🇦🇺
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
Egyptian mouth-brooder
Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor
LC
💧 Freshwater
Electric lantern fish
Electrona risso
LC
🌊 Marine
Elongate frostfish
Benthodesmus elongatus
🌊 Marine
Elongated bristlemouth fish
Sigmops elongatus
LC
🌊 Marine
European perch
Perca fluviatilis
LC
💧 Freshwater
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
Flathead grey mullet
Mugil cephalus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Flathead gudgeon
Philypnodon grandiceps
LC
💧 Freshwater
Freckled driftfish
Psenes cyanophrys
LC
🌊 Marine
Garman's lanternfish
Diaphus garmani
LC
🌊 Marine
Garrick
Cyclothone braueri
LC
🌊 Marine
Gelatinous blindfish
Aphyonus gelatinosus
LC
🌊 Marine
Giant gudgeon
Oxyeleotris selheimi
LC
💧 Freshwater
Gigantura
Gigantura chuni
LC
🌊 Marine
Gilbert's halosaurid fish
Aldrovandia affinis
LC
🌊 Marine
Glasseye
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus
LC
🌊 Marine
Glasshead barreleye
Rhynchohyalus natalensis
LC
🌊 Marine
Golden perch
Macquaria ambigua
LC
💧 Freshwater
Goldfish
Carassius auratus
LC
💧 Freshwater
Greater amberjack
Seriola dumerili
LC
🌊 Marine
Green swordtail
Xiphophorus hellerii
LC
💧 Freshwater
Grenadier cod
Tripterophycis gilchristi
🌊 Marine
Grey cutthroat
Synaphobranchus affinis
LC
🌊 Marine
Günther's boafish
Stomias affinis
LC
🌊 Marine
Half-naked hatchetfish
Argyropelecus hemigymnus
LC
🌊 Marine
Hansen's lanternfish
Hygophum hanseni
LC
🌊 Marine
Hardyhead silverside
Atherinomorus lacunosus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
Hart's rivulus
Anablepsoides hartii
LC
💧 Freshwater
Hatchetfish
Argyropelecus gigas
LC
🌊 Marine
Hawaiian halosaurid fish
Aldrovandia phalacra
LC
🌊 Marine
Headlight fish
Diaphus effulgens
LC
🌊 Marine
Hidden bristlemouth
Cyclothone obscura
LC
🌊 Marine
Highlight hatchetfish
Sternoptyx pseudobscura
LC
🌊 Marine
Horned lantern fish
Centrophryne spinulosa
LC
🌊 Marine
Horned lanternfish
Diaphus splendidus
LC
🌊 Marine
Hound needlefish
Tylosurus crocodilus
LC
🌊 Marine
Humpback anglerfish
Melanocetus johnsonii
LC
🌊 Marine
Indo-Pacific sailfish
Istiophorus platypterus
VU
🌊 Marine
Inflated whiptail
Macrouroides inflaticeps
LC
🌊 Marine
Ipnops Murrayi
Ipnops murrayi
LC
🌊 Marine
Jack Dempsey
Rocio octofasciata
LC
💧 Freshwater
Jaguar guapote
Parachromis managuensis
LC
💧 Freshwater
Japanese seabass
Lateolabrax japonicus
LC
🔄 Diadromous
John dory
Zeus faber
DD
🌊 Marine