List of fishes of the Coral Sea

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This is a list of fish recorded from the Coral Sea, bordering Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. This list comprises locally used

ranges
. Ranges specified may not be the entire known range for the species, but should include the known range within the waters surrounding of the bordering land masses.

List ordering and

Fishbase
, and may differ from the cited source, as listed citations are primarily for range or existence of records for the region. Sub-taxa within any given family are arranged alphabetically as a general rule. Details of each species may be available through the relevant internal links. Synonyms may be listed where useful.


Geographical scope

The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Coral Sea as follows:[1]

On the North. The South coast of

Vanatinai], thence a line to the Southern extreme of Rennell Island and from its Eastern point to Cape Surville, the Eastern extreme of San Cristobal Island [Makira], Solomons; thence through Nupani, the Northwestern of the Santa Cruz Islands (10°04.5′S 165°40.5′E / 10.0750°S 165.6750°E / -10.0750; 165.6750) to the Northernmost Island of the Duff or Wilson Group (9°48.5′S 167°06′E / 9.8083°S 167.100°E / -9.8083; 167.100
). On the Northeast. From the Northernmost island of the Duff or Wilson Group through these islands to their Southeastern extreme, thence a line to Mera Lava,
Aneityum Island (20°11′S 169°51′E / 20.183°S 169.850°E / -20.183; 169.850
) in such a way that all the islands of these Groups, and the straits separating them, are included in the Coral Sea.

On the Southeast. A line from the Southeastern extreme of Aneityum Island to Southeast (Nokanhui) Islets (22°46′S 167°34′E / 22.767°S 167.567°E / -22.767; 167.567) off the Southeast extreme of New Caledonia, thence through the East point of Middleton Reef to the Eastern extreme of Elizabeth Reef (29°55′S 159°02′E / 29.917°S 159.033°E / -29.917; 159.033) and down this meridian to Latitude 30° South.

On the South. The parallel of 30° South to the Australian coast.

On the West. The eastern limit of the Arafura Sea [The entrance to the Bensbak River (141°01'E), and thence a line to the northwest extreme of York Peninsula, Australia (11°05′S 142°03′E / 11.083°S 142.050°E / -11.083; 142.050)] and the East Coast of Australia as far south as Latitude 30° South.

Class Chondrichthyes

Order Hexanchiformes

Family

Hexanchidae
- Sixgill and sevengill sharks

  • Bluntnose sixgill shark
    Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Worldwide in tropical and tepmperate seas)[2]

Order Heterodontiformes

Family

Heterodontidae
– Hornsharks, Port Jackson sharks, bullhead sharks.

  • Zebra bullhead shark
    Heterodontus zebra (Gray, 1831) (Northern Australia to southern Japan)[2]

Order
Orectolobiformes

Family

Orectolobidae
– Wobbegongs

Family Hemiscylliidae - Bamboo sharks

Family

Stegostomatidae
- Leopard sharks

Family Ginglymostomatidae - Nurse sharks

  • Tawny nurse shark
    Nebrius ferrugineus (Lesson, 1830) (Indo-West Pacific from East Africa and the Red Sea to the Society Islands)[2]

Family Rhincodontidae - Whale sharks

  • Whale shark
    Rhincodon typus (Smith, 1828) (Circumglobal in warm temperate seas)[2]

Order Lamniformes

Family

Odontaspididae
- Sand tiger sharks

  • Grey nurse shark
    Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 syn. Eugomphodus taurus (Around the Australian mainland, also widespread overseas)[3] (Tropical and temperate waters of most seas but absent from eastern and cantral Pacific Ocean)[2]

Family

Alopiidae
- Thresher sharks

Family Lamnidae – Makos, Mackerel sharks

  • Shortfin mako
    Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1809 (Circumglobal in temperate and tropical seas)[2]

Order Carcharhiniformes

Family

Scyliorhinidae
- Catsharks

Family

Carcharhinidae
– Whaler sharks, requiem sharks

Family Hemigaleidae - Weasel sharks

  • Whitetip reef shark
    Triaenodon obesus (Rueppell, 1837) (Indo-Pacific and tropical eastern Pacific)[2]

