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Fish of Somalia: 296 perch-like species on record (part 2 of 2)
GBIF holds records of 296 species of perch-like fish (order Perciformes) from Somalia, the largest order of fish in its seas: groupers, snappers, emperors, tunas, mackerels, jacks, damselfish and gobies among them.
Part 2 of 2 of Fish of Somalia: 296 perch-like species on record. Sources are listed on part 1.
This list is in 2 parts: 1 · 2
Full list (296 species)
| Name | Scientific name | Family | Red List | Records in Somalia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese Rainbow Wrasse | Suezichthys notatus | Labridae | LC | 1 |
| Elongate Ponyfish | Equulites elongatus | Leiognathidae | LC | 2 |
| Berber ponyfish | Leiognathus berbis | Leiognathidae | LC | 1 |
| Forktail large-eye bream | Gymnocranius elongatus | Lethrinidae | LC | 4 |
| grey barenose | Gymnocranius griseus | Lethrinidae | LC | 1 |
| Snubnose emperor | Lethrinus borbonicus | Lethrinidae | LC | 8 |
| Yellowtail emperor | Lethrinus crocineus | Lethrinidae | LC | 1 |
| Sky emperor | Lethrinus mahsena | Lethrinidae | EN | 1 |
| Smalltooth emperor | Lethrinus microdon | Lethrinidae | LC | 4 |
| Spangled emperor | Lethrinus nebulosus | Lethrinidae | LC | 2 |
| Slender emperor | Lethrinus variegatus | Lethrinidae | LC | 2 |
| Tripletail, Atlantic tripletail | Lobotes surinamensis | Lobotidae | LC | 10 |
| Grey Jobfish, Green jobfish | Aprion virescens | Lutjanidae | LC | 3 |
| Deepwater longtail red snapper, Flame Snapper | Etelis coruscans | Lutjanidae | LC | 1 |
| Mangrove red snapper | Lutjanus argentimaculatus | Lutjanidae | LC | 1 |
| Bengal snapper | Lutjanus bengalensis | Lutjanidae | LC | 3 |
| blueline snapper | Lutjanus coeruleolineatus | Lutjanidae | LC | 1 |
| Blackspot snapper, Ehrenberg's snapper | Lutjanus ehrenbergii | Lutjanidae | LC | 8 |
| Blackspot snapper, Dory snapper | Lutjanus fulviflamma | Lutjanidae | LC | 5 |
| Yellow-margined Snapper, Blacktail snapper | Lutjanus fulvus | Lutjanidae | LC | 12 |
| Paddletail Snapper, Humpback red snapper | Lutjanus gibbus | Lutjanidae | LC | 3 |
| John's snapper | Lutjanus johnii | Lutjanidae | LC | 1 |
| Bluelined Snapper, Common bluestripe snapper | Lutjanus kasmira | Lutjanidae | LC | 45 |
| Indian snapper | Lutjanus madras | Lutjanidae | LC | 1 |
| Maori Snapper, Blubberlip snapper | Lutjanus rivulatus | Lutjanidae | LC | 3 |
| Humphead snapper | Lutjanus sanguineus | Lutjanidae | LC | 2 |
| Arabian blue-striped snapper | Lutjanus sapphirolineatus | Lutjanidae | LC | 3 |
| Emperor red snapper | Lutjanus sebae | Lutjanidae | LC | 3 |
| Brownstripe red snapper | Lutjanus vitta | Lutjanidae | LC | 1 |
| Crimson jobfish | Pristipomoides filamentosus | Lutjanidae | LC | 3 |
| Goldbanded jobfish | Pristipomoides multidens | Lutjanidae | LC | 2 |
| Lavender jobfish | Pristipomoides sieboldii | Lutjanidae | LC | 1 |
| Sharptooth jobfish | Pristipomoides typus | Lutjanidae | LC | 1 |
| Silver moonfish, Silver moony | Monodactylus argenteus | Monodactylidae | LC | 1 |
| Yellowstripe Goatfish | Mulloidichthys flavolineatus | Mullidae | LC | 1 |
| Yellowfin Goatfish | Mulloidichthys vanicolensis | Mullidae | LC | 1 |
| Whitelined Goatfish | Parupeneus ciliatus | Mullidae | LC | 1 |
| Cinnabar goatfish | Parupeneus heptacanthus | Mullidae | LC | 12 |
