatus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911) C, R Apogon apogonoides (Bleeker, 1856) C Apogon aureus (Lacepède, 1802) C, R Apogon caudicinctus Randall & Smith, 1988 C Apogon coccineus Rüppell, 1838 C, R Apogon fraenatus Valenciennes, 1832 C Apogon fuscus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) C Apogon holotaenia Regan, 1905 C, R Apogon kallopterus Bleeker, 1856 C, S Apogon quadrifasciatus Cuvier, 1828 C Apogon savayensis Günther, 1871 C Apogon semiornatus Peters, 1877 C, R Apogon taeniophorus Regan, 1908 C, R Apogonichthys ocellatus (Weber, 1913) C, R Cheilodipterus lineatus Lacepède, 1801 C Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier, 1828 P, C Coranthus polyacanthus (Vaillant, 1877) C Siphamia mossambica Smith, 1955 Epigonidae D Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide, 1950 Acropomatidae D Synagrops japonicus (Günther, 1859) Sillaginidae B Sillago sihama (Forsskål, 1775) Malacanthidae D Branchiostegus doliatus (Cuvier, 1830) Cybium 2004, 28(3) An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island S, R Malacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848 C Malacanthus latovittatus (Lacepède, 1801) Echeneidae P Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus, 1758 P Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus, 1766) + P Remora australis (Bennett, 1840) P Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) P Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) P Remorina albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) Carangidae C Alectis indicus (Rüppell, 1830) C, P* Atule mate (Cuvier, 1833) C Carangoides armatus (Rüppell, 1830) C Carangoides chrysophrys (Cuvier, 1833) C Carangoides coeruleopinnatus (Rüppell, 1830) C Carangoides ferdau (Forsskål, 1775) C Carangoides fulvoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775) P, C Carangoides gymnostethus (Cuvier, 1833) C, R Carangoides hedlandensis (Whitley, 1933) C, R Carangoides oblongus (Cuvier, 1833) C Caranx ignobilis (Forsskål, 1775) C Caranx lugubris Poey, 1860 C, R Caranx melampygus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833 C Caranx papuensis Alleyne & Macleay, 1877 C, P Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 P Decapterus kurroides Bleeker, 1855 P Decapterus macarellus (Cuvier, 1833) P, R Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) C Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskål, 1775) P Naucrates ductor (Linnaeus, 1758) P, B Parastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795) P, C Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch & Schneider, 1800) C Scomberoides commersonnianus Lacepède, 1801 C Scomberoides lysan (Forsskål, 1775) P Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) P, C Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 P, C Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833 P Seriolina nigrofasciata (Rüppell, 1829) C Trachinotus baillonii (Lacepède, 1801) C Trachinotus blochii (Lacepède, 1801) P Uraspis uraspis (Günther, 1860) + Coryphaenidae P Coryphaena equigalis Linnaeus, 1758 P Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758 Menidae S, B Mene maculata (Bloch & Schneider, 1800) Leiognathidae S Gazza dentex (Valenciennes, 1835) S, B Leiognathus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1835) S, B Leiognathus equulus (Forsskål, 1775) Lobotidae P Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790) + Bramidae D Eumegistus illustris Jordan & Jordan, 1922 + P Pteraclis velifera (Pallas, 1769) P Taractichthys steindachneri (Döderlein, 1883) 211 LETOURNEUR ET AL. An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island Lutjanidae R, D Aphareus furca (Lacepède, 1801) R, D Aphareus rutilans Cuvier, 1830 C, R Aprion virescens Valenciennes, 1830 D Etelis carbunculus Cuvier, 1828 D Etelis coruscans Valenciennes, 1862 C, R Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775) C, R Lutjanus bengalensis (Bloch, 1790) C Lutjanus bohar (Forsskål, 1775) C Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskål, 1775) C, R Lutjanus fulvus (Schneider, 1801) C Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskål, 