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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
Bluefish
Pomatomus saltatrix
VU
🌊 Marine
Blunthead puffer
Sphoeroides pachygaster
LC
🌊 Marine
Bluntsnout smooth-head
Xenodermichthys copei
LC
🌊 Marine
Boa dragonfish
Stomias boa
LC
🌊 Marine
Bobtail eel
Cyema atrum
LC
🌊 Marine
Bony-eared assfish
Acanthonus armatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Boulenger's snaggletooth
Astronesthes boulengeri
LC
🌊 Marine
Brassy chub
Kyphosus vaigiensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Bristlemouth
Cyclothone alba
LC
🌊 Marine
Bronze whiptail
Lucigadus ori
🌊 Marine
Brown chub
Kyphosus bigibbus
LC
🌊 Marine
Brown slickhead
Bajacalifornia calcarata
LC
🌊 Marine
Bullet tuna
Auxis rochei
LC
🌊 Marine
Butterfly kingfish
Gasterochisma melampus
LC
🌊 Marine
Cobia
Rachycentron canadum
LC
🌊 Marine
Cocco's lantern fish
Lobianchia gemellarii
LC
🌊 Marine
Collar carpetshark
Parascyllium collare
LC
🌊 Marine
Common dolphinfish
Coryphaena hippurus
LC
🌊 Marine
🍽️ ★★★★★
Common triplefin
Forsterygion lapillum
LC
🌊 Marine
Constellationfish
Valenciennellus tripunctulatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Copper shark
Carcharhinus brachyurus
VU
🌊 Marine
Cosmopolitan Whipnose
Gigantactis vanhoeffeni
DD
🌊 Marine
Crested oarfish
Lophotus lacepede
LC
🌊 Marine
Dana pearleye
Scopelarchoides danae
LC
🌊 Marine
Darwin's slimehead
Gephyroberyx darwinii
LC
🌊 Marine
Deep-sea lizardfish
Bathysaurus ferox
LC
🌊 Marine
Deepbody boarfish
Antigonia capros
LC
🌊 Marine
Deepscale slickhead
Bathytroctes squamosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Diaphanous hatchet fish
Sternoptyx diaphana
LC
🌊 Marine
Duckbill barracudina
Magnisudis atlantica
LC
🌊 Marine
Dwarf codling
Notophycis marginata
🌊 Marine
Dwarf Dory
Zenion hololepis
LC
🌊 Marine
Electric lantern fish
Electrona risso
LC
🌊 Marine
Elongate frostfish
Benthodesmus elongatus
🌊 Marine
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Sigmops elongatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Eyebrow bigscale
Melamphaes longivelis
DD
🌊 Marine
False herring
Harengula clupeola
LC
🌊 Marine
False oblique hatchetfish
Sternoptyx pseudodiaphana
LC
🌊 Marine
Fangtooth dragonfish
Melanostomias niger
LC
🌊 Marine
Festive lanternfish
Lampanyctus festivus
LC
🌊 Marine
Freckled driftfish
Psenes cyanophrys
LC
🌊 Marine
Garman's lanternfish
Diaphus garmani
LC
🌊 Marine
Garrick
Cyclothone braueri
LC
🌊 Marine
Gelatinous blindfish
Aphyonus gelatinosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Gigantura
Gigantura chuni
LC
🌊 Marine
Gilbert's halosaurid fish
Aldrovandia affinis
LC
🌊 Marine
Glasseye
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Glasshead barreleye
Rhynchohyalus natalensis
LC
🌊 Marine