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Table 1: 1640 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 51 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 12 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 1703 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table : 1703 .
     
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Family Species Author Info Occurrence Common names Abundance Max length Maturity Remark Photo
Gobionidae Gnathopogon herzensteini (Günther, 1896) Fr native  嘉陵颌须鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 嘉陵頜鬚鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  10.80 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality: Hui-hsien, s. Kansu (Ref. 33021). Known from Shanxi Province: ( Fengxian, Taibai, Baishuijiang, Lieyang); Kang county of Gansu Province(Ref.33792). Also Ref. 31517, 35840, 45259.  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gnathopogon imberbis (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) Fr native  短须颌须鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 短鬚頜鬚鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  22.10 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Yangtze (=Changjiang River) river system (Ref. 45259). Type locality: Yen-kiat-soun, South Shen-si (Ref. 33021). Comments Known Chongyang of Hubei Province; Sichuan Province:( Yaan, Chongqing, Chengdu, Mudong)(Ref.33792). Also Ref. 31517, 35840. 
Gobionidae Gnathopogon nicholsi (Fang, 1943) Fr native  隐须颌须鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 隱鬚頜鬚鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  7.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Yangtze River (=Changjiang River) system (Ref. 45259); including Ningkwo (=Suancheng), Anhwei (=Anhui) Province (Ref. 35840). Known from Huangshan of Anhui Province(Ref.35840). Also Ref. 31517.  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gnathopogon polytaenia (Nichols, 1925) Fr native  多纹颌须鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 多紋頜鬚鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  7.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Niang-tze-kwan, Shansi(Shanxi) Province (Ref. 33021). Also Ref. 31517, 35840.  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gnathopogon strigatus (Regan, 1908) Fr native  东北颌须鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 东北鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 条纹似白鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 条纹颌须鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 東北頜鬚鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 東北鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 條紋似白鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 條紋頜鬚鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  10.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Usually found in Jiling Province and inhabits streams of the Heilong River [=Amur River] (Ref. 51717). Occurs in River Liao (Ref. 57778). Also Ref. 1441, 13397, 31517, 33792, 57778. 
Gobionidae Gnathopogon taeniellus (Nichols, 1925) Fr native  细纹颌须鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 細紋頜鬚鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  10.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in the mountain streams in Zhejiang and Fujian provinces (Ref. 26563). Present in Pearl River (33792, 89718). Type locality: Streams in Min river basin, near Yenping (Nanping), Fukien (=Fujian) Province (Ref. 33021). Also Ref. 31517. 
Gobionidae Gnathopogon tsinanensis (Mori, 1928) Fr native  济南颌须鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 濟南頜鬚鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  10.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality: Lung-shan, Shantung (=Shandong) (Ref. 33021). Known from Zhouzhi of Shanxi Province and Jinan of Shandong Province(Ref.33792). Also Ref. 31517, 35840.  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobio acutipinnatus Men'shikov, 1939 Fr native  尖鳍鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 尖鰭鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  12.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Xinjaing and inhaits streams and lakes of the E-erqisi River [=Ergishi River] system (Ref. 51717). Known from Xinjiang Baha, Buerjin, Geerqisi(Ref.33792). 
Gobionidae Gobio coriparoides Nichols, 1925 Fr native  似铜鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 似銅鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  12.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Huanghe River (=Yellow River), from Shanxi Province: ( Taiyuan, Shouyang ); Chongxian of Henan Province (Ref.33792). Also Ref. 31517, 35840.  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobio cynocephalus Dybowski, 1869 Fr native  犬首鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  19.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Distributed in Northeast China (Ref. 51717). Known from Amur, Lake Khanka; Yalu (Ref. 1441, 13397) and Tarim river (Ref. 41093). Known from Heilongjiang Province; Benxi of Liaoning Province; Duolun of Inner Mongolia(Ref.33792). Also Ref. 31517. 
Gobionidae Gobio fushunensis Xie, Li & Xie, 2007 Fr native   5.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Gobio fushunensis, tributary of Hunhe River (Fushun) (Ref. 107303).  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobio gobio (Linnaeus, 1758) Fr native  喀尔巴阡鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 喀爾巴阡鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 德涅斯特鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 美喉鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  21.00 cm TL male/unsexed   
Gobionidae Gobio huanghensis Luo, Le & Chen, 1977 Fr native  黄河鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 黃河鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  14.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Yongjing County, Gansu Province (Ref. 51717). Know from the middle and upper reaches of Yellow River (Ref. 33792). Recorded from Huanghe river (Ref. 41093), Gansu Province: ( Lanzhou, Liujiaxia, Lingtao, Jingyuan ); Yingchuan and Zhongwei of Ningxia Province (Ref.33792). Also Ref. 31517. 