1775) C, R, S Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskål, 1775) C Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828) C, R Lutjanus notatus (Cuvier, 1828) C Lutjanus rivulatus (Cuvier, 1828) C, R Lutjanus russelli (Bleeker, 1849) C Lutjanus sebae (Cuvier, 1816) C Macolor niger (Forsskål, 1775) C Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869) D Pristipomoides argyrogrammicus (Valenciennes, 1832) D Pristipomoides auricilla (Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927) D Pristipomoides filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830) D Pristipomoides multidens (Day, 1870) + D Pristipomoides sieboldii (Bleeker, 1857) D Pristipomoides typus Bleeker, 1852 D Pristipomoides zonatus (Valenciennes, 1830) Caesionidae C Caesio caerulaurea Lacepède, 1801 C Caesio lunaris Cuvier, 1830 C, R Caesio teres Seale, 1906 C, R Caesio xanthonota Bleeker, 1853 C Gymnocaesio gymnoptera (Bleeker, 1856) C, R Pterocaesio marri Schultz, 1953 C, R Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830) Gerreidae C Gerres acinaces Bleeker, 1854 C Gerres argyreus (Forster, 1801) C Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, 1829 C Gerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775) Haemulidae C, R Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792) C* Plectorhinchus gaterinus (Forsskål, 1775) C Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacepède, 1802) C Plectorhinchus picus (Cuvier, 1830) + C Plectorhinchus sordidus (Klunzinger, 1871) C Plectorhinchus vittatus (Linnaeus, 1758) S Pomadasys furcatum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Sparidae S Argyrops filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830) S Argyrops spinifer (Forsskål, 1775) S Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775) Lethrinidae C, R Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Lacepède, 1802) C Gymnocranius grandoculis (Valenciennes, 1830) C Gymnocranius sp. (cf. griseus) + C Lethrinus borbonicus Valenciennes, 1830 C Lethrinus crocineus Smith, 1959 C, S Lethrinus harak (Forsskål, 1775) 212 C Lethrinus mahsena (Forsskål, 1775) C Lethrinus microdon Valenciennes, 1830 C Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775) C Lethrinus rubrioperculatus Sato, 1978 C Lethrinus variegatus Valenciennes, 1830 C Lethrinus xanthochilus Klunzinger, 1870 C, R Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål, 1775) Nemipteridae C Scolopsis frenatus (Cuvier, 1830) Sciaenidae S Scianops ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1766) + S, D Umbrina canariensis Valenciennes, 1843 Mullidae C, R, S Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacepède, 1801) C, S Mulloidichthys pfluegeri (Steindachner, 1900) C, R, S Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831) C, R, S Parupeneus barberinus (Lacepède, 1801) C, R, S Parupeneus bifasciatus (Lacepède, 1801) C, S Parupeneus ciliatus (Lacepède, 1802) C, R, S Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepède, 1801) C, S Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède, 1802) C, R, S Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803) C, R, S Parupeneus macronema (Lacepède, 1801) C, R, S Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1832) C, S Parupeneus posteli Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1967 C, R, S Parupeneus rubescens (Lacepède, 1801) S Upeneus mascareinsis Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1967 S Upeneus vittatus (Forsskål, 1775) Monodactylidae S, B Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) S, B Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède, 1801 Pempheridae C Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 C, R Pempheris adusta Bleeker, 1877 C Pempheris oualensis Cuvier, 1831 Kyphosidae C Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepède, 1801 C Kyphosus cinerascens (Forsskål, 1775) C, R Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) Drepanidae C, S* Drepane punctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Ephipiidae C Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775) C* Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758) C Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775) Chaetodontidae