List of freshwater fishes of Korea

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

Contents

Lampreys

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

Sturgeons and paddlefish

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

Eels

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

Herring

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

Carp, minnows and loaches

  1. common carp, Cyprinus carpio carpio (Linnaeus, 1758) - (잉어)
  2. crucian carp, Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758) - (붕어)
  3. Japanese Crucian Carp, Carassius cuvieri (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) - (떡붕어)
  4. grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella (Cuvier et Valenciennes) - (초어)
  5. rose bitterling, Rhodeus ocellatus (Kner, 1867) - (흰줄납줄개)
  6. Han River bitterling, Rhodeus pseudosericeus (Arai, Jeon, et Ueda) - (한강납줄개)
  7. Rhodeus notatus (Nichols, 1929) - (떡납줄갱이)
  8. Korean rose bitterling, Rhodeus uyekii (Mori, 1935) - (각시붕어)
  9. Seoho bitterling, Acheilognathus hondae (Jordan et Metz, 1913) - (서호납줄갱이)
  10. slender bitterling, Tanakia lanceolata (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) - (납자루)
  11. Korean bitterling, Acheilognathus signifer (Berg, 1907) - (묵납자루)
  12. oily bitterling, Acheilognathus koreensis (Kim et Kim, 1990) - (칼납자루)
  13. Seomjin bitterling, Acheilognathus somjinensis (Kim et Kim, 1991) - (임실납자루)
  14. Korean striped bitterling, Acheilognathus yamatsutae (Mori, 1928) - (줄납자루)
  15. large striped bitterling, Acheilognathus majusculus (Kim et Yang, 1998) - (큰줄납자루)
  16. flat bitterling, Acheilognathus rhombeus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) - (납지리)
  17. deep body bitterling, Acanthorhodeus macropterus Bleeker, 1871 - (큰납지리)
  18. Korean spined bitterling, Acanthorhodeus chankaensis (Dybowski, 1872) - (가시납지리)
  19. false dace, Pseudorasbora parva (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) - (참붕어)
  20. striped shiner, Pungtungia herzi (Herzenstein, 1892) - (돌고기)
  21. black shiner, Pseudopungtungia nigra (Mori, 1935) - (감돌고기)
  22. slender shiner, Pseudopungtungia tenuicorpus (Jeon et Choi, 1980) - (가는돌고기)
  23. Korean splendid dace, Coreoleuciscus splendidus (Mori, 1935) - (쉬리)
  24. Tachanovsky's gudgeon, Ladislavia taczanowskii (Dybowski, 1869) - (새미)
  25. oily shiner, Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus (Mori, 1927) - (참중고기)
  26. Cherskii's thicklip gudgeon, Sarcocheilichthys czerskii (Berg, 1914) - (북방중고기)
  27. Korean oily shiner, Sarcocheilichthys nigripinnus morii (Jordan et Hubbs, 1925) - (중고기)
  28. striped false gudgeon, Gnathopogon strigatus (Regan, 1908) - (줄몰개)
  29. Korean slender gudgeon, Squalidus gracilis majimae (Jordan et Hubbs, 1925) - (긴몰개)
  30. short barbel gudgeon, Squalidus japonicus coreanus (Berg, 1906) - (몰개)
  31. Korean gudgeon, Squalidus chankaensis tsuchigae (Jordan et Hubbs, 1925) - (참몰개)
  32. spotted-barbel gudgeon, Squalidus multimaculatus (Hosoya et Jeon, 1984) - (점몰개)
  33. gudgeon, Gobio cynocephalus (Dybowski, 1869) - (모샘치)
  34. brass gudgeon, Coreius heterodon (Bleeker, 1865) - (게톱치)
  35. steed barbel, Hemibarbus labeo (Pallas, 1707) - (누치)
  36. long-nosed barbel, Hemibarbus longirostris (Regan, 1908) - (참마자)
  37. Korean barbel, Hemibarbus mylodon (Berg, 1907) - (어름치)
  38. goby minnow, Pseudogobio esocinus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) - (모래무지)
  39. Chinese false gudgeon, Abbottina rivularis (Basilewsky, 1855) - (버들매치)
  40. Korean dwarf gudgeon, Abbottina springeri (Banarescu et Nalbant, 1973) - (왜매치)
