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.
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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′S150°34′E), 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′S153°56.5′E) 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′S165°40.5′E) to the Northernmost Island of the Duff or Wilson Group (9°48.5′S167°06′E).
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′S163°03′E) and down the Eastern coasts of the islands of this Group to Aneityum Island (20°11′S169°51′E) in such a way that all the islands of these Groups, and the straits separating them, are included in the Coral Sea.
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′S142°03′E)] and the East Coast of Australia as far south as Latitude 30° South.
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]
Bronze whaler Carcharhinus brachyurus (Günther,1870) (Jurien Bay, Western Australia to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and northern Tasmania)[3] (Along coastal margins in most tropical and temperate seas. Apparently absent in western Atlantic)[2]
Long nose grey shark Carcharhinus brevipinna (Mueller and Henle, 1839) (Continental margins of all tropical and warm temperate seas except the eastern Pacific)[2]
Blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (Ind-west and central Pacific from East Africa and the Red Sea to Hawaii and French Polynesia) [2]
Black whaler Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1815) (Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas, primarily on continental shelves)[2]
Sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) (Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas)[2]
Blackspot shark Carcharhinus sealei (Pietschmann, 1916) (East Africa to Northern Australia)
Spot-tail shark Carcharhinus sorrah (Valenciennes 1837) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Solomon and Santa Cruz Islands) [2]
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]
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]
Arrowtooth lizardfish Synodus doaki Russell and Cressey, 1979 (Hawaii, New Zealand, eastern Australia, Japan and East Africa)[2]
Javelinfish Synodus jaculum Russell and Cressey, 1979 (Scattered records from the Line Islands in the central Pacific to Natal and the Comoro Islands)[2]
Redmarbled lizardfish Synodus rubromarmoratus Russell and 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 and Schneider, 1801) (Indo-Pacific and Atlantic, tropical to warm temperate)[2]
Banded toadfish Halophryne diemensis (Lesueur, 1824) (Northern Australia from Shark Bay, Western Australia to Heron Island, Queensland and throughout the Indo-Malayan Archipelago)[2]
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 and Nodder, 1794) (East Africa to the Society and Hawaiian Islands)[2]
Striate anglerfish, striped anglerfish Antennarius striatus (Shaw and 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]
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
Janss's pipefish Doryrhamphus janssi (Herald and Randall, 1972) (Northern Australia and Solomon Islands north to Philippines and South China Sea)[2]
Brock's pipefish Halicampus brocki (Herald, 1953) (Western Pacific from northern Australia to the Ryukyu Islands and eastward to the Marshall Islands)[2]
Threefin velvetfish Neoaploactis tridorsalis Eschmeyer and 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]
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]
Flowery cod Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskal, 1775) (Marshall Islands and Phoenix Islands to East Africa and the Red Sea)[2]
Hexagon rockcod Epinephelus hexagonatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
Blacksaddle rockcod Epinephelus howlandi (Guenther, 1873) (Western Pacific from Ryukyu Islands to Great Barrier Reef and east to the Marshalls and Samoa)[2]
Plesiops genaricus Mooi and Randall (Great Barrier Reef)[2]
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]
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 and 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 and 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]
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]
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]
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 and 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 and 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 and 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]
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 and 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]
Whitefin trevally Carangoides equula (Temminck and Schlegel, 1844) (East Africa, Gulf of Oman, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and Easter Island) [2]
Blue trevally Carangoides ferdau (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific east to Hawaiian Islands) [2]
Black pomfret Parastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795) (East Africa to Southern Japan and Australia) [2]
Silver trevally Pseudocaranx dentex (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Antitropical, both sides of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indo-Pacific eastwards to the Hawaiian Islands) [2]
Purse-eye scad Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch, 1793) (Worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters) [2]
Smooth tailed trevally Selaroides leptolepis (Cuvier, 1833) (Persian Gulf eastwards to Australia and Japan) [2]
Amberjack Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810) (Tropical Indo-Pacific and Atlantic) [2]
Yellowtail kingfish Seriola lalandi Valenciennes, 1833 (Perth, Western Australia, to Capricorn Group, Queensland, and northern Tasmania.)[3] (Circumglobal restricted to subtropical and temperate waters) [2]