C, R Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775 C, R Chaetodon blackburnii Desjardins, 1836 C, R, S Chaetodon dolosus Ahl, 1923 D Chaetodon guezei Maugé & Bauchot, 1976 C, R Chaetodon guttatissimus Bennett, 1832 C, R Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790 C Chaetodon lineolatus (Cuvier, 1831) + C, R Chaetodon lunula (Lacepède, 1802) C, R Chaetodon madagaskariensis Ahl, 1923 C, R Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 C, R Chaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Cybium 2004, 28(3) LETOURNEUR ET AL. C, D Chaetodon mitratus Günther, 1860 C Chaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 C, R Chaetodon trifasciatus trifasciatus Park, 1797 C, R Chaetodon unimaculatus interruptus Ahl, 1923 C, R Chaetodon vagabundus Linnaeus, 1758 C, R Chaetodon xanthocephalus Bennett, 1832 C Chaetodon zanzibarensis Playfair, 1867 C, R Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898 C Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782) C, R Hemitaurichthys zoster (Bennett, 1832) C, R Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) C, R Heniochus diphreustes Jordan, 1903 C, R Heniochus monoceros Cuvier, 1831 Pomacanthidae D Apolemichthys guezei (Randall & Maugé, 1978) C, R Apolemichthys trimaculatus (Lacepède, 1831) C Apolemichthys xanthurus (Bennett, 1833) C, R Centropyge acanthops (Norman, 1922) + C, R Centropyge bispinosus (Günther, 1860) D Centropyge debelius Pyle, 1990 C Centropyge multispinis (Playfair, 1867) C Genicanthus caudovittatus (Günther, 1860) C, R Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787) C* Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831) Pentacerotidae R, D Histiopterus typus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844 D Pentaceros capensis Cuvier, 1829 + Pomacentridae C, R Abudefduf margariteus (Cuvier, 1830) C Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier, 1830) C Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801) C, R Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775) C, R Abudefduf sparoides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) C Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) C Amphiprion allardi Klausewitz, 1970 C, R Amphiprion chrysogaster Cuvier, 1830 C, R Chromis agilis Smith, 1960 C Chromis atripectoralis Welander & Schultz, 1951 C, R Chromis chrysura (Bliss, 1883) C, R Chromis dimidiata (Klunzinger, 1871) C, R Chromis leucura Gilbert, 1905 C, R Chromis nigrura Smith, 1960 C, R Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker, 1856) C Chromis viridis Cuvier, 1830 C, R Chromis xanthurus (Bleeker, 1854) C Chrysiptera annulata (Peters, 1855) C, R Chrysiptera glauca (Cuvier, 1830) C Chrysiptera leucopoma (Cuvier, 1830) C, R Chrysiptera unimaculata (Cuvier, 1830) C Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) C, R Dascyllus carneus Fischer, 1885 C, R Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rüppell, 1829) C Neoglyphidodon melas (Cuvier, 1830 ) + C, R Plectroglyphidodon dickii (Liénard, 1839) C Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) C, R Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus Fowler & Ball, 1924 C, R Plectroglyphidodon randalli Allen, 1991 C Pomacentrus agassizi Bliss, 1883 C, R Pomacentrus caeruleus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 C, R Pomacentrus pikei Bliss, 1883 C Pomacentrus trichrourus Günther, 1877 Cybium 2004, 28(3) An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island C Pomachromis richardsoni (Snyder, 1909) C, R Stegastes albifasciatus (Schlegel & Müller, 1839) C, R Stegastes fasciolatus (Ogilby, 1889) C, R Stegastes limbatus (Cuvier, 1830) C Stegastes lividus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C Stegastes nigricans (Lacepède, 1803) C, R Stegastes pelicieri Allen & Emery, 1985 Cirrhitidae C, R Cirrhitichthys guichenoti (Sauvage, 1880) C, R Cirrhitops fasciatus (Bennett, 1828) C Cirrhitus pinnulatus (Forster, 1801) C, R Cirrhitus punctatus Cuvier, 1829 C, R Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker, 1875) C Oxycirrhites typus Bleeker, 1857 C, R Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier, 