| Indian goatfish | Parupeneus indicus | Mullidae | LC | 5 |
| Long-barbel goatfish, Longbarbel goatfish | Parupeneus macronemus | Mullidae | LC | 1 |
| Nansen Goatfish | Parupeneus nansen | Mullidae | LC | 1 |
| Rosy goatfish | Parupeneus rubescens | Mullidae | LC | 1 |
| Bar-tailed Goatfish | Upeneus guttatus | Mullidae | LC | 8 |
| Margaretha's Goatfish | Upeneus margarethae | Mullidae | LC | 4 |
| Sulphur goatfish | Upeneus sulphureus | Mullidae | LC | 4 |
| Freckled goatfish | Upeneus tragula | Mullidae | LC | 5 |
| Delagoa threadfin bream | Nemipterus bipunctatus | Nemipteridae | LC | 6 |
| Notchedfin threadfin bream | Nemipterus peronii | Nemipteridae | LC | 1 |
| Slender threadfin bream | Nemipterus zysron | Nemipteridae | LC | 4 |
| rosy dwarf monocle bream | Parascolopsis eriomma | Nemipteridae | LC | 3 |
| scaly dwarf monocle bream | Parascolopsis townsendi | Nemipteridae | LC | 3 |
| yellowstripe monocle bream | Scolopsis aurata | Nemipteridae | LC | 4 |
| Thumbprint monocle bream | Scolopsis bimaculata | Nemipteridae | LC | 9 |
| Arabian monocle bream | Scolopsis ghanam | Nemipteridae | LC | 7 |
| black-streaked monocle bream | Scolopsis taeniata | Nemipteridae | LC | 3 |
| Whitecheek monocle bream | Scolopsis vosmeri | Nemipteridae | LC | 1 |
| Guenther's Sweeper | Parapriacanthus guentheri | Pempheridae | NE | 2 |
| Glassfish | Parapriacanthus ransonneti | Pempheridae | LC | 7 |
| Sailfin armourhead | Histiopterus typus | Pentacerotidae | NE | 1 |
| opal fish | Bembrops caudimacula | Percophidae | NE | 10 |
| Pteropsaron heemstrai | Pteropsaron heemstrai | Percophidae | NE | 1 |
| Pteropsaron natalensis | Pteropsaron natalensis | Percophidae | NE | 1 |
| Blue-nosed Grubfish | Parapercis alboguttata | Pinguipedidae | NE | 5 |
| Barfaced sandsmelt, Smallscale grubfish | Parapercis robinsoni | Pinguipedidae | NE | 4 |
| Parapercis simulata | Parapercis simulata | Pinguipedidae | NE | 4 |
| Somali Grubfish | Parapercis somaliensis | Pinguipedidae | LC | 3 |
| Red Sea angelfish | Apolemichthys xanthotis | Pomacanthidae | LC | 14 |
| Emperor angelfish | Pomacanthus imperator | Pomacanthidae | LC | 3 |
| Blackspot sergeant | Abudefduf sordidus | Pomacentridae | LC | 3 |
| Indo-Pacific sergeant | Abudefduf vaigiensis | Pomacentridae | LC | 17 |
| Twoband anemonefish | Amphiprion bicinctus | Pomacentridae | LC | 4 |
| grey chromis | Chromis axillaris | Pomacentridae | LC | 8 |
| bluespotted damsel | Chromis dasygenys | Pomacentridae | LC | 1 |
| Spiny chromis | Chromis woodsi | Pomacentridae | NE | 15 |
| Onespot demoiselle | Chrysiptera unimaculata | Pomacentridae | LC | 1 |
| grey humbug | Dascyllus marginatus | Pomacentridae | LC | 1 |
| Three-spot Dascyllus, Threespot dascyllus | Dascyllus trimaculatus | Pomacentridae | LC | 6 |
| Regal demoiselle | Neopomacentrus cyanomos | Pomacentridae | LC | 6 |
| Arabian Damselfish | Neopomacentrus miryae | Pomacentridae | LC | 2 |
| Slender Damsel | Pomacentrus leptus | Pomacentridae | NE | 1 |
| Gulf damselfish | Pristotis obtusirostris | Pomacentridae | LC | 2 |
| Jordan's damsel | Teixeirichthys jordani | Pomacentridae | LC | 6 |
| Longfinned bullseye | Cookeolus japonicus | Priacanthidae | LC | 2 |
| Crescent-tail Bigeye, Moontail bullseye | Priacanthus hamrur | Priacanthidae | LC | 2 |
| Elongate Bulleye | Priacanthus prolixus | Priacanthidae | LC | 9 |
