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List of freshwater fishes of Korea

This is a list of species of fish found in the rivers and lakes of the Korean Peninsula.

Lampreys

  1. Eudontomyzon morii (Berg, 1931) – Korean lamprey ()
  2. Lethenteron camtschaticum (Tilesius, 1811) – Arctic lamprey ()
  3. Lethenteron reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) – Far Eastern brook lamprey ()

Sturgeons and paddlefish

  1. Acipenser dabryanus (Dumeril, 1868) – Yangtze sturgeon ()
  2. Acipenser medirostris (Ayres, 1854) – green sturgeon ()
  3. Acipenser sinensis (Gray, 1834) – Chinese sturgeon ()

Eels

  1. Anguilla japonica (Schlegel, 1846) – Japanese eel ()
  2. Anguilla marmorata (Quoy and Gaiamard, 1824) – marbled eel ()

Herring

  1. Coilia mystus (Linnaeus, 1758) – tapertail anchovy ()
  2. Coilia nasus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) – Japanese grenadier anchovy ()
  3. Konosirus punctatus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) – dotted gizzard shad ()
  4. Sardinella zunasi (Bleeker, 1854) – Japanese sardinella ()

Carp, minnows and loaches

  1. Abbottina rivularis (Basilewsky, 1855) – Chinese false gudgeon ()
  2. Abbottina springeri (Banarescu et Nalbant, 1973) ()
  3. Acanthorhodeus chankaensis (Dybowski, 1872) – Khanka spiny bitterling ()
  4. Acanthorhodeus macropterus Bleeker, 1871 ()
  5. Acheilognathus hondae (Jordan et Metz, 1913) ()
  6. Acheilognathus koreensis (Kim et Kim, 1990) ()
  7. Acheilognathus majusculus (Kim et Yang, 1998) ()
  8. Acheilognathus rhombeus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) ()
  9. Acheilognathus signifer (Berg, 1907) ()
  10. Acheilognathus somjinensis (Kim et Kim, 1991) ()
  11. Acheilognathus yamatsutae (Mori, 1928) ()
  12. Aphyocypris chinensis (Günther, 1868) – Chinese bleak ()
  13. Barbatula nuda (Bleeker, 1865) ()
  14. Barbatula toni (Dybowski, 1869) – bearded stone loach ()
  15. Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758) – crucian carp ()
  16. Carassius cuvieri (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) – Japanese crucian carp ()
  17. Chanodichthys erythropterus (Basilewsky, 1855) – redfin culter ()
  18. Cobitis lutheri (Rendahl, 1935) – Luther's spiny loach ()
  19. Cobitis pacifica (Kim, Park, et Nalbant, 1999) ()
  20. Cobitis sinensis (Sauvage et Dabryi, 1874) – Siberian spiny loach ()
  21. Cobitis tetralineata (Kim, Park, et Nalbant, 1999) ()
  22. Coreius heterodon (Bleeker, 1865) – brass gudgeon ()
  23. Coreoleuciscus splendidus (Mori, 1935) – Korean splendid dace ()
  24. Ctenopharyngodon idella (Cuvier et Valenciennes) – grass carp ()
  25. Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758) – common carp ()
  26. Gnathopogon strigatus (Regan, 1908) – striped false gudgeon ()
  27. Gobiobotia brevibarba (Mori, 1935) ()
  28. Gobiobotia macrocephala (Mori, 1935) ()
  29. Gobiobotia naktongensis (Mori, 1935) ()
  30. Gobio cynocephalus (Dybowski, 1869) – Siberian gudgeon ()
  31. Hemibarbus labeo (Pallas, 1707) – steed barbel ()
  32. Hemibarbus longirostris (Regan, 1908) – long-nosed barbel ()
  33. Hemibarbus mylodon (Berg, 1907) – spotted barbel ()
  34. Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) – sharpbelly ()
  35. Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Cuvier et Valenciennes) – silver carp ()