Gobionidae Gobio lingyuanensis Mori, 1934 Fr native  凌源鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  7.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Jilin Province (Ref. 51717). Known from Dalinhe, Lanhe and Shonghuajiang rivers (Ref. 33792). Known from Beian, and Songhuajiang of Heilongjiang Province(Ref.33792). Also Ref. 31517. 
Gobionidae Gobio macrocephalus Mori, 1930 Fr native  大头鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 大頭鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  14.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Jilin Province (Ref. 51717). Known from Tumen River (Ref. 33792). Also Ref. 31517. 
Gobionidae Gobio meridionalis Xu, 1987 Fr native  南方鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  11.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the middle reaches of Huanghe River (Ref. 33792); also in Qinling, Central China (Ref. 35832). Also Ref. 31517.  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobio rivuloides Nichols, 1925 Fr native  拟棒花鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 棒花鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 擬棒花鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)   14.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Yellow River, Haihe, Daling River (Ref. 33792 ). Reported from Jilin Province (Ref. 51717). Type locality: Niang-tze-kwan, Shansi Province (Ref. 40966). Known from Gansu (Lanzhou, Jiujia Xia, Lintao, Jingyuan). Ningxia (Yinchuan, Zhongwei)(Ref.33792). 
Gobionidae Gobio soldatovi Berg, 1914 Fr native  东台鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 東台鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 高体鮈 (Mandarin Chinese), 高體鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  12.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Amur basin (Ref. 13397). Known from Heilongjiang Hailaer river; Inner Mongolia ( Balanuoer, Xiwu, Daihai, Duolun)(Ref.33792). Also Ref. 1441, 31517, 35840.  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobio tchangi Li, 2015 Fr native    Type locality of Gobio tchangi.  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobiobotia abbreviata Fang & Wang, 1931 Fr native  ¶ÌÉíöúõD (Mandarin Chinese)  9.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the upper reaches of Changjiang River (Ref. 33791). Known from Sichuan Leshan, Chongqing(Ref.33791). Also Ref. 35840, 45259. 
Gobionidae Gobiobotia brevirostris Chen & Cao, 1977 Fr native  短吻鳅鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), 短吻鰍鮀 (Mandarin Chinese)  5.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Baihe River and Xihe River (Ref. 33791). Also Ref. 31517.  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobiobotia cheni Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966 Fr native  八须鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 台湾鳅鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), 陈氏鳅鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), 台灣鰍鮀 (Mandarin Chinese)  10.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Taiwan Taizhong (Ref. 33791). 
Gobionidae Gobiobotia filifer (Garman, 1912) Fr native  线鳅鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), 宜昌鰍鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), 宜昌鳅鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), 線鰍鮀 (Mandarin Chinese)  25.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Changjiang River (Ref. 33791). Known from Sichuan Province: ( Mudong, Luzhou); Hubei Yichang of Hubei Province; Yueyang of Huan Province; Shanxi Province:( Shiquan, Lueyang, Luohan)(Ref.33791). Known from Nanyang, Xichuan, and Tanghe of Henan Province(Ref.33791). Also Ref. 31517, 35840, 45259.  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobiobotia guilingensis Chen, 1989 Fr native  ¹ðÁÖöúõD (Mandarin Chinese)  9.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Zhujiang River (Ref. 26563). Type locality, Guilin, Guangxi Province (Ref. 50838).  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobiobotia homalopteroidea Rendahl, 1933 Fr, Thr endemic  平鳍鳅鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), Eight-whisker gudgeon (English), 平鰭鰍鮀 (Mandarin Chinese)  10.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Yellow River (=Huanghe River). Known from Lanzhou of Gansu Province; Liquan of Shanxi Province; and central part of Shansi Province(Ref.33791). Also Ref. 31517, 33791, 35840, 45563. Status of threat: Endangered (Ref. 45563). 
Gobionidae Gobiobotia jiangxiensis Zhang & Liu, 1995 Fr native  江西鳅鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), 江西鰍鮀 (Mandarin Chinese)  5.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Museum: Xinjiang River system, Shangrao County, Jiangxi, Freshwater Museum of the Institute of Hydrobiology, Acad. Sinica, Wuhan Catalog No. 90 IV 1256 (holotype of G. jiangxiensis, 5.0 cm TL) (Ref. 38449).  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobiobotia kolleri Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966 Fr, Br native  中间鳅鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), 八须鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 中間鰍鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), 海南鰍鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), 海南鳅鮀 (Mandarin Chinese)  12.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the drainages in Hainan Island and their river mouths. Found in Guangxi Province:( Longzhou, Buobai); Zhaoguan of Guangdong Province; Fujiang Province:( Ninghua, Jiangyang); Haikou of Hainan Province (Ref. 33791). Also Ref. 57879. 
