LIST OF FISHES RECORDED FROM LAKSHADWEEP

   
Family:   ACANTHURIDAE Acanthurus aliala

Acanthurus bleekeri

Acanthurus elongatus
Acanthurus leucosternon Acanthurus lineatus Acanthurus mata Acanthurus matoides
Acanthurus nigricans Acanthurus nigrofuscus Acanthurus philippinus Acanthurus tennenti
Acanthurus triostegus Ctenochaetus striatus Ctenochaetus strigosus Naso annulatus
Naso brachycentron Naso brevirostris Naso lituratus Naso tuberosus
Naso unicornis Naso vlamingii Paracanthurus hepatus Zebrasoma flavescens
Zebrasoma veliferum Family:   ALEPOCEPHALIDAE Family:   ALBULIDAE Albula vulpes
Platytroctes apus Stomias affnis Aulastomatomorpha phospherops Narcetes erimelas
Alopias vulpinus Family:   ANTENNARIIDAE Family:   ANGUILLIDAE Family:   ALOPIIDAE
Antennarius leprosus Antennarius nummifer Antennarius chironectes Anguilla bicolor
Pegasus draconis Anthias squamipinnin Antennarius tuberosus Antennarius coccineus
Anthias cooperi Apogon fragilis Family:   ANTHIIDAE Histrio histrio
Apogon coccineus Apogonichthys nigripinnis Apogon leptacanthus Anthias cichlops
Apogon sangiensis Cheilodipterus lachneri Apogonichthys ocellatus Family:   APOGONIDAE
Archamia mozambiquensis Ostorhynchus endekataenia Foa brachygramma Apogon nigripes
Ostorhynchus apogonides Ostorhynchus quadrifasciatus Ostorhynchus moluccensis Archamia fucata
Ostorhynchus nubilus Pristiapogon synderi Ostorhynchus savayensis Fowleria aurita
Pristiapogon fraenatus

Pranesus pinguis

Pseudamia gelatinosa Ostorhynchus novemfasciatus
Rhabdamia gracilis Aulostomus chinensis Family:   ATHERINIDAE Paramia quinquelineata
Atherion africanus Balistapus undulatus Stenatherina temmincki Rhabdamia cypselurus
Family:   AULOSTOMIDAE Melichthus niger Balistoides conspicillum Allanetta barnesi
Abalistes stellaris Rhinecanthus rectangulus Odonus niger Family:  BALISTIDAE
Canthidermis rotundatus Ablennes hians Sufflamen chrysopterus Balistoides viridescens
Rhinecanthus aculeatus Strongylura incisa Belone platyura Pseudobalistes flavomarginatus
Family:   BELONIDAE Cirripectes quagga Strongylura melanota  
Strongylura gigantea Enchelyurus kraussi Family:   BLENNIDAE Strongylura crocodilus
Thalassosteus appendiculatus Istiblennius edentulus Cirripectes sebae Strongylura strongylura
Blennechis filamentosus Omobranchus mekranensis Entomacrodus straitus Aspidontus tractus
Cirripectes variolosus Runula tapeinosoma Istiblennius lineatus Cirripectes stigmaticus
Exallias brevis Pseudorhombus arsius Petroscirtes mitratus Entomacrodus vermiculatus
Omobranchus elongatus Caesio lunaris Salarias dussumieri Istiblennius periophthalmus
Runula rhinorhynchus Dipterygonatus leucogrammicus Family:   BOTHIDAE Petroscirtes pindae
Xiphasia setifer Callionymus spiniceps Family:   CAESIONIDAE Salarias fasciatus
Engyprosopon iatifrons Canthigaster bennetti Caesio pisang Bothus pantherinus
Dinematichthys iluocoeteoides Family:   CARACANTHIDAE Gymnocaesio argenteus Family:   BROTULIDAE
Caesio caerulaureus Family:   CARANGIDAE Canthigaster cinctus Caesio chrysozona
Caesio xanthonotus Caranx armatus Caracanthus maculatus Caesio rile
Family:   CALLIONYMIDAE Caranx ferdau Alectis ciliaris Family:   CANTHIGASTERIDAE
