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Table 1: 1628 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: 1691 species reported from the country/island altogether.
Table : 1691 .
     
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Family Species Author Info Occurrence Common names Abundance Max length Maturity Remark Photo
Gobionidae Abbottina lalinensis Huang & Li, 1995 Fr native  À­ÁÖ°ô»¨Óã (Mandarin Chinese)   Type locality, Sungari River system, Lalin, Heilongjiang, China (Ref. 81932).  No picture yet.
Gobionidae Abbottina liaoningensis Qin, 1987 Fr native  辽宁棒花鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 遼寧棒花魚 (Mandarin Chinese)  6.60 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Liaoning Province, inhabiting the streams of the Yalu River [=Am-nok River] and Liaohe River (Ref. 51717). Type locality: Zhou-jia Reservoir, Yingkou, Liaoning Prov., China (Ref. 50838). Known from Liaoyang of Liaoning Province(Ref.33792). 
Gobionidae Abbottina obtusirostris (Wu & Wang, 1931) Fr native  钝吻棒花鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 鈍吻棒花魚 (Mandarin Chinese)  10.90 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality: Chengtu (=Chengdu), upper Yangtze River, Szechwan (=Sichuan Province). Known from Sichuan Province: ( Chengdu, Pengxian, Emei, Leshan, Yaan)(Ref.33792). Also Ref. 35840. 
Gobionidae Abbottina rivularis (Basilewsky, 1855) Fr, Br native  棒花鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 棒花鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 棒花魚 (Mandarin Chinese), 江似鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  18.90 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Zunyi of Guizhou Province; Guangdong Province ( Guangzhou, Zhaoguan, Lianxian); Zhejiang Jinhua ; Jiangsu Chongming; Hubei ( Echeng, Yichang); Shanxi Zhouzhi; Liaoning Antai; Heilongjiang Heihe; Ningxia Zhongwei; Gansu ( Linze, Jiuquan) (Ref. 33792). Recorded from the Amur basin and Lake Khanka (Ref. 13397), Bosten lake and Tarim river (Ref. 41093), Zhujiang River (=Pearl River) system of Guangdong Province (Ref. 33299) and Beijiang River (Ref. 89718). Introduced in the Mekong basin in Yunnan (Ref. 43281), expanding southwards (Ref. 94476). Occurs in shallow backwater pool along Yangbi River, an affluent of the river connecting the Mekong and Erhai (Tali) Lake in Yunnan (Ref. 12819). Also Ref. 1441, 35840, 38003, 43281, 89110. 
Nemacheilidae Aborichthys kempi Chaudhuri, 1913 Fr questionable  墨脱阿波鳅 (Mandarin Chinese), 墨脫阿波鰍 (Mandarin Chinese)  8.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Outside distributional range, occurrence needs verification. 
Leuciscidae Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758) Fr introduced  欧鳊 (Mandarin Chinese), 东方欧鳊(引进) (Mandarin Chinese), 欧鳊 (Mandarin Chinese), 東方歐鯿(引進) (Mandarin Chinese), 歐鯿 (Mandarin Chinese)  82.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Reported from the Xinjiang Province (Ref. 33783). Also Ref. 51717. 
Nemacheilidae Acanthocobitis botia (Hamilton, 1822) Fr native  沙条鳅 (Mandarin Chinese), 沙棘鳅 (Mandarin Chinese), 沙條鰍 (Mandarin Chinese), 沙棘鰍 (Mandarin Chinese)  14.87 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in Yunnan. 
Gobionidae Acanthogobio guentheri Herzenstein, 1892 Fr native  刺鮈 (Mandarin Chinese)  20.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in Yongjing County, Gansu Province. Also found in Huanghe River [=Yellow River] system (Ref. 51717). Known from Gansu Province: ( Lanzhou, Lintao, Jingyuan, Liujiaxia); and Xining of Qinghai Province(Ref.33792). Known from Gansu Province: ( Lanzhou, Lintao, Jingyuan, Liujiaxia); and Xining of Qinghai Province(Ref.33792). 
Gobiidae Acanthogobius flavimanus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) Fr, Br, M native  黄鳍刺鰕虎鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 黃鰭刺鰕虎魚 (Mandarin Chinese)  30.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in Yellow Sea (Ref. 42692). 