Almaco jack Seriola rivoliana Valenciennes, 1833 (Circumtropical, entering temperate waters in some areas) [2]
Black spot snapper Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa) [2]
Yellow margined seaperch Lutjanus fulvus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (East Africa and the Red Sea to eastern Oceania. Introduced in the Hawaiian Islands) [2]
Paddletail Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to southeastern Oceania) [2]
Bluestripe seaperch Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa to Polynesia. Introduced in Hawaiian Islands) [2]
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 Caledonis and north to the Ryukyu Islands) [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]
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]
Japanese butterfish Pentapodus nagasakiensis (Tanaka, 1915) (Western Pacific from Japan to northern Australia. Reported from Lizard Island and Lihou Reef)[2]
Paradise butterfish Pentapodus paradiseus (Guenther, 1859) (Northeastern Australia to the Arafura sea)[2]
Blue butterfish Pentapodus sp. (Northeastern Australia to Fiji)[2]
Pale monocle bream Scolopsis affinis Peters, 1877 (Indonesia and Philippines to Australia and Melanesia)[2]
Bridled monocle bream Scolopsis bilineata (Bloch, 1793) (Andaman Sea to Fiji and north to Japan)[2]
Lined monocle bream Scolopsis lineata Quoy and Gaimard, 1824[15] syn. Scolopsis cancellatus (Cocos-Keeling Islands to Polynesia)[2]
Pearly monocle bream Scolopsis margaritifera (Cuvier, 1830)[16] (Malay Peninsula to Melanesia and northern Australia)[2]
Monocle bream Scolopsis monogramma (Cuvier, 1830) (Andaman Sea to New Caledonia and north to Taiwan)[2]
Blacksaddle goatfish, blackspot goatfish Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854) syn. P. signatus (Tropical Australia south to Geographe Bay, Western Australia, and to Mallacoota, Victoria. Also Lord Howe Island, New Zealand and New Guinea.)[3] (Northern New Zealand and New Caledonia to Western Australia)[2]
Bartail goatfish, freckled goatfish Upeneus tragula Richardson, 1846 (Tropical Australia south to Perth, Western Australia, and to Merimbula, New South Wales.)[3] (Western Pacific to East Africa)[2]
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]
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]
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]
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 and 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 and 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]
Lamarck's angelfish Genicanthus lamarck (Lacepede, 1802) (East Africa and Indonesia to Queensland and Solomon Islands, and north to Japan. Recorded from Escape Reef on the northern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
Black-spot angelfish Genicanthus melanospilos (Bleeker, 1857) (Queensland to Fiji and north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
Watanabe's angelfish Genicanthus watanabei (Yasuda and Tominaga, 1970) (Queensland to Tuamotus and north to Taiwan)[2]
Emperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Tuamotus and north to Japan)[2]
Blue-girdled angelfish Pomacanthus navarchus (Cuvier, 1831) (Indonesia and Philippines to northern Queensland)[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]
Dark-fin chromis Chromis atripes Fowler and 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 and 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 and 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]
Blue devil Chrysiptera cyanea (Quoy and 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 and 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 and Seale, 1906) (Southwestern Pacific, including Australia, to Fiji and Samoa)[2]
Threeband demoiselle Chrysiptera tricincta (Allen and Randall, 1974) (Antiequatorial distribution in western Pacific: Coral Sea to Samoa, and Ryukyu Islands)[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]
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]
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]
Ambon damsel Pomacentrus amboinensis Bleeker, 1868 (Andaman Sea to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
Australian damsel Pomacentrus australis Allen and 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. Melanesia and Micronesia)[2]
Neon damsel Pomacentrus coelestis Jordan and 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 and 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]
Threadfin hawkfish, blotched hawkfish Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier, 1829) (Tropical Australia south to Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia, and to Merimbula, New South Wales. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[3] (Western Pacific)[2]
Dwarf hawkfish Cirrhitichthys falco Randall, 1963 (Maldives through western Pacific to Mariana Islands, Caroline Islands and Samoa)[2]
Halfspotted hawkfish Paracirrhites hemistictus (Guenther, 1874) syn. P. polystictus (Islands of Oceania, Great Barrier Reef and Christmas and Cocos-Keeling Islands)[2]
Feminine wrasse Anampses femininus Randall, 1972 (Southern subtropical Pacific from Easter Island to New Caledonia and the Great Barrier Reef)[2]
Geographic wrasse Anampses geographicus Valenciennes, 1840 syn. A. pterophthalmus (Western Australia and western Pacific east to the Caroline Islands and Fiji)[2]
Spotted wrasse Anampses meleagrides Valenciennes, 1840 syn. A. amboinensis(East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa and the Caroline Islands)[2]
Axilspot hogfish Bodianus axillaris (Bennett, 1831) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa and the Marshall Islands)[2]
Twospot hogfish Bodianus bimaculatus Allen, 1973 (Mauritius and the Maldives to the western Pacific)[2]
