Tropical Aquarium Fish in New Zealand

Tropical Aquarium Fish in New Zealand - A Survey

This is a very crude and unscientific survey of tropical fish species available in New Zealand.
Survey was started on 25 June 2002
red means not in NZ
green means someone has reported it in NZ.
Is it still in NZ ?? Who nows??
If the demand is there than I might consider a proper fish survey like the FNZAS Plants Survey. Read this together with the FNZAS breeding scheme and start thinking about how to setup a real species survey.

The list was taken from the 'allowable species list' as published by MAF. www.biosecurity.govt.nz/imports/animals/standards/fisornic.all.htm

The complete list is here
Click on the species name to report seen a fish in New Zealand (at home or in shop) that belongs in that group.

reported	Abramites spp - Headstanders
reported	Acanthophthalmus spp - Coolie loaches
reported	Acanthopsis spp - Long nosed loaches
reported	Acarichthys heckelii -
reported	Acaronia nassa - Big-eyed cichlid
reported	Aequidens spp - Acaras
not reported	Alestes spp - See Brycinus spp
reported	Amblydoras spp - Amblydoras
reported	Anableps spp - Four eyes
reported	Ancistrus spp - Bristle noses
not reported	Anoptichthys spp - See Astyanax spp
reported	Anostomus spp - Headstanders
not reported	Aphanius fasciatus - Banded minnow
reported	Aphyocharax spp - Bloodfin, flame-tail tetras
reported	Aphyosemion spp - Aphyosemions, killie fishes
reported	Apistogramma spp - Dwarf cichlids
reported	Aplocheilichthys spp - Lampeyes
reported	Aplocheilus spp - panchax
reported	Apteronotus spp - Black ghost
not reported	Arnoldichthys spp - Characins
not reported	Aspidoras spp - dwarf catfish
reported	Astronotus ocellatus - Marbled, yellow, back, red Oscar
reported	Astyanax spp - Astyanax, tetra
reported	Aulonocara nyassae - African peacock cichlid
not reported	Austrolfundulus spp - killifish
not reported	Axelrodia spp - Ruby tetra
reported	Badis badis - Dwarf chameleon fish
reported	Balanteocheilus spp - Silver, bala sharks
reported	Barbodes spp - Barbs (See also Capoeta, Puntius)
reported	Barbus spp - See Capoeta, Puntius, Barbodes
not reported	Barilius spp - Copper nose
reported	Bedotia spp - Madagascar rainbow fish
reported	Betta spp - Betta, fighting fish
not reported	Biotodoma cupido - Cupids eartheater
reported	Boehlkea spp - Tetras
reported	Botia spp - Asian loaches
reported	Brachydanio spp - Danios
reported	Brachygobius spp - Bumblebee fishes
reported	Brochis spp - Short bodied catfish
not reported	Brycinus spp - Characins
reported	Bunocephalus spp - Banjo catfishes
reported	Callichthys spp - Armored catfishes
reported	Capoeta spp - barbs
reported	Carnegiella spp - Hatchetfishes
reported	Chalceus spp - Chalceus
reported	Chanda spp - Glassfishes
not reported	Characidium spp - Darters,
not reported	Charax spp - Humped backed headstanders
reported	Cheirodon spp - Cardinal tetras
reported	Chela spp - Glass barbs
reported	Chilodus spp - Headstanders
not reported	Citharinus spp - Lined citharinid
reported	Cichlasoma acra -
reported	C aureum - Golden cichlid
reported	C bimaculatum - Two-spotted cichlid
not reported	C biocellatum - (see C. octofasciatum)
reported	C coryphaenoides - Chocolate cichlid
not reported	C cutteri - Cutters cichlid
reported	C cyanoguttatum - Texas cichlid
reported	C erythraeum - Red devil
not reported	C facetum - Chanchita Chameleon cichlid
reported	C festivum - Flag cichlid
reported	C meeki - Fire mouth
reported	C nigrofasciatum - Convict cichlid
reported	C octofasciatum - Jack Dempsey
reported	C salvini - Salvins cichlid
not reported	C spilurum - Blue-eyed cichlid
reported	C severum - Banded cichlid
not reported	C tetracanthus - Cuban cichlid
reported	Colisa spp - Gouramis
reported	Colomesus spp - South American puffers
not reported	Copeina spp - Characins, copeinas
not reported	Copella spp - Characins, copellas
reported	Corydoras spp - Mailed catfish, corydoras
reported	Corynopoma spp - Swordtail characins
reported	Crossocheilus siamensis - Siamese algae eater
reported	Crenesmusicara filamentosa - Checkerboard cichlid
not reported	C maculata - Checkerboard cichlid
not reported	C punctulata - Checkerboard cichlid
not reported	Crenicichla dorsocellata - Eye-spot like cichlid
