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

Lampreys

1. Arctic lamprey, Lampetra japonica (Martens, 1868) -
2. Far Eastern brook lamprey, Lampetra reissneri (Dybowski, 1869) -
3. Korean lamprey, Lampetra morii (Berg, 1931) -

Sturgeons and paddlefish

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

Eels

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

Herring

1. Japanese grenadier anchovy, Coilia nasus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) -
2. tapertail anchovy, Coilia mystus (Linnaeus, 1758) -
3. big-eye herring, Sardinella zunasi (Bleeker, 1854) -
4. hickory shad, Konosirus punctatus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) -

Carp, minnows and loaches

1. common carp, Cyprinus carpio carpio (Linnaeus, 1758) -
2. crucian carp, Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758) -
3. Japanese crucian carp, Carassius cuvieri (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) -
4. grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella (Cuvier et Valenciennes) -
5. rose bitterling, Rhodeus ocellatus (Kner, 1867) -
6. Han River bitterling, Rhodeus pseudosericeus (Arai, Jeon, et Ueda) -
7. Rhodeus notatus (Nichols, 1929) -
8. Korean rose bitterling, Rhodeus uyekii (Mori, 1935) -
9. Seoho bitterling, Acheilognathus hondae (Jordan et Metz, 1913) -
10. slender bitterling, Tanakia lanceolata (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) -
11. Korean bitterling, Acheilognathus signifer (Berg, 1907) -
12. oily bitterling, Acheilognathus koreensis (Kim et Kim, 1990) -
13. Seomjin bitterling, Acheilognathus somjinensis (Kim et Kim, 1991) -
14. Korean striped bitterling, Acheilognathus yamatsutae (Mori, 1928) -
15. large striped bitterling, Acheilognathus majusculus (Kim et Yang, 1998) -
16. flat bitterling, Acheilognathus rhombeus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) -
17. deep body bitterling, Acheilognathus macropterus (Bleeker, 1871) -
18. Korean spined bitterling, Acanthorhodeus gracilis (Regan, 1890) -
19. false dace, Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) -
20. striped shiner, Pungtungia herzi (Herzenstein, 1892) -
21. black shiner, Pseudopungtungia nigra (Mori, 1935) -
22. slender shiner, Pseudopungtungia tenuicorpus (Jeon et Choi, 1980) -
23. Korean splendid dace, Coreoleuciscus splendidus (Mori, 1935) -
24. Tachanovsky's gudgeon, Ladislavia taczanowskii (Dybowski, 1869) -
25. oily shiner, Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus (Mori, 1927) -
26. Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon, Sarcocheilichthys czerskii (Berg, 1914) -
27. Korean oily shiner, Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnus morii (Jordan et Hubbs, 1925) -
28. striped false gudgeon, Gnathopogon strigatus (Regan, 1908) -
29. Korean slender gudgeon, Squalidus gracilis majimae (Jordan et Hubbs, 1925) -
30. short barbel gudgeon, Squalidus japonicus coreanus (Berg, 1906) -
31. Korean gudgeon, Squalidus chankaensis tsuchigae (Jordan et Hubbs, 1925) -
32. spotted-barbel gudgeon, Squalidus multimaculatus (Hosoya et Jeon, 1984) -
33. gudgeon, Gobio cynocephalus (Dybowski, 1869) -
34. brass gudgeon, Coreius heterodon (Bleeker, 1865) -
35. steed barbel, Hemibarbus labeo (Pallas, 1707) -
36. long-nosed barbel, Hemibarbus longirostris (Regan, 1908) -
