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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 common names, scientific names with author citation and recorded ranges. Ranges specified may not be the entire known range for the species, but should include the known range within the waters of the Coral Sea.

List ordering and taxonomy complies where possible with the current usage in 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

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

On the North. The South coast of New Guinea from the entrance to the Bensbak River (141°01'E) to Gado-Gadoa Island near its Southeastern extreme (10°38′S 150°34′E / 10.633°S 150.567°E / -10.633; 150.567), down this meridian to the 100 fathom line and thence along the Southern edges of Uluma (Suckling) Reef and those extending to the Eastward as far as the Southeast point of Lawik Reef (11°43.5′S 153°56.5′E / 11.7250°S 153.9417°E / -11.7250; 153.9417) off Tagula Island [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, New Hebrides Islands [Vanuatu] (14°25′S 163°03′E / 14.417°S 163.050°E / -14.417; 163.050) and down the Eastern coasts of the islands of this Group to 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

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Order Hexanchiformes

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Family Hexanchidae - six and sevengill sharks

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

Order Heterodontiformes

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Family Heterodontidae – hornsharks, Port Jackson sharks, bullhead sharks

Order Orectolobiformes

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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

Order Lamniformes

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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 central Pacific Ocean)[2]

Family Alopiidae - thresher sharks

Family Lamnidae – makos, mackerel sharks

Order Carcharhiniformes

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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

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Family Hypnidae – coffin rays, electric rays

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

Order Rajiformes

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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

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Family Dasyatidae – stingrays

  • Kuhl's stingray, Dasyatis kuhlii (Mueller & Henle, 1841) (East Africa and Red Sea to Samoa and north to Japan)[2]
  • Blue-spotted stingray, Taeniura lymma (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa to western Pacific and Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Black-blotched stingray, Taeniura meyeni Mueller & Henle, 1841 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Thorny ray, Urogymnus africanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (East Africa to Northern Australia and the Marshall Islands)[2]

Family Myliobatidae – eagle rays

  • Spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) (cosmopolitan in tropical to warm temperate seas)[2]

Family Mobulidae - mantas and devil rays

Class Osteichthyes

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Order Albuliformes

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Family Albulidae - bonefishes

Order Anguilliformes

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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

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 & Eibl-Ebesfeldt, 1959) (Red Sea to Samoa and Line islands, north to Ryukyu Islands)[2]

Order Clupeiformes

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Family Clupeidae – herrings, pilchards, sardines

Order Gonorhynchiformes

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Family Chanidae - milkfish

Order Siluriformes

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Family Plotosidae - eeltail catfishes

Order Aulopiformes

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Family Synodontidae – lizardfishes

  • Slender lizardfish, Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Two-spot lizardfish, Synodus binotatus Schultz, 1953 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Clearfin lizardfish, Synodus dermatogenys Fowler, 1912 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Arrowtooth lizardfish, Synodus doaki Russell & Cressey, 1979 (Hawaii, New Zealand, eastern Australia, Japan and East Africa)[2]
  • Javelinfish, Synodus jaculum Russell & Cressey, 1979 (scattered records from the Line Islands in the central Pacific to Natal and the Comoro Islands)[2]
  • Redmarbled lizardfish, Synodus rubromarmoratus Russell & Cressey, 1979 (only known from Taiwan, Philippines and the Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Reef lizardfish, variegated lizardfish, Synodus variegatus (Lacepede, 1803) (tropical Australia south to Jutten Bay, Western Australia and Merimbula, New South Wales, also Lord Howe Island and widespread in the Indo-Pacific region)[3] (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Snakefish, Trachinocephalus myops (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Indo-Pacific and Atlantic, tropical to warm temperate)[2]

Order Ophidiiformes

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Family Ophidiidae – cusk eels (?), lings, brotulas

Family Carapidae - pearlfishes

Family Bythitidae - cuskeels

Order Batrachoidiformes

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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

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Family Antennariidae – anglerfishes

  • Freckled anglerfish, Antennarius coccineus (Cuvier in Lesson, 1831) (Indo-Pacific eastward to the Americas)[2]
  • White-finger anglerfish, Antennarius nummifer (Cuvier, 1817) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Society Islands, and north to Japan)[2]
  • Painted anglerfish, Antennarius pictus (Shaw & Nodder, 1794) (East Africa to the Society and Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Striate anglerfish, striped anglerfish, Antennarius striatus (Shaw & Nodder, 1794) (tropical Australia south to Wollagong, New South Wales and Geraldton Western Australia)[3]
  • Tuberculated anglerfish, Antennarius tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817) (East Africa to Samoa and the Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Sargassum fish, Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758) (Indo-West Pacific and tropical Atlantic)[2]