Family

Sphyrnidae
- Hammerhead sharks

Order
Torpediniformes

Family

Hypnidae
– Coffin rays, electric rays

  • Coffin ray
    Hypnos monopterygium (Shaw and Nodder, 1795) (Broome, Western Australia to Caloundra, Queensland)[3](Western Australia, South Australia and southeastern Australia, including southern Queensland and adjacent Great Barrier Reef)[2]

Order Rajiformes

Family

Rhinobatidae
– Guitarfishes

  • Common shovelnose ray
    Glaucostegus typus (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)[4] syn. Rhinobatos batillum Whitley, 1939 ((as R. batillum)Northern Australia between Shark Bay, Western Australia and the Capricorn Group, occasionally near sand cays on the Great Barrier Reef)[2]

Order Myliobatiformes

Family

Dasyatidae
– Stingrays

Family

Myliobatidae
– Eagle rays

Family Mobulidae - Mantas and devil rays

Class Osteichthyes

Order
Albuliformes

Family

Albulidae
- Bonefishes

Order
Anguilliformes

Family Moringuidae - Worm eels

  • Slender worm-eel
    Moringua ferruginea (Bliss, 1883) (East Africa to Easter Island and north to Ryukyu Islands)[2]

Family Chlopsidae - False morays

  • Grey reef eel
    Kaupichthys diodontus Schultz, 1943 (East Africa to Society and Hawaiian islands)[2]

Family

Muraenidae
– Moray eels

Family Ophichthidae – Snake eels, worm eels

Family Congridae – Conger eels

  • Speckled garden eel Gorgasia sp. (Western Pacific including Coral Sea, Guam and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Black edged conger
    Conger cinereus Rueppell, 1830 (East Africa and Red Sea to Easter Island)[2]
  • Spotted garden eel
    Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz and Eibl-Ebesfeldt, 1959) (Red Sea to Samoa and Line Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands)[2]

Order Clupeiformes

Family Clupeidae – Herrings, pilchards, sardines

Order
Gonorhynchiformes

Family Chanidae - Milkfish

  • Milkfish
    Chanos chanos (Forskal, 1775) (East Africa to Polynesia)[2]

Order
Siluriformes

Family

Plotosidae
- Eeltail catfishes

Order Aulopiformes

Family Synodontidae – Lizardfishes

Order Ophidiiformes

Family

Ophidiidae
– Cusk eels (?), lings, brotulas

Family

Carapidae
- Pearlfishes

Family

Bythitidae
- Cuskeels

Order
Batrachoidiformes

Family Batrachoididae – Frogfishes, toadfishes

  • Banded toadfish Halophryne diemensis (Lesueur, 1824) (Northern Australia from Shark Bay, Western Australia to Heron Island, Queensland and throughout the Indo-Malayan Archipelago)[2]

Order
Lophiiformes

Family

Antennariidae
– Anglerfishes

Order
Gobiesociformes

Family Gobiesocidae – Clingfishes, shore eels

Order Beloniformes

Family

Exocoetidae
- Flying fishes

Family

Hemiramphidae
- Garfishes, halfbeaks

  • Barred garfish Hemiramphus far (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and Red Sea to Samoa)[2]
  • Dussumier's garfish
    Hyporhamphus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1846) (Seychelles to the Tuamotu Archipelago)[2]

Family

Belonidae
- Longtoms or needlefishes

Order Atheriniformes

Family

Atherinidae
– Hardyheads, silversides

Order Beryciformes

Family Monocentridae – Pineapplefishes

  • Australian pineapplefish, knightfish
    Cleidopus gloriamaris De Vis, 1882 (Shark Bay, Western Australia to Great Australian Bight, Western Australia and Eden, New South Wales to Capricorn Group, Queensland.)[3] (East and west coasts of Australia)[2]

Family Holocentridae - Squirrelfishes and soldierfishes

Order Syngnathiformes

Family

Aulostomidae
- Trumpetfishes

  • Trumpetfish
    Aulostomus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Indo-Pacific and eastern Pacific)[2]