37. Korean barbel, Hemibarbus mylodon (Berg, 1907) -
38. goby minnow, Pseudogobio esocinus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) -
39. Chinese false gudgeon, Abbottina rivularis (Basilewsky, 1855) -
40. Korean dwarf gudgeon, Abbottina springeri (Banarescu et Nalbant, 1973) -
41. Gobiobotia macrocephala (Mori, 1935) -
42. Gobiobotia brevibarba (Mori, 1935) -
43. Gobiobotia naktongensis (Mori, 1935) -
44. Mesogobio lachneri (Banarescu et Nalbant, 1973) -
45. Mesogobio tumensis (Chang, 1979) -
46. Microphysogobio koreensis (Mori, 1935) -
47. Microphysogobio yaluensis (Mori, 1928) -
48. Microphysogobio rapidus (Chae et Yang, 1999) -
49. Microphysogobio jeoni (Kim et Yang, 1999) -
50. Microphysogobio longidorsalis (Mori, 1935) -
51. Chinese gudgeon, Saurogobio dabryi (Bleeker, 1871) -
52. Leuciscus waleckii (Dybowski, 1869) -
53. silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Cuvier et Valenciennes) -
54. bighead carp, Aristichthys nobilis (Richardson) -
55. sea rundace, Tribolodon hakonensis (Günther, 1880) -
56. Tribolodon brandtii (Dybowski, 1872) -
57. common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758) -
58. Chinese minnow, Rhynchocypris oxycephalus (Sauvage et Darby, 1874) -
59. Amur minnow, Rhynchocypris steindachneri (Dybowski, 1869) -
60. Rhynchocypris percnurus (Pallas, 1811) -
61. Kumgang fat minnow, Rhynchocypris kumgangensis (Kim, 1980) -
62. black star fat minnow, Rhynchocypris semotilus (Jordan et Starks, 1905) -
63. Venus fish, Aphyocypris chinensis (Günther, 1868) -
64. dark chub, Zacco temminckii (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) -
65. pale chub, Zacco platypus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) -
66. Korean piscivorous chub, Opsariichthys uncirostris amurensis (Berg, 1940) -
67. barbel chub, Squaliobarbus curriculus (Richardson, 1846) -
68. skygazer, Erythroculter erythropterus (Basilewsky, 1855) -
69. redfin culter, Culter brevicauda (Günther, 1868) -
70. Korean sharpbelly, Hemiculter eigenmanni (Jordan et Metz, 1913) -
71. sharpbelly, Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) -
72. Siberian stone loach, Orthrias toni (Dybowsky, 1869) -
73. continental stone loach, Orthrias nudus (Bleeker, 1865) -
74. eight-barbel loach, Lefua costata (Kessler, 1876) -
75. muddy loach, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) -
76. Chinese muddy loach, Misgurnus mizolepis (Günther, 1888) -
77. white-nose loach, Koreocobitis rotundicaudata (Wakiya et Mori, 1929) -
78. Nakdong nose loach, Koreocobitis naktongensis (Kim, Park, et Nalbant, 2000) -
79. Korean spine loach, Iksookimia koreensis (Kim, 1975) -
80. Buan spine loach, Iksookimia pumila (Kim et Lee, 1987) -
81. Miho spine loach, Iksookimia choii (Kim et Son, 1984) -
82. king spine loach, Iksookimia longicorpa (Kim, Choi, et Nalbant, 1976) -
83. southern king spine loach, Iksookimia huwowolfedi (Nalbant, 1993) -
84. eastern spine loach, Iksookimia yongdokensis (Kim et Park, 1997) -
85. spine loach, Cobitis sinensis (Sauvage et Dabryi, 1874) -
86. sand spine loach, Cobitis lutheri (Rendahl, 1935) -
87. striped spine loach, Cobitis tetralineata (Kim, Park, et Nalbant, 1999) -
88. northern loach, Cobitis pacifica (Kim, Park, et Nalbant, 1999) -
89. Niwaella multifasciata (Wakiya et Mori, 1929) -
90. dwarf loach, Kichulchoia brevifasciata (Kim et Lee, 1996) -

