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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
Marlin sucker
Remora osteochir
LC
🌊 Marine
Mediterranean slimehead
Hoplostethus mediterraneus
LC
🌊 Marine
Messmate
Echiodon cryomargarites
LC
🌊 Marine
Mirror lanternfish
Lampadena speculigera
LC
🌊 Marine
Mirrorwing flyingfish
Hirundichthys speculiger
LC
🌊 Marine
Muddy arrowtooth eel
Ilyophis brunneus
LC
🌊 Marine
Multispotted lanternfish
Scopelopsis multipunctatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Murray's abyssal anglerfish
Melanocetus murrayi
LC
🌊 Marine
Naked snout rattail
Haplomacrourus nudirostris
🌊 Marine
Noble lampfish
Lampanyctus nobilis
LC
🌊 Marine
Notal lanternfish
Lampadena notialis
LC
🌊 Marine
Obese dragonfish
Opostomias micripnus
LC
🌊 Marine
Ocean sunfish
Mola mola
VU
🌊 Marine
Oceanic two-wing flyingfish
Exocoetus obtusirostris
LC
🌊 Marine
Oilfish
Ruvettus pretiosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Omosudid
Omosudis lowii
LC
🌊 Marine
Orange bellowfish
Notopogon fernandezianus
LC
🌊 Marine
Orange-lined triggerfish
Balistapus undulatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Ostenfeld's lanternfish
Diaphus ostenfeldi
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific barracudina
Lestidiops jayakari
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific fanfish
Pteraclis aesticola
LC
🌊 Marine
Pacific portholefish
Diplophos taenia
LC
🌊 Marine
Pale threadtail snipe eel
Nemichthys curvirostris
LC
🌊 Marine
Paperbones
Luciosudis normani
LC
🌊 Marine
Parin's spinyfish
Diretmichthys parini
LC
🌊 Marine
Pawnee dragonfish
Bathophilus pawneei
LC
🌊 Marine
Pearly lanternfish
Myctophum nitidulum
LC
🌊 Marine
Pennant coralfish
Heniochus acuminatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Photostomias Atrox
Photostomias atrox
LC
🌊 Marine
Pink cusk-eel
Genypterus blacodes
VU
🌊 Marine
Pompano dolphinfish
Coryphaena equiselis
LC
🌊 Marine
Port Jackson shark
Heterodontus portusjacksoni
LC
🌊 Marine
Portholefish
Diplophos australis
LC
🌊 Marine
Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish
Vinciguerria poweriae
LC
🌊 Marine
Pricklefish
Acanthochaenus luetkenii
LC
🌊 Marine
Pseudoscopelus Altipinnis
Pseudoscopelus altipinnis
LC
🌊 Marine
Pseudoscopelus Scriptus
Pseudoscopelus scriptus
LC
🌊 Marine
Ragged bigscale
Scopelogadus mizolepis
LC
🌊 Marine
Rainbow runner
Elagatis bipinnulata
LC
🌊 Marine
Red cornetfish
Fistularia petimba
LC
🌊 Marine
Red lionfish
Pterois volitans
LC
🌊 Marine
Redmouth whalefish
Rondeletia loricata
LC
🌊 Marine
Regal demoiselle
Neopomacentrus cyanomos
LC
🌊 Marine
Reinhardt's lantern fish
Hygophum reinhardtii
LC
🌊 Marine
Rendezvous fish
Polymetme corythaeola
LC
🌊 Marine
Robust cardinalfish
Epigonus robustus
🌊 Marine
Roudi escolar
Promethichthys prometheus
LC
🌊 Marine
Rough triggerfish
Canthidermis maculata
LC
🌊 Marine