  36. Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1845) – bighead carp ()
  37. Iksookimia choii (Kim et Son, 1984) – Miho spine loach ()
  38. Iksookimia koreensis (Kim, 1975) – Korean spine loach ()
  39. Iksookimia longicorpa (Kim, Choi, et Nalbant, 1976) ()
  40. Iksookimia pumila (Kim et Lee, 1987) – Puan spine loach ()
  41. Iksookimia yongdokensis (Kim et Park, 1997) ()
  42. Kichulchoia brevifasciata (Kim et Lee, 1996) – dwarf loach ()
  43. Koreocobitis naktongensis (Kim, Park, et Nalbant, 2000) – Nakdong nose loach ()
  44. Koreocobitis rotundicaudata (Wakiya et Mori, 1929) – white nose loach ()
  45. Ladislavia taczanowskii (Dybowski, 1869) – Tachanovsky's gudgeon ()
  46. Lefua costata (Kessler, 1876) – eightbarbel loach ()
  47. Leuciscus waleckii (Dybowski, 1869) – Amur ide ()
  48. Mesogobio lachneri (Banarescu et Nalbant, 1973) ()
  49. Mesogobio tumensis (Chang, 1979) ()
  50. Microphysogobio jeoni (Kim et Yang, 1999) ()
  51. Microphysogobio koreensis (Mori, 1935) ()
  52. Microphysogobio longidorsalis (Mori, 1935) ()
  53. Microphysogobio rapidus (Chae et Yang, 1999) ()
  54. Microphysogobio yaluensis (Mori, 1928) ()
  55. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) – pond loach ()
  56. Misgurnus mizolepis (Günther, 1888) – Chinese fine-scaled loach ()
  57. Nipponocypris temminckii (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) – dark chub ()
  58. Niwaella multifasciata (Wakiya et Mori, 1929) ()
  59. Opsariichthys uncirostris (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) – three-lips ()
  60. Phoxinus kumgangensis (Kim, 1980) – Kumgang fat minnow ()
  61. Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758) – common minnow ()
  62. Phoxinus semotilus (Jordan & Starks, 1905) ()
  63. Pseudogobio esocinus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) ()
  64. Pseudopungtungia nigra (Mori, 1935) – black shiner ()
  65. Pseudopungtungia tenuicorpus (Jeon et Choi, 1980) – slender shiner ()
  66. Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) – stone moroko ()
  67. Pungtungia herzi (Herzenstein, 1892) – striped shiner ()
  68. Rhynchocypris oxycephalus (Sauvage et Darby, 1874) – Chinese minnow ()
  69. Rhynchocypris percnurus (Pallas, 1811) – swamp minnow ()
  70. Rhynchocypris steindachneri (Dybowski, 1869) – Amur minnow ()
  71. Rhodeus ocellatus (Kner, 1867) – rosy bitterling ()
  72. Rhodeus pseudosericeus (Arai, Jeon, et Ueda) ()
  73. Rhodeus notatus (Nichols, 1929) ()
  74. Rhodeus uyekii (Mori, 1935) ()
  75. Sarcocheilichthys czerskii (Berg, 1914) – Chersky's thicklip gudgeon ()
  76. Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnis (Jordan et Hubbs, 1925) – rainbow gudgeon ()
  77. Sarcocheilichthys variegatus (Mori, 1927) ()
  78. Saurogobio dabryi (Bleeker, 1871) – Chinese lizard gudgeon ()
  79. Squalidus chankaensis Dybowski, 1872 ()
  80. Squalidus gracilis (Temminck and Schlegel, 1846) ()
  81. Squalidus japonicus (Sauvage, 1883) ()
  82. Squalidus multimaculatus (Hosoya et Jeon, 1984) – spotted-barbel gudgeon ()
  83. Squaliobarbus curriculus (Richardson, 1846) – barbel chub ()
  84. Tanakia lanceolata (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) ()
  85. Tribolodon brandtii (Dybowski, 1872) – Pacific redfin ()
  86. Tribolodon hakonensis (Günther, 1880) – sea rundace ()
  87. Zacco platypus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) – pale chub ()