Order Gobiesociformes

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Family Gobiesocidae – clingfishes, shore eels

Order Beloniformes

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Family Exocoetidae - flying fishes

Family Hemiramphidae - garfishes, halfbeaks

Family Belonidae - longtoms or needlefishes

Order Atheriniformes

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Family Atherinidae – hardyheads, silversides

Order Beryciformes

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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

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Family Aulostomidae - trumpetfishes

Family Fistulariidae - flutemouths

Family Centriscidae - razorfishes and shrimpfishes

Family Solenostomidae - ghost pipefishes

Family Syngnathidae – pipefishes, pipehorses, seahorses, seadragons

Order Scorpaeniformes

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Family Dactylopteridae - helmet gurnards

Family Scorpaenidae – scorpionfishes

Family Caracanthidae - crouchers, orbicular velvetfishes

Family Aploactinidae – velvetfishes

  • Threefin velvetfish, Neoaploactis tridorsalis Eschmeyer & Allen, 1978 (known only from Rottnest Island and Shark Bay in Western Australia and One Tree Island in the Capricorn group of the southern Great Barrier Reef)[2]

Family Platycephalidae – flatheads

Order Perciformes

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Family Centropomidae - barramundi

Family Serranidae – rockcods, seaperches, groupers

Subfamily Anthiinae - anthias

Subfamily Epinephelinae - rockcods

Subfamily Grammistinae

Tribe Liopropomini

Tribe Diploprioni

Tribe Grammistini

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

  • Crescent grunter, Terapon jarbua (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa)[2]

