Checklist of the shore and epipelagic fishes of Tonga
@article{Randall2004ChecklistOT, title={Checklist of the shore and epipelagic fishes of Tonga}, author={J. Randall and J. T. Williams and D. G. Smith and M. Kulbicki and G. Mou-Tham and P. Labrosse and M. Kronen and E. Clua and B. S. Mann}, journal={Atoll research bulletin}, year={2004}, pages={1-35} }
A checklist is given below of 1162 species of shore and epipelagic fishes belonging to 111 families that occur in the islands of Tonga, South Pacifie Ocean; 40 of these are epipelagic species. As might be expected, the fish fauna of Tonga is most similar to those of Samoa and Fiji; at least 658 species of the fishes found in Tonga are also known from Fiji and the islands of Samoa. Twelve species of shore fishes are presently known only from Tonga. Specimens of Tongan fishes are housed mainly in… Expand
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