Gobiidae Acanthogobius hasta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) Fr, Br, M native  矛尾刺鰕虎鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 矛尾复鰕虎鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 长身鲨 (Mandarin Chinese), 矛尾刺鰕虎魚 (Mandarin Chinese), 矛尾复鰕虎魚 (Mandarin Chinese)  50.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Based on 70 specimens measured from the East China Sea, total length varied from 15.2 - 45.5 cm TL (S.P. Annad, pers.comm. 10/09). 
Gobiidae Acanthogobius lactipes (Hilgendorf, 1879) Fr, Br native  乳色刺鰕虎鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 乳色阿匍鰕虎鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 乳色刺鰕虎魚 (Mandarin Chinese), 乳色阿匍鰕虎魚 (Mandarin Chinese)  9.40 cm TL male/unsexed   
Gobiidae Acanthogobius luridus Ni & Wu, 1985 Fr, Br, M native  棕刺鰕虎鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 棕刺鰕虎魚 (Mandarin Chinese)  6.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Type locality of the holotype: Yangtze R. off Baozhen, Chongming, Shanghai, China (Ref. 33021). 
Gobiidae Acanthogobius ommaturus (Richardson, 1845) Fr, Br native  斑尾刺鰕虎鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 斑尾刺鰕虎魚 (Mandarin Chinese), 斑尾复鰕虎魚 (Mandarin Chinese), 斑尾复鰕虎鱼 (Mandarin Chinese)  43.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Guangdong Province in the drainages of Huanggang He and its river mouth; Han Jiang and its river mouth; Lian Jiang and its river mouth; Dong Jiang; Zhu Jiang delta; and Suiqi He and its river mouth. Reported from China's coast (Ref. 47843). Known from Raoping county of Huanggang river drainage; Hanjiang river drainage: Chaozhou city, Xixi, Fengcheng; and Chaoyang county of Lianjiang river drainage; Dongwan city of Dongjiang river drainage in Guangdong Province(Ref.45323).  No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acanthorhodeus chankaensis (Dybowski, 1872) Fr, Br native  兴凯鱊 (Mandarin Chinese), 興凱鱊 (Mandarin Chinese)  14.40 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Lake Khanka; also Zhujiang River(Pearl river) drainage of Guangdong Province (Ref. 33366). Known from Yunnan Dianchi ; Guizhou Guiyang Huaxi Lake; Guangxi; Fujiang Changding; Zhejiang Zhenhai; jiangxi Jiujiang; Jiangxi Wuxi; Hubei ( Xinzhou, Dong lake); Hunan Hubin; Sichuan Leshan; Beijing; Shangdong Jinan; Heilongjiang Tongjiang and Yilan(Ref.33793). Also Ref. 35840. 
Cobitidae Acantopsis dialuzona Van Hasselt, 1823 Fr native  马头小刺眼鳅 (Mandarin Chinese), 蒼帶小刺眼鰍 (Mandarin Chinese), 馬頭小刺眼鰍 (Mandarin Chinese)  25.00 cm SL male/unsexed  Needs a better reference. 
Gobiidae Acentrogobius caninus (Valenciennes, 1837) Fr native  犬牙细棘鰕虎鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 犬牙細棘鰕虎魚 (Mandarin Chinese)  18.30 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the inshore waters and river mouths of southeast China (Ref. 26563). Recorded from Huanggang, Hanjiang, Longjin river drainage, Dongjiang, and Muoyangjiang river drainages (Ref. 45323). Also known from Haikou City, Hainan Province (Ref. 45323). 
Gobiidae Acentrogobius chlorostigmatoides (Bleeker, 1849) Fr, Br native  绿斑细棘鰕虎鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 綠斑細棘鰕虎魚 (Mandarin Chinese)  12.40 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from the river mouth areas of Guangdong Province (Ref. 45323). Known from Huanggang river drainage; Hanjiang river drainage; Longjin river drainage; Dongjiang river drainage; Moyang Jiang river drainage in Guangdong Province. Also from Nandujiang river drainge in Hainan Province(Ref.45323). 