1829) C, R Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider, 1801) Mugilidae B Agonostomus telfairii Bennett, 1832 B Crenimugil crenilabis (Forsskål, 1775) B Liza melinoptera (Valenciennes, 1836) B, C Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) B Moolgarda seheli (Forsskål, 1775) B, C Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 B Valamugil cunnesius (Valenciennes, 1836) B Valamugil robustus (Günther, 1861) Sphyraenidae P Sphyraena acutipinnis Day, 1876 P Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792) P Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier, 1829 Polynemidae S Polydactylus indicus (Shaw, 1804) S, C Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet, 1782) Labridae C Anampses caeruleopunctatus Rüppell, 1829 C Anampses lineatus Randall, 1972 C Anampses meleagrides Valenciennes, 1840 C Anampses twistii Bleeker, 1856 C, R Bodianus anthioides (Bennett, 1832) C, R Bodianus axillaris (Bennett, 1832) C, R Bodianus bilunulatus bilunulatus (Lacepède, 1801) C, D Bodianus bimaculatus Allen, 1973 + C, R Bodianus diana (Lacepède, 1801) C Bodianus leucosticticus (Bennett, 1832) C Bodianus macrourus (Lacepède, 1801) C Bodianus opercularis (Guichenot, 1847) C Bodianus perditio (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) C Cheilinus chlorourus (Bloch, 1791) C, R Cheilinus fasciatus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791) C Cheilinus oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853 C, R Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepède, 1801 C Cheilio inermis (Forsskål, 1775) C, R Choerodon robustus (Günther, 1862) C Coris africana Smith, 1957 C, R Coris aygula Lacepède, 1801 C, R Coris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) C Coris formosa (Bennett, 1830) S Cymolutes praetextatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) C Epibulus insidiator (Pallas, 1770) C, R Gomphosus caeruleus caeruleus Lacepède, 1801 213 LETOURNEUR ET AL. An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island C, R Halichoeres cosmetus Randall & Smith, 1982 C Halichoeres hortulans (Lacepède, 1801) C Halichoeres iridis Randall & Smith, 1982 C Halichoeres lapillus Smith, 1947 C, R Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell, 1835 C, R Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1839) C Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett, 1832) C, R Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch, 1792) C, R Hologymnosus annulatus (Lacepède, 1801) C Hologymnosus doliatus (Lacepède, 1801) C Labrichthys unilineatus (Guichenot, 1847) C, R Labroides bicolor Fowler & Bean, 1928 C, R Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) C, R Labropsis xanthonota Randall, 1981 C, R Macropharyngodon bipartitus bipartitus Smith, 1957 C Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus Randall, 1978 C Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepède, 1801) C Oxycheilinus arenatus (Valenciennes, 1840) C Oxycheilinus diagrammus (Lacepède, 1801) C Pseudocheilinus evanidus Jenkins, 1901 C Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Bleeker, 1857) C Pseudocheilinus octotaenia Jenkins, 1901 C Pseudodax moluccanus (Valenciennes, 1840) C Pteragogus pelycus Randall, 1981 C, R Stethojulis albovittata (Bonnaterre, 1788) C Stethojulis strigiventer (Bennett, 1832) C, R Thalassoma amblycephalum (Bleeker, 1856) C, R Thalassoma genivittatum (Valenciennes, 1839) C Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1830) C Thalassoma hebraicum (Lacepède, 1801) C, R Thalassoma mascarenna Fricke, 1999 C, R Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål, 1775) C Thalassoma quinquevittatum (Lay & Bennett, 1839) C Thalassoma trilobatum (Lacepède, 1801) S Xyrichtys pavo Valenciennes, 1840 S Xyrichtys pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) Scaridae C Calotomus carolinus (Valenciennes, 1840) C Cetoscarus bicolor (Rüppell, 1829) C Chlorurus enneacanthus (Lacepède, 1802) C Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789) C, R Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskål, 1775) C Chlorurus strongylocephalus (Bleeker, 1854) C Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) C