Family

Fistulariidae
- Flutemouths

Family Centriscidae - Razorfishes and shrimpfishes

Family

Solenostomidae
- Ghost pipefishes

Family Syngnathidae – Pipefishes, pipehorses, seahorses, seadragons

Order Scorpaeniformes

Family Dactylopteridae - Helmet gurnards

  • Helmet gurnard
    Dactyloptena orientalis (Cuvier, 1829) (East Africa to Polynesia)[2]

Family Scorpaenidae – Scorpionfishes

Family

Caracanthidae
- Crouchers, orbicular velvetfishes

  • Spotted croucher Caracanthus maculatus (Gray, 1831) (East Indies and Australia to southeastern Polynesia, and north to Japan)[2]
  • Coral croucher
    Caracanthus unipinna (Gray, 1831) (East Africa to the Taumotus, and north to Japan)[2]

Family

Aploactinidae
– Velvetfishes

Family Platycephalidae – Flatheads

Order Perciformes

Family

Centropomidae
- Barramundi

  • Sand bass, glasseye perch
    Psammoperca waigiensis (Cuvier, 1829) (East Indies and northern Australia to China)[2]

Family Serranidae – Rockcods, seaperches, groupers

Subfamily Anthiinae - Anthias

  • Waite's splitfin Luzonichthys waitei (Fowler, 1931) (Philippines, Indonesia and Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Longfin perchlet Plectranthias longimanus (Weber, 1913) (Western Pacific to East Africa)[2]
  • Dwarf perchlet Plectranthias nanus Randall, 1980 (Islands of Oceania to Christmas and Cocos-Keeling Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean)[2]
  • Redblotch perchlet Plectranthias winniensis (Tyler, 1966) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Bicolour anthias Pseudanthias bicolor (Randall, 1979) (Hawaii and New Caledonia to the islands of the western Indian Ocean)[2]
  • Silverstreak anthias Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan, 1902) (Line Islands and Samoa west to East Africa)[2]
  • Redfin anthias Pseudanthias dispar (Herre, 1955) (Western Pacific to Samoa and the Line Islands)[2]
  • Barrier Reef anthias Pseudanthias engelhardi (Allen and Starck, 1983) (Known only from Escape Reef, Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Striped anthias Pseudanthias fasciatus (Kamohara, 1954) (Southern Japan to the Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Threadfin anthias Pseudanthias huchtii (Bleeker, 1857) (Philippines to Vanuatu and the Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Stocky anthias Pseudanthias hypselosoma Bleeker, 1878 (Samoa to Maldives)[2]
  • Lori's anthias Pseudanthias lori (Lubbock and Randall, 1976) (French Polynesia to Christmas Island, Indian Ocean)[2]
  • Yellowlined anthias Pseudanthias luzonensis (Katayama and Masuda, 1983) (Philippines, Indonesia and the northern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Amethyst anthias Pseudanthias pascalus (Jordan and Tanaka, 1927) (French Polynesia to Australia, and in the north Pacific from the Marshall Islands to southern Japan) [2]
  • Painted anthias Pseudanthias pictilis (Randall and Allen, 1978) (New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island and the southern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Squarespot anthias Pseudanthias pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1857) (Philippines south to northern Great Barrier Reef and east to the Marshall Islands and Samoa)[2]
  • Redbar anthias Pseudanthias rubrizonatus (Randall, 1983) (Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Princess anthia Pseudanthias smithvanizi (Randall and Lubbock, 1981) (Marshall Islands to Christmas and Keeling-Cocos Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean)[2]
  • Scalefin anthias
    Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855) (Western Pacific to East Africa and the Red Sea) [2]
  • Purple anthias Pseudanthias tuka (Herre and Montalban, 1927) (Philippines to northern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Longfin anthias Pseudanthias ventralis (Randall, 1979) (Great Barrier Reef north to southern Japan, East to the islands of Oceania except Hawaii)[2]
  • Hawk anthias
    Serranocirrhitus latus (Watanabe, 1949) (Southern Japan, Indonesia, Palau, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and the Great Barrier Reef)[2]