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus asmussii (Dybowski, 1872) Fr native   16.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Amur basin and Lake Khanka.  No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus barbatulus Günther, 1873 Fr native  短须鱊 (Mandarin Chinese), 短須鱊 (Mandarin Chinese)  8.70 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Dong Jiang and Bei Jiang drainages in Guangdong Province (Ref. 33366). Recorded from the Mekong River system in Yunnan (Ref. 38630), Huanghe (Yellow River), Changjiang (Yangtze) and Zhujiang (Pearl River) (Ref. 44416). Known from Yunnan Province:( Dalu, Mengla); Guangxi Province:( Longzhou, Baise, Shangsi, Guilin); Guangdong Province:( Wenyuan, Lianxian, Lechang, Zhaoguan); Tianjin City; Henan province:( Xinye, Tanghe); and Jinan of Shandong Province(Ref.33793). Also Ref. 33366, 35840, 38630, 43281. 
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus barbatus Nichols, 1926 Fr native  须鱊 (Mandarin Chinese), 須鱊 (Mandarin Chinese)  9.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Mingjiang River and Changjiang River. Known from Guangxi Province:( Yangsu, Nanning, Rongan); Chongan of Fujiang Province; Zhejiang Province Jinhua; and Shitai of Anhui Province; Laingzi Lake of Hubei Province(Ref.33793).  No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus binidentatus Li, 2001 Fr native    Type locality, XiQing, District of Tianjin, China, 117°15'E, 38°50'N (Ref. 50838).  No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus brevicaudatus Chen & Li, 1987 Fr native  短尾长身鱊 (Mandarin Chinese), 短尾長身鱊 (Mandarin Chinese)   Type locality, Yangzonhai Lake, flowing into the nanpan R., Yunnan, China, 24°51'-24°58'N, 102°59'-103°02'E (Ref. 46206).  No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus changtingensis Yang, Zhu, Xiong & Liu, 2011 Fr native   6.36 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Hanjiang River in Changting County, Fujian Province, Southeastern China (Ref. 86410).  No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus elongatoides Kottelat, 2001 Fr native   9.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Jianjiang River system of Guangdong Province (Ref. 33299).  No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus elongatus (Regan, 1908) Fr, Br native  长身鱊 (Mandarin Chinese), 長身鱊 (Mandarin Chinese)  19.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Hainan and Zhujiang River (Pearl River) (Ref. 33792); the Beijiang River drainage of Guangdong Province (Ref. 33326), from Guangxi Province:( Guilin, Liujiang, Ningming); Lian county of Guangdong Province and from Yangshan and Qingyuan of Beijiang River drainage of Guangdong Province (Ref.33792).  No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus gracilis Nichols, 1926 Fr native  无须鱊 (Mandarin Chinese), 無鬚鱊 (Mandarin Chinese)  5.80 cm SL male/unsexed  Usually found in the Yangtze River system (Ref. 51717). Type locality: Huping, Tungting Lake, Hunan Province. Known from Hunan Dongting Lake; Hubei Xinzhou, Liangzi Lake(Ref.33793) Also Ref. 35840. 
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus hypselonotus (Bleeker, 1871) Fr native  寡鳞鱊 (Mandarin Chinese), 寡鱗鱊 (Mandarin Chinese)  16.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the middle and lower reaches of Changjiang River. Known from Hubei Province:( Honglake, Shashi); Dongting Lake of Hunan Province; Fanyang Lake of Jiangxi Province(Ref.33793). Also Ref. 35840.  No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus imberbis Günther, 1868 Fr, Or native  彩副鱊 (Mandarin Chinese)  8.00 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Zhejiang, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Jiangsu provinces and Shanghai. Also found in Lianzi Lake (Ref. 38003). Also found in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River (Ref. 51717). Known Shandong Jinan; Hubei ( Xinzhou, Liangzi Lake, Dong Lake); Zhejiang Ling Lake)(Ref.33793). Also Ref. 35840. 
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus macromandibularis Doi, Arai & Liu, 1999 Fr native   5.19 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus macropterus (Bleeker, 1871) Fr, Br native  大鳍鱊 (Mandarin Chinese), 大鰭鱊 (Mandarin Chinese)  27.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Found in the drainages of Dong Jiang and Bei Jiang in Guangdong Province and drainages in Hainan Island and their river mouths (Ref. 33366). Known from Heilongjiang to Hong River basin (Ref. 44416). Recorded from Guangdong ( Lianzhou, Yangshan); Jiangxi Fanyang Lake; Shangha Cityi; Jiangsu Tai Lake; Anhui Linghuaiguan; Hubei:( Dong Lake, Liangzi Lake, Hong Lake, Shashi); Hunan Dongting Lake; Shanxi Zhouzhi; Heilongjiang Songhuajiang (Ref. 33793). Also Ref. 35840. 
