Checklist of the coastal fishes of Lord Howe, Norfolk and Kermadec islands December 2022

The subtropical islands of the north Tasman Sea have a fascinating mix of tropical, subtropical and temperate marine fishes. Species diversity and the proportion of tropical species in the fauna decline from west to east (Lord Howe > Norfolk > Kermadec Islands) (Francis 1993, Francis & Duffy 2015). This checklist has been compiled as a resource for those wishing to understand and interact with the fish faunas of these islands, monitor biodiversity and coastal fish biogeography, and to assess changes in the faunas as a result of global climate change. Coastal fishes are defined here as those species that occur within 50 m of the surface and 1 km of the shore, excluding oceanic pelagic species. Most species included in the checklist are reef fishes, but species living on or in sand, and in open water near the coast, are also included. Inclusion or exclusion of species is inevitably sometimes arbitrary, especially where information on the normal depth ranges of species is poor. This checklist is updated and revised from earlier checklists of fishes from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands (Francis 1993), Kermadec Islands (Francis & Duffy 2015) and a later complete checklist for all three islands (Francis 2019, 2022). Some species reported in the earlier lists have been omitted, mostly as a result of improved information on their depth ranges. Additions to the previous checklists and changed or verified specific names are noted, and the sources for these are documented. Generic and specific names follow those in Eschmeyer's 'Catalog of Fishes' (Fricke et al. 2022) unless a recent taxonomic revision has changed them. Species that range westward to mainland Australia and south-eastward to mainland New Zealand are shown in adjacent columns. Users are invited to send me information and evidence (particularly images) of further new records for the islands' fish fauna. Also, please tell me about any problems with the content or access to the checklist. I will update this checklist periodically and give it a new version number to distinguish it from the previous versions. The d.o.i should point to the most recent version.

塔斯曼海北部的亚热带岛屿拥有兼具热带、亚热带与温带海洋鱼类的独特区系。该海域鱼类区系的物种多样性以及热带物种占比自西向东依次降低（豪勋爵岛（Lord Howe）> 诺福克岛（Norfolk）> 克马德克群岛（Kermadec Islands）），相关数据引自Francis 1993、Francis & Duffy 2015。本名录编制的初衷，是为科研人员或爱好者了解、研究该群岛鱼类区系，监测生物多样性及近岸鱼类生物地理学特征，以及评估全球气候变化引发的鱼类区系变化提供参考资源。本名录中，近岸鱼类被定义为栖息于表层50米水深范围内且距岸1千米以内的物种，大洋洄游性中上层鱼类除外。本名录收录的物种以礁栖鱼类为主，同时涵盖沙质底栖息物种及近岸开阔水域物种。物种的收录与剔除有时难免存在主观性，尤其当物种的正常栖息深度范围信息匮乏时。本名录基于此前发布的豪勋爵岛与诺福克岛鱼类名录（Francis 1993）、克马德克群岛鱼类名录（Francis & Duffy 2015），以及覆盖全部三岛的完整版后续名录（Francis 2019、2022）更新修订而成。早期名录中记载的部分物种因深度分布信息的进一步完善已被移除；新增物种、学名变更或已验证的分类修订均已标注，并附相关来源说明。属名与种名遵循埃施迈耶《鱼类目录》（Eschmeyer's 'Catalog of Fishes'，Fricke et al. 2022）的标准，除非近期的分类学修订对其进行了调整。向西分布至澳大利亚大陆、向东南延伸至新西兰大陆的物种，将在相邻列中示出。欢迎用户向编者提供该群岛鱼类区系新记录的相关信息及佐证材料（尤其是影像资料），同时也请告知本名录内容或访问方面存在的任何问题。本名录将定期更新并赋予新的版本号以区分过往版本，相关数字对象标识符（DOI）应指向最新版本。