List of fishes of the Coral Sea

Coral Sea map

This is a list of fish recorded from the Coral Sea, bordering Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. This list comprises locally used common names, scientific names with author citation and recorded ranges. Ranges specified may not be the entire known range for the species, but should include the known range within the waters surrounding of the bordering land masses.

List ordering and taxonomy complies where possible with the current usage in Fishbase, and may differ from the cited source, as listed citations are primarily for range or existence of records for the region. Sub-taxa within any given family are arranged alphabetically as a general rule. Details of each species may be available through the relevant internal links. Synonyms may be listed where useful.


Geographical scope

The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Coral Sea as follows:[1]

On the North. The South coast of New Guinea from the entrance to the Bensbak River (141°01'E) to Gado-Gadoa Island near its Southeastern extreme (10°38′S 150°34′E / 10.633°S 150.567°E / -10.633; 150.567), down this meridian to the 100 fathom line and thence along the Southern edges of Uluma (Suckling) Reef and those extending to the Eastward as far as the Southeast point of Lawik Reef (11°43.5′S 153°56.5′E / 11.7250°S 153.9417°E / -11.7250; 153.9417) off Tagula Island [Vanatinai], thence a line to the Southern extreme of Rennell Island and from its Eastern point to Cape Surville, the Eastern extreme of San Cristobal Island [Makira], Solomons; thence through Nupani, the Northwestern of the Santa Cruz Islands (10°04.5′S 165°40.5′E / 10.0750°S 165.6750°E / -10.0750; 165.6750) to the Northernmost Island of the Duff or Wilson Group (9°48.5′S 167°06′E / 9.8083°S 167.100°E / -9.8083; 167.100). On the Northeast. From the Northernmost island of the Duff or Wilson Group through these islands to their Southeastern extreme, thence a line to Mera Lava, New Hebrides Islands [Vanuatu] (14°25′S 163°03′E / 14.417°S 163.050°E / -14.417; 163.050) and down the Eastern coasts of the islands of this Group to Aneityum Island (20°11′S 169°51′E / 20.183°S 169.850°E / -20.183; 169.850) in such a way that all the islands of these Groups, and the straits separating them, are included in the Coral Sea.

On the Southeast. A line from the Southeastern extreme of Aneityum Island to Southeast (Nokanhui) Islets (22°46′S 167°34′E / 22.767°S 167.567°E / -22.767; 167.567) off the Southeast extreme of New Caledonia, thence through the East point of Middleton Reef to the Eastern extreme of Elizabeth Reef (29°55′S 159°02′E / 29.917°S 159.033°E / -29.917; 159.033) and down this meridian to Latitude 30° South.

On the South. The parallel of 30° South to the Australian coast.

On the West. The eastern limit of the Arafura Sea [The entrance to the Bensbak River (141°01'E), and thence a line to the northwest extreme of York Peninsula, Australia (11°05′S 142°03′E / 11.083°S 142.050°E / -11.083; 142.050)] and the East Coast of Australia as far south as Latitude 30° South.

Class Chondrichthyes

Order Hexanchiformes

Family Hexanchidae - Sixgill and sevengill sharks

  • Bluntnose sixgill shark Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Worldwide in tropical and tepmperate seas)[2]

Order Heterodontiformes

Family Heterodontidae – Hornsharks, Port Jackson sharks, bullhead sharks.

Order Orectolobiformes

Family Orectolobidae – Wobbegongs

Family Hemiscylliidae - Bamboo sharks

Family Stegostomatidae - Leopard sharks

Family Ginglymostomatidae - Nurse sharks

  • Tawny nurse shark Nebrius ferrugineus (Lesson, 1830) (Indo-West Pacific from East Africa and the Red Sea to the Society Islands)[2]

Family Rhincodontidae - Whale sharks

Order Lamniformes

Family Odontaspididae - Sand tiger sharks

  • Grey nurse shark Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 syn. Eugomphodus taurus (Around the Australian mainland, also widespread overseas)[3] (Tropical and temperate waters of most seas but absent from eastern and cantral Pacific Ocean)[2]

