List of Endemic Species Occurring in the Philippines

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1. Arius manillensis (Sea catfish)

Common name	Sea catfish, Kanduli, Dupit, Kiti-kiti, Tabangongo, Tauti
Environment	Freshwater, brackish
Resilience	Medium; minimum population doubling time 1.4-4.4 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines; museum specimens collected in 1984 from various localities; also reported from Pasig River; Santa Cruz, Laguna; Orani, Bataan; Cavite; and Navotas, Rizal
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

2. Atherinomorus regina (Culion silverside)

Common name	Culion silverside, Gono, Guno
Environment	Marine, demersal
Resilience	High, minimum population doubling time 15 months
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Culion and Busuanga Islands, Palawan
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase; ZipCode Zoo

3. Bathygadus sulcatus

Common name
Environment	Marine, bathydemersal
Resilience	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5-14 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines; type locality near Cagayan I., Sulu Sea; known also from off northern Mindanao and between Marinduque and Luzon
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

4. Caelorinchus commutabilis

Common name
Environment	Marine, benthopelagic
Resilience	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4-4.4 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, type locality, Palawan Passage in 686 m
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

5. Caelorinchus dorsalis

Common name
Environment	Marine, benthopelagic
Resilience	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4-4.4 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, type locality, northern Luzon
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

6. Caelorinchus macrolepsis

Common name
Environment	Marine, benthopelagic
Resilience	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4-4.4 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, recorded from China Sea, off SW Luzon and Balayan Bay, Batangas
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

7. Caelorinchus notatus

Common name
Environment	Marine, benthopelagic
Resilience	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4-4.4 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, type locality Sulu in 421m
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

8. Caelorinchus quincunciatus

Common name
Environment	Marine, benthopelagic
Resilience	Medium; minimum population doubling time 1.4-4.4 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, off SE Luzon at 280 m; off the east coast of Mindoro in 198 m; between Samar and Masbate in 247-251 m; and, between Cebu and Bohol in 296 m
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

9. Caelorinchus sexradiatus

Common name
Environment	Marine, bathydemersal
Resilience	High, minimum population doubling time 15 months
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, Type locality, vicinity of Jolo in 582 m. Also known from between Jolo and Tawi Tawi in 445 m
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

10. Caelorinchus thompsoni

Common name
Environment	Marine, bathydemersal
Resilience	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5-14 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, Known from China Sea, off SW Luzon in 247 m; Balayan Bay, Batangas in 329 m ; Verde Island Passage, off Batangas, Luzon in 291; and, off northern Mindanao in 366 m
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

11. Caelorinchus triocellatus

Common name
Environment	Marine, benthopelagic
Resilience	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4-4.4 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, type locality, north of Tawi Tawi, Sulu Sea in 576 m
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

12. Caelorinchus velifer

Common name
Environment	Marine, bathydemersal
Resilience	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4-4.4 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, type locality, China Sea, off SW Luzon in 247-446 m and in the Mindanao Sea
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

13. Caelorinchus weberi

Common name
Environment	Marine, benthopelagic
Resilience	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4-4.4 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, type locality, off northern Luzon in 410 m
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

14. Chaetodontoplus caeruleopunctatus (Blue-spotted angelfish)

Common name	Blue-spotted angelfish
Environment	Marine, reef-associated, non-migratory
Resilience	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, known from central part of the country, Cebu
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

15. Congrogadus hierichthys

Common name
Environment	Marine, demersal
Resilience	No data available
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, known only from Sulu Sea (Cuyo, Sitankai, Iolo, and Sibutu islands)
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase; Reefkeeping

16. Coryphaenoides camurus

Common name
Environment	Marine, bathypelagic
Resilience	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5-14 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, type locality, off eastern Palawan in 2,022 m
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

17. Coryphaenoides dubius

Common name
Environment	Marine, benthopelagic
Resilience	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5-14 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, known only from the type caught from Iligan Bay, Misamis, Mindanao in 750 m
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