Canthigaster amboinesis Caranx malabaricus Caranx chrysophrys Canthigaster margaritata
Apolectus niger Caranx sexfasciatus Caranx ignobilis Caracanthus unipinnis
Caranx crumenophthalmus Decapterus russelli Caranx melampygus Alectis indicus
Caranx lugubris Scomberoides sanctipteri Caranx stellatus Caranx compressus
Caranx sansan Trachinotus blochii Elagatis bipinnulatus Caranx leptolepis
Decapterus macrosoma Family:   CARAPIDAE Scomberoides tol Caranx oblongus
Naucrates ductor Jordanicus gracilis Trachinotus nieuhofi Chorinemus sp
Trachinotus baillonii Eulamia melanoptera Carapus homei Megalaspis cordyla
  Family:   CHAETODONTIDAE Galeocerdo cuvieri Serriolina nigrofasciata
Carapus parvipinnis Chaetodon falcula Chaetodon bennetti Ulua mandibularis
Eulamia limbatus Chaetodon melanotus Chaetodon kleini Carapus mourlani
  Chaetodon vagabundus Chaetodon meyeri Family:   CARCHARHINIDAE
Chaetodon collare Heniochus monoceros Chaetodon xanthocephalus Triaenodon obesus
Chaetodon lunula Champsodon capensis Megaprotodon strigangulus Chaetodon citrinellus
Chaetodon unimaculatus Chirocentrus brachysoma Paracirrhites forsteri Chaetodon lineolatus
Heniochus acuminatus Cirrhitus pinnulatus Ilisha melastoma Chaetodon trifaciatus
Family:   CHAMPSODONTIDAE Dussumieria hasseltii Spratelloides delicatulus Hemitaurichthys zoster
Chirocentrus dorab Sardinella melanura Ariosoma anago Family:   CHIROCENTRIDAE
Cirrhichthys aprinus Family:   CONGRIDAE Family:   CONGROGADIDAE Family:   CIRRHITIDAE
Family:   CLUPEIDAE Family: CORYPHAENIDAE Coryphaena hippurus  
Sardinella fimbriata Cynoglossus brachycephalus Paraplagusia bilineata Sardinella clupeoides
Conger cinereus Dactyloptena macracanthus Dactyloptena orientalis Spratelloides japonicus
Family:   CYNOGLOSSIDAE Diodon hystrix Lophodiodon calori Ariosoma purpureus
Family:   DACTYLOPTERIDAE Echeneis naucrates Phtheirichthys lineatus Uroconger braueri
Family:   DIODONTIDAE Remora remora Eleotriodes sexguttatus Remora albescens
Family:   ECHENEIDAE Eleotriodes helsdingeni Ptereleotris tricolor Family:   ELEOTRIDAE
Remora osteochir Ptereleotris microlepis Cypselurus oligolepis Eleotriodes strigatus
Asterropteryx semipunctatus Elops saurus Hirundichthys oxycephalus Family:   ENGRAULIDAE
Prionobutis koilamatodon Coilia dussumieri Family:   FISTULARIIDAE Family:   EXOCOETIDAE
Family:  ELOPIDAE Cypselurus furcatus Family:   GEMPYLIDAE Cypselurus spiloterus
Anchoviella indica Exocoetus volitans Thyrsitoides marleyi Paraexocoetus brachypterus
Cypselurus cyanopterus Ruvettus pretiosus Gerres lucidus Fistularia petimba
Exocoetus solandri Gerres filamentosus Family:  GINGLYMOSTOMATIDAE Gempylus serpens
Prognichthys gibbifrons Acentrogobius cauerensis Family:   GOBIIDAE Gerres oblongus
Fistularia villosa Bathygobius petrophilus Acentrogobius ornatus Nebrius concolor
Promethichthys prometheus Eviota distigma Ctenogobiops crocineus Acentrogobius aestuarius
Family:   GERREIDAE Paragobiodon echinocephalus Fusigobius neophytus Amblygobius albimaculatus
Gerres oyena Family:   GONOSTOMATIDAE Quisquilius eugenius Gobiodon citrinus
