This is a list of freshwater fish species found in Sumatra, Indonesia. This list also includes freshwater fish found on small islands around Sumatra, such as Simeulue, Nias Islands, Mentawai Islands, Enggano, Riau Islands (except Natuna and Anambas), Lingga Islands, Bangka and Belitung. Island names written in brackets indicate that the species is endemic to that island, or is only known to occur on that island. The listing below is based on the taxonomic treatment of FishBase.
Order Carcharhiniformes Family Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus leucas (Müller & Henle, 1839)
Order Rhinopristiformes Family Pristidae Pristis pristis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Order Myliobatiformes Family Dasyatidae Fluvitrygon kittipongi Vidthayanon & Roberts, 2005 Fluvitrygon signifer Compagno & Roberts, 1982 Fluvitrygon oxyrhyncha (Sauvage, 1878) Urogymnus polylepis (Bleeker, 1852)
Order Osteoglossiformes Family Osteoglossidae Scleropages formosus (Müller & Schlegel, 1844)
Family Notopteridae Chitala borneensis (Bleeker, 1851) Chitala lopis (Bleeker, 1851) Notopterus notopterus (Pallas, 1769)
Order Elopiformes Family Megalopidae Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)
Order Anguilliformes Family Anguillidae Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831) Anguilla bicolor McClelland, 1844
Family Muraenidae Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton, 1822) Gymnothorax polyuranodon (Bleeker, 1854)
Order Clupeiformes Family Ehiravidae Clupeichthys goniognathus Bleeker, 1855 Clupeichthys perakensis (Herre, 1936) Clupeoides borneensis Bleeker, 1851 Sundasalanx platyrhynchus Siebert & Crimmen, 1997
Family Engraulididae Coilia borneensis (Bleeker, 1852) Coilia lindmani Bleeker, 1858 Lycothrissa crocodilus (Bleeker, 1851) Setipinna melanochir (Bleeker, 1849)
Order Cypriniformes Family Cyprinidae
Family Danionidae
Family Leptobarbidae Leptobarbus hoevenii (Bleeker, 1851)
Family Paedocyprididae Paedocypris progenetica Kottelat, Britz, Tan & Witte, 2006
Family Sundadanionidae Sundadanio atomus Conway, Kottelat & Tan, 2011 (Singkep) Sundadanio axelrodi (Brittan, 1976) (Bintan) Sundadanio gargula Conway, Kottelat & Tan, 2011 (Bangka) Sundadanio goblinus Conway, Kottelat & Tan, 2011
Family Xenocyprididae Macrochirichthys macrochirus (Valenciennes, 1844) Oxygaster anomalura van Hasselt, 1823 Parachela cyanea Kottelat, 1995 Parachela hypophthalmus (Bleeker, 1860) Parachela johorensis Steindachner, 1870 Parachela oxygastroides (Bleeker, 1852) Rasborichthys helfrichii (Bleeker, 1857)
Family Balitoridae Balitoropsis ophiolepis (Bleeker, 1853) Balitoropsis zollingeri (Bleeker, 1853) Homaloptera ocellata van der Hoeven, 1830 Homaloptera ogilviei Alfred, 1967 Homaloptera orthogoniata Vaillant, 1902 Homaloptera parclitella Tan & Ng, 2005 Homalopteroides nebulosus (Alfred, 1969) Homalopteroides cf. tweediei (Herre, 1940) Homalopteroides wassinkii (Bleeker, 1853) Homalopterula amphisquamata (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) Homalopterula gymnogaster (Bleeker, 1853) Homalopterula heterolepis (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) Homalopterula modiglianii (Perugia, 1893) Homalopterula ripleyi Fowler, 1940 Homalopterula vanderbilti (Fowler, 1940) Neohomaloptera johorensis (Herre, 1944) Pseudohomaloptera tecta Randall, Somarriba, Tongnunui & Page, 2022
Family Nemacheilidae Nemacheilus fasciatus (Valenciennes, 1846) Nemacheilus cf. kapuasensis Kottelat, 1984 Nemacheilus longipinnis Ahl, 1922 Nemacheilus papillos Tan & Kottelat, 2009 Nemacheilus pfeifferae (Bleeker, 1853) Nemacheilus selangoricus Duncker, 1904 Nemacheilus tuberigum Hadiaty & Siebert, 2001
Family Vaillantellidae Vaillantella euepiptera (Vaillant, 1902) Vaillantella maassi Weber & de Beaufort, 1912