Family Alopiidae - Thresher sharks

Family Lamnidae – Makos, Mackerel sharks

Order Carcharhiniformes

Family Scyliorhinidae - Catsharks

Family Carcharhinidae – Whaler sharks, requiem sharks

Family Hemigaleidae - Weasel sharks

  • Whitetip reef shark Triaenodon obesus (Rueppell, 1837) (Indo-Pacific and tropical eastern Pacific)[2]

Family Sphyrnidae - Hammerhead sharks

Order Torpediniformes

Family Hypnidae – Coffin rays, electric rays

  • Coffin ray Hypnos monopterygium (Shaw and Nodder, 1795) (Broome, Western Australia to Caloundra, Queensland)[3](Western Australia, South Australia and southeastern Australia, including southern Queensland and adjacent Great Barrier Reef)[2]

Order Rajiformes

Family Rhinobatidae – Guitarfishes

  • Common shovelnose ray Glaucostegus typus (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)[4] syn. Rhinobatos batillum Whitley, 1939 ((as R. batillum)Northern Australia between Shark Bay, Western Australia and the Capricorn Group, occasionally near sand cays on the Great Barrier Reef)[2]

Order Myliobatiformes

Family Dasyatidae – Stingrays

  • Kuhl's stingray Dasyatis kuhlii (Mueller and Henle, 1841) (East Africa and Red Sea to Samoa and north to Japan)[2]
  • Blue-spotted stingray Taeniura lymma (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa to western Pacific and Great Barrier Reef) [2]
  • Black-blotched stingray Taeniura meyeni Mueller an Henle, 1841 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Thorny ray Urogymnus africanus (Bloch and Schneider 1801) (East Africa to northern Australia and the Marshall Islands)[2]

Family Myliobatidae – Eagle rays

  • Spotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari (Euphrasen, 1790) (Cosmopolitan in tropical to warm temperate seas)[2]

Family Mobulidae - Mantas and devil rays

Class Osteichthyes

Order Albuliformes

Family Albulidae - Bonefishes

Order Anguilliformes

Family Moringuidae - Worm eels

  • Slender worm-eel Moringua ferruginea (Bliss, 1883) (East Africa to Easter Island and north to Ryukyu Islands)[2]

Family Chlopsidae - False morays

Family Muraenidae – Moray eels

Family Ophichthidae – Snake eels, worm eels

Family Congridae – Conger eels

  • Speckled garden eel Gorgasia sp. (Western Pacific including Coral Sea, Guam and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Black edged conger Conger cinereus Rueppell, 1830 (East Africa and Red Sea to Easter Island)[2]
  • Spotted garden eel Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz and Eibl-Ebesfeldt, 1959) (Red Sea to Samoa and Line Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands)[2]

Order Clupeiformes

Family Clupeidae – Herrings, pilchards, sardines

Order Gonorhynchiformes

Family Chanidae - Milkfish

Order Siluriformes

Family Plotosidae - Eeltail catfishes

  • White-lipped catfish Paraplotosus albilabris (Valenciennes, 1840) (Indonesia, Melanesia and northern Australia)[2]
  • Striped catfish Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787) (East Africa and Red Sea to Samoa)[2]

Order Aulopiformes

Family Synodontidae – Lizardfishes

  • Slender lizardfish Saurida gracilis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Two-spot lizardfish Synodus binotatus Schultz, 1953 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Clearfin lizardfish Synodus dermatogenys Fowler, 1912 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Arrowtooth lizardfish Synodus doaki Russell and Cressey, 1979 (Hawaii, New Zealand, eastern Australia, Japan and East Africa)[2]
  • Javelinfish Synodus jaculum Russell and Cressey, 1979 (Scattered records from the Line Islands in the central Pacific to Natal and the Comoro Islands)[2]
  • Redmarbled lizardfish Synodus rubromarmoratus Russell and Cressey, 1979 (Only known from Taiwan, Philippines and the Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Reef lizardfish, variegated lizardfish Synodus variegatus (Lacepede, 1803) (Tropical Australia south to Jutten Bay, Western Australia and Merimbula, New South Wales. Also Lord Howe Island and widespread in the Indo-Pacific region)[3] (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Snakefish Trachinocephalus myops (Forster in Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Indo-Pacific and Atlantic, tropical to warm temperate)[2]