Scarus caudofasciatus (Günther, 1862) C Scarus falcipinnis Playfair, 1867 C Scarus frenatus Lacepède, 1802 C Scarus ghobban Forsskål, 1775 C Scarus globiceps Valenciennes, 1840 C, R Scarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775 C Scarus scaber Valenciennes, 1840 Uranoscopidae C, S Uranoscopus archionema Regan, 1921 C, S Uranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes, 1832 + C, S Parapercis punctata (Cuvier, 1829) C, S Parapercis punctulata (Cuvier, 1829) C, S Parapercis robinsoni Fowler, 1929 Trichonotidae S Trichonotus setiger (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Tripterygiidae C, R Enneapterygius sp. C, R Enneapterygius elegans (Peters, 1877) C, R Enneapterygius philippinus (Peters, 1869) C, R Enneapterygius tutuilae Jordan & Seale, 1906 C, R Helcogramma fuscopinna Holleman, 1982 R Helcogramma obtusirostre (Klunzinger, 1871) Clinidae R Springeratus polyporatus Fraser, 1972 Blenniidae R Alticus kirkii (Günther, 1868) C, R Antennablennius bifilum (Günther, 1861) C, R Aspidontus taeniatus tractus Fowler, 1903 C, R Blenniella chrysospilos (Bleeker, 1857) C, R Blenniella cyanostigma (Bleeker, 1849) C, R Blenniella gibbifrons (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) C, R Blenniella periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836) C, R Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes, 1836) C, R Cirripectes polyzona (Bleeker, 1868) C Cirripectes quagga (Fowler & Ball, 1924) C Cirripectes randalli Williams, 1988 C Cirripectes stigmaticus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953 R Damania anjouanae (Fourmanoir, 1954) C, R Dodekablennos fraseri Springer & Spreitzer, 1978 C, R Ecsenius lineatus Klausewitz, 1962 C Ecsenius midas Starck, 1969 + C Enchelyurus kraussi (Klunzinger, 1871) R Entomacrodus lemuria R Entomacrodus epalzeocheilos (Bleeker, 1859) C, R Entomacrodus striatus (Valenciennes, 1836) C Exallias brevis (Kner, 1868) R Istiblennius bellus (Günther, 1861) C, R Istiblennius dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1836) R Istiblennius edentulus (Schneider & Forster, 1801) R Istiblennius spilotus Springer & Williams, 1994 R Mimoblennius lineathorax Fricke, 1999 R Omobranchus fasciolatus (Valenciennes, 1836) C, R Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell, 1830 C, R Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852) C, R Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857) C Salarias fasciatus (Bloch, 1786) C Stanulus seychellensis Smith, 1969 Callionymidae S Callionymus angilis Fricke, 1999 Creediidae S Chalixodytes chameleontoculis Smith, 1956 S Limnichthys nitidus Smith, 1958 Eleotridae B Butis butis (Hamilton, 1822) B Eleotris fusca (Forster, 1801) B Eleotris mauritianus Bennett, 1832 B Hypseleotris cyprinoides (Valenciennes, 1837) B Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837) Pinguipedidae C, S Parapercis hexophtalma (Cuvier, 1829) C, S Parapercis pulchella (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) Gobiidae C Amblyeleotris wheeleri (Polunin & Lubbock, 1977) C Amoya signata (Peters, 1855) 214 Cybium 2004, 28(3) LETOURNEUR ET AL. R Asterropterix semipunctatus Rüppell, 1830 B Awaous nigripinnis (Valenciennes, 1837) R Bathygobius coalitus (Bennett, 1832) C Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker, 1854) R Bathygobius cotticeps (Steindachner, 1879) C, R Bathygobius cyclopterus (Valenciennes, 1837) R Bathygobius fuscus (Rüppell, 1830) R Bathygobius smithi Fricke, 1999 C Cabillus tongarevae (Fowler, 1927) C, R Callogobius flavobrunneus (Smith, 1958) C Callogobius sclateri (Steindachner, 1880) C, S Coryphopterus longispinus (Goren, 1978) C, S Coryphopterus neophytus (Günther, 1877) B Cotylopus acutipinnis Guichenot, 1863 C, S Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair, 1867) C Cryptocentrus filifer (Valenciennes, 1837) C Eviota distigma Jordan & Seale, 1906 C Eviota indica Lachner & Karnella, 1980 C Eviota nigripinna Lachner & Karnella, 1980 C Eviota prasina (Klunzinger, 1871) C Eviota sebreei Jordan & Seale, 1906 B Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton, 1822) B Glossogobius kokius (Valenciennes, 