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Table 1: 1274 species currently present in the country/island (endemic, native, introduced, reintroduced);
Table 2: 5 species possibly present in the country/island (stray, questionable);
Table 3: 13 species demonstrated to be absent in the country/island (extirpated, not established, misidentification, error).
Table 4: 1292 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table 1: 1274 species currently present in the country/island.
     
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Family Species Author Info Occurrence Common names Abundance Max length Maturity Remark Photo
Akysidae Parakysis anomalopteryx Roberts, 1989 Fr native  scarce (very unlikely) 3.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known only from the Kapuas basin in western Borneo. Also Ref. 7050, 56749. 
Akysidae Parakysis grandis Ng & Lim, 1995 Fr native   6.20 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Sumatra (Riau and Jambi) and Borneo (Kalimantan Barat). Also Ref. 13847. 
Akysidae Parakysis hystriculus Ng, 2009 Fr native   2.92 cm SL male/unsexed   
Akysidae Parakysis longirostris Ng & Lim, 1995 Fr native   4.57 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Bintan Island, Sumatra. Also Ref. 13847. 
Akysidae Parakysis notialis Ng & Kottelat, 2003 Fr native   2.01 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Borneo: Kalimantan Selatan, Barito River drainage, area of Tamiyang Layang (Ref. 50510). 
Akysidae Parakysis verrucosus Herre, 1940 Fr native   5.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known only from Sumatra (Bintan and Batam Islands). Also Ref. 7050. 
Ambassidae Parambassis altipinnis Allen, 1982 Fr endemic   12.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known only from specimens collected in 1920 at Prauenbivak on the Mamberamo River, Irian Jaya.  No picture yet.
Ambassidae Parambassis apogonoides (Bleeker, 1851) Fr, Br native  Gaba-gaba (Malay), Senara (Malay)  10.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Sumatra and Borneo (Ref. 7050). Found in the Kapuas Lakes area in Kalimantan Barat, Borneo (Ref. 56749). Recorded from Danau Sentarum National Park in the Kapuas basin, Kalimantan Barat (Ref. 56749). Also Ref. 9497. 
Ambassidae Parambassis confinis (Weber, 1913) Fr native   10.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Mosso, Sermowai and Mamberamo river systems in Irian Jaya.  No picture yet.
Ambassidae Parambassis gulliveri (Castelnau, 1878) Fr native   24.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Digul and Lorentz river systems in Irian Jaya. 
Ambassidae Parambassis macrolepis (Bleeker, 1856) Fr native  Bengak kenari (Malay), Senara (Malay)  9.70 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Sumatra and Borneo (Ref. 7050). Found in the Kapuas Lakes area in Kalimantan Barat, Borneo (Ref. 56749). Recorded from Danau Sentarum National Park in the Kapuas basin, Kalimantan Barat, Borneo (Ref. 56749). 
Ambassidae Parambassis siamensis (Fowler, 1937) Fr native   7.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Java. Occurrence in Java apparently results from introduction (Ref. 13275). Also Ref. 27732. 
Ambassidae Parambassis wolffii (Bleeker, 1850) Fr native  Senara (Malay)  20.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Sumatra (Palembang) and Borneo (Kapuas, Mentaya, Barito, Kahajan) (Ref. 10429). Recorded from Danau Sentarum National Park in the Kapuas basin, Kalimantan Barat, Borneo (Ref. 56749). 
Mugilidae Paramugil parmatus (Cantor, 1849) Fr, Br, M native  Big-eye mullet (English)  30.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Also Ref. 9812. 
Polynemidae Parapolynemus verekeri (Saville-Kent, 1889) Fr, Br native   11.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Merauke River, New Guinea. Hundreds of adults nearing breeding condition were taken in trawl on Medusa Banks at 9 m last January or February 1968. Not in Ref. 57343. 
Telmatherinidae Paratherina cyanea Aurich, 1935 Fr endemic   20.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in Towuti and Mahalona Lakes.  No picture yet.
Telmatherinidae Paratherina labiosa Aurich, 1935 Fr endemic   10.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in Lake Wawontoa.  No picture yet.
Telmatherinidae Paratherina striata Aurich, 1935 Fr endemic   14.20 cm TL male/unsexed 16.78 TL Known from Lakes Towuti and Wawontoa. Possibly occurs in Lake Mahalona as well. 
Telmatherinidae Paratherina wolterecki Aurich, 1935 Fr endemic   15.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Lakes Towuti and Mahalona.  No picture yet.
Gobiidae Parawaous megacephalus (Fowler, 1905) Fr native   7.40 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Sarawak, Borneo.  No picture yet.
Soleidae Pardachirus poropterus (Bleeker, 1851) Fr, Br native   7.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Waigeo Island, Irian Jaya (Ref. 2847).  No picture yet.
Gastromyzontidae Parhomaloptera microstoma (Boulenger, 1899) Fr native   8.80 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Borneo. 
Osphronemidae Parosphromenus allani Brown, 1987 Fr native   3.50 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from western Borneo.  No picture yet.
Osphronemidae Parosphromenus anjunganensis Kottelat, 1991 Fr native   2.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from western Borneo. 
Osphronemidae Parosphromenus bintan Kottelat & Ng, 1998 Fr native   2.56 cm SL male/unsexed  Presently known only from Bintan island in Riau Archipelago and Bangka island in Palembang Province, Sumatra. On Bintan island, this species is now the target of conservation efforts supported by Bintan Resort Corporation (Ref. 33108). Reported from Pulau Lingga (Ref. 56386).  No picture yet.
Osphronemidae Parosphromenus deissneri (Bleeker, 1859) Fr endemic   2.96 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Banka island and Biliton (Ref. 56386). Also Ref. 33108. 
