| Family |
Species |
Author |
Info |
Occurrence |
Common names |
Abundance |
Max length |
Maturity |
Remark |
Photo |
| Mastacembelidae |
Mastacembelus notophthalmus
|
Roberts, 1989 | Fr
| native | | | 39.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
| Mastacembelidae |
Mastacembelus unicolor
|
Cuvier, 1832 | Fr
| native | | | 55.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rajang Basin in Sarawak, Borneo (Ref. 57780). |  |
| Megalopidae |
Megalops cyprinoides
|
(Broussonet, 1782) | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| native | Indo-Pacific tarpon (English), Bulan bulan (Malay), Ladyfish (English), Moonfish (English), Tarpon (English), Banang (Malay), Banang pipih (Malay), Bandaran (Malay), Bulan (Malay), Bulan-bulan (Malay), Ikan bulan (Malay), Lian hu (Malay), Pipih (Malay) | | 150 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Pulau Tioman (Ref. 41184). Peak landings are in December (west coast and East Malaysia) and in September (east coast) (Ref. 27550). Also Ref. 5756, 9987. |  |
| Siluridae |
Micronema hexapterus
|
(Bleeker, 1851) | Fr
| native | | | 24.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Rajang River drainage, Sarawak (Ref. 50582). Also Ref. 57780. |  |
| Siluridae |
Micronema platypogon
|
(Ng, 2004) | Fr
| native | | | 17.63 cm SL male/unsexed | | Type locality: Borneo: Sarawak, Rajang River drainage, market at Sibu (Ref. 50582). Also Ref. 57780. | No picture yet. |
| Centrarchidae |
Micropterus salmoides
|
(Lacepède, 1802) | Fr
| introduced | | | 97.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Introduced by the Boh Tea Plantation Ltd., Cameron Highlands to revive their recreational program. About 1,000 fry were imported from Florida and raised in the Boh hatchery to fingerling size before being released in two lakes previously used for trout. Angling was permitted after one year and mature adults weighing about 300-350 g were caught. There were no reports of the same fish downstream of the lakes. Fish are presumed to be restricted to the lakes. |  |
| Monodactylidae |
Monodactylus argenteus
|
(Linnaeus, 1758) | Fr, Br, M
| native | Silver moony (English), Bawal-bulan perak (Malay), Buttercream (English), Fingerfish (English), Kitefish (English), Moonfish (English), Silver batfish (English), Bat hu (Malay), Bawal perak (Malay), Bebulan (Malay), Gedabang (Malay), Nyior-nyior (Malay), Senyur (Malay) | | 27.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Pulau Tioman (Ref. 41184). |  |
| Synbranchidae |
Monopterus albus
|
(Zuiew, 1793) | Fr, Br
| native | Swamp eel (English), Belut (Malay) | | 100.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Gelami and Tinggi Rivers, Pahang River system (Ref. 97588). Recorded from Pulau Tioman. Young specimens (30-40 mm TL) were caught from among leaf litter in more stagnant sections of the stream, while larger specimens above 200 mm TL were caught from submerged bank vegetation (Ref. 41184). |  |
| Mugilidae |
Mugil cephalus
|
Linnaeus, 1758 | Fr, Br, M
| native | Flathead mullet (English), Andapong (Malay), Bully mullet (English), Flathead grey mullet (English), Longaram mullet (English), Mangrove mullet (English), Mullet (English), Sea mullet (English), Anding (Malay), Belanak (Malay), Jempol (Malay), Jumpul (Malay), Kedera (Malay), Rapang (Malay) | | 100.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | |  |
| Gobiidae |
Mugilogobius mertoni
|
(Weber, 1911) | Fr
| native | | | 6.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | |  |
| Gobiidae |
Mugilogobius rambaiae
|
(Smith, 1945) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 4.15 cm SL male/unsexed | | |  |
| Muraenesocidae |
Muraenesox cinereus
|
(Forsskål, 1775) | Fr, Br, M, Fi
| native | Daggertooth pike conger (English), Malong perak (Malay), Pike eel (English), Silver conger eel (English), Belut (Malay), Indong (Malay), Ketingkor (Malay), Malong (Malay), Muar hu (Malay), Nong (Malay), Tuna (Malay) | | 220 cm TL male/unsexed | | |  |
| Xenocyprididae |
Mylopharyngodon piceus
|
(Richardson, 1846) | Fr