| False Olive Dottyback | Pseudochromis linda | Pseudochromidae | LC | 1 |
| Black-back Dottyback | Pseudochromis punctatus | Pseudochromidae | LC | 5 |
| Cobia | Rachycentron canadum | Rachycentridae | LC | 1 |
| Largehead croaker | Atrobucca alcocki | Sciaenidae | LC | 2 |
| Fusca drum | Umbrina ronchus | Sciaenidae | DD | 1 |
| Wahoo | Acanthocybium solandri | Scombridae | LC | 20 |
| Bullet tuna | Auxis rochei | Scombridae | LC | 1 |
| Frigate tuna | Auxis thazard | Scombridae | LC | 19 |
| Skipjack tuna, Oceanic Bonito | Katsuwonus pelamis | Scombridae | LC | 48 |
| Indian mackerel | Rastrelliger kanagurta | Scombridae | LC | 1 |
| Japanese mackerel | Scomber australasicus | Scombridae | LC | 20 |
| Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel | Scomberomorus commerson | Scombridae | NT | 1 |
| Yellow-fin Tunny | Thunnus albacares | Scombridae | LC | 63 |
| Bigeye tuna | Thunnus obesus | Scombridae | VU | 27 |
| Bigeye | Scombrops boops | Scombropidae | NE | 1 |
| Redmouth grouper | Aethaloperca rogaa | Serranidae | LC | 1 |
| Anthias altus | Anthias altus | Serranidae | NE | 1 |
| Blue-spotted Grouper, Peacock hind | Cephalopholis argus | Serranidae | LC | 12 |
| Golden Grouper, Golden hind | Cephalopholis aurantia | Serranidae | LC | 1 |
| Tomato hind | Cephalopholis sonnerati | Serranidae | LC | 1 |
| Chelidoperca hirundinacea | Chelidoperca hirundinacea | Serranidae | NE | 1 |
| Chelidoperca maculicauda | Chelidoperca maculicauda | Serranidae | DD | 4 |
| Areolate grouper | Epinephelus areolatus | Serranidae | LC | 3 |
| Brownspotted grouper | Epinephelus chlorostigma | Serranidae | LC | 6 |
| Blacktip Grouper, Redbanded grouper | Epinephelus fasciatus | Serranidae | LC | 2 |
| Blue and yellow grouper, Blue-and-yellow grouper | Epinephelus flavocaeruleus | Serranidae | LC | 2 |
| multispotted grouper | Epinephelus gabriellae | Serranidae | LC | 3 |
| Somali grouper | Epinephelus indistinctus | Serranidae | DD | 1 |
| smallscaled grouper | Epinephelus polylepis | Serranidae | LC | 1 |
| Halfmoon grouper | Epinephelus rivulatus | Serranidae | LC | 2 |
| Greasy Grouper | Epinephelus tauvina | Serranidae | DD | 1 |
| wavy-lined grouper | Epinephelus undulosus | Serranidae | LC | 2 |
| Eightbar grouper | Hyporthodus octofasciatus | Serranidae | LC | 3 |
| Perumal's swallowtail | Odontanthias perumali | Serranidae | NE | 1 |
| Conspicuous Anthias | Pseudanthias conspicuus | Serranidae | LC | 2 |
| Cooper's fairy basslet | Pseudanthias cooperi | Serranidae | LC | 2 |
| Lunate Goldie | Pseudanthias lunulatus | Serranidae | LC | 4 |
| Townsend's Anthias | Pseudanthias townsendi | Serranidae | LC | 1 |
| Barred rockcod | Serranus novemcinctus | Serranidae | LC | 1 |
| Mottled spinefoot | Siganus fuscescens | Siganidae | LC | 1 |
| Brown-spotted spinefoot, Brownspotted spinefoot | Siganus stellatus | Siganidae | LC | 2 |
| Shoemaker spinefoot | Siganus sutor | Siganidae | LC | 2 |
| Silver sillago | Sillago sihama | Sillaginidae | LC | 2 |
| Goldsilk seabream, Mylio berda, Picnic seabream | Acanthopagrus berda | Sparidae | LC | 1 |
| Twobar seabream | Acanthopagrus bifasciatus | Sparidae | LC | 1 |
| Soldierbream | Argyrops filamentosus | Sparidae | LC | 4 |
| King soldier bream, King soldierbream, Longspine seabream | Argyrops spinifer | Sparidae | LC | 6 |
| Bogue | Boops boops | Sparidae | LC | 1 |