Acentrogobius canninus Vinciguerria lucetia Cyclothone microdon Mucogobius liolepis
Bathygobius fuscus Garerin gaterinus Family:   HAEMULIDAE Quisquilius inhacae
Gobiodon rivulatus Halosaurus parvipinnis Gaterin niger Cyclothone signata
Oxyurichthys microlepis Hyporhamphus balinensis Family:   HALOSAURIDAE Family:   GRAMMISTIDAE
Gonostoma elongatum Oxyporhamphus micropterus Family:   HEMIRAMPHIDAE Diagramma pictum
Grammistes sexlineatus Holocentrus caudimaculatus Hyporhamphus dussumieri Gaterin orientalis
Gaterin albovittatus Holocentrus laevis Holocentrus cornutus Halosauropsis affinis
Gaterin shotaf Holocentrus spinifer Holocentrus opercularis Family:   HEMIGALEIDAE
Halosauropsis mediorostris Makaira indica Holocentrus violaceus Hemiramphus far
Hemigaleus balfouri Family:   KRAEMERIIDAE Family:   ISTIOPHORIDAE Hyporhamphus georgi
Hemiramphus marginatus Kuhlia taeniura Makaira nigricans Family:   HOLOCENTRIDAE
Hyporhamphus unifasciatus Kyphosus vaigiensis Kraemeria samoensis Holocentrus diadema
Holocentrus andamanense Anampses caeruleopunctatus Anampses diadematus Holocentrus rubber
Holocentrus laeteoguttatus Cheilinus chlorurus Cheilinus diagrammus Myripristis adustus
Holocentrus sammara Cheilinus trilobatus Cheilinus undulatus Istiompax indicus
Myripristis murdjan Coris formosa Coris frerei Tetrapturus audax
Istiophorus platypterus Duymaeria flagellifera Epibulus insidiator Family:   KYPHOSIDAE
Family:   KUHLIIDAE Halichoeres argus Halichoeres bimaculatus Family:   LABRIDAE
Kyphosus cinerascens Halichoeres marginatus Halichoeres notopsis Cheilio inermis
Anampses ambionensis Hemigymnus melapterus Hologymnosus semidiscus Cheilinus oxycephalus
Cheilinus arenatus Labroides dimidiatus Lapidaplois hirsutus Cirrhilabrus exquisirus
Cheilinus fasciatus Macropharyngodon meleagris Novaculichthus macrolepidotus Coris gaimardi
Coris angulata Stethojulis albovittata Stethojulis axillaris Gomphosus coeruleus
Cymolutes lecluse Stethojulis trilineata Thalassoma amblycephalum Halichoeres centriquadrus
Gomphosus varius Thalassoma lunare Thalassoma melanochir Halichoeres scapularis
Halichoeres kawrin Thalassoma umbrostigma Family:   LEIOGNATHIDAE Iniistius pavo
Hemigymnus fasciatus Sphaeroides hypselogeneion Secutor insidiator Lepidaplois axillaris
Labrichthys cyanotaenia Leiognathus fasciatus Gymnocranius riseus Novaculichthus taeniourus
Lepidochromis brunneus Gnathodentex aurolineatus Lethrinella xanthochilus Stethojulis phekadopleura
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia Lethninella variegatus Lethrinus mahsena Thalassoma hardwicki
Stethojulis strigiventer Lethrinus lentjan Family:   LOBOTIDAE Thalassoma purpureum
Thalassoma janseni Family:   LUTJANIDAE Aphareus furcatus Family:   LAGOCEPHALIDAE
Thalassoma quinquevittatum Lutjanus bohar Lutjanus fulviflamma Family:   LAMNIDAE
Lagocephalus lagocephalus Lutjanus kasmira Lutjanus lineolatus Gazza minuta
Isurus glaucus Lutjanus vaigiensis Lutjanus meleagris Lethrinella microdon
 Leiognathus equula Coelorinchus flabellispinis Family:   MACROURIDAE Lethrinus borbonicus
Family:   LETHRINIDAE Macrourus woodmasoni Coelorinchus parnllelus Lethrinus obsoletus
