R-Z FRESHWATER FISHES
Ricefishes - [ADRIANICHTHYIDAE], Subfamily: [ORYZIINAE]
No. SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME Max TL Found Native Intro
01 Javanese ricefish Oryzias javanicus 4.5 cm common *
Primarily a brackish species but do enter freshwater.
Rivulines - [APLOCHEILIDAE]
No. SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME Max TL Status Native Intro
01 Blue panchax Aplocheilus panchax 9 cm common *
Found in both fresh & brackish waters..
Scats - [SCATOPHAGIDAE]
No. SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME Max TL Status Native Intro
01 Spotted scat Scatophagus argus 38 cm common Yes
Primarily a marine/brackish species but can live in solely freshwater, especially in the aquarium trade.
Spotted Scat
[Seabreams] Porgies - [SPARIDAE]
No. SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME Max TL Max Wgt Native Intro
01
02
Picnic seabream
Yellowfin seabream
Acanthopagrus berda
Acanthopagrus latus
90 cm
50 cm
3.2 kg
1.5 kg
*
*
Primarily a marine/brackish species but do enter freshwater, though very seldom.
Snakeheads - [CHANNIDAE]
No. SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME Max TL Max Wgt Status Native Intro
01
02
03
04
[Dwarf snakehead]
[Forest snakehead]
Giant snakehead
Snakehead murrel
Channa gachua
Channa lucius
Channa micropeltes
Channa striata
20 cm SL
40cm SL
130 cm SL
100cm SL


20 kg
3 kg
endangered
endangered
common
common
*
*

Yes


Yes
'Snakehead murrel' are able to tolerate brackish water.
Giant Snakehead
Snappers - [LUTJANIDAE]
No. SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME Max TL Max Wgt Native Intro
01 Mangrove red snapper Lutjanus argentimaculatus 150 cm 8.7 kg Yes
Primarily a marine/brackish species but do enter freshwater.
Snooks - [CENTROPOMIDAE]
No. SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME Max TL Max Wgt Status Native Intro
01 Barramundi Lates calcarifer 200 cm 60 kg common Yes
Primarily a marine/brackish species but do enter freshwater.
Barramundi
Tarpons - [MEGALOPIDAE]
No. SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME Max TL Max Wgt Native Intro
01 Indo-pacific tarpon Megalops cyprinoides 150 cm 18 kg *
Primarily a marine/brackish species but do enter freshwater.
Tenpounders - [ELOPIDAE]
No. SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME Max TL Max Wgt Native Intro
01
02
Hawaiian ladyfish
Tenpounder
Elops hawaiensis
Elops machnata
70 cm
118cm FL
10.1 kg
10.8 kg
*
Yes
Primarily a marine/brackish species but do enter freshwater.
Tenpounder
[Tigerfishes] - [COIIDAE]
No. SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME Max TL Max Wgt Native Intro
01 Four-barred tigerfishes Coius quadrifasciatus 30 cm SL *
Can live in both fresh & brackish waters..
[Terapons] Tigerperches - [TERAPONTIDAE]
No. SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME Max TL Max Wgt Native
01
02
Jarbua terapon
Largescaled terapon
Terapon jarbua
Terapon theraps
36 cm
30cm SL
Yes
Yes
Primarily a marine/brackish species but do enter freshwater.
Jarbua Terapon
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