Family Kuhliidae - flagtails

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

Family Priacanthidae - bigeyes

Family Apogonidae – cardinalfishes

  • Ring-tailed cardinalfish, Apogon aureus (Lacepede, 1802) (East Africa to western Pacific)[2]
  • Ruby cardinalfish, Apogon crassiceps Garman, 1903 (western Pacific to islands of Oceania except Hawaii)[2]
  • Split-banded cardinalfish, Apogon compressus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911) (East Indies to Solomon Islands and north to Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Yellow-striped cardinalfish, Apogon cyanosoma Bleeker, 1853 (East Africa and Red Sea to Australia and the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Doederlein's cardinalfish, Apogon doederleini Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (western Pacific antitropical: southern Japan to Taiwan in the north, subtropical Australia to New Caledonia and the Kermadec Islands in the south)[2]
  • Fragile cardinalfish, Apogon fragilis Smith, 1961 (East Africa to Samoa)[2]
  • Frostfin cardunalfish, Apogon hoeveni Bleeker, 1854 (East Indies and Northern Australia to Japan)[2]
  • Longspine cardinalfish, Apogon leptacanthus Bleeker, 1856 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa)[2]
  • Moluccan cardinalfish, Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832 (East Indies and Northern Australia)[2]
  • Blackstripe cardinalfish, Apogon nigrofasciatus Lachner, 1953 (Red Sea to the Taumotus)[2]
  • Spotnape cardinalfish, Apogon notatus (Houttuyn, 1782) (Coral Sea to southern Japan)[2]
  • Sangi cardinalfish, Apogon sangiensis Bleeker, 1857 (East Indies to Vanuatu and north to Japan)[2]
  • Oblique banded cardinalfish, Apogon semiornatus Peters, 1876 (East Africa to Northern Australia and north to Japan)[2]
  • Three-spot cardinalfish, Apogon trimaculatus Cuvier, 1828 (East Indies to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Three saddle cardinalfish, Apogon sp. (French Polynesia and Marshall Islands to northern Indian Ocean)[2]
  • Timor cardinalfish, Apogonichthyoides timorensis (Bleeker, 1854)[6] syn. Apogon timorensis ((as A. timorensis) East Africa and the Red Sea to Northern Australia and north to Japan)[2]
  • Ocellated cardinalfish, Apogonichthys ocellatus (Weber, 1913) (East Africa to the Marquesas and Taumotus)[2]
  • Narrow-lined cardinalfish, Archamia fucata (Cantor, 1850) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa)[2]
  • Lea's cardinalfish, Archamia leai Waite, 1916 (Coral Sea and southern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Two-spot cardinalfish, Archamia biguttata Lachner, 1951 (Northern Australia and New Guinea)[2]
  • Girdled cardinalfish, Archamia zosterophora (Bleeker, 1856) (Indonesia and Philippines to New Caledonia and north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Tiger cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepede, 1802) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Wolf cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus artus Smith, 1961 (East Africa to the Taumotu Archipelago, In the western Pacific from Ryukyu Islands to the Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Five-lined cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier, 1828 (East Africa and the Red Sea to southeastern Polynesia)[2]
  • Mimic cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus parazonatus Gon, 1993 (Indonesia, Phlippines, New Guinea and Queensland)[2]
  • Weed cardinalfish, Foa brachygramma (Jenkins, 1903) (East Africa to Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Dwarf cardinalfish, Fowleria vaiulae (Jordan & Seale, 1906) (Red Sea to western Pacific)[2]
  • Aurita cardinalfish, Fowleria aurita (Valenciennes, 1831) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the western Pacific)[2]
  • Eared cardinalfish, Fowleria marmorata (Alleyne & Macleay, 1877) (Red Sea to southeastern Polynesia)[2]
  • Peppered cardinalfish, Fowleria punctulata (Rueppell, 1838) (Red Sea to central and south Pacific)[2]
  • Variegated cardinalfish, Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes, 1832) (Red Sea to Samoa and north to Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Eightspine cardinalfish, Neamia octospina Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Australia and Philippine Islands)[2]
  • Guam cardinalfish, Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)[7] syn. Apogon guamensis Valenciennes, 1832 ((as A. guamensis) East Africa and Red Sea to Samoa)[2]
  • Samoan cardinalfish, Nectamia savayensis (Günther, 1872) syn. Apogon savayensis ((as A. savayensis) Indo-Pacific from East Africa to French Polynesia)[2]
  • Striped cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus angustatus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911) syn. Apogon angustatus ((as A. angustatus) East Africa and the Red Sea to Melanesia and Micronesia)[2]
  • Goldbelly cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus apogonoides (Bleeker, 1856) syn. Apogon apogonides ((as A. apogonides) East Africa to East Indies and Australia)[2]
  • Cook's cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus cookii (MacLeay, 1881) syn. Apogon cookii ((as A. cookii) East Africa to Australia, north to Japan)[2]
  • Rifle cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus kiensis (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) syn. Apogon kiensis ((as A. kiensis) East Africa and Red Sea north to Japan)[2]
  • Nine-banded cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus (Cuvier, 1828)[8] syn. Apogon novemfasciatus ((as A. novemfasciatus) Cocos-Keeling Islands to Samoa and north to the Izu Islands)[2]
  • Coral cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus properuptus (Whitley, 1964)[9] syn. Apogon properupta ((as A. properupta) Queensland and the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef south to Montague Island, New South Wales)[2]
  • Reef-flat cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus taeniophorus (Regan, 1908)[10] syn. Apogon taeniophorus ((as A. taeniophorus) Mauritius to Polynesia)[2]
  • Flame cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus talboti (Smith, 1961)[11] syn. Apogon talboti Smith, 1961 ((as A. talboti) Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Narrowstripe cardinalfish, Pristiapogon exostigma (Jordan & Starks, 1906) syn. Apogon exostigma ((as A. exostigma) Red Sea to southeastern Polynesia)[2]
  • Spur-cheek cardinalfish, Pristiapogon fraenatus (Valenciennes, 1832) syn. Apogon fraenatus ((as A. fraenatus) East Africa and Red Sea to the Line Islands and Taumotu Archipelago)[2]
  • Iridescent cardinalfish, Pristiapogon kallopterus (Bleeker, 1856)[12] syn. Apogon kallopterus Bleeker, 1856 ((as A. kallopterus) East Africa and Red Sea to Polynesia)[2]
  • Gelatinous cardinalfish, Pseudamia gelatinosa Smith, 1954 (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Society Islands and north to Japan)[2]
  • Slender cardinalfish, Rhabdamia gracilis (Bleeker, 1856) (East Africa to the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Striped siphonfish, Siphamia majimai Matsubara & Iwai, 1958 (Northern Australia to Japan)[2]
  • Threadfin cardinalfish, Sphaeramia nematoptera (Bleeker, 1856) (East Indies and Northern Australia to Micronesia and north to Japan)[2]

Family Malacanthidae - sand tilefishes

Family Echeneidae - remoras, suckerfish

Family Carangidae – trevallies

Family Coryphaenidae – dolphinfishes

Family Lutjanidae – snappers

Family Caesionidae – fusiliers

  • Scissortail fusilier, Caesio caerulaurea Lacepede, 1801 (East Africa to Samoa)[2]
  • Red-bellied fusilier, Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791) (Sri Lanka to New Caledonia, north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Lunar fusilier, Caesio lunaris Cuvier, 1830 (East Africa to Melanesia)[2]
  • Blue and gold fusilier, Caesio teres Seale, 1906 (East Africa to the Line Islands and north to Japan)[2]
  • Marr's fusilier, Pterocaesio marri Schultz, 1953 (East Africa to the Marquesas and north to Japan)[2]
  • Neon fusilier, Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830) (East Africa to southeastern Oceania and north to Japan)[2]
  • Three lined fusilier, Pterocaesio trilineata Carpenter, 1987 (western and Central Pacific)[2]