| Striped Boga | Boops lineatus | Sparidae | DD | 2 |
| Santer seabream | Cheimerius nufar | Sparidae | LC | 5 |
| Arabian pandora | Pagellus affinis | Sparidae | LC | 10 |
| Natal pandora | Pagellus natalensis | Sparidae | LC | 4 |
| Blueskin | Polysteganus coeruleopunctatus | Sparidae | DD | 1 |
| Goldlined seabream | Rhabdosargus sarba | Sparidae | LC | 1 |
| Great barracuda | Sphyraena barracuda | Sphyraenidae | LC | 9 |
| Yellowtail barracuda | Sphyraena flavicauda | Sphyraenidae | LC | 1 |
| Bigeye barracuda | Sphyraena forsteri | Sphyraenidae | LC | 1 |
| Pickhandle barracuda | Sphyraena jello | Sphyraenidae | LC | 1 |
| Jarbua terapon | Terapon jarbua | Terapontidae | LC | 2 |
| sparse-rayed frostfish | Benthodesmus oligoradiatus | Trichiuridae | NE | 5 |
| Vityaz' frostfish | Benthodesmus vityazi | Trichiuridae | NE | 1 |
| Largehead hairtail, Hairtail | Trichiurus lepturus | Trichiuridae | LC | 2 |
| Trichonotus nikii | Trichonotus nikii | Trichonotidae | LC | 3 |
| Somalian Sand diver | Trichonotus somaliensis | Trichonotidae | NE | 1 |
| Uranoscopus crassiceps | Uranoscopus crassiceps | Uranoscopidae | NE | 1 |
| Uranoscopus marisrubri | Uranoscopus marisrubri | Uranoscopidae | NE | 1 |
| Uranoscopus marmoratus | Uranoscopus marmoratus | Uranoscopidae | NE | 1 |
| Moorish idol | Zanclus cornutus | Zanclidae | LC | 7 |
This list is in 2 parts: 1 · 2
Sources
- Japanese Rainbow Wrasse · gbif.org
- Elongate Ponyfish · gbif.org
- Berber ponyfish · gbif.org
- Forktail large-eye bream · gbif.org
- grey barenose · gbif.org
- Snubnose emperor · gbif.org
- Yellowtail emperor · gbif.org
- Sky emperor · gbif.org
- Smalltooth emperor · gbif.org
- Spangled emperor · gbif.org
- Slender emperor · gbif.org
- Tripletail, Atlantic tripletail · gbif.org
- Grey Jobfish, Green jobfish · gbif.org
- Deepwater longtail red snapper, Flame Snapper · gbif.org
- Mangrove red snapper · gbif.org
- Bengal snapper · gbif.org
- blueline snapper · gbif.org
- Blackspot snapper, Ehrenberg's snapper · gbif.org
- Blackspot snapper, Dory snapper · gbif.org
- Yellow-margined Snapper, Blacktail snapper · gbif.org
- Paddletail Snapper, Humpback red snapper · gbif.org
- John's snapper · gbif.org
- Bluelined Snapper, Common bluestripe snapper · gbif.org
- Indian snapper · gbif.org
- Maori Snapper, Blubberlip snapper · gbif.org
- Humphead snapper · gbif.org
- Arabian blue-striped snapper · gbif.org
- Emperor red snapper · gbif.org
- Brownstripe red snapper · gbif.org
- Crimson jobfish · gbif.org
- Goldbanded jobfish · gbif.org
- Lavender jobfish · gbif.org
- Sharptooth jobfish · gbif.org
- Silver moonfish, Silver moony · gbif.org
- Yellowstripe Goatfish · gbif.org
- Yellowfin Goatfish · gbif.org
- Whitelined Goatfish · gbif.org
- Cinnabar goatfish · gbif.org
- Indian goatfish · gbif.org
- Long-barbel goatfish, Longbarbel goatfish · gbif.org
- Nansen Goatfish · gbif.org
- Rosy goatfish · gbif.org
- Bar-tailed Goatfish · gbif.org
- Margaretha's Goatfish · gbif.org
- Sulphur goatfish · gbif.org
- Freckled goatfish · gbif.org
- Delagoa threadfin bream · gbif.org
- Notchedfin threadfin bream · gbif.org
- Slender threadfin bream · gbif.org
- rosy dwarf monocle bream · gbif.org
- scaly dwarf monocle bream · gbif.org
- yellowstripe monocle bream · gbif.org
- Thumbprint monocle bream · gbif.org
- Arabian monocle bream · gbif.org