Order Ophidiiformes

Family Ophidiidae – Cusk eels (?), lings, brotulas

Family Carapidae - Pearlfishes

Family Bythitidae - Cuskeels

Order Batrachoidiformes

Family Batrachoididae – Frogfishes, toadfishes

  • Banded toadfish Halophryne diemensis (Lesueur, 1824) (Northern Australia from Shark Bay, Western Australia to Heron Island, Queensland and throughout the Indo-Malayan Archipelago)[2]

Order Lophiiformes

Family Antennariidae – Anglerfishes

  • Freckled anglerfish Antennarius coccineus (Cuvier in Lesson, 1831) (Indo-Pacific eastward to the Americas)[2]
  • White-finger anglerfish Antennarius nummifer (Cuvier, 1817) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Society Islands, and north to Japan)[2]
  • Painted anglerfish Antennarius pictus (Shaw and Nodder, 1794) (East Africa to the Society and Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Striate anglerfish, striped anglerfish Antennarius striatus (Shaw and Nodder 1794) (Tropical Australia south to Wollagong, New South Wales and Geraldton Western Australia)[3]
  • Tuberculated anglerfish Antennarius tuberosus (Cuvier, 1817) (East Africa to Samoa and the Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Sargassum fish Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758) (Indo-West Pacific and tropical Atlantic)[2]

Order Gobiesociformes

Family Gobiesocidae – Clingfishes, shore eels

Order Beloniformes

Family Exocoetidae - Flying fishes

  • Sutton's flying fish Cypselurus suttoni (Whitley and Colefax, 1938) (Central and western Oceania)[2]

Family Hemiramphidae - Garfishes, halfbeaks

Family Belonidae - Longtoms or needlefishes

Order Atheriniformes

Family Atherinidae – Hardyheads, silversides

Order Beryciformes

Family Monocentridae – Pineapplefishes

  • Australian pineapplefish, knightfish Cleidopus gloriamaris De Vis, 1882 (Shark Bay, Western Australia to Great Australian Bight, Western Australia and Eden, New South Wales to Capricorn Group, Queensland.)[3] (East and west coasts of Australia)[2]

Family Holocentridae - Squirrelfishes and soldierfishes

Order Syngnathiformes

Family Aulostomidae - Trumpetfishes

Family Fistulariidae - Flutemouths

Family Centriscidae - Razorfishes and shrimpfishes

Family Solenostomidae - Ghost pipefishes

Family Syngnathidae – Pipefishes, pipehorses, seahorses, seadragons

Order Scorpaeniformes

Family Dactylopteridae - Helmet gurnards

Family Scorpaenidae – Scorpionfishes

Family Caracanthidae - Crouchers, orbicular velvetfishes

  • Spotted croucher Caracanthus maculatus (Gray, 1831) (East Indies and Australia to southeastern Polynesia, and north to Japan)[2]
  • Coral croucher Caracanthus unipinna (Gray, 1831) (East Africa to the Taumotus, and north to Japan)[2]

Family Aploactinidae – Velvetfishes

  • Threefin velvetfish Neoaploactis tridorsalis Eschmeyer and Allen, 1978 (Known only from Rottnest Island and Shark Bay in Western Australia and One Tree Island in the Capricorn Group of the southern Great Barrier Reef)[2]

Family Platycephalidae – Flatheads

  • Dwarf flathead Onigocia oligolepis (Regan, 1908) (Indo-West Pacific)[2]
  • Sand flathead Thysanophrys arenicola Schultz, 1966 (East Africa to the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Longsnout flathead Thysanophrys chiltonae Schultz, 1966 (East Africa to Marquesas Islands)[2]
  • Fringelip flathead Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829) syn. Thysanophrys otaitensis (East Africa to the Taumotus)[2]