1837) C, R Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker, 1851) C, S Gnatholepis scapulostigma Herre, 1953 C Gobiodon citrinus (Rüppell, 1830) C Gobiodon rivulatus (Rüppell, 1830) R Hetereleotris apora (Hoese & Winterbottom, 1979) R Hetereleotris georgegilli Gill, 1998 R Hetereleotris kenyae Smith, 1958 C Hetereleotris margaretae Hoese, 1986 C Hetereleotris zanzibarensis (Smith, 1958) C, R, S Istigobius decoratus (Herre, 1927) C Oxyurichthys guibei Smith, 1959 C Paragobiodon echinocephalus (Rüppell, 1830) C Paragobiodon modestus (Regan, 1908) R Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson, 1931 + C Pleurosicya micheli Fourmanoir, 1971 R Priolepis cincta (Regan, 1908) C Priolepis semidoliatus (Valenciennes, 1837) B Sicyopterus caeruleus (Lacepède, 1800) B Sicyopterus lagocephalus (Pallas, 1770) B Stenogobius polyzona (Bleeker, 1867) S Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker, 1858) S Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837) S, C, R Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet, 1782) Xenisthmidae C Xenisthmus africanus Smith, 1958 Microdesmidae C, R Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler, 1938 C, R, S Ptereleotris evides (Jordan & Hubbs, 1925) C, R, S Ptereleotris heteroptera (Bleeker, 1855) C Ptereleotris zebra (Fowler, 1938) Acanthuridae C, R Acanthurus bleekeri Günther, 1861 C Acanthurus blochii Valenciennes, 1835 C, R Acanthurus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1835 C Acanthurus guttatus Forster, 1801 C Acanthurus leucosternon Bennett, 1833 C Acanthurus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) C Acanthurus mata Cuvier, 1829 Cybium 2004, 28(3) An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island C, R Acanthurus nigricauda Duncker & Mohr, 1929 C, R Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775) C, R Acanthurus polyzona (Bleeker, 1868) C, R Acanthurus tennentii Günther, 1861 C, R Acanthurus thompsoni (Fowler, 1923) + C, R Acanthurus triostegus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758) C Acanthurus xanthopterus Valenciennes, 1835 C, R Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) C, R Ctenochaetus strigosus (Bennett, 1828) C, R Naso brachycentron (Valenciennes, 1835) C, R Naso brevirostris (Cuvier, 1829) C, R Naso hexacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) C, R Naso lituratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C Naso thynnoides (Valenciennes, 1835) C Naso tuberosus Lacepède, 1801 C Naso unicolor (Günther, 1861) C, R Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775) C Naso vlamingi (Valenciennes, 1835) + C, R Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766) C, R Zebrasoma gemmatum (Valenciennes, 1835) C, R Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829) C, R Zebrasoma velifer (Bloch, 1795) Zanclidae C, R Zanclus canescens (Linnaeus, 1758) Siganidae C, R Siganus luridus (Rüppell, 1829) C, R Siganus sutor (Valenciennes, 1835) Gempylidae D Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829 D Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Smith, 1843) D Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832) D Rexea promethoides (Bleeker, 1856) D Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1829 D Thyrsitoides marleyi Fowler, 1929 Trichiuridae P Evoxymetopon poeyi Günther, 1887 P Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 Scombridae P, R Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier, 1832) P Allothunnus fallai Serventy, 1948 P Auxis rochei rochei (Risso, 1810) P Auxis thazard thazard (Lacepède, 1800) P Euthynnus affinis (Cantor, 1850) P Gymnosarda unicolor (Rüppell, 1836) P Katsuwonus pelamis (Linnaeus, 1758) P Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1816) P Sarda orientalis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1844) P Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepède, 1800) P Thunnus alalunga (Bonnaterre, 1788) P Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) P Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) Xiphiidae P Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 Istiophoridae P Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) P