Osphronemidae Parosphromenus filamentosus Vierke, 1981 Fr native   4.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Southeast Borneo. 
Osphronemidae Parosphromenus gunawani Schindler & Linke, 2012 Fr native   2.77 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the e north-east of the province of Jambi, Sumatra (Ref. 93137).  No picture yet.
Osphronemidae Parosphromenus linkei Kottelat, 1991 Fr native   2.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Western Borneo. 
Osphronemidae Parosphromenus opallios Kottelat & Ng, 2005 Fr native   2.45 cm SL male/unsexed  Kown only from the area of Sukamara in Jelai Bila basin and Kalimati in Arut drainage (Lamand basin, near Pangkalanbun), Kalimantan Tengah, Borneo (Ref. 56232).  No picture yet.
Osphronemidae Parosphromenus ornaticauda Kottelat, 1991 Fr native   1.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from western Borneo. 
Osphronemidae Parosphromenus pahuensis Kottelat & Ng, 2005 Fr native   2.18 cm SL male/unsexed  Currently known only from the Mahakam basin in Kalimantan Timur, Borneo (Ref. 56232).  No picture yet.
Osphronemidae Parosphromenus parvulus Vierke, 1979 Fr native   2.70 cm TL male/unsexed  From the Kapuas system to the range of the Mentaya basin (Ref. 2060). 
Osphronemidae Parosphromenus phoenicurus Schindler & Linke, 2012 Fr native   2.90 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Sungai Kampar river drainage at Langgam (about 40 km south-east of Pekanbaru), province of Riau in the center of Sumatra (Ref. 93137).  No picture yet.
Osphronemidae Parosphromenus quindecim Kottelat & Ng, 2005 Fr native   2.86 cm SL male/unsexed  Currently known only from Sungai Pawan basin, a small coastal basin in southeastern Kalimantan Barat, Borneo (Ref. 56232). 
Osphronemidae Parosphromenus sumatranus Klausewitz, 1955 Fr, Or native   2.28 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Sumatra (Ref. 56386). 
Dasyatidae Pastinachus stellurostris Last, Fahmi & Naylor, 2010 Fr, Br native   42.80 cm WD male/unsexed  Type locality, Sungai Pinyuh fish market, caught near Pemangkat (West Kalimantan), MZB 18226 (holotype of Pastinachus stellurostris, 42.2 cm WD, adult male) (Ref. 84289). 
Danionidae Pectenocypris balaena Roberts, 1989 Fr native  Seluang malam (Malay) abundant (always seen in some numbers) 3.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known only from the Kapuas (Ref. 2091). Recorded from Danau Sentarum National Park in the Kapuas basin, Kalimantan Barat, Borneo (Ref. 56749). Museum: Kapuas, MZB 4006 (holotype) (Ref. 2091). 
Danionidae Pectenocypris korthausae Kottelat, 1982 Fr native   3.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Sumatra and Borneo. Also Ref. 26580. 
Danionidae Pectenocypris micromysticetus Tan & Kottelat, 2009 Fr native    Known from the Batang Hari drainage in Sumatra (Ref. 81211).  No picture yet.
Melanotaeniidae Pelangia mbutaensis Allen, 1998 Fr native    Type locality, Lake Mbuta Basin (3°58.1'S, 134°57.4'E), ca. 8 km northwest of Etna Bay, Irian Jaya, to 1.5 m (Ref. 50838).  No picture yet.
Pristigasteridae Pellona ditchela Valenciennes, 1847 Fr, Br, M, Fi, B native  Dero (Malay), Dero (Javanese), Longlong mata (Javanese), Mata besar (Malay)   16.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality of the holotype of Pellona hoevenii: 'Batavia, in mari' (Ref. 1846; putative neotype designation by Ref. 9500). Known from southwest Sumatra to Timor Sea (Ref. 7050). Also Ref. 188, 5978, 6567. 
Oxudercidae Periophthalmodon septemradiatus (Hamilton, 1822) Fr native   10.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Borneo. 
Oxudercidae Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis Eggert, 1935 Fr, Br native   8.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality, New Guinea, Merauke-Fluss, ZMA 112.466 (lectotype of Periophthalmus cantonensis novaeguineaensis, 4.19 cm SL) (Ref. 83599). Also Ref. 2847, 5218, 76839. 
Siluridae Phalacronotus apogon (Bleeker, 1851) Fr native  Lai' jungang (Iban), Lais timah (Malay), Lais jungang (Malay)  130 cm SL male/unsexed  Occurs in Sumatra and Borneo (Ref. 27732). Found in the Kapuas Lakes area in Kalimantan Barat, Borneo (Ref. 56749). Recorded from Danau Sentarum National Park in the Kapuas basin, Kalimantan Barat (Ref. 56749). 
Siluridae Phalacronotus micronemus (Bleeker, 1846) Fr native  Lais jungang (Malay), Lais bangah (Malay)  50.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the Kapuas Lakes area in Kalimantan Barat, Borneo (Ref. 56749). Recorded from Danau Sentarum National Park in the Kapuas basin, Kalimantan Barat (Ref. 56749). 
Siluridae Phalacronotus parvanalis (Inger & Chin, 1959) Fr native   35.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from northeastern Borneo. 
Blenniidae Phenablennius heyligeri (Bleeker, 1859) Fr, Br native   5.30 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Sumatra and Borneo (Ref. 7050). 
Phallostethidae Phenacostethus posthon Roberts, 1971 Fr native   1.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Sumatra.  No picture yet.
Phallostethidae Phenacostethus smithi Myers, 1928 Fr native   2.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in Riau, Sumatra (Kottelat, pers. obs.). 
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