Order Perciformes

Family Centropomidae - Barramundi

Family Serranidae – Rockcods, seaperches, groupers

Subfamily Anthiinae - Anthias

  • Waite's splitfin Luzonichthys waitei (Fowler, 1931) (Philippines, Indonesia and Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Longfin perchlet Plectranthias longimanus (Weber, 1913) (Western Pacific to East Africa)[2]
  • Dwarf perchlet Plectranthias nanus Randall, 1980 (Islands of Oceania to Christmas and Cocos-Keeling Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean)[2]
  • Redblotch perchlet Plectranthias winniensis (Tyler, 1966) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Bicolour anthias Pseudanthias bicolor (Randall, 1979) (Hawaii and New Caledonia to the islands of the western Indian Ocean)[2]
  • Silverstreak anthias Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan, 1902) (Line Islands and Samoa west to East Africa)[2]
  • Redfin anthias Pseudanthias dispar (Herre, 1955) (Western Pacific to Samoa and the Line Islands)[2]
  • Barrier Reef anthias Pseudanthias engelhardi (Allen and Starck, 1983) (Known only from Escape Reef, Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Striped anthias Pseudanthias fasciatus (Kamohara, 1954) (Southern Japan to the Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Threadfin anthias Pseudanthias huchtii (Bleeker, 1857) (Philippines to Vanuatu and the Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Stocky anthias Pseudanthias hypselosoma Bleeker, 1878 (Samoa to Maldives)[2]
  • Lori's anthias Pseudanthias lori (Lubbock and Randall, 1976) (French Polynesia to Christmas Island, Indian Ocean)[2]
  • Yellowlined anthias Pseudanthias luzonensis (Katayama and Masuda, 1983) (Philippines, Indonesia and the northern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Amethyst anthias Pseudanthias pascalus (Jordan and Tanaka, 1927) (French Polynesia to Australia, and in the north Pacific from the Marshall Islands to southern Japan) [2]
  • Painted anthias Pseudanthias pictilis (Randall and Allen, 1978) (New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island and the southern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Squarespot anthias Pseudanthias pleurotaenia (Bleeker, 1857) (Philippines south to northern Great Barrier Reef and east to the Marshall Islands and Samoa)[2]
  • Redbar anthias Pseudanthias rubrizonatus (Randall, 1983) (Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Princess anthia Pseudanthias smithvanizi (Randall and Lubbock, 1981) (Marshall Islands to Christmas and Keeling-Cocos Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean)[2]
  • Scalefin anthias Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855) (Western Pacific to East Africa and the Red Sea) [2]
  • Purple anthias Pseudanthias tuka (Herre and Montalban, 1927) (Philippines to northern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Longfin anthias Pseudanthias ventralis (Randall, 1979) (Great Barrier Reef north to southern Japan, East to the islands of Oceania except Hawaii)[2]
  • Hawk anthias Serranocirrhitus latus (Watanabe, 1949) (Southern Japan, Indonesia, Palau, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and the Great Barrier Reef)[2]