| questionable | Black carp (English), Kap hitam (Malay) | | 180 cm TL male/unsexed | | Needs better reference. Probably introduced and not native. |  |
| Cyprinidae |
Mystacoleucus marginatus
|
(Valenciennes, 1842) | Fr
| native | Sia (Malay), Masai (Malay) | | 20.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Gelami and Tinggi Rivers, Pahang River system (Ref. 97588). |  |
| Bagridae |
Mystus armiger
|
Ng, 2004 | Fr, Br
| native | | | 15.55 cm SL male/unsexed | | Kelantan, Kelantan River at Kampung Kuala Besar. | No picture yet. |
| Bagridae |
Mystus castaneus
|
Ng, 2002 | Fr
| native | | | 14.38 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Johor, Kota Tinggi, Sungai Mupor and Sarawak, Borneo (Ref. 51149). Also Ref. 57780. |  |
| Bagridae |
Mystus cavasius
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| misidentification | | | 40.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Reported to occur in Malaysia (Ref. 36654). Also Ref. 43640. |  |
| Bagridae |
Mystus gulio
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 46.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from Selangor as Macrones gulio (Ref. 121464). |  |
| Bagridae |
Mystus nigriceps
|
(Valenciennes, 1840) | Fr, Fi
| native | | | 30.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Gelami and Tinggi Rivers, Pahang River system (Ref. 97588). Also Ref. 2091. |  |
| Bagridae |
Mystus singaringan
|
(Bleeker, 1846) | Fr
| native | | | 30.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in Pahang, Perak, and Johore (Ref. 10418). Also recorded from the Rajang Basin in Sarawak, Borneo (Ref. 57780). Museum: Pahang, ZRC 7979. Chendorah, Perak, ZRC 8178. Machap, Johore, ZRC 19415 (Ref. 10418). Also Ref. 27732. |  |
| Bagridae |
Mystus vittatus
|
(Bloch, 1794) | Fr
| questionable | Baung (Malay) | | 21.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurrence needs confirmation as this species is known only from the Indian subcontinent (Ref. 26663). |  |
| Bagridae |
Mystus wolffii
|
(Bleeker, 1851) | Fr
| native | | | 20.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | |  |
| Chaudhuriidae |
Nagaichthys filipes
|
Kottelat & Lim, 1991 | Fr
| native | | | 3.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | | No picture yet. |
| Nandidae |
Nandus nandus
|
(Hamilton, 1822) | Fr
| questionable | | | 20.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | |  |
| Nandidae |
Nandus nebulosus
|
(Gray, 1835) | Fr, Br
| native | | | 12.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rajang Basin in Sarawak, Borneo (Ref. 57780). Also Ref. 31543. |  |
| Nandidae |
Nandus prolixus
|
Chakrabarty, Oldfield & Ng, 2006 | Fr
| native | | | 8.34 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Sepilok River drainage in Sabah, northeastern Borneo (Ref. 57603). | No picture yet. |
| Bagridae |
Nanobagrus fuscus
|
(Popta, 1904) | Fr
| native | | | 5.10 cm TL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rajang Basin in Sarawak, Borneo (Ref. 57780). Also Ref. 7050. |  |
| Bagridae |
Nanobagrus lemniscatus
|
Ng, 2010 | Fr
| native | | | | | Found in Terengganu, northeastern Peninsular Malaysia (Ref. 85604). |  |
| Bagridae |
Nanobagrus nebulosus
|
Ng & Tan, 1999 | Fr
| endemic | | | 3.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Museum: Sungai Kahang and tributary, Johor, ZRC 42600 (holotype, 3.45 cm SL, female) (Ref. 36133). Status (Ref. 84801). |  |
| Nemacheilidae |
Nemacheilus elegantissimus
|
Chin & Samat, 1992 | Fr
| native | | scarce (very unlikely) | 5.30 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the riffles of Bole Kecil, Sapat Kalisun and Palum Tambun streams in Danum Valley, Sabah (Ref. 13354). Also recorded from Kuamut headwaters (Ref. 34011). Also occurs in Sarwak (Ref. 26580). |  |
| Nemacheilidae |
Nemacheilus kapuasensis
|
Kottelat, 1984 | Fr
| native | | | 71.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rajang Basin in Sarawak, Borneo (Ref. 57780). Also Ref. 26580. | No picture yet. |
| Nemacheilidae |
Nemacheilus longipectoralis
|
Popta, 1905 | Fr