Family Lobotidae - tripletails

Family Gerreidae – silverbiddies, silverbellies

  • Oceanic silver biddy, Gerres longirostris (Lacepède, 1801)[14] syn. Gerres acinaces Bleeker, 1854 ((as G. acinaces) East Africa and Red Sea to Samoa)[2]

Family Haemulidae – sweetlips, grunts, grunter breams

  • Painted sweetlips, Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792) (East Africa and the Red Sea to New Caledonia, and north to Japan)[2]
  • Goldstriped sweetlips, Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia (Bleeker, 1855) (Indonesia to New Caledonia and north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Many-spotted sweetlips, Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides (Lacepède, 1800) (Cocos-Keeling Islands to Samoa)[2]
  • Striped sweetlips, Plectorhinchus lessonii (Cuvier, 1830) (Malaysia to Melanesia and north to Japan)[2]
  • Goldspotted sweetlips, netted sweetlips, netted morwong, Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus (Ehrenberg, 1830) (tropical Australia south to Geographe Bay, Western Australia, and to Moruya, New South Wales - also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region)[3] (Cuvier, 1830) (East Africa and the Red Sea to western Pacific)[2]
  • Brown sweetlips, blubber-lip bream, Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacepède, 1802) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa, and north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Diagonal banded sweetlips, Plectorhinchus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (western Pacific from Australia to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Giant sweetlips, Plectorhinchus albovittatus (Rueppell, 1838) (Red Sea to Fiji)[2]
  • Dotted sweetlips, Plectorhinchus picus (Cuvier, 1830) (Seychelles to Society Islands and north to Japan)[2]
  • Somber sweetlips, Plectorhinchus unicolor (Macleay, 1883) (Papua New Guinea to Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef)[2]

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

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 & 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

  • Bennett's butterflyfish, Chaetodon bennetti Cuvier, 1831 (East Africa to the Pitcairn Islands, and north to Japan)[2]
  • Speckled butterflyfish, Chaetodon citrinellus Cuvier, 1831 (East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands and Tuamotu archipelago)[2]
  • Saddled butterflyfish, Chaetodon ephippium Cuvier, 1831 (Cocos-Keeling Islands to the Hawaiian Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago)[2]
  • Dusky butterflyfish, Chaetodon flavirostris Guenther, 1873 (Great Barrier Reef to Pitcairn Islands)[2]
  • Gunther's butterflyfish, Chaetodon guentheri Ahl, 1913 (Merimbula, New South Wales, to Capricorn group, Queensland)[3] (antiequatorial - Lord How Island and New South Wales - also Japan - sighted at Lizard Island)[2]
  • Klein's butterflyfish, Chaetodon kleinii Bloch, 1790 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Hawaiian Islands and Samoa)[2]
  • Lined butterflyfish, Chaetodon lineolatus Cuvier, 1831 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Polynesia)[2]
  • Raccoon butterflyfish, Chaetodon lunula (Lacepede, 1802) (East Africa to Polynesia)[2]
  • Blackback butterflyfish, Chaetodon melannotus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa and north to Japan)[2]
  • Merten's butterflyfish, Chaetodon mertensii Cuvier, 1831 (Lord Howe Island and the Great Barrier Reef to the Ryukyu Islands and east to the Tuamotu Archipelago)[2]
  • Meyer's butterflyfish, Chaetodon meyeri Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (East Africa to the Line Islands)[2]
  • Spot-tail butterflyfish, Chaetodon ocellicaudus Cuvier, 1831 (East Indies, Philippines and northern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Ornate butterflyfish, Chaetodon ornatissimus Cuvier, 1831 (Sri Lanka to Polynesia)[2]
  • Spotnape butterflyfish, Chaetodon oxycephalus Bleeker, 1851 (Sri Lanka to Queensland and north to the Philippines)[2]
  • Dot and dash butterflyfish, Chaetodon pelewensis Kner, 1868 (southern Oceania from Queensland to the Tuamotus)[2]
  • Bluespot butterflyfish, Chaetodon plebeius Cuvier, 1831 (Andaman sea to Fiji and north to Japan)[2]
  • Spot-banded butterflyfish, Chaetodon punctatofasciatus Cuvier, 1831 (Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) to the Line Islands)[2]
  • Latticed butterflyfish, Chaetodon rafflesii Bennett, 1830 (Sri Lanka to Taumotus and north to Japan)[2]
  • Rainford's Butterflyfish, Chaetodon rainfordi McCulloch, 1923 (Great Barrier Reef and inshore areas of the Queensland coast)[2]
  • Reticulated butterflyfish, Chaetodon reticulatus Cuvier, 1831 (Great Barrier Reef to Taiwan and east to Polynesia)[2]
  • Dotted butterflyfish, Chaetodon semeion Bleeker, 1855 (Maldive Islands to Tuamotus)[2]
  • Ovalspot butterflyfish, Chaetodon speculum Cuvier, 1831 (Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) to Tonga and north to Japan)[2]
  • Chevroned butterflyfish, Chaetodon trifascialis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Hawaiian and Society Islands)[2]
  • Redfin butterflyfish, oval butterflyfish, Chaetodon trifasciatus Park, 1797 (East Africa to Hawaiian Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago)[2]
  • Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis Cuvier, 1831 (Cocos-Keeling Islands to Tuamotus and north to Japan)[2]
  • Teardrop butterflyfish, Chaetodon unimaculatus Bloch, 1787 (East Africa to Polynesia)[2]
  • Müller's coralfish, Chelmon muelleri (Klunzinger, 1879) (Northern Australia coastal reefs)[2]
  • Beaked coralfish, Chelmon rostratus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Andaman Sea to Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Highfin coralfish, Coradion altivelis McCulloch, 1916 (western Pacific from Australia north to Japan)[2]
  • Orange-banded coralfish, Coradion chrysozonus (Cuvier, 1831) (western Pacific from Australia north to the Ogasawara Islands)[2]
  • Forcepsfish, Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan & McGregor, 1898 (East Africa to Central America and Mexico)[2]
  • Longnose butterflyfish, Forcipiger longirostris (Broussonet, 1782) (East Africa to Polynesia)[2]
  • Pyramid butterflyfish, Hemitaurichthys polylepis (Bleeker, 1857) (Cocos-Keeling Islands to Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn group)[2]
  • Longfin bannerfish, Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (East Africa and the Persian Gulf to the Society Islands)[2]
  • Pennant bannerfish, Heniochus chrysostomus Cuvier, 1831 syn. H. permutatus (Cocos-Keeling Islands to Pitcairn group)[2]
  • Schooling bannerfish, Heniochus diphreutes Jordan, 1903 (East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Masked bannerfish, Heniochus monoceros Cuvier, 1831 (East Africa to the Tuamotus)[2]
  • Singular bannerfish, Heniochus singularius Smith & Radcliffe, 1911 (Andaman Sea to Samoa and north to Japan)[2]
  • Humphead bannerfish, Heniochus varius (Cuvier, 1829) (Malay Peninsula to Samoa)[2]
  • Ocellated coralfish, Parachaetodon ocellatus (Cuvier, 1831) (Australia north to Ogasawara Islands)[2]