Subfamily

Epinephelinae
- Rockcods

Subfamily Grammistinae

Tribe Liopropomini

  • Headband perch Liopropoma mitratum Lubbock and Randall, 1978 (Scattered through Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Manyline perch Liopropoma multilineatum Randall and Taylor, 1988 (Philippines to the Coral Sea and Fiji)[2]
  • Meteor perch Liopropoma susumi (Jordan and Seale, 1906) (Line Islands and Samoa to East Africa)[2]
  • Flathead perch
    Rainfordia opercularis McCulloch, 1923 (Queensland to Western Australia)[2]

Tribe Diploprioni

Tribe Grammistini

  • Sixline soapfish
    Grammistes sexlineatus (Thunberg, 1792) (Indo-Pacific)[2]

Tribe Pseudogrammini

Family

Pseudochromidae
– Dottybacks and eel blennies

Subfamily Congrogadinae

Subfamily

Pseudochromidae

Family

Plesiopidae
– Prettyfins, blue devilfishes, hulafishes, longfins

Subfamily Acanthoclininae

  • Banded spiny basslet
    Belonepterygion fasciolatum (Ogilby, 1889) (West and east coasts of Australia in tropical and subtropical seas, and Lord Howe Island)[2]

Family

Teraponidae
- Grunters

Family

Kuhliidae
- Flagtails

  • Fiveband flagtail Kuhlia mugil (Forster in Bloch and Scneider, 1801) (Indo-Pacific and tropical eastern Pacific)[2]

Family Priacanthidae - Bigeyes

Family Apogonidae – Cardinalfishes

Family

Malacanthidae
- Sand tilefishes

  • Grey tilefish Hoplolatilus cuniculus Randall and Dooley, 1974 (Mauritius to the Society Islands) [2]
  • Blue tilefish Hoplolatilus starcki Randall and Dooley, 1974 (Indonesia to Australia, Melanesia and Micronesia) [2]
  • Flagtail banquillo Malacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848 (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Hawaiian Islands) [2]
  • Blue blanquilillo
    Malacanthus latovittatus (Lacepede, 1801) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Cook Islands, north to Japan) [2]

Family

Echeneidae
- Remoras, suckerfish

Family Carangidae – Trevallies

Family

Coryphaenidae
– Dolphinfishes

Family Lutjanidae – Snappers

Family Caesionidae – Fusiliers

Family Lobotidae - Tripletails

  • Tripletail
    Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790) (Tropical and subtropical seas around the world) [2]

Family

Gerreidae
– Silverbiddies, silverbellies

Family Haemulidae – Sweetlips, grunts, grunter breams

Family Sparidae – Breams

  • Yellowfin bream, bream, silver bream Acanthopagrus australis (Owen, 1853) (Lakes Entrance, Victoria, to Townsville, Queensland.)[3]
  • Tarwhine Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775) (Coral Bay to Albany, Western Australia, and Lakes Entrance, Victoria, to Queensland. Also widespread overseas.)[3]
  • Snapper, cockney bream, red bream, squire, old man
    Pagrus auratus (Schneider, 1801) (Barrow Island, Western Australia, to Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, and northern Tasmania. Also New Zealand, Japan and the Indo-Malayan region.)[3](Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (New Zealand and southern Australia north to the Capricorns) [2]

Family Lethrinidae – Emperors

  • Gold-lined sea bream
    Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Lacepède, 1802) (East Africa to the Taumotus) [2]
  • Collared sea bream Gymnocranius audleyi Ogilby, 1916 (Southern Queensland including southern part of the Great Barrier Reef) [2]
  • Japanese sea bream Gymnocranius euanus Guenther, 1879 (Queensland to Tonga and north to Japan) [2]
  • Robinson's sea bream Gymnocranius grandoculis (Valenciennes,1830) (East Africa and the Red Sea to southeastern Oceania) [2]
  • Spotted sea bream Gymnocranius sp. (Great Barrier Reef, Coral sea, New Caledonia, New Guinea and southern Japan) [2]
  • Yellow tailed emperor Lethrinus atkinsoni Seale, 1909 (Indonesia to Taumotus, north to Japan) [2]
  • Bi-eye bream Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to southeastern Oceania and Hawaiian Islands)[2]