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus meridianus (Wu, 1939) Fr native  广西副鱊 (Mandarin Chinese), 廣西副鱊 (Mandarin Chinese)  11.90 cm TL male/unsexed  Known from Guangdong and Guangxi provinces (Ref. 44416). Type locality: Yangao, Li Kiang (Ref. 46206). Known from Guangxi Province:(Yangsu, Chongzuo); Lianzhou of Guangdong Province(Ref.33793). Also Ref. 26563. 
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus microphysa Yang, Chu & Chen, 1990 Fr native  小鳔长身鱊 (Mandarin Chinese), 小鰾長身鱊 (Mandarin Chinese)  6.75 cm SL male/unsexed  Type locality: Haikou, Mingxing and Xijia, Fuxian Lake, Yunnan, China.  No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus omeiensis (Shih & Tchang, 1934) Fr native  峨眉鱊 (Mandarin Chinese)  7.22 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the upper reaches of Changjiang River. Known from Ermei mountain and Leshan of Sichuan Province(Ref.33793). Also Ref. 35840.  No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus peihoensis (Fowler, 1910) Fr native    Type locality, Pei-Ho River, Tien-Tsin (=Tianjin) (Ref. 50838).  No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus polylepis (Wu, 1964) Fr native  多鳞鱊 (Mandarin Chinese), 多鱗鱊 (Mandarin Chinese)  9.50 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Hanjiang River, middle and lower reaches of Changjiang River. Known from Hunan Province:( Nanxian, YingTian); Liangzi Lake of Hubei Province; Shanghang of Fujian Province(Ref.33793).  No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus striatus Yang, Xiong, Tang & Liu, 2010 Fr native   5.43 cm SL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus tabira Jordan & Thompson, 1914 Fr questionable  巨口鱊 (Mandarin Chinese), 石副鱊 (Mandarin Chinese)  7.93 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from the Yangtze river drainage (Ref. 33793). Known from Hong Lake of Hubei Province; Anqing, Congyang of Anhui Province (Ref. 33793). Outside distributional range, occurrence needs confirmation (Ref. 78070). 
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus taenianalis (Günther, 1873) Fr native   11.10 cm FL male/unsexed    No picture yet.
Acheilognathidae Acheilognathus tonkinensis (Vaillant, 1892) Fr native  越南鱊 (Mandarin Chinese)  12.20 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from Yangtze River, Yi-Hing. Known from the Hong river to the Huang He basins (Ref. 44416). Also known from the drainages of Zhujiang River (=Pearl River) system in Guangdong Province; water systems of Hainan Province. Also found in Beijiang River (Ref. 89718). Known from Hekou of Yunnan Province; Hubei Hanjiang; Guangxi:( Guilin, yangsu, Longsheng, rongjiang); Guangdong (yangshan, Lianzhou); Hainan( Qiongzhong,Wuzhishan); Zhejiang:Lanxi Shanjian; Jiangsu:Wuxi; Heinan Banqiao; Fujian Ninghua; Shangdong Jinan(Ref.33793). Also Ref. 43281. 
Acipenseridae Acipenser baerii Brandt, 1869 Fr, Aq, Thr native  西伯利亚鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 西伯利亚鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 西伯利亞鱘 (Mandarin Chinese) scarce (very unlikely) 200 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in Erqishi river (Ref. 41093); Heilongjiang Prov. (Ref. 93286). Also Ref. 31517. 
Acipenseridae Acipenser dabryanus Duméril, 1869 Fr, Aq, Pr, Thr native  长江鲟(达氏鲟) (Mandarin Chinese), 达氏鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), River sturgeon (English), 沙腊子 (Mandarin Chinese), 達氏鱘 (Mandarin Chinese), 长江鲟 (Mandarin Chinese)  250 cm TL male/unsexed 106 Known from the Yellow River (Ref. 12218) and from the the Yangtze River system: in the lower reaches of the Jinshajiang (below Shigu), Mingjiang, Tuojiang, Jialingjiang, Qujiang, and Wujiang rivers (Ref. 45259). A popular cultured fish, introduced from its native range to other regions in the country (extensive stocking in reservoirs and ponds) (Ref. 55380). Status of threat: Vulnerable (Ref. 45563). Known from Shanghai City, Yichang and Xiangxi of Hubei Province, and also Sichuan Province (Ref. 4743). Also Ref. 4537, 31517, 36732, 45563, 47439. 