Family Pomacanthidae - angelfishes

Family Pomacentridae – damselfishes

  • Bengal sergeant, Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787) (northeastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific)[2]
  • Banded sergeant, Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier, 1830) (East Africa to Tuamotu Archipelago and Line Islands)[2]
  • Scissor-tail sergeant, Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepede, 1802) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Tuamotus)[2]
  • Blackspot sergeant, Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Polynesia)[2]
  • Indo-Pacific sergeant, Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Marquesas)[2]
  • Whitley's sergeant, Abudefduf whitleyi Allen & Robertson, 1974 (Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea and New Caledonia)[2]
  • Spiny chromis, Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) (Indonesia and the Philippines to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Golden damsel, Amblyglyphidodon aureus (Cuvier, 1830) (eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific)[2]
  • Staghorn damsel, Amblyglyphidodon curacao (Bloch, 1787) (eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific)[2]
  • White-belly damsel, Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster (Bleeker, 1847) (Red Sea to Samoa)[2]
  • Black banded demoiselle, Amblypomacentrus breviceps (Schlegel & Mueller, 1839)[2]
  • Barrier reef anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos (Allen, 1972) (Southwestern Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, northern New South Wales, New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands)[2]
  • Orange-fin anemonefish, Amphiprion chrysopterus Cuvier, 1830 (Queensland and New Guinea to Tuamotus and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Clark's anemone fish, Amphiprion clarkii (Bennett, 1830) (Persian Gulf to Vanuatu and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Red and black anemonefish, Amphiprion melanopus Bleeker, 1852 (Indonesia to the Society and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Clown anemonefish, Amphiprion percula (Lacepede, 1802) (Queensland and Melanesia)[2]
  • Pink anemonefish, Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker, 1855 (western Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia ranging north to Japan)[2]
  • Big-lip damsel, Cheiloprion labiatus (Day, 1877) (Andaman Sea to Northern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Midget chromis, Chromis acares Randall & Swerdloff, 1973 (Coral Sea to Society islands and Johnston Island)[2]
  • Agile chromis, Chromis agilis Smith, 1960 (East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn group)[2]
  • Yellow speckled chromis, Chromis alpha Randall, 1988 (Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) to Society Islands)[2]
  • Ambon chromis, Chromis amboinensis (Bleeker, 1873) (Cocos-Keeling Islands to Samoa and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Yellow chromis, Chromis analis (Cuvier, 1830) (Indonesia to Fiji and Mariana Islands)[2]
  • Black-axil chromis, Chromis atripectoralis Welander & Schultz, 1951 (Seychelles to Tuamotus)[2]
  • Dark-fin chromis, Chromis atripes Fowler & Bean, 1928 (Cocos-Keeling Islands to Kiribati)[2]
  • Stout body chromis, Chromis chrysura (Bliss, 1883) (three isolated antitropical populations at Southwestern Pacific, Japan to Taiwan and Mauritius to Reunion)[2]
  • Deep reef chromis, Chromis delta Randall, 1988 (Cocos Keeling Islands to Fiji)[2]
  • Twin-spot chromis, Chromis elerae Fowler & Bean, 1928 (Maldive Islands to Fiji and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Yellow-spotted chromis, Chromis flavomaculata Kamohara, 1960 (antiequatorial distribution with two isolated populations: Lord Howe Island, Coral Sea New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands, and Japan to Taiwan)[2]
  • Half and half chromis, Chromis iomelas Jordan & Seale, 1906 (Great Barrier Reef and northern New Guinea to Samoa and the Society Islands)[2]
  • Scaly chromis, Chromis lepidolepis Bleeker, 1877 (Rast Africa and the Red Sea to Fuji and the Line Islands)[2]
  • Bicolour chromis, Chromis margaritifer Fowler, 1946 (Cocos-Keeling Islands to the Tuamotus)[2]
  • Barrier Reef chromis, Chromis nitida (Whitley, 1928) (southern and central Great Barrier Reef, Rare or absent in other parts of the Coral Sea)[2]
  • Black-bar chromis, Chromis retrofasciata Weber, 1913 (Indonesia and the Philippines to Fiji)[2]
  • Ternate chromis, Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker, 1856) (East Africa to Fiji and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Vanderbilt's chromis, Chromis vanderbilti (Fowler, 1941) (scattered localities in the western and central Pacific)[2]