Lethrinella miniata Family:   MENIDAE Family:    MEGALOPIDAE Lobotes surinamensis
Lethrinus haraj Manta birostris Mene maculata Aphareus rutilans
Monotaxis grandoculis Osbeckia scripta Family:   MONACANTHIDAE Lutjanus gibbus
Aprion virescens Paramonacanthus oblongus Oxymonacanthus longirostris Lutjanus russelli
Lutjanus johni Monodactylus argenteus Psilocephalus barbatus Macolor niger
Lutjanus sanguineus  Liza sp   Bathygadus furvescens
Paracaesio xanthurus Parapercis hexophthalma Plicomugil labiosus Macrourus hextii
Bathygadus multifilis Family:   MURAENESOCIDAE Parapercis nebulosa Family:   MALACANTHIDAE
Macrourus nasutus Alepisaurus ferx Xenomystax trucidans Megalops cyprinoides
Malacanthus latovittatus Echidna delicatula Anarchias cantonensis Amanses sandwichiensis
Family:   MOBULIDAE Echidna zebra Echidna leucotaenia Paraluteres prionurus
Amanses scopas Gymnothorax javanicus Gymnothorax buroensis Family:   MUGILIDAE
Paramonacanthus choirocephalus Gymnothorax petelli Gymnothorax monochrous Parapercis quadrispinosa
Family:   MONODACTYLIDAE Gymnothorax richardosoni Gymnothorax pictus Anarchias fuscus
Crenimugil crenilabis Moringua abbreviata Gymnothorax ruppelli Echidna nebulosa
Family:   MUGILOIDIDAE Siderea picta Moringua bicolor Gymnothorax fimbriatus
  Family:   MYCTOPHIDAE Uropterygius marmoratus Gymnothorax monostigmus
Family:   MURAENIDAE Myctophum aurolaternatum Diaphus fulgens Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoidea
Enchelynassa canina Scolopsis frenatus Myctophum evermanni Gymnothorax undulatus
Echidna polyzona   Family:   MYLIOBATIDAE Moringua javanica
Gymnothorax flavimarginatus Leiuranus semicinctus Family:   NEMIPTERIDAE Uropterygius tigrinus
Gymnothorax permistus Ophichthus altipinnis Family:   OPHICHTHYIDAE Myctophum affine
Gymnothorax reticularis Family:   OPHIDIIDAE Muraenichthys macropterus Myctophum reinhardti
Gymnapogon africanus Neobythites pterotus Ophichthus marginatus Aetobatus narinari
Moringua macrochir Ostracion sebae Brotula multibarbata Nemipterus nemurus
Myctophum andreae Family:   OSTRACIONTIDAE   Family:   NOMEIDAE
Myctophum spinosum Family:   PARALEPIDIDAE Ostracion tuberculatus Callechelys melanotaenia
Rhinoptera javanica Parapriacanthus guentheri Lactoria cornuta Myrichthys colubrinus
Scolopsis bilineatus Platax orbicularis Lestidium indopacifica Pisodonophis cancrivorus
Psenes cyanophrus Family:   PLATYCEPHALIDAE Pempheris oualensis Dicrolene intronigra
Callechelys nebulosus Family:   PLOTOSIDAE Platax pinnatus Family:   OSTRACIIDAE
Myrichthys maculosus Polymixia japonica Platycephalus crocodilus Rhynchostracion nasus
Monomitopus nigripinnis Polynemus plebeius Family:   PLESIOPIDAE Lactoria fornasini
Ostracion meleagris Apolemichthys trimaculatus Plotosus anguillaris Platax teira
Family:   PEMPHERIDAE   Polynemus sexfilis Platycephalus indicus
Family:   PLATACIDAE Abudefduf biocellatus Centropyge multispinis Plesiops caeruleolineatus
Platycephalus malayanus Abudefduf lacrymatus Family:   POMACENTRIDAE Family:   POLYNEMIDAE
Family:   POLYMIXIIDAE Abudefduf sexfasciatus Abudefduf cingulum Pomacanthodes imperator
Polynemus heptadactylus