Gobionidae Gobiobotia lii Chen, Wang, Cao & Zhang, 2022 Fr native  李氏鳅鮀 (Mandarin Chinese)  5.12 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Gobiobotia lii, Hubei Province: Qichun County: Xiangqiao Town: Chang-Jiang Basin, Qi-Shui stream. It was also found in lake Dongting in Hunnan Province (Ref. 126141).  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobiobotia longibarba Fang & Wang, 1931 Fr native  長鬚鰍鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), 长须鳅鮀 (Mandarin Chinese)  14.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Guangdong Province in Dong Jiang and Bei Jiang drainages (Ref. 33387). Also found in the Zhujiang River [=Xi Jiang River] and the Changjiang River [=Yangtze River] (Ref. 26563). Present in Pearl River (38449, 89718). Known from Zhejiang Province; Duenxi of Anhui Province. 5 specimens from Longchuan county of Dongjiang River system; Shixing county, Sanshui county of Beijiang River system(Ref.33791). Also Ref. 35840. 
Gobionidae Gobiobotia meridionalis Chen & Cao, 1977 Fr native   13.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality, Guangdong and Guangxi, China (Ref. 81932).  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobiobotia nicholsi Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966 Fr native  尼氏鳅鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), 尼氏鰍鮀 (Mandarin Chinese)  3.57 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Gobiobotia nicholsi, Hunan Prov., Yuey-ang City (Ref. 126141).  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobiobotia pappenheimi Kreyenberg, 1911 Fr native  鳅鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), 鰍鮀 (Mandarin Chinese) common (usually seen) 6.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Reported from Yangtze and Amur (Ref. 1441), however, the occurrence in Lake Dongting is an erroneous record, further it is not found in the Chang-Jiang and river basin south of the river (see Ref. 126141). Other reported areas: Beijing Tongxian, Shandong (Pingyin, Jinan). Liaoning (Chaoyang, Xiliaohe). Heilongjiang Nenjiang (Ref. 33791). Also Ref. 13397, 31517, 35840.  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobiobotia paucirastella Zheng & Yan, 1986 Fr native  少耙鳅鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), 少耙鰍鮀 (Mandarin Chinese)  4.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Qujiang River and Qiangtangjiang River.  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobiobotia tungi Fang, 1933 Fr native  裸胸鳅鮀 (Mandarin Chinese), 裸胸鰍鮀 (Mandarin Chinese)  13.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the Fuchunjiang River, Linan of Zhejiang Province; and Ningguo of Anhui Province (Ref. 33791). Present in Pearl River (33791, 89718).  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobiobotia yuanjiangensis Chen & Cao, 1977 Fr native  scarce (very unlikely)  Known from Yunnan Province in streams of Yuanjiang and Lancangjiang rivers [=Mekong] (Ref. 51717). Known from Hong River basin in Hekou, Yunnan (Ref. 44416). Also Ref. 38630.  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Gobiocypris rarus Ye & Fu, 1983 Fr, Thr native  稀有鮈鲫 (Mandarin Chinese), Rare gudgeon (English), 稀有鮈鯽 (Mandarin Chinese)  5.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from Yangtze (=Changjiang) River system: Daduhe, Mingjiang, and Tuojiang rivers (Ref. 45259). Type locality: Liusha river, tributary of the Dadu river at Jiuxiang, Hanyuan County, Sichuan Province, elevation 1060 m (Ref. 33021). Status of threat: Endangered (Ref. 45563). Also Ref. 31517, 45563, 51717.  No picture yet.
Gobiidae Gobiopsis macrostoma Steindachner, 1861 Fr native  大口髯鰕虎鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 须鰕虎鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 大口髯鰕虎魚 (Mandarin Chinese), 鬚鰕虎魚 (Mandarin Chinese)  10.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Zhujiang drainage and Zhuxi River drainage in Guangdong Province (Ref. 45323). Known from Dongwan city of Dongjiang river drainage; Zhanjiang city of Zhuxi river drainage in Guangdong Province(Ref.45323). 
Cyprinidae Guigarra cailaoensis Wang, Chen & Zheng, 2022 Fr native  才劳桂墨头鱼 (Mandarin Chinese)  6.59 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of Guigarra cailaoensis, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Fengshan County, Fengcheng Town, Cailao River (Ref. 128941),  No picture yet.
Percidae Gymnocephalus cernua (Linnaeus, 1758) Fr native  梅花鲈 (Mandarin Chinese), 梅花鱸 (Mandarin Chinese)  25.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in Erqishi and Yili rivers and Ulungur lake (Ref. 41093). 