Family Cobitidae Acantopsis dialuzona van Hasselt, 1823 Acanthopsoides molobrion Siebert, 1991 Kottelatlimia katik (Kottelat & Lim, 1992) Kottelatlimia pristes (Roberts, 1989) Lepidocephalichthys furcatus (de Beaufort, 1933) Lepidocephalichthys hasselti (Valenciennes, 1846) Lepidocephalichthys tomaculum Kottelat & Lim, 1992 Lepidocephalus macrochir (Bleeker, 1854) Pangio alcoides Kottelat & Lim, 1993 Pangio anguillaris (Vaillant, 1902) Pangio atactos Tan & Kottelat, 2009 Pangio bitaimac Tan & Kottelat, 2009 Pangio cuneovirgata (Raut, 1957) Pangio malayana (Tweedie, 1956) Pangio muraeniformis (de Beaufort, 1933) Pangio oblonga (Valenciennes, 1846) Pangio piperata Kottelat & Lim, 1993 Pangio pulla Kottelat & Lim, 1993 (Bangka) Pangio semicincta (Fraser-Brunner, 1940) Pangio shelfordii (Popta, 1903) Pangio superba (Roberts, 1989)
Family Botiidae Chromobotia macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852) Syncrossus hymenophysa (Bleeker, 1852) Syncrossus reversus (Roberts, 1989)
Family Barbuccidae Barbucca diabolica Roberts, 1989
Order Siluriformes Family Bagridae
Family Siluridae
Family Ailiidae Laides hexanema (Bleeker, 1852)
Family Horabagridae Pseudeutropius brachypopterus (Bleeker, 1858) Pseudeutropius moolenburghae Weber & de Beaufort, 1913
Family Pangasiidae Helicophagus typus Bleeker, 1858 Helicophagus waandersii Bleeker, 1858 Pangasius djambal Bleeker, 1846 Pangasius kunyit Pouyaud, Teugels & Legendre, 1999 Pangasius macronema Bleeker, 1850 Pangasius nasutus (Bleeker, 1863) Pangasius polyuranodon Bleeker, 1852 Pseudolais micronemus (Bleeker, 1847)
Family Akysidae Acrochordonichthys rugosus (Bleeker, 1847) Acrochordonichthys ischnosoma Bleeker, 1858 Akysis fontaneus Ng, 2009 Akysis galeatus Page, Rachmatika & Robins, 2007 Akysis heterurus Ng, 1996 Akysis scorteus Page, Hadiaty & López, 2007 Breitensteinia cessator Ng & Siebert, 1998 Parakysis grandis Ng & Lim, 1995 Parakysis hystriculus Ng, 2009 Parakysis longirostris Ng & Lim, 1995 (Bintan) Parakysis verrucosus Herre, 1940 (Bintan, Batam) Pseudobagarius macronemus (Bleeker, 1860)
Family Sisoridae Bagarius lica (Volz, 1903) Glyptothorax amnestus Ng & Kottelat, 2016 Glyptothorax famelicus Ng & Kottelat, 2016 Glyptothorax fuscus Ng & Kottelat, 2016 Glyptothorax keluk Ng & Kottelat, 2016 Glyptothorax ketambe Ng & Hadiaty, 2009 Glyptothorax pedunculatus (Roberts, 2021) Glyptothorax platypogonides (Bleeker, 1855) Glyptothorax plectilis Ng & Hadiaty, 2008 Glyptothorax robustus Boeseman, 1966 Glyptothorax schmidti (Volz, 1904)
Family Chacidae Chaca bankanensis Bleeker, 1852
Family Clariidae Clarias aff. batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) Clarias leiacanthus Bleeker, 1851 Clarias meladerma Bleeker, 1846 Clarias microspilus Ng & Hadiaty, 2011 Clarias nieuhofii Valenciennes, 1840 Clarias olivaceus Fowler, 1904 Clarias teijsmanni Bleeker, 1857 Encheloclarias curtisoma Ng & Lim, 1993 Encheloclarias kelioides Ng & Lim, 1993 Encheloclarias tapeinopterus (Bleeker, 1853) (Bangka) Encheloclarias velatus Ng & Tan, 2000
Family Ariidae Arius maculatus (Thunberg, 1792) Batrachocephalus mino (Hamilton, 1822) Cephalocassis melanochir (Bleeker, 1852) Cryptarius truncatus (Valenciennes, 1840) Hemiarius stormii (Bleeker, 1858) Hemiarius sumatranus (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) Hemipimelodus borneensis (Bleeker, 1851) Hexanematichthys sagor (Hamilton, 1822) Ketengus typus Bleeker, 1846 Kyataphisa nenga (Hamilton, 1822) Netuma bilineata (Valenciennes, 1840) Osteogeneiosus militaris (Linnaeus, 1758) Plicofollis argyropleuron (Valenciennes, 1840) Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1840) Plicofollis polystaphylodon (Bleeker, 1846) Plicofollis tonggol (Bleeker, 1846)
Family Plotosidae Plotosus canius Hamilton, 1822 Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)
Order Beloniformes Family Adrianichthyidae Oryzias javanicus (Bleeker, 1854) Oryzias hubbsi (Roberts, 1998)
Family Zenarchopteridae Dermogenys collettei Meisner, 2001 Dermogenys sumatrana (Bleeker, 1854) Hemirhamphodon phaiosoma (Bleeker, 1852) Hemirhamphodon pogonognathus (Bleeker, 1853) Zenarchopterus ectuntio (Hamilton, 1822)
Family Belonidae Xenentodon canciloides (Bleeker, 1854)
Order Cyprinodontiformes Family Aplocheilidae Aplocheilus armatus (van Hasselt, 1823)
Order Atheriniformes Family Phallostethidae Neostethus bicornis Regan, 1916 Neostethus lankesteri Regan, 1916 Phenacostethus posthon Roberts, 1971 Phenacostethus smithi Myers, 1928
