FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Checklist of the Shore and epipelagic fishes of Tonga BT AF Randall, John E. Williams, Jeffrey T. Smith, David G. Kulbicki, M. Tham, G. Mou, Tham, G. Mou Labrosse, Pierre Kronen, M. Clua, E. Mann, B. S. AS 1:1;2:2;3:2;4:3;5:3;6:4;7:4;8:4;9:5; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:; C1 Bishop Museum, 1525 Bemïce St., Honolulu, HI 96817-2704, USA. National Museum ofNatural History, Washington, D.C. 20560, USA. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre de Nouméa, P.B. A5, Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, B.P. D3, 98848 Cedex, Nouméa, New Caledonia Fisheries Extension Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Tonga C2 BISHOP MUSEUM, USA NHM, USA IRD, FRANCE SPC, FRANCE MAFF, TONGA TC 0 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00608/71976/70673.pdf LA English DT Article AB A checklist is given below of 1162 species of shore and epipelagic fishes belonging to 111 families that occur in the islands of Tonga, South Pacifie Ocean; 40 of these are epipelagic species. As might be expected, the fish fauna of Tonga is most similar to those of Samoa and Fiji; at least 658 species of the fishes found in Tonga are also known from Fiji and the islands of Samoa. Twelve species of shore fishes are presently known only from Tonga. Specimens of Tongan fishes are housed mainly in the fish collections of the National Museum ofNatural History, Washington D.C.; Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu; Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; and the Australian Museum, Sydney. Native Tongan names of fishes, when known, are presented after species names PY 2004 SO Atoll Research Bulletin SN 00775630 PU Smithsonian Institution IS 502 BP 1 EP 35 DI 10.5479/si.00775630.502.1 ID 71976 ER EF