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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