  • Blue-green chromis, Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Tuamotu Archipelago and Line Islands)[2]
  • Weber's chromis, Chromis weberi Fowler & Bean, 1928 (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Line Islands and Pitcairn group)[2]
  • Yellow-axil chromis, Chromis xanthochira (Bleeker, 1851) (Indonesia and Philippines to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Pale-tail chromis, Chromis xanthura (Bleeker, 1854) (Cocos-Keeling Islands to southeastern Oceania)[2]
  • Two-spot demoiselle, Chrysiptera biocellata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (East Africa to Samoa and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Blueline demoiselle, Chrysiptera caeruleolineata (Allen, 1973) (Coral Sea to Samoa and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Blue devil, Chrysiptera cyanea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (Indonesia to Vanuatu and Palau and north to the Ryukyu Islands - fairly common on the Great Barrier Reef but absent from other parts of the Coral Sea)[2]
  • Yellowfin damsel, Chrysiptera flavipinnis (Allen & Robertson, 1974) (Southwestern Pacific including New Guinea, eastern Australia and the Coral Sea)[2]
  • Grey damsel, Chrysiptera glauca (Cuvier, 1830) (East Africa to the Pitcairn group and Line Islands)[2]
  • Surge demoiselle, Chrysiptera brownriggii (Bennett, 1828) (East Africa to the Marquesas and Line Islands)[2]
  • King demoiselle, Chrysiptera rex (Snyder, 1909) (Indonesia and the Philippines to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Rolland's demoiselle, Chrysiptera rollandi (Whitley, 1961) (Malay Peninsula to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Starck's demoiselle, Chrysiptera starcki (Allen, 1973) (antiequatorial distribution in the western Pacific: New Caledonia to Queensland, and Taiwan to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Talbot's demoiselle, Chrysiptera talboti (Allen, 1975) (Malay Peninsula to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • South seas demoiselle, Chrysiptera taupou (Jordan & Seale, 1906) (Southwestern Pacific, including Australia, to Fiji and Samoa)[2]
  • Threeband demoiselle, Chrysiptera tricincta (Allen & Randall, 1974) (antiequatorial distribution in western Pacific: Coral Sea to Samoa, and Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Onespot demoiselle, Chrysiptera unimaculata (Cuvier, 1830) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Fiji)[2]
  • Humbug dascyllus, Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Line Islands and southeastern Polynesia)[2]
  • Black tailed dascyllus, Dascyllus melanurus Bleeker, 1854 (Malay Peninsula to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Reticulated dascyllus, Dascyllus reticulatus (Richardson, 1846) (Cocos-Keeling Islands to Samoa)[2]
  • Three-spot dascyllus, Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rueppell, 1828) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Line Islands and Pitcairn group)[2]
  • Black vent damsel, Dischistodus melanotus (Bleeker, 1853) syn. D. notopthalmus (Indonesia and the Philippines to Northern Australia and the Solomon Islands)[2]
  • White damsel, Dischistodus perspicillatus (Cuvier, 1830) (eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific)[2]
  • Honey-head damsel, Dischistodus prosopotaenia (Bleeker, 1852) (Andaman Sea to Northern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Monarch damsel, Dischistodus pseudochrysopoecilus (Allen & Robertson, 1974) (Philippines to Northern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Lagoon damsel, Hemiglyphidodon plagiometopon (Bleeker, 1852) (Andaman Sea to Queensland and the Solomon Islands, and north to China - northern Great Barrier Reef, apparently absent from the rest of the Coral Sea)[2]
  • Fusilier damsel, Lepidozygus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1856) (East Africa to the Tuamotus, Marquesas and Line Islands)[2]
  • Yellowtail damsel, Neopomacentrus azysron (Bleeker, 1877) (East Africa to New Caledonia)[2]
  • Chinese demoiselle, Neopomacentrus bankieri (Richardson, 1846) (South China Sea and Java Sea to northeastern Australia)[2]
  • Regal demoiselle, Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856) (East Africa to Northern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Black demoiselle, Neoglyphidodon melas (Cuvier, 1830) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Vanuatu and north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Yellowfin damsel, Neoglyphidodon nigroris (Cuvier, 1830) (Andaman Sea to Vanuatu, and north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Multispine damselfish, Neoglyphidodon polyacanthus (Ogilby, 1889) (Southernmost Great Barrier Reef, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and New Caledonia)[2]