Cyprinidae Gymnocypris chilianensis Li & Chang, 1974 Fr native  祁连裸鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 祁連裸鯉 (Mandarin Chinese)  21.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Shula-gol River, Shuang-Ta-Bu, Ansi-Hsien, n. Kansu (=Gansu) Province. Known known from Anxi Beida Qiao Shuqin River; Zhangye Ximenwai, tributary of Hei River, and Wuwei Shiyang River. known from Anxi Beida Qiao Shuqin River; Zhangye Ximenwai, tributary of Hei River, and Wuwei Shiyang River(Ref.33800).  No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Gymnocypris chui Tchang, Yueh & Hwang, 1964 Fr native  兰格湖裸鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 蘭格湖裸鯉 (Mandarin Chinese)  24.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Namo country, Lhatse, s. Tibet. Inland drainage of Xizang River (Ref. 32617). Also Ref. 41093.  No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Gymnocypris dobula Günther, 1868 Fr native  软刺裸鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 軟刺裸鯉 (Mandarin Chinese)  25.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Inland drainage of southern Xizang in Tibet (Ref. 32617). Known from Peigu Lake of Jilong county and Chuocuolong Lake in Tibet(Ref.33800). Also in Northern Xizang (Ref. 41093).  No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Gymnocypris eckloni Herzenstein, 1891 Fr native  斜口裸鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 花斑裸鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 斜口裸鯉 (Mandarin Chinese), 花斑裸鯉 (Mandarin Chinese)  39.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in Huanghe (=Yellow River) and Changjiang (=Yangtze River) rivers, and Qaidam basin (Ref. 41093). Type locality: eatern Xizang (=Tibet), elevation 9200 and 12500 feet. Also Ref. 26563, 33800, 45622. 
Cyprinidae Gymnocypris firmispinatus Wu & Wu, 1988 Fr native  硬刺裸鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 硬刺裸鯉 (Mandarin Chinese)  16.20 cm SL male/unsexed ;24.20 cm TL female 8.1 TL Known from Jinshajiang and Lancanjiang (=Mekong River) rivers. Known from Lijiang Shigu and Zhongdian Xiaqiaotou of Jinshajiang River drainage in Yunnan Province; Also known from Weixi Yongchun River of Lancangjiang River (=salween River) in Yunnan Province(Ref.33800).  No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Gymnocypris namensis (Wu & Ren, 1982) Fr native  纳木错裸鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 納木錯裸鯉 (Mandarin Chinese)  49.10 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality of Gymnocypris namensis, Nam Cuo Lake, ne. Tibet, China (Ref. 33021). Known from Xizang (Ref. 33836) andd Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (Ref. 108769).  No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Gymnocypris potanini Herzenstein, 1891 Fr native  松潘裸鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 松潘裸鯉 (Mandarin Chinese)  15.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong River system (Ref. 38630). Type locality: Yangtze R. near Sumpan, China (Ref. 33021). Occurs in Changjiang and Lanchang rivers (Ref. 41093). Also Ref. 26563. 
Cyprinidae Gymnocypris przewalskii (Kessler, 1876) Fr, Fi native  青海湖裸鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 青海湖裸鯉 (Mandarin Chinese)  48.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from Qinghaihu Lakes (Ref. 51717) and Qaidam basin (Ref. 41093). This is the main commercial fish in Qinghai Province (Ref. 51717). Introduced from its native range to other regions in the country (extensive stocking in great inland waters)(Ref. 55380). Type locality: Koko-Nor [Kuku-Noor] Lake, Qinghai Province (Ref. 33021). Known from Qinghai Lake and Dalapa River(Ref.45622) 
Cyprinidae Gymnocypris scleracanthus Tsao, Wu, Chen & Zhu, 1992 Fr native  拉孜裸鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 拉孜裸鯉 (Mandarin Chinese)  31.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Recorded from Lhaze, Xizang Autonomous Region (Ref. 33800). Also Ref. 41093, 45679.  No picture yet.
Cyprinidae Gymnocypris waddellii Regan, 1905 Fr native  高原裸鲤 (Mandarin Chinese), 高原裸鯉 (Mandarin Chinese)  41.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Yamdok Lake, Tibet, elev. 14800 ft. Kongque and Rongpu rivers and inland drainage of Xizang in Tibet (Ref. 32617). Occurs in Northern Xizang (Ref. 41093). Known from Yangzhuoyong Lake, Duoqin Lake, Keluyangcheng Lake, Dingjiemuoteli Lake and Luqu Lake of Dinger county in Tibet(Ref.33800).  No picture yet.
Xenocyprididae Gymnodanio strigatus Chen & He, 1992 Fr native  条纹裸 (Mandarin Chinese), 條紋裸 (Mandarin Chinese)  6.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Mekong River (=Lancangjiang River) system in Jinggu County, Yunnan. Also Ref. 51717.  No picture yet.
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