18. Ecsenius dilemma

Common name
Environment	Marine, reef-associated
Resilience	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase; Reefkeeping

19. Ecsenius kurti

Common name
Environment	Marine, reef-associated
Resilience	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, known only from the Cuyo Islands, Palawan
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase; Reefkeeping

20. Encrasicholina oligobranchus (Philippine anchovy)

Common name	Philippine anchovy, bolinao, bulinao, bolinaw, bulinao, dilis
Environment	Marine, pelagic
Resilience	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Manila Bay, evidently rare
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

21. Exyrias ferrarisi (Bia)

Common name	Bia
Environment	Marine, reef-associated
Resilience	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, known only from Bolinao, Pangasinan
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

22. Gadomus magnifilis

Common name
Environment	Marine, bathydemersal
Resilience	Medium; minimum population doubling time 1.4-4.4 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, known from its type locality, off Mindanao in 1,281 m; Sogod Bay, southern Leyte in 1,014 m; and, near Cagayan, Sulu I., Sulu Sea in 930 m
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

23. Galeus schultzi (Dwarf sawtail catshark)

Common name	Dwarf sawtail catshark, pating
Environment	Marine, bathydemersal
Resilience	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5-14 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, off Luzon
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase; Seapics

24. Hemitriakis leucoperiptera (Whitefin topeshark)

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Common name	Whitefin topeshark
Environment	Marine, demersal
Resilience	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5-14 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Endangered/2000
Distribution	Philippines
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase; IUCN Red List

25. Hydrolagus deani (Philippine chimaera)

Common name	Philippine chimaera, Shortnose chimaera, Ratfish
Environment	Marine, bathydemersal
Resilience	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5-14 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, known from the west coast of Luzon off Sombrero Island
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

26. Hypoatherina crenolepis (Crenulated silverside)

Common name	Crenulated silverside
Environment	Marine, pelagic
Resilience	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, Tara and Papatog Islands
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

27. Istiblennius colei

Common name
Environment	Marine, pelagic
Resilience	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, known only from Culion and Panay Islands. According to Springer and Williams (1994), "this species is known only from the type series of its two nominal synonyms, collected more than 50 years ago. Considering all the collecting activity that has occurred in the Philippines in the past 20 years, it seems amazing that this clearly shallow-dwelling, once common species has not been re-collected. We fear it may be extinct".
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

28. Pentanchus profundicolus (Onefin catshark)

Common name	Onefin catshark, Pating
Environment	Marine, bathydemersal
Resilience	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5-14 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Known from the holotype and only specimen taken from the Mindanao Sea
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

29. Sillago argentifasciata (Silver-banded sillago)

Common name	Silver-banded sillago, Asohos, Ago-os, Alisoos, Asoos, Asuhos, Hosohos, Oso-os, Susay, Usu-us
Environment	Marine, demersal, non-migratory
Resilience	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Lumbucan Island, Palawan
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

30. Solivomer arenidens

Common name
Environment	Marine, benthopelagic
Resilience	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4-4.5 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

31. Stolephorus ronquilloi (Ronquillo's achovy)

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Common name	Ronquillo’s anchovy, Ligbao na lapad, Bolinao, Bulinao, Burma, Dilis, Muleng-leng, Munamom, Tornos, Tuakang
Environment	Marine, pelagic
Resilience	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Philippines, perhaps not very abundant
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

32. Trachonurus robinsi

Common name
Environment	Marine, bathydemersal
Resilience	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4-4.4 years
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Known only from Sulu, Visayan, Mindanao and Sibuyan Seas
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

33. Zebrias lucapensis (Darapa)

Common name	Darapa
Environment	Marine, demersal
Resilience	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months
Red List Category/Year Assessed	Not Listed
Distribution	Known only from Lingayen Gulf, scarce
Trend	No data available
Data sources	FishBase

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