  41. Gobiobotia macrocephala (Mori, 1935) - (꾸구리)
  42. Gobiobotia brevibarba (Mori, 1935) - (돌상어)
  43. Gobiobotia naktongensis (Mori, 1935) - (흰수마자)
  44. Mesogobio lachneri (Banarescu et Nalbant, 1973) - (압록자그사니)
  45. Mesogobio tumensis (Chang, 1979) - (두만강자그사니)
  46. Microphysogobio koreensis (Mori, 1935) - (모래주사)
  47. Microphysogobio yaluensis (Mori, 1928) - (돌마자)
  48. Microphysogobio rapidus (Chae et Yang, 1999) - (여울마자)
  49. Microphysogobio jeoni (Kim et Yang, 1999) - (됭경모치)
  50. Microphysogobio longidorsalis (Mori, 1935) - (배가사리)
  51. Chinese gudgeon, Saurogobio dabryi (Bleeker, 1871) - (두우쟁이)
  52. Leuciscus waleckii (Dybowski, 1869) - (야레)
  53. silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Cuvier et Valenciennes) - (백련어)
  54. bighead carp, Aristichthys nobilis (Richardson) - (대두어)
  55. sea rundace, Tribolodon hakonensis (Günther, 1880) - (황어)
  56. Tribolodon brandtii (Dybowski, 1872) - (대황어)
  57. common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758) - (연준모치)
  58. Chinese minnow, Rhynchocypris oxycephalus (Sauvage et Darby, 1874) - (버들치)
  59. Amur minnow, Rhynchocypris steindachneri (Dybowski, 1869) - (버들개)
  60. Rhynchocypris percnurus (Pallas, 1811) - (동버들개)
  61. Kumgang fat minnow, Rhynchocypris kumgangensis (Kim, 1980) - (금강모치)
  62. black star fat minnow, Rhynchocypris semotilus (Jordan et Starks, 1905) - (버들가지)
  63. Venus fish, Aphyocypris chinensis (Günther, 1868) - (왜몰개)
  64. dark chub, Zacco temminckii (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) - (갈견이)
  65. pale chub, Zacco platypus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1846) - (피라미)
  66. Korean piscivorous chub, Opsariichthys uncirostris amurensis (Berg, 1940) - (끄리)
  67. barbel chub, Squaliobarbus curriculus (Richardson, 1846) - (눈불개)
  68. skygazer, Erythroculter erythropterus (Basilewsky, 1855) - (강준치)
  69. redfin culter, Culter brevicauda (Günther, 1868) - (백조어)
  70. Korean sharpbelly, Hemiculter eigenmanni (Jordan et Metz, 1913) - (치리)
  71. sharpbelly, Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilewsky, 1855) - (살치)
  72. Siberian stone loach, Orthrias toni (Dybowsky, 1869) - (종개)
  73. continental stone loach, Orthrias nudus (Bleeker, 1865) - (대륙종개)
  74. eight-barbel loach, Lefua costata (Kessler, 1876) - (쌀미꾸리)
  75. muddy loach, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) - (미꾸리)
  76. Chinese muddy loach, Misgurnus mizolepis (Günther, 1888) - (미꾸라지)
  77. white-nose loach, Koreocobitis rotundicaudata (Wakiya et Mori, 1929) - (새코미꾸리)
  78. Nakdong nose loach, Koreocobitis naktongensis (Kim, Park, et Nalbant, 2000) - (얼룩새코미꾸리)
  79. Korean spine loach, Iksookimia koreensis (Kim, 1975) - (참종개)
  80. Buan spine loach, Iksookimia pumila (Kim et Lee, 1987) - (부안종개)
  81. Miho spine loach, Iksookimia choii (Kim et Son, 1984) - (미호종개)
  82. King spine loach, Iksookimia longicorpa (Kim, Choi, et Nalbant, 1976) - (왕종개)
  83. Southern king spine loach, Iksookimia huwowolfedi (Nalbant, 1993) - (남방종개)
  84. Eastern spine loach, Iksookimia yongdokensis (Kim et Park, 1997) - (동방종개)
  85. Spine loach, Cobitis sinensis (Sauvage et Dabryi, 1874) - (기름종개)
  86. Sand spine loach, Cobitis lutheri (Rendahl, 1935) - (점줄종개)
  87. Striped spine loach, Cobitis tetralineata (Kim, Park, et Nalbant, 1999) - (줄종개)
  88. Northern loach, Cobitis pacifica (Kim, Park, et Nalbant, 1999) - (북방종개)
  89. Nakdong loach, Niwaella multifasciata (Wakiya et Mori, 1929) - (수수미꾸리)
  90. Dwarf loach, Kichulchoia brevifasciata (Kim et Lee, 1996) - (좀수수치)