Catfish

  1. Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) – channel catfish ()
  2. Leiocassis longirostris (Günther, 1864) – Chinese longsnout catfish ()
  3. Liobagrus andersoni (Regan, 1908) ()
  4. Liobagrus mediadiposalis (Mori, 1936) – south torrent catfish ()
  5. Liobagrus obesus (Son, Kim, et Choo, 1987) – bullhead torrent catfish ()
  6. Pelteobagrus ussuriensis (Dybowski, 1872) – Ussurian bullhead ()
  7. Pseudobagrus brevicorpus (Mori, 1936) – Korean stumpy bullhead ()
  8. Pseudobagrus koreanus (Uchida, 1990) – black bullhead ()
  9. Silurus asotus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Amur catfish ()
  10. Silurus microdorsalis (Mori, 1936) – slender catfish ()
  11. Tachysurus fulvidraco (Richardson, 1846) – yellow catfish ()
  12. Tachysurus nitidus (Sauvage et Dabryi, 1874) ()

Smelt

  1. Hypomesus nipponensis (McAllister, 1963) – wakasagi ()
  2. Neosalanx anderssoni (Rendahl, 1923) – Andersson's icefish ()
  3. Neosalanx hubbsi (Wakiya et Takahashi, 1937) ()
  4. Neosalanx jordani (Wakiya et Takahashi, 1937) ()
  5. Plecoglossus altivelis (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) – ayu ()
  6. Protosalanx chinensis (Basilewsky, 1855) ()
  7. Salangichthys microdon (Bleeker, 1860) – Japanese icefish ()
  8. Salanx ariakensis (Kishinouye, 1901) – Ariake icefish ()
  9. Salanx prognathus (Regan, 1908) ()

Salmonids

  1. Brachymystax lenok (Pallas, 1773) – lenok ()
  2. Hucho ishikawae (Mori, 1928) – Korean taimen ()
  3. Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792) – pink salmon ()
  4. Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792) – chum salmon ()
  5. Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792) – coho salmon ()
  6. Oncorhynchus masou (Brevoort, 1856) – masu salmon ()
  7. Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) – rainbow trout ()
  8. Salvelinus leucomaenis (Pallas, 1811) – white-spotted char ()
  9. Salvelinus malma (Walbaum, 1792) – Dolly Varden ()
  10. Thymallus yaluensis (Mori, 1928) ()

Cod

  1. Lota lota (Linnaeus, 1758) – burbot ()

Mullets

  1. Liza affinis (Günther, 1861) – eastern keelback mullet ()
  2. Liza haematocheilus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) – haarder ()
  3. Mugil cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) – flathead mullet ()

