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独特混合类群。物种多样性及类群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）。本名录旨在为相关人员提供参考，以了解并研究这些群岛的鱼类区系、监测生物多样性与近海鱼类生物地理学，以及评估全球气候变化引发的鱼类区系变化。本名录中界定的近海鱼类，指栖息于海面下50米范围内且距离海岸1千米以内的物种，不包括远洋洄游性鱼类。本名录收录的多数物种为礁栖鱼类，但栖息于沙质底质之上或其中、以及近岸开阔水域的物种亦被纳入。物种的收录与剔除有时不可避免地带有主观性，尤其在物种正常栖息深度范围的相关信息匮乏时。本名录基于洛德豪岛、诺福克岛（Francis 1993）及克马德克群岛（Francis & Duffy 2015）此前发布的鱼类名录进行更新与修订。此前名录中记载的部分物种已被移除，多数是因为现有信息已明确其栖息深度范围。本名录对此前名录的新增物种、学名修订或验证情况均有标注，且相关来源均已归档说明。属名与种名均遵循埃施迈尔《鱼类目录》（"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。分布范围西至澳大利亚大陆、东南至新西兰大陆的物种，将在相邻列中予以标注。