Acipenseridae Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833 Fr introduced  俄罗斯鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 俄罗斯鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 俄羅斯鱘 (Mandarin Chinese)  236 cm TL male/unsexed   
Acipenseridae Acipenser medirostris Ayres, 1854 Fr questionable  中吻鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 中吻鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 中吻鱘 (Mandarin Chinese) scarce (very unlikely) 270 cm TL male/unsexed  Usually found in the Pacific Ocean along Asia and America, rarely into the estuary of the Tumen River in China (Ref. 51717). Could this be Acipenser mikadoi according to Ref. 6866? 
Acipenseridae Acipenser mikadoi Hilgendorf, 1892 Fr, Br, M native  米氏鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 米氏鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 米氏鱘 (Mandarin Chinese)  150 cm TL male/unsexed   
Acipenseridae Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828 Fr introduced  裸腹鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 裸腹鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 裸腹鱘 (Mandarin Chinese)  211 cm TL male/unsexed  Occurs in Yili river (Ref. 41093). Also Ref. 31517, 55380. 
Acipenseridae Acipenser ruthenus Linnaeus, 1758 Fr, Aq introduced  小体鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 小体鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 小體鱘 (Mandarin Chinese)  125 cm TL male/unsexed  Recorded from the Erqishi river (Ref. 41093). A popular cultured fish,introduced from its native range to other regions in the country (extensively stocked in great inland waters) (Ref. 55380). Also Ref. 31517. 
Acipenseridae Acipenser schrenckii Brandt, 1869 Fr, Aq, Pr, Thr native  史氏鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 史氏鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), Amur sturgeon (English), 史氏鱘 (Mandarin Chinese)  300 cm TL male/unsexed 103 TL Occurs in Heilongjiang River system (Ref. 44306). Also includes lower reaches of Songhuajiang and Wusuli Rivers (Ref. 45563). Stocks declining due to overfishing (Ref. 45563). A cultured fish, introduced from its native range to other regions in the country (extensive stocking in great inland waters) (Ref. 55380). Also Ref. 6376, 31517. Status of threat: Vulnerable (Ref. 45563). 
Acipenseridae Acipenser sinensis Gray, 1835 Fr, Br, M, Pr, Thr native  中华鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), Huang yu (Cantonese), 菊池鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), Chinese sturgeon (English), 中华鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 中華鱘 (Mandarin Chinese), 大腊子 (Mandarin Chinese), 菊池鱘 (Mandarin Chinese), 鳇鱼 (Mandarin Chinese)  346 cm TL male/unsexed  Found in the Yangtze River (=ChangJiang River) (Ref. 12218); report not documented in Ref. 45259, Xijiang drainage and Zhujiang (=Peal River) river mouth (Ref. 52359). Becoming extinct in Huang He (=Yellow River), Minjiang and Qiangtang rivers and rare in Zhujiang River (Ref. 45563); During 1960 to 1970, annual production of this species in the upper reaches of Changjiang (=Yangtze) River totalled 20,000 -25,000 kilograms (Ref. 45563). Introduced from its native range to other regions in the country (for conservation). Extensively stocked in reservoirs (Ref. 55380). Status of threat: Vulnerable (Ref. 45563). Known from Changjiang River (= Yangtze River), Shanghai City, Guangdong Province, and Ningpo of Zhejiang Province Also Ref. 4537, 31517, 36732. 
Acipenseridae Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771 Fr introduced  闪光鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 闪光鲟 (Mandarin Chinese), 閃光鱘 (Mandarin Chinese)  250 cm TL male/unsexed   
Cyprinidae Acrossocheilus beijiangensis Wu & Lin, 1977 Fr, Br, Or native  北江光唇鱼 (Mandarin Chinese), 北江光唇魚 (Mandarin Chinese)  13.10 cm SL male/unsexed  Known from Guangdong Province in the drainages of Longjin He and its river mouth, Dong Jiang, Bei Jiang, and Jian Jiang and its river mouth. Known from Guangdong Province: Lianzhou, Yangshan, Gaoyao, Gaofeng; and Rongan of Guangxi Province(Ref.45620).  No picture yet.
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