page_title: List of endemic species of Taiwan
section_title: Endemic freshwater fishes
hierarchical_section_title: List of endemic species of Taiwan / Endemic freshwater fishes
caption_attribution_description: Oncorhynchus masou formosanus
context_page_description: The endemic species of Taiwan are organisms that are endemic to the island of Taiwan— that is, they occur nowhere else on Earth.
  Percentages of endemic animals of all living species in Taiwan.
  Percentages of endemic plants of all living species in Taiwan.
context_section_description: Order Cypriniformes (minnows and carp)
  Taitung river loach – Hemimyzon taitungensis Tzeng et Shen
  Formosan river loach – Hemimyzon formosanus (Boulenger)
  Shen's river loach – Hemimyzon sheni Chen et Fang
  River loach – Formosania lacustris (Steindachner)
  Pulin river loach – Sinogastromyzon puliensis Liang
  Metzia mesembrinum (Regan)
  Pararasbora moltrechti Regan
  Acrossocheilus paradoxus (Günther)
  Lake Candidus dace – Candidia barbata (Regan)
  Microphysogobio alticorpus Banarescu et Nalbant
  Taiwan ku fish – Onychostoma alticorpus (Oshima)
  Freshwater minnow – Opsariichthys pachycephalus Günther
  Gobiobotia cheni Banarescu et Nalbant
  Microphysogobio brevirostris (Günther)
  Aphyocypris kikuchii (Oshima)
  Squalidus iijimae (Oshima)
  Order Perciformes (perch-like fishes)
  Goby – Rhinogobius gigas Aonuma et Chen
  Goby – Rhinogobius formosanus Oshima
  Goby – Cryptocentrus yatsui Tomiyama
  Goby – Rhinogobius nantaiensis Aonuma et Chen
  Goby – Rhinogobius henchuenensis Chen et Shao
  Goby – Rhinogobius delicatus Chen et Shao
  Goby – Rhinogobius maculafasciatus Chen et Shao
  Goby – Rhinogobius rubromaculatus Lee et Chang
  Goby – Myersina yangii (Chen)
  Goby – Rhinogobius lanyuensis Chen, Miller et Fang
  Order Siluriformes (catfishes)
  Formosan trooent catfish – Liobagrus formosanus Regan
  Bagrid catfish – Pseudobagrus adiposalis Oshima
  Bagrid catfish – Pseudobagrus brevianalis Regan
  Order Osmeriformes (smelts, galaxiids, and relatives)
  Ariake icefish – Neosalanx acuticeps Regan (endangered)
  Order Salmoniformes (salmons and trouts)
  Formosan landlocked salmon – Oncorhynchus formosanus (Jordan et Oshima)
caption: Formosan landlocked salmon
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