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Marine Fish Species
All saltwater fish species — from shallow coral reefs to the abyssal deep sea. Explore ocean zones, depth ranges, and global distribution.
18,138
Total Species
328
Endangered (EN+CR)
2,394
Edible Species
450
Families
Western buffalo bream
Kyphosus cornelii
Kyphosidae
Edible
Western butterfish
Pentapodus vitta
Nemipteridae
Least Concern
Western cleaner-clingfish
Cochleoceps bicolor
Gobiesocidae
Least Concern
Western Clingfish
Aspasmogaster occidentalis
Gobiesocidae
Least Concern
Western crested pipefish
Mitotichthys meraculus
Syngnathidae
Data Deficient
Western deepsea cardinalfish
Epigonus occidentalis
Epigonidae
Least Concern
Western falcate lionfish
Ebosia vespertina
Scorpaenidae
Western footballer
Neatypus obliquus
Least Concern
Edible
Western frogfish
Batrachomoeus occidentalis
Batrachoididae
Least Concern
Western gregory
Plectroglyphidodon obreptus
Pomacentridae
Least Concern
Western gulper shark
Centrophorus westraliensis
Centrophoridae
Data Deficient
Western highfin spurdog
Squalus altipinnis
Squalidae
Data Deficient
Western jumping blenny
Lepidoblennius marmoratus
Tripterygiidae
Least Concern
Western kelpfish
Chironemus georgianus
Chironemidae
Edible
Western king wrasse
Coris auricularis
Labridae
Least Concern
Western longnose spurdog
Squalus nasutus
Squalidae
Near Threatened
Western luminous roughy
Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus
Trachichthyidae
Data Deficient
Western numbfish
Narcinops lasti
Least Concern
Western orange perch
Lepidoperca filamenta
Anthiadidae
Least Concern
Western Pacific gizzard shad
Nematalosa come
Dorosomatidae
Least Concern
Western Pacific roughy
Hoplostethus japonicus
Trachichthyidae
Least Concern
Western Pacific spinysnout soldierfish
Ostichthys spiniger
Holocentridae
Western Pacific tonguefish
Symphurus thermophilus
Cynoglossidae
Western pigfish
Bodianus vulpinus
Labridae
Least Concern
Western pygmy tuskfish
Choerodon skaiopygmaeus
Labridae
Western red scorpionfish
Scorpaena sumptuosa
Scorpaenidae
Western roughy
Optivus agrammus
Trachichthyidae
Least Concern
Western round skate
Irolita westraliensis
Data Deficient
Western scalyfin
Parma occidentalis
Pomacentridae
Western school whiting
Sillago vittata
Sillaginidae
Western scorpionfish
Scorpaena onaria
Scorpaenidae
Least Concern
Western seacarp
Aplodactylus westralis
Aplodactylidae
Western Shore Eel
Alabes occidentalis
Gobiesocidae
Least Concern
Western shovelnose ray
Aptychotrema vincentiana
Trygonorrhinidae
Least Concern
Western shovelnose stingaree
Trygonoptera mucosa
Urolophidae
Least Concern
Western silverbelly
Parequula elongata
Gerreidae
Western smooth boxfish
Anoplocapros amygdaloides
Aracanidae
Least Concern
Western softhead grenadier
Malacocephalus occidentalis
Macrouridae
Least Concern
Western spotted catshark
Asymbolus occiduus
Pentanchidae
Least Concern
Western spotted smoothhound
Mustelus stevensi
Triakidae
Least Concern
Western striped cardinalfish
Ostorhinchus victoriae
Apogonidae
Least Concern
Western striped grunter
Pelates octolineatus
Terapontidae
Western talma
Chelmonops curiosus
Chaetodontidae
Least Concern
Western trumpeter sillago
Sillago burrus
Sillaginidae
Western wirrah
Acanthistius serratus
Anthiadidae
Western wobbegong
Orectolobus hutchinsi
Orectolobidae
Least Concern
Western yellowfin seabream
Acanthopagrus morrisonae
Sparidae
Least Concern
Edible
Western-Australian flathead
Platycephalus orbitalis
Platycephalidae