Family Nemipteridae – Coral breams

Family

Mullidae
– Goatfishes, red mullet

Family

Pempheridae
– Bullseyes, sweepers

  • Golden sweeper
    Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 (Western Pacific east to New Caledonia and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Bronze sweeper Pempheris analis Waite, 1910 (Kermadec Islands, Lord Howe Island, southern Great Barrier Reef and Western Australia)[2]
  • Copper sweeper Pempheris otaitensis Lesson, 1830 (Islands of Oceania and western Pacific to Western Australia and Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean)[2]
  • Silver sweeper
    Pempheris schwenkii Bleeker, 1855 (Fiji and Vanuatu through Australia and Indonesia to East Africa)[2]

Family

Kyphosidae
– Drummers, rudderfishes

  • Topsail drummer Kyphosus cinerascens Forsskal, 1775 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Polynesia)[2]
  • Long finned drummer Kyphosis vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard 1825) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Polynesia)[2]
  • Stripey
    Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831) (Antiequatorial, Isolated populations in western and eastern Australia, and in the Hawaiian Island and Taiwan to Japan)[2]

Family Ephippidae - Batfishes

  • Hump-headed batfish Platax batavianus Cuvier, 1831 (Malay Peninsula to northern Australia)[2]
  • Orbicular batfish
    Platax orbicularis (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Taumotus)[2]
  • Pinnate batfish Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Western Pacific from the Ryukyu Islands to Australia)[2]
  • Teira batfish Platax teira (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Melanesia)[2]
  • Short-finned batfish
    Zabidius novemaculeatus (McCulloch, 1916)[19] syn. Platax novemaculatus ((as P. novemaculatus)Northern Australia and southern New Guinea)[2]

Family

Chaetodontidae
– Butterflyfishes

Family Pomacanthidae - Angelfishes

Family Pomacentridae – Damselfishes

Family Cirrhitidae – Hawkfishes

Family

Sphyraenidae
– Pikes, barracudas

Family

Polynemidae
- Threadfins

Family

Labridae
- Wrasses

Family

Scaridae
- Parrotfishes

  • Bumphead parrotfish
    Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa and the Line Islands in the central Pacific)[2]
  • Stareye parrotfish Calotomus carolinus (Valenciennes, 1840) syn. C. sandwicensis (Indo-Pacific and tropical east Pacific)[2]
  • Raggedtooth parrotfish Calotomus spinidens (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (East Africa to Tonga and the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Bicolour parrotfish Cetoscarus bicolor (Rueppell, 1829) syn. Scarus pulchellus (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Bleeker's parrotfish Chlorurus bleekeri (de Beaufort, 1940)[24] syn. S. bleekeri ((as S. bleekeri) Western Pacific to Fiji and the islands of Micronesia)[2]
  • Reefcrest parrotfish Chlorurus frontalis (Valenciennes, 1840) (Western Pacific to Islands of Oceania)[2]
  • Redtail parrotfish Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789) syn. Scarus pyrrhurus (Western Pacific to Samoa)[2]
  • Steephead parrotfish Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854) (Western Pacific and Islands of Oceania)[2]
  • Bullethead parrotfish Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Pacific longnose parrotfish Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes. 1840) (Western Pacific to French Polynesia)[2]
  • Slender parrotfish, marbled parrotfish
    Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (Scattered localities in the Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Minifin parrotfish Scarus altipinnis (Steindachner, 1879) syn. S. brevifilis (Great Barrier Reef and Islands of Oceania)[2]
  • Chameleon parrotfish Scarus chameleon Choat and Randall, 1986 (Western Australia to western Pacific and Fiji)[2]
  • Bridled parrotfish Scarus frenatus (Lacepede, 1802) syn. S. sexvittatus (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Bluebarred parrotfish Scarus ghobban Forsskal, 1775 (Indo-Pacific and tropical eastern Pacific)[2]
  • Globehead parrotfish Scarus globiceps Valenciennes, 1840 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Highfin parrotfish Scarus longipinnis Randall and Choat, 1980 (Southern subtropical Pacific from the Great Barrier Reef to Pitcairn Islands)[2]
  • Swarthy parrotfish Scarus niger Forsskal, 1775 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Egghead parrotfish
    Scarus oviceps Valenciennes, 1840 (Western Pacific and Islands of Oceania)[2]
  • Whitespot parrotfish, Palenose parrotfish Scarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775[25] syn. Scarus forsteri (Bleeker, 1861) ((as S. forsteri) Western Pacific to Micronesia and Pitcairn Group)[2] ((as S. psittacus) Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Surf parrotfish Scarus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1840 syn. S. fasciatus (Western Pacific to the Caroline Islands and New Caledonia)[2]
  • Ember parrotfish
    Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker, 1847 (Indo-Pacific and tropical eastern Pacific)[2]
  • Schlegel's parrotfish Scarus schlegeli (Bleeker, 1861) (Western Pacific and Islands of Oceania)[2]
  • Greensnout parrotfish Scarus spinus (Kner, 1868) (Western Pacific to Micronesia and Samoa)[2]