Subfamily Epinephelinae - Rockcods

  • Redmouth rockcod Aethaloperca rogaa (Forsskal, 1775) (Red Sea and coast of East Africa to Kiribati) [2]
  • White-lined rockcod Anyperodon leucogrammicus (Valenciennes, 1828) (Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa and the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Peacock rockcod Cephalopholis argus Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Indo-Pacific and Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Brown-barred rockcod Cephalopholis boenak (Bloch, 1790) (Western Pacific to East Africa)[2]
  • Blue-spotted rockcod Cephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828) (Philippines to Queensland, west to Thailand and Western Australia)[2]
  • Blue-lined rockcod Cephalopholis formosa (Shaw, 1804) (Western Pacific to Western India)[2]
  • Leopard rockcod Cephalopholis leopardus (Lacepede, 1801) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Dothead rockcod Cephalopholis microprion (Bleeker, 1852) (Western Pacific to Andaman Sea)[2]
  • Coral cod Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskal, 1775) (Line Islands in the central Pacific to East Africa and the Red Sea)[2]
  • Sixspot rockcod Cephalopholis sexmaculata (Rueppell, 1830) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Tomato rockcod Cephalopholis sonnerati (Valenciennes, 1828) (Line Islands and Kiribati in central Pacific to East Africa)[2]
  • Strawberry rockcod Cephalopholis spiloparaea (Valenciennes, 1828) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Flagtail rockcod Cephalopholis urodeta (Bloch and Scneider, 1801) (Central and western Pacific)[2]
  • Barramundi cod Cromileptes altivelis (Valenciennes, 1828) (Western Pacific to Nicobar Islands)[2]
  • Areolate rockcod Epinephelus areolatus (Forsskal, 1775) (Western Pacific to East Africa and the Red Sea)[2]
  • White-spotted rockcod Epinephelus caerulopunctatus (Bloch, 1790) (Kiribati and Caroline Islands to East Africa)[2]
  • Estuary cod Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822) (Western Pacific to western Indian Ocean)[2]
  • Coral rockcod Epinephelus corallicola (Valenciennes, 1828) (Western Pacific)[2]
  • Blue Maori Epinephelus cyanopodus (Richardson, 1846) (Western Pacific to Marshall Islands and Kiribati)[2]
  • Black-tipped rockcod Epinephalus fasciatus (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Flowery cod Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskal, 1775) (Marshall Islands and Phoenix Islands to East Africa and the Red Sea)[2]
  • Hexagon rockcod Epinephelus hexagonatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Blacksaddle rockcod Epinephelus howlandi (Guenther, 1873) (Western Pacific from Ryukyu Islands to Great Barrier Reef and east to the Marshalls and Samoa)[2]
  • Queensland grouper Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1790) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Snubnose rockcod Epinephelus macrospilos (Bleeker, 1855) (Central western Pacific to Nicobar Islands)[2]
  • Trout cod Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) (Western Pacific to Marshall Islands and Samoa)[2]
  • Malabar grouper Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Western Pacific to East Africa and Red Sea)[2]
  • Dwarf spotted rockcod Epinephelus merra Bloch, 1793 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Speckled-fin rockcod Epinephelus ongus (Bloch, 1790) (Caroline Islands and Western Pacific to East Africa)[2]
  • Camouflage rockcod Epinephelus polyphekadion (Bleeker, 1856) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Longfin rockcod Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes, 1830) (Western Pacific to southwest coast of Thailand)[2]
  • Chinaman rockcod Epinephelus rivulatus (Valenciennes, 1830) (Western Pacific and Indian Ocean)[2]
  • Sixbar rockcod Epinephelus sexfasciatus (Valenciennes, 1828) (Indo-Malayan region)[2]
  • Four-saddle rockcod Epinephelus spilotoceps Schultz, 1953 (Line Islands in the central Pacific to East Africa)[2]
  • Greasy rockcod Epinephelus tauvina (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Potato cod Epinephelus tukula Morgans, 1959 (Western Pacific to East Africa and the Red Sea)[2]
  • Maori cod Epinephelus undulatostriatus (Peters, 1866) (Southern Great Barrier Reef to New South Wales)[2]
  • Thinspine rockcod Gracila albomarginata (Fowler and Bean, 1930) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Squaretail coral trout Plectropomus areolatus (Rueppell, 1830) (Marshall Islands and Samoa to the Maldives and Red Sea)[2]
  • Chinese footballer Plectropomus laevis (Lacepede, 1802) (Indo-Pacific except Red Sea)[2]
  • Coral trout Plectropomus leopardus (Lacepede, 1802) (Fiji and Caroline Islands to Western Australia)[2]
  • Barred-cheek coral trout Plectropomus maculatus (Bloch, 1790) (Philippines, southeast Asia, Indonesia and Australia)[2]
  • Highfin coral trout Plectropomus oligacanthus (Bleeker, 1854) (Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomons and north Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Lyretail trout Variola albimarginata Baissac, 1953 (Western Pacific to western Indian Ocean)[2]
  • Coronation trout Variola louti (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific)[2]

Subfamily Grammistinae

Tribe Liopropomini

  • Headband perch Liopropoma mitratum Lubbock and Randall, 1978 (Scattered through Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Manyline perch Liopropoma multilineatum Randall and Taylor, 1988 (Philippines to the Coral Sea and Fiji)[2]
  • Meteor perch Liopropoma susumi (Jordan and Seale, 1906) (Line Islands and Samoa to East Africa)[2]
  • Flathead perch Rainfordia opercularis McCulloch, 1923 (Queensland to Western Australia)[2]