Catfish

1. Korean bullhead, Pseudobagrus fulvidraco (Richardson, 1846) -
2. black bullhead, Pseudobagrus koreanus (Uchida, 1990) -
3. Korean stumpy bullhead, Pseudobagrus brevicorpus (Mori, 1936) -
4. Ussurian bullhead, Leiocassis ussuriensis (Dybowski, 1871) -
5. light bullhead, Leiocassis nitidus (Sauvage et Dabryi, 1874) -
6. long-snout bullhead, Leiocassis longirostris (Günther, 1864) -
7. Far Eastern catfish, Silurus asotus (Linnaeus, 1758) -
8. slender catfish, Silurus microdorsalis (Mori, 1936) -
9. channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque) -
10. south torrent catfish, Liobagrus mediadiposalis (Mori, 1936) -
11. Korean torrent catfish, Liobagrus andersoni (Regan, 1908) -
12. bullhead torrent catfish, Liobagrus obesus (Son, Kim, et Choo, 1987) -

Smelt

1. wakasagi, Hypomesus nipponensis (McAllister, 1963) -
2. sweet smelt, Plecoglossus altivelis (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) -
3. ariake ice fish, Salanx ariakensis (Kishinouye, 1901) -
4. cherry ice fish, Hemisalanx prognathus (Regan, 1908) -
5. flower ice fish, Neosalanx andersoni (Rendahl, 1923) -
6. Neosalanx jordani (Wakiya et Takahashi, 1937) -
7. short ice fish, Neosalanx hubbsi (Wakiya et Takahashi, 1937) -
8. king ice fish, Protosalanx chinensis (Basilewsky, 1855) -
9. ice fish, Salangichthys microdon (Bleeker, 1860) -

Salmon

1. grayling, Thymallus articus jaluensis (Mori, 1928) -
2. Manchurian trout, Brachymystax lenk tsinlingensis (Li, 1966) -
3. chum salmon, Onchorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792) -
4. Sakhalin salmon, Onchorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792) -
5. river salmon, Onchorhynchus masou masou (Brevoort, 1856) -
6. coho salmon, Onchorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792) -
7. rainbow trout, Onchorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) -
8. Korean taimen, Hucho ishakawai (Mori, 1928) -
9. white-spotted char, Salvelinus leucomaenis (Pallas, 1811) -
10. malma trout, Salvelinus malmus (Walbaum, 1792) -

Cod

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

mullets

1. striped mullet, Mugil cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) -
2. liza, Chelon affinis (Günther, 1861) -
3. redlip mullet, Chelon haematocheilus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) -

Perch-like fish

1. temperate sea bass, Lateolabrax japonicus (Cuvier, 1828) -
2. mandarin fish, Siniperca scherzeri (Steindachner, 1892) -
3. Japanese aucha perch, Coreoperca kawamebari (Temminck et Schlegel, 1842) -
4. Korean aucha perch, Coreoperca herzi (Herzenstein, 1896) -
5. bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus (Rafinesque, 1819) -
6. largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede) -
7. Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) -
8. spotnape pony fish, Leiognathus nuchalis (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) -
9. dragonet fish, Repomucenus olidus (Gunther, 1873) -
10. spined sleeper, Eleotris oxycephala (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) -
11. Korean dark sleeper, Odontobutis platycephala (Iwata et Jeon, 1985) -
12. dark sleeper, Odontobutis interrupta (Iwata et Jeon, 1985) -
13. dark sleeper, Odontobutis obscura (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) -