Order Batrachoidiformes Family Batrachoididae Allenbatrachus grunniens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Order Syngnathiformes Family Syngnathidae Microphis boaja (Bleeker, 1850) Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1854) Microphis deokhatoides (Bleeker, 1853) Microphis martensii (Peters, 1868) Microphis ocellatus (Duncker, 1910) (Simeulue, Nias) Hippichthys spicifer (Ruppel, 1838)
incertae sedis Series Carangaria Family Polynemidae Polydactylus macrophthalmus (Bleeker, 1859) Polynemus dubius Bleeker, 1854 Polynemus multifilis Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
Family Toxotidae Toxotes chatareus (Hamilton, 1822) Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas, 1767) Toxotes sundaicus Kottelat & Tan, 2018
Series Ovalentaria Family Ambassidae Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1853 Gymnochanda filamentosa Fraser-Brunner, 1955 Gymnochanda limi Kottelat, 1995 Gymnochanda verae Tan & Lim, 2011 (Belitung) Parambassis apogonoides (Bleeker, 1851) Parambassis macrolepis (Bleeker, 1857) Parambassis sumatrana Ghazali, Lavoué, Sukmono, Wibowo, Hubert & Nor, 2026 Parambassis wolffii (Bleeker, 1851)
Series Eupercaria Family Monodactylidae Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family Sciaenidae Boesemania microlepis (Bleeker, 1859) Panna microdon (Bleeker, 1849)
Order Centrarchiformes Family Kuhliidae Kuhlia marginata (Cuvier, 1829) Kuhlia rupestris (Lacépède, 1802)
Order Blenniiformes Family Blenniidae Phenablennius heyligeri (Bleeker, 1859) Omobranchus zebra (Bleeker, 1868)
Order Gobiiformes Family Rhyacichthyidae Rhyacichthys aspro (Valenciennes, 1837)
Family Eleotridae Belobranchus segura Keith, Hadiaty & Lord, 2012 Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker, 1853) Eleotris melanosoma (Bleeker, 1853) Eleotris sumatraensis (Mennesson, Keith, Sukmono, Risdawati & Hubert, 2021) Giuris margaritacea (Valenciennes, 1837) Hypseleotris cyprinoides (Valenciennes, 1837)
Family Butidae Bostrychus sinensis Lacepede, 1801 Butis butis (Hamilton, 1822) Butis gymnopomus (Bleeker, 1853) Butis humeralis (Valenciennes, 1837) Butis koilomatodon (Bleeker, 1849) Butis melanostigma (Bleeker, 1849) Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes, 1837) Oxyeleotris marmorata (Bleeker, 1852) Oxyeleotris urophthalmoides (Bleeker, 1853) Oxyeleotris urophthalmus (Bleeker, 1851)
Family Oxudercidae Boleophthalmus boddarti (Pallas, 1770) Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes, 1837 Oxuderces dentatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850 Parapocryptes serperaster (Richardson, 1846) Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Pallas, 1770) Periophthalmodon septemradiatus (Hamilton, 1822) Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes, 1837 Periophthalmus chrysospilos Bleeker, 1852 Periophthalmus gracilis Eggert, 1935 Periophthalmus novemradiatus (F. Hamilton, 1822) Periophthalmus spilotus Murdy & Takita, 1999 Periophthalmus variabilis Eggert, 1935 Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Cuvier, 1816) Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Family Gobiidae
Order Anabantiformes Family Helostomatidae Helostoma temminkii Cuvier, 1829
Family Anabantidae Anabas testudineus (Bloch, 1792)
Family Osphronemidae
Family Channidae Channa bankanensis (Bleeker, 1852) Channa cyanospilos (Bleeker, 1853) Channa limbata (Cuvier, 1831) Channa lucius (Cuvier, 1831) Channa marulioides (Bleeker, 1851) Channa melasoma (Bleeker, 1851) Channa micropeltes (Cuvier, 1831) Channa pleurophthalma (Bleeker, 1851) Channa striata (Bloch, 1793)
Family Nandidae Nandus mercatus Ng, 2008 Nandus nebulosus (Gray, 1835)
Family Pristolepididae Pristolepis fasciata (Bleeker, 1851) Pristolepis grootii (Bleeker, 1852)
Order Acanthuriformes Family Lobotidae Datnioides microlepis Bleeker, 1854 Datnioides polota (Hamilton, 1822)
Family Scatophagidae Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Order Synbranchiformes Family Synbranchidae Monopterus javanensis Lacepède, 1800
Family Chaudhuriidae Bihunichthys monopteroides Kottelat & Lim, 1994 Chendol keelini Kottelat & Lim, 1994 Nagaichthys filipes Kottelat & Lim, 1991
Family Mastacembelidae Macrognathus circumcinctus (Hora, 1924)