Tribe Diploprioni

Tribe Grammistini

Tribe Pseudogrammini

Family Pseudochromidae – Dottybacks and eel blennies

Subfamily Congrogadinae

Subfamily Pseudochromidae

  • Oblique-lined dottyback Cypho purpurascens (De Vis, 1884) (Southwestern Pacific)[2]
  • Fine-scaled dottyback Lubbockichthys multisquamatus (Allen, 1987) syn. Pseudoplesiops multisquamatus (Eastern Indian Ocean to central Pacific) [2]
  • Multicoloured dottyback Ogilbyina novaehollandiae (Steindachner, 1880) (Southern Great Barrier Reef) [2]
  • Queensland dottyback Ogilbyina queenslandiae (Saville-Kent, 1893) (Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Sailfin dottyback Ogilbyina velifera (Lubbock, 1980) (Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Double-striped dottyback Pseudochromis bitaeniatus (Fowler, 1931) (Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands and the northern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Blue-barred dottyback Pseudochromis cyanotaenia Bleeker, 1857 (Eastern Indian Ocean to central Pacific)[2]
  • Brown dottyback Pseudochromis fuscus Mueller and Troschel, 1849 (Central Indian Ocean to western Pacific)[2]
  • Firetail dottyback Pseudochromis flammicauda Lubbock and Goldman, 1976 (Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Spot-tailed dottyback Pseudochromis jamesi Schultz, 1943 (South-western Pacific)[2]
  • Royal dottyback Pseudochromis paccagnellae Axelrod, 1973 (Indonesia to Melanesia and Australia)[2]
  • Midnight dottyback Pseudochromis paranox Lubbock and Goldman, 1976 (Southwestern Pacific)[2]
  • Spotted dottyback Pseudochromis quinquedentatus McCulloch, 1926 (Northern Australia)[2]
  • Yellowfin dottyback Pseudochromis wilsoni (Whitley, 1929) (Northern Australia)[2]
  • Bug-eyed dottyback Pseudoplesiops knighti Allen, 1987 (Indonesia, Melanesia and northern Australia) [2]
  • Large-scaled dottyback Pseudoplesiops rosae Schultz, 1943 (Eastern Indian Ocean to central Pacific)[2]
  • Bearded dottyback Pseudoplesiops sp. (Central Indian Ocean to western Pacific)[2]
  • Ring-eyed dottyback Pseudoplesiops typus Bleeker, 1858 (Eastern Indian Ocean to central Pacific)[2]

Family Plesiopidae – Prettyfins, blue devilfishes, hulafishes, longfins

  • Yellow devilfish Assessor flavissimus Allen and Kuiter, 1976 (Northern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Blue devilfish Assessor macneilli Whitley, 1935 (Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia)[2]
  • Comet Calloplesiops altivelis (Steindachner, 1903) (East Africa and Red Sea to Tonga and the Line Islands)[2]
  • Blue-tip longfin Paraplesiops poweri Ogilby, 1908 (Central and southern Queensland and adjacent Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Red-tipped longfin Plesiops coeruleolineatus Rueppell, 1835 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Australia and the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Coral Sea longfin Plesiops insularis Mooi and Randall, 1991 (Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Plesiops genaricus Mooi and Randall (Great Barrier Reef)[2]

Subfamily Acanthoclininae

  • Banded spiny basslet Belonepterygion fasciolatum (Ogilby, 1889) (West and east coasts of Australia in tropical and subtropical seas, and Lord Howe Island)[2]

Family Teraponidae - Grunters

  • Crescent grunter Terapon jarbua (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa)[2]

Family Kuhliidae - Flagtails

  • Fiveband flagtail Kuhlia mugil (Forster in Bloch and Scneider, 1801) (Indo-Pacific and tropical eastern Pacific)[2]