Family Opistognathidae - Jawfishes, smilers

Family

Uranoscopidae
– Stargazers

  • Whitemargin stargazer
    Uranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes, 1831 syn U. fuscomaculatus (Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Indonesia and the Red Sea)[2]

Family

Trichonotidae
- Sand-divers

Family

Creediidae
- Sand burrowers

Family

Pinguipedidae
– Grubfishes, weevers, sandperches

Family

Tripterygiidae
– Triplefins, threefins

Family

Blenniidae
– Blennies

Tribe Nemophini -Sabretooth blennies, fangblennies

Subfamily Blenniinae[27]

  • Black blenny Enchelyurus ater (Guenther, 1877) (Southern Oceania from the Coral Sea to the Tuamotu Archipelago, but not the Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Krauss's blenny Enchelyurus kraussii (Klunzinger, 171) (Comores, Seychelles and Red Sea to the western Pacific and Mariana Islands)[2]
  • Oyster blenny Omobranchus anolius (Valenciennes, 1836) (Spencer gulf, South Australia to the Queensland coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria)[2]
  • Hepburn's blenny Parenchelyurus hepburni (Snyder, 1908) (Western Pacific to Samoa and the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Deceiver fangblenny Petroscirtes fallax Smith-Vaniz, 1976 (Great Barrier Reef south of 17°S to New South Wales)[2]
  • Wolf fangblenny, Brown sabretooth blenny Petroscirtes lupus (De Vis, 1886) (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia)[2] (Merimbula, New South Wales, to southern Queensland. Also New Caledonia.)[3]
  • Highfin fangblenny Petroscirtes mitratus Rueppell, 1830 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa, Tonga and the islands of Micronesia)[2]
  • Variable fangblenny Petroscirtes variabilis Cantor, 1850 (Sri Lanka to the western Pacific)[2]
  • Smooth fangblenny Petroscirtes xestus Jordan and Seale, 1906 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Bicolour fangblenny Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961) (Western Australia and western Pacific to Samoa and the islands of Micronesia)[2]
  • Bluestriped fangblenny, blue-lined sabretooth blenny
    Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852) (Indo-Pacific except Hawaii)[2] (Tropical Australia south to Walpole, Western Australia, and to Merimbula, New South Wales. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[3]
  • Piano fangblenny, hit and run blenny, yellow sabretooth blenny
    Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857) (Tropical Australia south to Rottnest Island, Western Australia, and to Merimbula, New South Wales. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[3] (Indo-Pacific except Hawaii)[2]
  • Hairtail blenny Xiphasia setifer Swainson, 1839 (East Africa and the Red Sea to western Pacific including New Caledonia and Vanuatu)[2]

Subfamily Salariinae[28]

Family

Callionymidae
- Dragonets

Family Eleotridae - Gudgeons, sleepers

Family Xenisthmidae - Wrigglers

Family Gobiidae – Gobies

Family Microdesmidae - Wormfishes, dartfishes

Family Acanthuridae - Surgeonfishes

Subfamily Acanthurinae

Subfamily

Nasinae

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Family Zanclidae - Moorish idol

