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There are 3108 valid and named native fish species in the inland waters of Southeast Asia between the Irrawaddy and Red River drainages, the small coastal drainages between the Red River and Hainan, the whole Indochinese Peninsula, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Indonesia (excluding Papua Province, Waigeo, Aru [but Kai is included]), and the Philippines. They belong to 137 families. Their taxonomy and nomenclature are reviewed. The original descriptions of all 7047 recorded species-group names and 1980 genus-group names have been checked in the original works for correct spelling, types, type locality and bibliographic references. The bibliography includes about 4700 titles. Synonymies are given, based on published information as well as unpublished observations. The names of 49 introduced species and 347 extralimital taxa cited in the discussions have also been checked. The original descriptions of all species not present in the covered area but cited as type species of genera have been checked for availability, authorship, date and correct spelling. The availability of some family-group names has been checked when there was suspicion of possible nomenclatural problems. Bibliographic notes include new informations on the dates of publication of works by, among others, Bleeker, Bloch, Heckel and Steindachner and discussion of authorship of names in various works. The main nomenclatural acts are listed below: type species designation for: Crayracion, Eleotris Scopoli, Eleotris Walbaum, Encheliopus Cloquet, Gymnorhinus, Oonidus, Pristipoma Cuvier, Sargus Gronow; type species fixation under Code art. 70.3.1 for: Bdellorhynchus, Desmoprenes, Innoculus, Paraprotosalanx; type species fixation under Code art. 70.3.2 for: Centrurophis, Ovoides Duméril, Pseudoscarus, Rabula, Waitea; lectotype designation for: Alausa argyrochloris, Atherina endrachtensis, Barbus gardonides, Barbus lateristriga, Betta patoti, Betta rubra, Carcharhinus commersonii, Clupea cyprinoides, Clupea gigantea, Clupea thrissoides, Crossochilus benasi, Cyprinus clupeoides, Cyprinus lamta, Engraulis rhinorhynchos, Esox alepidotus, Esox argenteus Gmelin, Esox argenteus Schneider, Equula longispinis, Gobiomoroides piso, Gobius niger, Gonorhynchus bimaculatus, Hemiramphus buffonis, Hemiramphus brevirostris, Hemiramphus georgii, Hemiramphus russelli Valenciennes, Johnius cataleus, Lobotes auctorum, Neostethus borneensis, Parosphromenus parvulus Foersch & Korthaus, Pellona leschenaulti, Raja edentula, Raja guttata Shaw, Raja narinari, Rasbora trilineata, Synaptura achira, Teuthis brevirostris, Teuthis javus; neotype designation for: Engraulis dussumieri, Lutjanus gymnocephalus, Ovoides fasciatus, Ovum commersoni, Platygaster megalopterus, Scarus schlosseri, Sciaena jaculatrix, Sciaena pentadactyla; declaration as nomina protecta: Albula Scopoli, Aplocheilus, Clupea quadrimaculata, Cyprinus bola, Hemiramphus georgii, Hippocampus Rafinesque-Schmaltz, Kuhlia, Lateolabrax, Mastacembelus erythrotaenia, Oligolepis, Pelates, Phyllopteryx, Platycephalus japonicus, Puntius proctozysron, Raja uarnak Gmelin, Selaroides, Toxotes microlepis Günther; declaration as nomina oblita: Albula Osbeck, Barbus carassioides, Centranodon japonicus, Clupea mauritiana, Conorynchus, Cyprinus goha, Gobileptes, Hemiramphus brevirostris, Hemiramphus russellii van Hasselt, Hippocampus Perry, Leptaspis, Mastacembelus catenatus, Odontopsis, Percalabrax, Platerome, Platysoma, Pristipoma Quoy & Gaimard, Raja ommescherit, Raja scherit, Raja schoukie, Sphyraena japonica Bloch, Toxotes microlepis Blyth; first reviser action on correct spelling of Barbus platysoma, Bathygobius variabilis, Boleophthalmus novaeguineae, Euchiloglanis dorsoarcus, Gazza equulaeformis, Kurtus, Leiocassis longispinalis, Neocorassius, Pareuchiloglanis namdeensis, Raja uarnak Walbaum; first reviser action on precedence of simultaneous publication of original descriptions of: Parosphromenus parvulus, Puntius roloffi; first reviser action on precedence of simultaneous synonyms: Chanodichthys over Pseudoculter, Thrissina over Xenengraulis and Scutengraulis, Xenengraulis over Scutengraulis, Apistus longispinis over A. bougainvillii, Barbus balleroides over B. hypsylonotus, Carassioides macropterus over C. argentea, Cyprinus jogia over C. sutiha, Cyprinus pausius over C. musiha, Eleotris ophicephalus over E. madagascariensis, Gobius caninus over G. quadriporus, Macropodus yeni over M. nigrocorpus, Mystus pahangensis over M. johorensis, Placocheilus bibarbatus over P. imbarbatus, Raja mula over R. tajara, Rohita vittata over R. rostellatus, Tetraodon caria over T. gularis; Chaetodon macrolepidotus Linnaeus, 1758 (now in Heniochus) has precedence over C. acuminatus Linnaeus, 1758 as ruled by ICZN, 1912 [Opinion 40]. This Opinion has been generally ignored. Oxygastri of Bleeker (1860c) is not available because it is a descriptive term, and not based on the genus name Oxygaster; new genera: Desmopuntius (type species: Barbus hexazona Weber & de Beaufort, 1912), Oliotius (type species: Capoeta oligolepis Bleeker, 1853), Puntigrus (type species: Barbus partipentazona Fowler, 1934), Striuntius (type species: Barbus lineatus Duncker, 1904), Pao (type species: Tetraodon leiurus Bleeker, 1850). The main unsolved nomenclatural problems are: the type species of Acanthurus is Naso unicornis and an application to ICZN is needed to retain the name for species currently called Acanthurus; the status of Siganus and Teuthis awaits a ruling by ICZN [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]