  • Bigscale scalyfin, Parma oligolepis Whitley, 1929 (Sydney, New South Wales, to Cairns, Queensland)[3] (northern New South Wales to Cape Tribulation on the Cape Yorke Peninsula)[2]
  • Banded scalyfin, Parma polylepis Günther, 1862 (Bass Point, New South Wales, to Capricorn group, Queensland - also Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and New Caledonia)[3] (Southernmost Great Barrier Reef, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and New Caledonia)[2]
  • Dick's damsel, Plectroglyphidodon dickii (Lienard, 1839) (East Africa to the Tuamotus and Line Islands)[2]
  • Brighteye damsel, Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) (East Africa to the Pitcairn group and Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Johnston damsel, Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus Fowler & Ball, 1924 (East Africa to Pitcairn group and Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Jewel damsel, Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Society Islands and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Whiteband damsel, Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus (Bleeker, 1859) (East Africa to Pitcairn group and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Phoenix damsel, Plectroglyphidodon phoenixensis (Schultz, 1943) (East Africa to the Tuamotus and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Ambon damsel, Pomacentrus amboinensis Bleeker, 1868 (Andaman Sea to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Australian damsel, Pomacentrus australis Allen & Robertson, 1973 (Great Barrier Reef south to Sydney)[2]
  • Speckled damsel, Pomacentrus bankanensis Bleeker, 1853 (Christmas Island, (Indian Ocean) to Fiji and north to Japan)[2]
  • Charcoal damsel, Pomacentrus brachialis Cuvier, 1830 (western Pacific to Fiji and Samoa)[2]
  • Whitetail damsel, Pomacentrus chrysurus Cuvier, 1830 syn. P. rhodonotus, P. flavicauda (Maldive Islands to the Coral Sea - also Melanesia and Micronesia)[2]
  • Neon damsel, Pomacentrus coelestis Jordan & Starks, 1901 (Cocos-Leeling Islands to Tuamotus)[2]
  • Bluespot damsel, Pomacentrus grammorhynchus Fowler, 1918 (Indonesia and Philippines to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Imitator damsel, Pomacentrus imitator (Whitley, 1964) (rare on Great Barrier Reef, but common in other parts of the Coral sea - also New Caledonia, Rotuma and Fiji)[2]
  • Scaly damsel, Pomacentrus lepidogenys Fowler & Ball, 1928 (Malay Peninsula to Fiji)[2]
  • Lemon damsel, Pomacentrus moluccensis Bleeker, 1853 syn. P. popei (Andaman Sea to Fiji and north to Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Sandy damsel, Pomacentrus nagasakiensis Tanaka, 1917 syn. P. arenarius (Indonesia to Coral Sea and Vanuatu, north to Japan)[2]
  • Blackmargined damsel, Pomacentrus nigromarginatus Allen, 1973 (Indonesia to Coral Sea and Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Blue damsel, Pomacentrus pavo (Bloch, 1787) (East Africa to the Tuamotus and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Philippine damsel, Pomacentrus philippinus Evermann & Seale, 1907 (Maldive Islands to Fiji)[2]
  • Reid's damsel, Pomacentrus reidi Fowler & Bean, 1928 (Indonesia and Philippines to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Threespot damsel, Pomacentrus tripunctatus Cuvier, 1830 (Sri Lanka to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Princess damsel, Pomacentrus vaiuli Jordan & Seale, 1906 (Molucca Islands to Samoa and north to Japan)[2]
  • Ward's damsel, Pomacentrus wardi Whitley, 1927 (Great Barrier Reef and eastern Australian coast south to Sydney)[2]
  • Richardson's reef-damsel, Pomachromis richardsoni (Snyder, 1909) (Mauritius to Fiji)[2]
  • Spine cheek anemonefish, Premnas biaculeatus (Bloch, 1790) (Malay peninsula to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Gulf damsel, Pristotis obtusirostris (Guenther, 1862) syn. P. jerdoni (Persian Gulf and Red Sea to Australia, north to Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Whitebar gregory, Stegastes albifasciatus (Schlegel & Mueller, 1839) (East Africa to the Tuamotus and Line Islands)[2]
  • Australian gregory, Stegastes apicalis (De Vis, 1885) (Great Barrier Reef and eastern coast of Australia to Sydney)[2]
  • Pacific gregory, Stegastes fasciolatus (Ogilby, 1889) syn. S. jenkinsi (East Africa to Hawaiian Islands and Easter Island)[2]
  • Coral Sea gregory, Stegastes gascoynei (Whitley, 1964) (Coral Sea and northern Tasman Sea)[2]
  • Bluntsnout gregory, Stegastes lividus (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801)[2]
  • Dusky gregory, Stegastes nigricans (Lecepede, 1802) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Tuamotus, Marquesas and Line Islands)[2]