Catfish

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

Smelt

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

Salmon

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

Cod

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

mullets

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

Perch-like fish

  1. temperate sea bass, Lateolabrax japonicus (Cuvier, 1828) - (농어)
  2. mandarin fish, Siniperca scherzeri (Steindachner, 1892) - (쏘가리)
  3. Japanese aucha perch, Coreoperca kawamebari (Temminck et Schlegel, 1842) - (꺽저기)
  4. Korean aucha perch, Coreoperca herzi (Herzenstein, 1896) - (꺽지)
  5. bluegill, Lepomis macrochirus (Rafinesque, 1819) - (블루길)
  6. largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides (Lacépède) - (베스)
  7. Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) - (나일틸라피아)
  8. spotnape pony fish, Leiognathus nuchalis (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) - (주둥치)
  9. dragonet fish, Repomucenus olidus (Gunther, 1873) - (강주걱양태)
  10. spined sleeper, Eleotris oxycephala (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) - (구굴무치)
  11. Korean dark sleeper, Odontobutis platycephala (Iwata et Jeon, 1985) - (동사리)
  12. dark sleeper, Odontobutis interrupta (Iwata et Jeon, 1985) - (얼룩동사리)
  13. dark sleeper, Odontobutis obscura (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) - (남방동사리)
  1. Taiwanese fire-bellied gudgeon, Micropercops swinhonis (Gunther, 1873) - (좀구굴치)
  2. chestnut goby, Chaenogobius castaneus (O'Shaughnessy, 1875) - (날망둑)
  3. floating goby, Chaenogobius urotaenia (Hilgendorf, 1879) - (꾹저구)
  4. bigjaw goby, Chaenogobius macrognathus (Bleeker, 1860) - (왜꾹저구)
  5. oriental goby, Acanthogobius flavimanus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) - (문절망둑)
  6. Acanthogobius elongata (Ni et Wu, 1985) - (왜풀망둑)
  7. white ventral goby, Acanthogobius lactipes (Hilgendorf, 1879) - (흰발망둑)
  8. Acanthogobius luridus (Ni et Wu, 1985) - (비늘흰발망둑)
  9. Synechogobius hasta (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) - (풀망둑)
  10. parrot goby, Sicyopterus japonicus (Tanaka, 1909) - (열동갈문절)
  11. Pseudogobius masago (Tomiyama, 1936) - (애기망둑)
  12. brown goby, Bathygobius fuscus (Ruppel, 1830) - (무늬망둑)
  13. Barcheek goby, Rhinogobius giurinus (Rutter, 1897) - (갈문망둑)
  14. common freshwater goby, Rhinogobius brunneus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) - (밀어)
  15. Tridentiger bifasciatus (Steindachner, 1881) - (민물두줄망둑)
  16. Bare-naped goby, Tridentiger nudicervicus (Tomiyama, 1934) - (황줄망둑)
  17. Trident goby, Tridentiger obscurus (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) - (검정망둑)
  18. Trident goby, Tridentiger brevispinis (Katsuyama, Arai, et Nakamura, 1972) - (민물검정망둑)
  19. Striped goby, Acentrogobius pflaumi (Bleeker, 1853) - (줄망둑)
  20. Spotted goby, Acentrogobius pellidebilis (Lee et Kim, 1992) - (점줄망둑)
  21. Favonigobius gymnauchen (Bleeker, 1860) - (날개망둑)
  22. estuarine goby, Mugilogobius abei (Jordan et Snyder, 1901) - (모치망둑)
  23. Mugilogobius fontinalis (Jordan et Seale, 1906) - (제주모치망둑)
  24. Parioglossus dotui (Tomiyama, 1958) - (꼬마청황)
  25. blue-spotted mud hopper, Boleophthalmus pectinirostris (Linnaeus, 1758) - (짱뚱어)
  26. mud hopper, Periopthalmus modestus (Cantor, 1842) - (말뚝망둥어)
  27. Periopthalmus magnuspinnatus (Lee, Choi, et Ryu, 1995) - (큰볏말뚝망둥어)
  28. flat-head goby, Luciogobius guttatus (Gill, 1859) - (미끈망둑)
  29. ice goby, Leucopsarion petersii (Hilgendorf, 1880) - (서백어)
  30. red eel goby, Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus (Bleeker, 1860) - (빨갱이)
  31. eel goby, Odontamblyopus lacepedii (Temminck et Schlegel, 1845) - (개소겡)
  32. round-tailed paradise fish, Macropodus ocellatus (Cantor, 1842) - (버들붕어)
  33. northern snakehead, Channa argus (Cantor, 1842) - (가물치)

Needlefish and ricefish

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

Sticklebacks

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

Swamp eels

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

Scorpionfish, flatheads and sculpins

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

Flatfish

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

Puffers

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

References

See also