| native | | | 3.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Borneo. |  |
| Nemacheilidae |
Nemacheilus masyae
|
Smith, 1933 | Fr
| native | | | 13.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from western Malaysia (Ref. 39226). Recorded from Endau drainage and extends southwards to the Endau basin (Ref. 36133) and Malay Peninsula (Ref. 26580). |  |
| Nemacheilidae |
Nemacheilus olivaceus
|
Boulenger, 1894 | Fr
| native | | | 6.70 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Danum valley and Kuamut headwaters (Ref. 34011). Also Ref. 3310, 7050. |  |
| Nemacheilidae |
Nemacheilus paucimaculatus
|
Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2011 | Fr
| native | | | 6.15 cm SL male/unsexed | | Found in three localities in the basins of Muar and Langat in Johor, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan in southern Peninsular Malaysia (Ref. 87792). | No picture yet. |
| Nemacheilidae |
Nemacheilus saravacensis
|
Boulenger, 1894 | Fr
| native | | | 3.80 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rajang Basin in Sarawak, Borneo (Ref. 57780). Also Ref. 26580. |  |
| Nemacheilidae |
Nemacheilus selangoricus
|
Duncker, 1904 | Fr
| native | | | 5.90 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Malay Peninsula and Sabah in north Borneo (Ref. 39226). Also Ref. 26580. | No picture yet. |
| Nemacheilidae |
Nemacheilus spiniferus
|
Kottelat, 1984 | Fr
| native | | | 5.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Borneo (Ref. 7050). Recorded from the Rajang Basin in Sarawak, Borneo (Ref. 57780). Also Ref. 26580. | No picture yet. |
| Danionidae |
Nematabramis alestes
|
(Seale & Bean, 1907) | Fr
| native | Dumpis (Malay) | | 10.10 cm SL male/unsexed | | |  |
| Danionidae |
Nematabramis borneensis
|
Inger & Chin, 1962 | Fr
| native | | | 10.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Recorded from the Danum Valley (Ref. 34011). | No picture yet. |
| Danionidae |
Nematabramis everetti
|
Boulenger, 1894 | Fr
| endemic | | abundant (always seen in some numbers) | 10.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Baram river in Sarawak to Tawau in Sabah (Ref. 7050). Also recorded from the Danum Valley, lower Segama and Kuamut headwaters (Ref. 34011). Status (Ref. 84801). |  |
| Danionidae |
Nematabramis steindachnerii
|
Popta, 1905 | Fr
| native | Dumpis (Malay) | | 11.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Rajang Basin in Sarawak, Borneo (Ref. 57780). Also Ref. 3310. | No picture yet. |
| Cyprinidae |
Neobarynotus microlepis
|
(Bleeker, 1851) | Fr
| native | | | 40.00 cm TL male/unsexed | | |  |
| Gastromyzontidae |
Neogastromyzon chini
|
Tan, 2006 | Fr
| endemic | | | 4.50 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the hill streams in Rejang, Lupar and Sadong River basins in Sarawak (Ref. 57871). | No picture yet. |
| Gastromyzontidae |
Neogastromyzon crassiobex
|
Tan, 2006 | Fr
| native | | | 4.87 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from the Kuamut drainage of the Kinabatangan River basin in eastern Sabah (Ref. 57871). | No picture yet. |
| Gastromyzontidae |
Neogastromyzon nieuwenhuisii
|
Popta, 1905 | Fr
| native | | | 5.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Sarawak. Also Ref. 26580. | No picture yet. |
| Gastromyzontidae |
Neogastromyzon pauciradiatus
|
(Inger & Chin, 1961) | Fr
| native | | | 6.20 cm SL male/unsexed | | Known from Rajang Basin in Sarawak, Borneo (Ref. 57780). Recorded from Kuamut headwaters (Ref. 34011). Also Ref. 26580. |  |
| Balitoridae |
Neohomaloptera johorensis
|
(Herre, 1944) | Fr
| native | | | 2.00 cm SL male/unsexed | | Occurs in Malay Peninsula and Sarwak (Ref. 26580). | No picture yet. |
| Cyprinidae |
Neolissochilus hendersoni
|
(Herre, 1940) | Fr
| endemic | | | | | Type locality: Freshwater creek on Pinang [Penang] I., Malaysia (Ref. 33021). In range Ref. 26580. |  |
| Cyprinidae |
Neolissochilus hexagonolepis
|
(McClelland, 1839) | Fr
| native | | | 120 cm TL male/unsexed | | Recorded from Gelami and Tinggi Rivers, Pahang River system (Ref. 97588). |  |