1. Taiwanese fire-bellied gudgeon, Micropercops swinhonis (Gunther, 1873) -
2. chestnut goby, Chaenogobius castaneus (O'Shaughnessy, 1875) -
3. floating goby, Chaenogobius urotaenia (Hilgendorf, 1879) -
4. bigjaw goby, Chaenogobius macrognathus (Bleeker, 1860) -
5. oriental goby, Acanthogobius flavimanus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) -
6. Acanthogobius elongata (Ni et Wu, 1985) -
7. white ventral goby, Acanthogobius lactipes (Hilgendorf, 1879) -
8. Acanthogobius luridus (Ni et Wu, 1985) -
9. Synechogobius hasta (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) -
10. parrot goby, Sicyopterus japonicus (Tanaka, 1909) -
11. Pseudogobius masago (Tomiyama, 1936) -
12. brown goby, Bathygobius fuscus (Ruppel, 1830) -
13. paradise goby, Rhinogobius giurinus (Rutter, 1897) -
14. common freshwater goby, Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) -
15. Tridentiger bifasciatus (Steindachner, 1881) -
16. bare-naped goby, Tridentiger nudicervicus (Tomiyama, 1934) -
17. trident goby, Tridentiger obscurus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) -
18. trident goby, Tridentiger brevispinis (Katsuyama, Arai, et Nakamura, 1972) -
19. striped goby, Acentrogobius pflaumi (Bleeker, 1853) -
20. spotted goby, Acentrogobius pellidebilis (Lee et Kim, 1992) -
21. Favonigobius gymnauchen (Bleeker, 1860) -
22. estuarine goby, Mugilogobius abei (Jordan et Snyder, 1901) -
23. Mugilogobius fontinalis (Jordan et Seale, 1906) -
24. Parioglossus dotui (Tomiyama, 1958) -
25. blue-spotted mud hopper, Boleophthalmus pectinirostris (Linnaeus, 1758) -
26. mud hopper, Periopthalmus modestus (Cantor, 1842) -
27. Periopthalmus magnuspinnatus (Lee, Choi, et Ryu, 1995) -
28. flat-head goby, Luciogobius guttatus (Gill, 1859) -
29. ice goby, Leucopsarion petersii (Hilgendorf, 1880) -
30. red eel goby, Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus (Bleeker, 1860) -
31. eel goby, Odontamblyopus lacepedii (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) -
32. round-tailed paradise fish, Macropodus ocellatus (Cantor, 1842) -
33. northern snakehead, Channa argus (Cantor, 1842) -

Needlefish and ricefish

1. Asiatic ricefish, Oryzias latipes (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) -
2. dwarf ricefish, Oryzias sinensis (Chen, Uwa, et Chu, 1989) -
3. brackish halfbeak, Hyporhamphus intermedius (Cantor, 1842) -
4. Japanese halfbeak, Hyporhamphus sajori (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) -

Sticklebacks

1. three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus (Linnaeus, 1758) -
2. Chinese nine-spined stickleback, Pungitius sinensis (Guichenot, 1869) -
3. Sakhalin stickleback, Pungitius tymensis (Nikolsky, 1889) -
4. nine-spined stickleback, Pungitius pungitius (Linnaeus, 1758) -
5. short nine-spined stickleback, Pungitius kaibarae (Tanaka, 1915) -
6. pipe fish, Syngnathus schlegeli (Kaup, 1856) -

Swamp eels

1. ricefield swamp eel, Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793) -

Scorpionfish, flatheads and sculpins

1. black rockfish, Sebastes schlegeli (Hilgendorf, 1880) -
2. bartail flathead, Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) -
3. Siberian sculpin, Cottus poecilopus (Heckel, 1837) -
4. Tumen River sculpin, Cottus hangiongensis (Mori, 1930) -
5. Cherskii's sculpin, Cottus czerskii (Berg, 1913) -
6. frog sculpin, Myoxocephalus stelleri (Tilesius, 1811) -
7. rough-skinned sculpin, Trachidermus fasciatus (Heckel, 1837) -

Flatfish

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

Puffers

1. striped puffer, Takifugu xanthopterus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1850) -
2. vermiculated puffer, Takifugu vermicularis (Temminck et Schlegel, 1850) -
3. grass puffer, Takifugu niphobles (Jordan et Snyder, 1901) -
4. fine-patterned puffer, Takifugu poecilonotus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1850) -
5. river puffer, Takifugu obscurus (Abe, 1949) -
6. tiger puffer, Takifugu rubripes (Temminck et Schlegel, 1850) -

References

See also

• List of amphibians of Korea
• List of reptiles of Korea
• List of mammals of Korea
• List of passerine birds of Korea
• List of non-passerine birds of Korea

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