Diana's pigfish, Diana's hogfish Bodianus diana (Lacépède, 1801) syn. Lepidapolois aldabraensis (Tropical Australia south to Montague Island, New South Wales. Also widespread in the Indo-Pacific region.)[3] (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa and the Marshall Islands)[2]
Blackfin hogfish Bodianus loxozonus (Snyder, 1908) (Western Pacific to French Polynesia)[2]
Splitlevel hogfish Bodianus mesothorax (Bloch and Scneider, 1801) (Western Pacific to Fiji)[2]
Goldspot hogfish Bodianus perditio (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834) (Antiequatorial: Southern Africa to islands of southern Oceania, and Taiwan to southern Japan)[2]
Pale-barred coris Coris dorsomacula Fowler, 1908 syn. Coris dorsomaculata ((as C. dorsomaculata) Western Pacific)[2]
Yellowtail coris Coris gaimard (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (Central and western Pacific)[2]
Blackspot coris Coris pictoides Randall and Kuiter, 1982 (Known from New South Wales, Great Barrier Reef, Western Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines)[2]
Batu coris Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1857) (Western Indian Ocean to the Marshall Islands and Tonga)[2]
Tailspot wrasse Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker, 1851) (Western Pacific east to Micronesia and Samoa)[2]
Ocellated wrasse Halichoeres melasmapomus Randall, 1980 (Islands of Oceania except Hawaii and Easter Island, and from the Philippines to the Red Sea. Also recorded from Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) and the Cocos-Keeling Islands)[2]
Breastspot cleaner wrasse Labroides pectoralis Randall and Springer, 1975 (Indonesia and the Great Barrier Reef to Micronesia and New Caledonia. Also Christmas Island (Indian Ocean))[2]
Southern tubelip Labropsis australis Randall, 1981 (Great Barrier Reef and Solomon Islands to Fiji and Samoa)[2]
Yellowback tubelip Labropsis xanthonota Randall, 1981 (East Africa to Micronesia and Samoa)[2]
Shoulderspot wrasse Leptojulis cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1853) (Gulf of Oman to Philippines and Great Barrier Reef)[2]
Choat's wrasse Macropharyngodon choati Randall, 1978 (Southern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
Kuiter's wrasse Macropharyngodon kuiteri Randall, 1978 (New South Wales and southern Great Barrier Reef to New Caledonia)[2]
Blackspotted wrasse Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes, 1839) syn. Leptojulis pardalis (Cocos-Keeling Islands to western Pacific and the Islands of Oceania)[2]
Gunther's wrasse Pseudolabrus guentheri Bleeker, 1862 (Montague Island, New South Wales, to Whitsunday Group, Queensland.)[3] (New South Wales to southern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
Redstriped wrasse Pteragogus enneacanthus (Bleeker, 1853) syn. P. amboinensis (Indonesia to the Coral Sea)[2]
Cryptic wrasse Pteragogus cryptus Randall, 1981 (Red Sea and western Pacific to Micronesia and Samoa)[2]
Bluelined wrasse Stethojulis bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851) syn. S rubromaculata, S. linearis (Western Pacific and islands of Oceania and the eastern Pacific except Hawaii)[2]
Cutribbon wrasse Stethojulis interrupta (Bleeker, 1851) syn. S. kalosoma (East Africa to Samoa and the Mariana Islands)[2]
Stripebelly wrasse Stethojulis strigiventer (Bennett, 1832) syn. S. renardi (East Africa to Micronesia and Samoa)[2]
Three-ribbon wrasse Stethojulis trilineata (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) syn. S. phekadopleura (Maldives to western Pacific)[2]
Slender wrasse Suezichthys gracilis (Steindachner and Doederlein, 1887) (Antitropical. Known from southern Japan, Korea and Taiwan in the north and New South Wales and the southern Great Barrier Reef to New Caledonia in the south)[2]
Sunset wrasse Thalassoma lutescens (Lay and Bennett, 1839) (Indo-Pacific and Clipperton Island in the eastern Pacific, but apparently absent from the Indo-Malayan region and southern Indian Ocean)[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]
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]
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]
White-dotted blenny Cirripectes alboapicalis (Ogilby, 1899) syn. C. patuki (Southern subtropical Pacific from the southern Great Barrier Reef and Lord Howe Island to Easter Island)[2]
Chestnut blenny Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes, 1836) syn. C. sebae (East Africa and the Red Sea to Tonga and the Caroline Islands)[2]
Lady Musgrave blenny Cirripectes chelomatus Williams and Maugé, 1983 (Great Barrier Reef and Lord Howe Island to Tonga and Fiji)[2]
Filamentous blenny Cirripectes filamentosus (Alleyne and Macleay, 1877) (Western Indian Ocean including Persian Gulf and southern Red Sea to western Pacific)[2]
Barred blenny Cirripectes polyzona (Bleeker, 1868) (East Africa to Samoa and the Line Islands)[2]
Bicolour blenny Ecsenius bicolor (Day, 1888) (Maldives to the islands of Micronesia and Samoa)[2]
Queensland blenny Ecsenius mandibularis McCulloch, 1923 (Queensland from Cape Yorke Peninsula at 12°S to the Bunger Group, southern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
Shoulderspot goby Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853)[32] syn. Gnatholepis scapulostigma Herre, 1953 ((as G. scapulostigma) Eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific)[2]
Fourbar goby Gobiodon citrinus (Rueppell, 1838) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa)[2]
Broad-barred goby Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes, 1837) (Western Pacific)[2]
Southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyi Castelnau, 1872 (Western Australia to southern Queensland and around Tasmania. Also widespread in the southern hemisphere.)[3]
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]
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]
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