reported	Crenuchus spp - Sailfin tetra
reported	Ctenopoma spp - Ctenopomas
not reported	Ctneops spp - See Trichopsis
not reported	Curimatopsis spp - Curimatas
reported	Cynolebias spp - Pearl fish
reported	Danio spp - Danios
reported	Datnioides microlepis - Siamese tiger fish
not reported	D quadrifasciatus - 4 banded tiger fish
reported	Dermogenyus spp - Malayan half beaks
reported	Dianema spp - Dianemas, catfish
reported	Distichodus spp - Distichodus
reported	Dormitator maculatus - Spotted goby striped sleeper
reported	Eigenmannia spp - Knife fishes
reported	Eirmotus spp - Barbs
reported	Epalzeorhynchus spp - Flying foxes
reported	Epiplatys spp - Killie fish
not reported	Eretmodus cyanostictus - Striped goby cichlid
reported	Esomus spp - Flying barbs
reported	Etroplus spp - Chromides
reported	Exodon spp - Buck toothed tetras
reported	Farlowella spp - Whiptail catfish
reported	Fundulasoma spp - Killiefish
not reported	Garra spp - Stone lapping fishes
reported	Gasterpelecus spp - Hatchefishes
not reported	Geophagus acuticeps - Cutie
reported	G balzanii - Humphead demon fish
reported	G brasiliensis - Brazilian Eartheater
not reported	G gymnogenys -
reported	G jurapari - Demon fish
reported	G suriramensis -
not reported	Gephyrocharax spp - Tetras
reported	Glossolepis spp - Rainbow fish
reported	Gnathonemus spp - Mormyrids, Elephant noses
reported	Gymnocorymbus spp - Black tetras,
reported	Gymnotus spp - Knife fishes
not reported	Gymnorhamphichthys spp - Knife fishes
reported	Gyrinocheilus spp - Algae eater
reported	Haplochromis fenestratus -
reported	H livingstonii -
not reported	H moffati - Moffats mouthbrooder
not reported	H mloto -
reported	H moori -
not reported	H philander - South African mouthbrooder
not reported	H strigigens - Egyptian mouthbrooder
reported	Hasemania spp - Tetras
reported	Helostoma spp - Kissing gouramis
reported	Hemiancistrus spp - Sucker catfish
not reported	Hemibrycon spp - Characin, tetra
reported	Hemichromis bimaculatus - Jewel cichlid
not reported	H fasciatus - Five spotted hemichromis
reported	Hemigrammus spp - Tetras
reported	Hemiodopsis spp - Hemiodus
reported	Hoplosternum spp - Hoplos
reported	Hyphessobrycon spp - Tetras
not reported	Hypopomus spp - Knife fishes
reported	Hypostomus spp - Sucker catfishes, Plecostomus
reported	Inpaichthys spp - Emperor tetras
reported	Iriatherina spp - Threadfin rainbow fish
reported	Jordinella floridae - American flag fish
reported	Julidochromis marlieri - Marler's julie
not reported	J ornatus - Julie
reported	Kryptopterus spp - Catfish
reported	Labeo spp - Sharks
reported	Labeotropheus fuelleborni - Fuelleborn's cichlid
reported	L trewavasae - Red-topped cichlid
reported	Lamprologus compressiops -
reported	L brichardi - Lyretail lamprologus
reported	L leleupi - Lemon cichlid
reported	L tretocephalus -
not reported	Laubuca spp - Hatchetfishes
not reported	Lebistes spp - See Poecilia spp
reported	Leiocassis spp - Bumblebee catfishes
reported	Leporinus spp - Leporinuses
reported	Leptobarbus hoeveni - Pink-tailed shark
reported	Loricaria spp - Whip-tailed catfishes
reported	Luciocephalus pulcher - Pike head
reported	Luciosoma setigerum - Apollo shark
reported	Macrognathus spp - Spiney eels, fire eels
reported	Mastacembelus spp - Spiny eels
reported	Megalamphodus spp - Tetras
reported	Melanochromis auratus - Nyasa golden cichlid
reported	M exasperatus -
reported	M vermivorous - Black & white auratus
reported	Melanotaenia spp - Australian rainbow fish
reported	Metynnis maculatus - Spotted metynnis
reported	M roosevelti -
not reported	M schreitmulleri - Schreitmuellers metynnis
not reported	Micralestes spp -
reported	Microgeophagus ramirezi - Ramirez's dwarf cichlid
reported	Microglanis spp - catfish
not reported	Mimagoniates spp - Tetras
reported	Moenkhausia spp - Moenkhausias, Tetras
not reported	Molliensia spp. See Poecilia -
reported	Monocirrhus spp - Leaf fishes
reported	Monodactylus spp - Monos
not reported	Mormyrops spp -
reported	Morulius spp - Black sharks
reported	Myleus rubripinnus - Red hook metynnis
not reported	Mylossoma spp - Mylossomas
reported	Mystus spp - Mystus, catfish
reported	Nandus nandus - Black tiger fish
reported	Nannocara anomala - Golden dwarf acara
not reported	Nannaethiops spp - tetras