- black-streaked monocle bream · gbif.org
- Whitecheek monocle bream · gbif.org
- Guenther's Sweeper · gbif.org
- Glassfish · gbif.org
- Sailfin armourhead · gbif.org
- opal fish · gbif.org
- Pteropsaron heemstrai · gbif.org
- Pteropsaron natalensis · gbif.org
- Blue-nosed Grubfish · gbif.org
- Barfaced sandsmelt, Smallscale grubfish · gbif.org
- Parapercis simulata · gbif.org
- Somali Grubfish · gbif.org
- Red Sea angelfish · gbif.org
- Emperor angelfish · gbif.org
- Blackspot sergeant · gbif.org
- Indo-Pacific sergeant · gbif.org
- Twoband anemonefish · gbif.org
- grey chromis · gbif.org
- bluespotted damsel · gbif.org
- Spiny chromis · gbif.org
- Onespot demoiselle · gbif.org
- grey humbug · gbif.org
- Three-spot Dascyllus, Threespot dascyllus · gbif.org
- Regal demoiselle · gbif.org
- Arabian Damselfish · gbif.org
- Slender Damsel · gbif.org
- Gulf damselfish · gbif.org
- Jordan's damsel · gbif.org
- Longfinned bullseye · gbif.org
- Crescent-tail Bigeye, Moontail bullseye · gbif.org
- Elongate Bulleye · gbif.org
- False Olive Dottyback · gbif.org
- Black-back Dottyback · gbif.org
- Cobia · gbif.org
- Largehead croaker · gbif.org
- Fusca drum · gbif.org
- Wahoo · gbif.org
- Bullet tuna · gbif.org
- Frigate tuna · gbif.org
- Skipjack tuna, Oceanic Bonito · gbif.org
- Indian mackerel · gbif.org
- Japanese mackerel · gbif.org
- Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel · gbif.org
- Yellow-fin Tunny · gbif.org
- Bigeye tuna · gbif.org
- Bigeye · gbif.org
- Redmouth grouper · gbif.org
- Anthias altus · gbif.org
- Blue-spotted Grouper, Peacock hind · gbif.org
- Golden Grouper, Golden hind · gbif.org
- Tomato hind · gbif.org
- Chelidoperca hirundinacea · gbif.org
- Chelidoperca maculicauda · gbif.org
- Areolate grouper · gbif.org
- Brownspotted grouper · gbif.org
- Blacktip Grouper, Redbanded grouper · gbif.org
- Blue and yellow grouper, Blue-and-yellow grouper · gbif.org
- multispotted grouper · gbif.org
- Somali grouper · gbif.org
- smallscaled grouper · gbif.org
- Halfmoon grouper · gbif.org
- Greasy Grouper · gbif.org
- wavy-lined grouper · gbif.org
- Eightbar grouper · gbif.org
- Perumal's swallowtail · gbif.org
- Conspicuous Anthias · gbif.org
- Cooper's fairy basslet · gbif.org
- Lunate Goldie · gbif.org
- Townsend's Anthias · gbif.org
- Barred rockcod · gbif.org
- Mottled spinefoot · gbif.org
- Brown-spotted spinefoot, Brownspotted spinefoot · gbif.org
- Shoemaker spinefoot · gbif.org
- Silver sillago · gbif.org
- Goldsilk seabream, Mylio berda, Picnic seabream · gbif.org
- Twobar seabream · gbif.org
- Soldierbream · gbif.org
- King soldier bream, King soldierbream, Longspine seabream · gbif.org
- Bogue · gbif.org
- Striped Boga · gbif.org
- Santer seabream · gbif.org
- Arabian pandora · gbif.org
- Natal pandora · gbif.org
- Blueskin · gbif.org
- Goldlined seabream · gbif.org
- Great barracuda · gbif.org
- Yellowtail barracuda · gbif.org
- Bigeye barracuda · gbif.org
- Pickhandle barracuda · gbif.org
- Jarbua terapon · gbif.org
- sparse-rayed frostfish · gbif.org
- Vityaz' frostfish · gbif.org
- Largehead hairtail, Hairtail · gbif.org
- Trichonotus nikii · gbif.org
- Somalian Sand diver · gbif.org
- Uranoscopus crassiceps · gbif.org
- Uranoscopus marisrubri · gbif.org
- Uranoscopus marmoratus · gbif.org
- Moorish idol · gbif.org
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