Perch-like fish

  1. Acanthogobius elongatus (Ni et Wu, 1985) ()
  2. Acanthogobius flavimanus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) – yellowfin goby ()
  3. Acanthogobius lactipes (Hilgendorf, 1879) ()
  4. Acanthogobius luridus (Ni et Wu, 1985) ()
  5. Acentrogobius pellidebilis (Lee et Kim, 1992) ()
  6. Acentrogobius pflaumii (Bleeker, 1853) – striped sand goby ()
  7. Bathygobius fuscus (Ruppel, 1830) – dusky frillgoby ()
  1. Boleophthalmus pectinirostris (Linnaeus, 1758) – blue-spotted mudskipper ()
  2. Channa argus (Cantor, 1842) – northern snakehead ()
  3. Coreoperca herzi (Herzenstein, 1896) – Korean perch ()
  4. Coreoperca kawamebari (Temminck et Schlegel, 1842) – Japanese aucha perch ()
  5. Eleotris oxycephala (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) – spined sleeper ()
  6. Favonigobius gymnauchen (Bleeker, 1860) – sharp-nosed sand goby ()
  7. Gymnogobius castaneus (O'Shaughnessy, 1875) – biringo ()
  8. Gymnogobius macrognathos (Bleeker, 1860) - ()
  9. Gymnogobius urotaenia (Hilgendorf, 1879) ()
  10. Lateolabrax japonicus (Cuvier, 1828) – suzuki ()
  11. Lepomis macrochirus (Rafinesque, 1819) – bluegill ()
  12. Leucopsarion petersii (Hilgendorf, 1880) – ice goby ()
  13. Luciogobius guttatus (Gill, 1859) – flat-headed goby ()
  14. Macropodus ocellatus (Cantor, 1842) – roundtail paradisefish ()
  15. Micropercops swinhonis (Gunther, 1873) ()
  16. Micropterus salmoides (Lacépède, 1802) – largemouth bass ()
  17. Mugilogobius abei (Jordan et Snyder, 1901) – Abe's mangrove goby ()
  18. Mugilogobius fontinalis (Jordan et Seale, 1906) ()
  19. Nuchequula nuchalis (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) – spotnape ponyfish ()
  20. Odontamblyopus lacepedii (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) ()
  21. Odontobutis interrupta (Iwata et Jeon, 1985) ()
  22. Odontobutis obscura (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) – donko ()
  23. Odontobutis platycephala (Iwata et Jeon, 1985) ()
  24. Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Nile tilapia ()
  25. Paratrypauchen microcephalus (Bleeker, 1860) – comb goby ()
  26. Parioglossus dotui (Tomiyama, 1958) ()
  27. Periopthalmus magnuspinnatus (Lee, Choi, et Ryu, 1995) ()
  28. Periophthalmus modestus (Cantor, 1842) – Shuttles hoppfish ()
  29. Pseudogobius masago (Tomiyama, 1936) ()
  30. Repomucenus olidus (Gunther, 1873) ()
  31. Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) – Amur goby ()
  32. Rhinogobius giurinus (Rutter, 1897) – barcheek goby ()
  33. Sicyopterus japonicus (Tanaka, 1909) – grazing goby ()
  34. Siniperca scherzeri (Steindachner, 1892) – golden mandarin fish ()
  35. Synechogobius hasta (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) – javelin goby ()
  36. Tridentiger bifasciatus (Steindachner, 1881) – Shimofuri goby ()
  37. Tridentiger brevispinis (Katsuyama, Arai, et Nakamura, 1972) ()
  38. Tridentiger nudicervicus (Tomiyama, 1934) – bare-naped goby ()
  39. Tridentiger obscurus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) – dusky tripletooth goby ()

Needlefish and ricefish

  1. Hyporhamphus intermedius (Cantor, 1842) – Asian pencil halfbeak ()
  2. Hyporhamphus sajori (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) – Japanese halfbeak ()
  3. Oryzias latipes (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) – Japanese rice fish ()
  4. Oryzias sinensis (Chen, Uwa, et Chu, 1989) – Chinese rice fish ()

Sticklebacks

  1. Gasterosteus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – three-spined stickleback ()
  2. Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758) – ninespine stickleback ()
  3. Pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) – Amur stickleback ()
  4. Pungitius tymensis (Nikolsky, 1889) – Sakhalin stickleback ()
  5. Syngnathus schlegeli (Kaup, 1856) – seaweed pipefish ()

Swamp eels

  1. Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793) – rice eel ()

Scorpionfish, flatheads and sculpins

  1. Cottus czerskii (Berg, 1913) – Chersky's sculpin ()
  2. Cottus hangiongensis (Mori, 1930) ()
  3. Cottus poecilopus (Heckel, 1837) – alpine bullhead ()
  4. Myoxocephalus stelleri (Tilesius, 1811) – Steller's sculpin ()
  5. Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) – bartail flathead ()
  6. Sebastes schlegeli (Hilgendorf, 1880) – Korean rockfish ()
  7. Trachidermus fasciatus (Heckel, 1837) – roughskin sculpin ()

Flatfish

  1. Cynoglossus semilaevis (Gunther, 1873) – tongue sole ()
  2. Kareius bicoloratus (Basilewsky, 1855) – stone flounder ()
  3. Platichthys stellatus (Pallas, 1788) – starry flounder ()
  4. Pleuronichthys cornutus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) – ridged-eye flounder ()

Puffers

  1. Takifugu niphobles (Jordan et Snyder, 1901) – grass puffer ()
  2. Takifugu obscurus (Abe, 1949) – obscure pufferfish ()
  3. Takifugu poecilonotus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1850) – finepatterned puffer ()
  4. Takifugu rubripes (Temminck et Schlegel, 1850) – Japanese pufferfish ()
  5. Takifugu vermicularis (Temminck et Schlegel, 1850) – purple puffer ()
  6. Takifugu xanthopterus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1850) – yellowfin pufferfish ()

See also

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