Family Siganidae – Rabbitfishes, spinefeet

Family

Istiophoridae
- Billfishes

Family Scombridae – Mackerels, tunas

  • [2]
  • Southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyi Castelnau, 1872 (Western Australia to southern Queensland and around Tasmania. Also widespread in the southern hemisphere.)[3]

Order
Mugiliformes

Family

Mugilidae
– Mullets

  • Fringelip mullet Crenimugil crenilabis (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa to Line and Tuamotu Islands)[2]
  • Diamond-scale mullet Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)[34] syn. Ellochelon vaigensis ((as E. vaigensis) East Africa and the Red Sea to the Tuamotus)[2]

Order
Pleuronectiformes

Family Bothidae - Lefteye flounders

Family Pleuronectidae – Righteye flounders

Order Tetraodontiformes

Family

Balistidae

Family

Monacanthidae
– Leatherjackets, filefishes

  • Fanbelly leatherjacket Monacanthus chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) (Tropical Australia south to Geographe Bay, Western Australia, and to Western Port, Victoria. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[3]

Family Ostraciidae – Boxfishes, cowfishes, trunkfishes

  • Humpback turretfish Tetrosomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Tropical Australia south to Albany, Western Australia, and to Cape Conran, Victoria. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[3]

Family Tetraodontidae – Toadfishes, pufferfishes

Family

Diodontidae
– Porcupine fishes

Unallocated species

(Perciformes) Family

Chironemidae

References

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  5. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Gymnothorax thyrsoideus (Richardson, 1845). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=271889 on 2014-03-10
  6. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Apogonichthyoides timorensis. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475093 on 2014-03-11
  7. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398505 on 2014-03-11
  8. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=319881 on 2014-03-11
  9. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Ostorhinchus properuptus (Whitley, 1964). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=712684 on 2014-03-11
  10. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Ostorhinchus taeniophorus (Regan, 1908). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=712689 on 2014-03-11
  11. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Ostorhinchus talboti. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=712690 on 2014-03-11
  12. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Pristiapogon kallopterus (Bleeker, 1856). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=712696 on 2014-03-11
  13. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Pantolabus radiatus (Macleay, 1881). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281991 on 2014-03-11
  14. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Gerres longirostris (Lacepède, 1801). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367242 on 2014-03-11
  15. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Scolopsis lineata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276786 on 2014-03-12
  16. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Scolopsis margaritifera (Cuvier, 1830). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276787 on 2014-03-12
  17. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Scolopsis trilineata Kner, 1868. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276791 on 2014-03-12
  18. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Parupeneus trifasciatus (Lacepède, 1801). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277826 on 2014-03-12
  19. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Zabidius novemaculeatus (McCulloch, 1916). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283201 on 2014-03-12
  20. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Centropyge aurantia Randall & Wass, 1974. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278828 on 2014-03-12
  21. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Centropyge flavissima (Cuvier, 1831). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278836 on 2014-03-12
  22. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Centropyge loricula (Günther, 1874). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278841 on 2014-03-12
  23. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Paracentropyge multifasciata (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=320012 on 2014-03-12
  24. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Chlorurus bleekeri (de Beaufort, 1940). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277504 on 2014-03-14
  25. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Scarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219125 on 2014-03-14
  26. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Limnichthys nitidus. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219164 on 2014-03-15
  27. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Blenniinae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710669 on 2014-03-17
  28. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Salariinae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710670 on 2014-03-17
  29. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Cirripectes stigmaticus Strasburg & Schultz, 1953. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219265 on 2014-03-17
  30. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Asterropteryx semipunctata Rüppell, 1830. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=277497 on 2014-03-17
  31. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Fusigobius neophytus. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219467 on 2014-03-17
  32. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219476 on 2014-03-17
  33. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Gunnellichthys monostigma Smith, 1958. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219607 on 2014-03-17
  34. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218879 on 2014-03-14
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