not reported	Nanochromis dimidiatus - Dimidiatus
not reported	N nudiceps - Conga dwarf cichlid
reported	Nannostomus spp - Pencilfishes
reported	Nematobrycon spp - Tetras
not reported	Neolebias spp - Neolabias
reported	Noemacheilus spp - Loaches
reported	Nothobranchius spp - Nothobranch, killie fish
reported	Notopterus spp - Knife fishes
not reported	Ompok spp - glass catfishes
reported	Osphronemus goramy - Giant gourami
not reported	Osteochilus spp - Hard lipped barbs
reported	Osteoglossum spp - Arowanas
reported	Otocinclus spp - Sucking catfish
not reported	Oxygaster spp - Glass barbs
not reported	Pachypanchax spp - Panchaxes
reported	Panaque spp - Panaques, sucking catfish
reported	Pantodon spp - Butterfly fishes
not reported	Papyrocranus spp - Marbled bachir
reported	Paracheirodon spp - Neon tetras
reported	Parapocryptes spp - Mudskippers
reported	Parauchenoglanis spp - African catfishes
not reported	Pelmatochromis annectens -
not reported	P ansorgii - Five-spot African cichlid
not reported	P arnoldi - Arnold's cichlid
not reported	P guentheri - Guenther's mouth breeder
not reported	P klugei - Kluge's dwarf cichlid
not reported	P kribensis See Pelvicachromis pulcher -
not reported	P subocellatus - Violet cichlid
reported	P thomasi - Thomas's pelmatochromis
reported	Pelvicachromis pulcher - Kribensis
not reported	P taeniatus - Striped African dwarf cichlid
not reported	Periophthalmus spp - Mudskippers
not reported	Phallichthys amates - Merry widow
reported	Phenacogrammus spp - Congo tetras
not reported	Phoxinopsis spp - Tetras
reported	Pimelodella spp - Pimelodellas
reported	Pimelodus spp - Pimelodus
reported	Platydoras spp - Catfishes
not reported	Plecostomus spp - Sucker catfishes
reported	Poecilia spp - Mollies, guppies, limias
not reported	Poecilistes pleurospilus - Porthole fish
not reported	Poecilobrycon spp - Pencilfishes
not reported	Polycentropsis spp - African Leaf fishes
not reported	Polycentrus spp - Leaf fishes
reported	Prionobrama spp - Bloodfins
reported	Pristella spp - Pristellas
not reported	Prochilodus spp - Prochilodus
not reported	Pseudocorynopoma spp - Dragon finned characins
reported	Pseudogastromyzon spp - Loach
reported	Pseudomugil spp - Blue eye rainbow fish
reported	Pseudotropheus auratus - See Melanochromis a
not reported	P elongatus - Slender pseudotropheus
not reported	P novemfasciatus -
not reported	P tropheops - Black edged golden nyasa cichlid
reported	P zebra - Nyassa blue cichlid
reported	Pterolebias spp - Killie fishes
reported	Pterophyllum spp - Angel fishes
reported	Pterygoplichthys spp - Sucker catfishes
reported	Puntius - See also Barbodes and Capoeta
reported	Puntius spp - Barbs
not reported	Pyrrhulina spp - Pyrrhulinas
not reported	Quintana atrizona - Black-barred livebearer
reported	Rasbora spp - Rasboras
not reported	Rhadinocentrus spp - Rainbow fishes
reported	Rivulus spp - Rivulins
not reported	Roloffia spp - See Aphyosemion spp
reported	Scatophagus spp - Scats
reported	Scleropages formosus - Gold Arowana
not reported	Schilbe marmoratus - African shoulder-spot catfish
reported	Selenotoca spp - False scat
reported	Sphaerichthys spp - Chocolate gouramis
reported	Steatocranus casuarius - Lion head cichlid
reported	Steatogenys spp - Knife fishes
reported	Stigmatogobius spp - Gobies
reported	Stoniella spp - Sucker - catfish
reported	Symphysodon spp - Discus, Pompadour fish
reported	Syngnathus spp - Freshwater pipe fishes
reported	Synodontis spp - Upsidedown catfishes, synodontids
reported	Telmatherina spp - Celebes rainbow fishes
reported	Tetraodron spp - Puffers
reported	Thayeria spp - Penguin fishes
reported	Therapon jarbua - Target fish
not reported	Thoracocharax spp - Hatchetfishes
reported	Toxotes spp - Archer fishes
reported	Trichogaster spp - Gouramis
reported	Trichopsis spp - Pygmy, croaking gourami
not reported	Triportheus spp - Hatchetfishes
reported	Tropheus duboisi - White spotted cichlid
reported	T moorei - Blunt headed cichlid
reported	Uaru amphiacanthoides - Triangle cichlid
not reported	Xenetodon cancila - Silver needlefish
not reported	Xenocara spp - Bushy-mouthed catfishes
reported	Xenomystus spp - African knife fishes
reported	Xiphophorus spp - Swordtails, platies
reported	Not in list -