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群岛拥有热带、亚热带与温带海洋鱼类的奇妙混合类群。其物种多样性及区系中热带物种的占比自西向东逐渐降低（洛德豪岛（Lord Howe）＞诺福克岛（Norfolk）＞克马德克群岛（Kermadec Islands））（Francis，1993；Francis & Duffy，2015）。本名录旨在为希望了解、研究上述群岛的鱼类区系，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。本名录所定义的近岸鱼类，指栖息于海面下50米范围内且距离岸线1千米以内的物种，不包含远洋洄游物种。本名录收录的多数类群为礁区鱼类，但也涵盖沙质生境中的物种以及近岸开阔水域栖息的物种。物种的收录与剔除有时难免存在主观性，尤其是在物种正常栖息深度范围的相关信息匮乏时。本名录是对既往三份鱼类名录的更新与修订：分别为洛德豪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），以及后续涵盖三群岛的完整名录（Francis，2019、2022）。此前名录中报道的部分物种因深度分布信息的更新而被移除；新增物种、修订或验证的物种学名均已标注，并注明了相关来源。属名与种名遵循埃施迈耶《鱼类目录》（Eschmeyer's *Catalog of Fishes*，Fricke et al. 2022）的规范，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、向南东延伸至新西兰大陆的物种，将在相邻列中予以标注。欢迎用户向我们提供该群岛鱼类区系新记录的相关信息与佐证材料（尤其是影像资料）。若您发现本名录的内容或访问方式存在任何问题，也请告知我们。本名录将定期更新并赋予新版本号，以区分过往版本。本数据的数字对象标识符（DOI，Digital Object Identifier）应指向最新版本。