Family Cirrhitidae – hawkfishes

Family Sphyraenidae – pikes, barracudas

  • Great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Hawaiian Islands and the Tuamotu archipelago)[2]
  • Yellowtail barracuda, Sphyraena flavicauda Rueppell, 1838 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Bigeye barracuda, Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier, 1829 (East Africa to the Society Islands)[2]
  • Heller's barracuda, Sphyraena helleri Jenkins, 1901 (western Pacific including the Coral Sea to Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Pickhandle barracuda, Sphyraena jello Cuvier, 1829 (East Africa and the Red Sea to western Pacific)[2]
  • Chevron barracuda, Sphyraena qenie Klunzinger, 1870 (East Africa and the Red Sea to western Pacific)[2]

Family Polynemidae - threadfins

  • Six-fingered threadfin, Polydactylus sexfilis (Valenciennes, 1831) (India to Hawaiian Islands and Tuamotu archipelago)[2]

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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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

  • Spotted sand-diver, Trichonotus setiger (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Persian Gulf to Queensland and Melanesia)[2]
  • Threadfin sand-diver, Trichonotus sp. (Coral sea, Marians & Marshall Islands)[2]

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 & 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


Family Zanclidae - Moorish idol

Family Siganidae – rabbitfishes, spinefeet

Family Istiophoridae - billfishes

Family Scombridae – mackerels, tunas

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

Order Mugiliformes

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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

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Family Bothidae - lefteye flounders

Family Pleuronectidae – righteye flounders

Order Tetraodontiformes

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Family Balistidae

Family Monacanthidae – leatherjackets, filefishes

  • Fanbelly leatherjacket,[2] 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,[2] 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

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(Perciformes) Family Chironemidae

References

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  1. ^ "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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  4. ^ Bailly, N. (2013). Glaucostegus typus (Anonymous [Bennett], 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=280875 on 10 March 2014
  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 10 March 2014
  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 11 March 2014
  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 11 March 2014
  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 11 March 2014
  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 11 March 2014
  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 11 March 2014
  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 11 March 2014
  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 11 March 2014
  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 11 March 2014
  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 11 March 2014
  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 12 March 2014
  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 12 March 2014
  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 12 March 2014
  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 12 March 2014
  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 12 March 2014
  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 12 March 2014
  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 12 March 2014
  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 12 March 2014
  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 12 March 2014
  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 14 March 2014
  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 14 March 2014
  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 15 March 2014
  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 17 March 2014
  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 17 March 2014
  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 17 March 2014
  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 17 March 2014
  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 17 March 2014
  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 17 March 2014
  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 17 March 2014
  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 14 March 2014
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