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

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) and Kermadec Islands (Francis & Duffy 2015). Some species reported in those 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. 2019) 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.

塔斯曼海北部的亚热带群岛，拥有热带、亚热带与温带海洋鱼类的奇妙混合类群。其鱼类物种多样性及区系内热带物种的占比自西向东逐渐降低（洛德豪岛（Lord Howe Island）> 诺福克岛（Norfolk Island）> 克马德克群岛（Kermadec Islands））（Francis 1993、Francis & Duffy 2015）。本名录汇编的目的，是为想要了解、探究这些岛屿的鱼类区系，监测生物多样性与近岸鱼类生物地理学，以及评估全球气候变化引发的鱼类区系变化的人员提供参考资源。本名录中定义的近岸鱼类，为栖息于海面下50米范围内且距离岸线1千米以内的物种，不包括大洋远洋洄游鱼类。本名录收录的多数类群为礁区鱼类，但栖息于沙质海底或沙质海域内、以及近岸开阔水域的物种亦被纳入其中。物种的收录与剔除有时难免带有主观性，尤其是在物种正常栖息深度范围相关信息匮乏的情况下。本名录是基于洛德豪岛与诺福克岛鱼类名录（Francis 1993）以及克马德克群岛鱼类名录（Francis & Duffy 2015）的早期版本更新修订而成。早期名录中记载的部分物种已被移除，这主要得益于相关栖息深度信息的完善。相较于此前的名录，新增物种、名称变更或已验证的物种学名均已标注，其来源也已逐一归档说明。属名与种名均遵循埃施迈耶《鱼类目录》（Eschmeyer's "Catalog of Fishes"，Fricke et al. 2019）的规范，除非近期的分类学修订已对其作出调整。向西分布至澳大利亚本土、向东南分布至新西兰本土的物种，将在相邻列中予以标注。