Makaira indica (Cuvier, 1832) P Makaira mazara (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) P Tetrapturus angustirostris Tanaka, 1914 215 LETOURNEUR ET AL. An updated checklist of the marine fish fauna of Reunion Island P Tetrapturus audax (Phillipi, 1887) Nomeidae P Psenes squamiceps (Lloyd, 1909) P ?Cubiceps sp. + Bothidae S Bothus mancus (Broussonet, 1782) S, C Bothus pantherhinus (Rüppell, 1830) Pleuronectidae S, D Poecilopsetta natalensis Norman, 1931 Samaridae S Samaris costae Quéro, Hensley & Maugé, 1989 Cynoglossidae S Cynoglossus lachneri Menon, 1977 S, D Symphurus ocellatus von Bonde, 1922 Soleidae S Asseragodes guttulatus Kaup, 1858 S Pardachirus diringeri Quéro, 1997 S Pardachirus marmoratus (Lacepède ex Commerson, 1802) S Soleichthys tubifera (Peters, 1877) Balistidae C Abalistes stellatus (Anonymus, 1798) C, R Balistapus undulatus (Mungo Park, 1797) C, R Balistoides conspicillum (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C, R Balistoides viridescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) P Canthidermis maculatus (Bloch, 1786) C Melichthys indicus Randall & Klausewitz, 1973 C Melichthys niger (Bloch, 1786) C Melichthys vidua (Solander, 1844) C, R Odonus niger (Rüppell, 1836) C, R Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus (Rüppell, 1829) C, R Pseudobalistes fuscus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C Rhinecanthus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) R Rhinecanthus cinereus (Bonnaterre, 1788) C Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C, R Sufflamen bursa (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C, R Sufflamen chrysopterus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C, R Sufflamen fraenatus (Latreille, 1804) C, R Xanthichthys auromarginatus (Bennett, 1832) C, R Xanthichthys lima (Bennett, 1832) Monacanthidae C, R Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765) C, R Aluterus monoceros (Linnaeus, 1758) + C Amanses scopas (Cuvier, 1829) 216 C, R Cantherhines dumerilii (Hollard, 1854) C Cantherhines fronticinctus (Günther, 1867) C, R Cantherhines pardalis (Rüppell, 1837) C Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C, R Paraluteres prionurus (Bleeker, 1851) C, R Paramonacanthus pusillus (Rüppell, 1829) C, R Pervagor aspricaudus (Hollard, 1854) C, R Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854) C Pseudalutarius nasicornis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) D Thamnaconus fajardoi Smith, 1953 Ostraciidae C Lactoria cornuta (Linnaeus, 1758) C, R Ostracion cubicus Linnaeus, 1758 C, R Ostracion meleagris Shaw, 1796 C, R Ostracion trachys Randall, 1975 C Tetrosomus concatenatus (Bloch, 1786) Triodontidae D Triodon macropterus Lesson, 1829 Tetraodontidae C Arothron caeruleopunctatus Matsuura, 1994 C Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) C Arothron immaculatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C Arothron mappa (Lesson, 1827) C, R Arothron meleagris (Lacepède, 1798) C, R Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C Arothron stellatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) C, R Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1865) C, R Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854) C, R Canthigaster coronata (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) C, R Canthigaster janthinoptera (Bleeker, 1855) C Canthigaster natalensis (Günther, 1870) C Canthigaster rivulata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) C, R Canthigaster smithae Allen & Randall, 1977 C, R Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853) P Lagocephalus lagocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) C Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin, 1789) C, B Takifugu oblongus (Bloch, 1786) Diodontidae C Chilomycterus reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) C, S Cyclichthys orbicularis (Bloch, 1785) C Diodon holocanthus Linnaeus, 1758 C Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758 C Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804 Molidae P Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) P Ranzania laevis (Pennant, 1776) Cybium 2004, 28(3)