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Fish Species of Australia
Native and commonly occurring fish across 3 ocean regions - with habitat, conservation status, and edibility data.
335
Total Species
13
Threatened
60
Edible
3
Ocean Regions
aquarium
Astatotilapia burtoni
LC
💧 Freshwater
Asian bonytongue
Scleropages formosus
EN
💧 Freshwater
Australian freshwater catfish
Tandanus tandanus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Black bullhead
Ameiurus melas
LC
💧 Freshwater
Blue tilapia
Oreochromis aureus
💧 Freshwater
Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
LC
💧 Freshwater
Convict cichlid
Amatitlania nigrofasciata
DD
💧 Freshwater
Crucian carp
Carassius carassius
LC
💧 Freshwater
Dusky millions fish
Phalloceros caudimaculatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Eastern mosquitofish
Gambusia holbrooki
LC
💧 Freshwater
Egyptian mouth-brooder
Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor
LC
💧 Freshwater
European perch
Perca fluviatilis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Flathead gudgeon
Philypnodon grandiceps
LC
💧 Freshwater
Giant gudgeon
Oxyeleotris selheimi
LC
💧 Freshwater
Golden perch
Macquaria ambigua
LC
💧 Freshwater
Goldfish
Carassius auratus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Green swordtail
Xiphophorus hellerii
LC
💧 Freshwater
Hart's rivulus
Anablepsoides hartii
LC
💧 Freshwater
Jack Dempsey
Rocio octofasciata
LC
💧 Freshwater
Jaguar guapote
Parachromis managuensis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Largemouth black bass
Micropterus salmoides
LC
💧 Freshwater
Macquarie perch
Macquaria australasica
EN
💧 Freshwater
Mosquitofish
Gambusia affinis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Mozambique tilapia
Oreochromis mossambicus
VU
💧 Freshwater
Nile perch
Lates niloticus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Nile tilapia
Oreochromis niloticus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Oscar
Astronotus ocellatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Pearl cichlid
Geophagus brasiliensis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Pond loach
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Red devil
Amphilophus labiatus
💧 Freshwater
Roach
Rutilus rutilus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Robust gambusia
Gambusia marshi
LC
💧 Freshwater
Siamese fighting fish
Betta splendens
VU
💧 Freshwater
Silver perch
Bidyanus bidyanus
NT
💧 Freshwater
Sleepy cod
Oxyeleotris lineolata
LC
💧 Freshwater
Southern saratoga
Scleropages leichardti
NT
💧 Freshwater
Sumatra barb
Puntigrus tetrazona
LC
💧 Freshwater
Three spot cichlid
Cichlasoma trimaculatum
LC
💧 Freshwater
Three spot gourami
Trichopodus trichopterus
LC
💧 Freshwater