Family Priacanthidae - Bigeyes

Family Apogonidae – Cardinalfishes

  • Ring-tailed cardinalfish Apogon aureus (Lacepede, 1802) (East Africa to western Pacific)[2]
  • Ruby cardinalfish Apogon crassiceps Garman, 1903 (Western Pacific to islands of Oceania except Hawaii) [2]
  • Split-banded cardinalfish Apogon compressus (Smith and Radcliffe, 1911) (East Indies to Solomon Islands and North to Ryukyu Islands) [2]
  • Yellow-striped cardinalfish Apogon cyanosoma Bleeker, 1853 (East Africa and Red Sea to Australia and the Marshall Islands) [2]
  • Doederlein's cardinalfish Apogon doederleini Jordan and Snyder, 1901 (Western Pacific antitropical: Southern Japan to Taiwan in the north, subtropical Australia to New Caledonia and the Kermadec Islands in the south) [2]
  • Fragile cardinalfish Apogon fragilis Smith, 1961 (East Africa to Samoa) [2]
  • Frostfin cardunalfish Apogon hoeveni Bleeker, 1854 (East Indies and northern Australia to Japan) [2]
  • Longspine cardinalfish Apogon leptacanthus Bleeker, 1856 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa) [2]
  • Moluccan cardinalfish Apogon moluccensis Valenciennes, 1832 (East Indies and northern Australia) [2]
  • Blackstripe cardinalfish Apogon nigrofasciatus Lachner, 1953 (Red Sea to the Taumotus) [2]
  • Spotnape cardinalfish Apogon notatus (Houttuyn, 1782) (Coral Sea to southern Japan) [2]
  • Sangi cardinalfish Apogon sangiensis Bleeker, 1857 (East Indies to Vanuatu and north to Japan) [2]
  • Oblique banded cardinalfish Apogon semiornatus Peters, 1876 (East Africa to northern Australia and north to Japan) [2]
  • Three-spot cardinalfish Apogon trimaculatus Cuvier, 1828 (East Indies to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands) [2]
  • Three saddle cardinalfish Apogon sp. (French Polynesia and Marshall Islands to northern Indian Ocean) [2]
  • Timor cardinalfish Apogonichthyoides timorensis (Bleeker, 1854)[6] syn. Apogon timorensis ((as A. timorensis) East Africa and the Red Sea to northern Australia and north to Japan) [2]
  • Ocellated cardinalfish Apogonichthys ocellatus (Weber,1913) (East Africa to the Marquesas and Taumotus) [2]
  • Narrow-lined cardinalfish Archamia fucata (Cantor, 1850) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa) [2]
  • Lea's cardinalfish Archamia leai Waite, 1916 (Coral Sea and southern Great Barrier Reef) [2]
  • Two-spot cardinalfish Archamia biguttata Lachner, 1951 (Northern Australia and New Guinea) [2]
  • Girdled cardinalfish Archamia zosterophora (Bleeker, 1856) (Indonesia and Philippines to New Caledonia and north to the Ryukyu Islands) [2]
  • Tiger cardinalfish Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepede, 1802) (Indo-Pacific) [2]
  • Wolf cardinalfish Cheilodipterus artus Smith, 1961 (East Africa to the Taumotu Archipelago, In the western Pacific from Ryukyu Islands to the Great Barrier Reef) [2]
  • Five-lined cardinalfish Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier, 1828 (East Africa and the Red Sea to southeastern Polynesia) [2]
  • Mimic cardinalfish Cheilodipterus parazonatus Gon, 1993 (Indonesia, Phlippines, New Guinea and Queensland) [2]
  • Weed cardinalfish Foa brachygramma (Jenkins, 1903) (East Africa to Hawaiian Islands) [2]
  • Dwarf cardinalfish Fowleria vaiulae (Jordan and Seale, 1906) (Red Sea to western Pacific) [2]
  • Aurita cardinalfish Fowleria aurita (Valenciennes, 1831) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the western Pacific) [2]
  • Eared cardinalfish Fowleria marmorata (Alleyne and Macleay, 1877) (Red Sea to southeastern Polynesia) [2]
  • Peppered cardinalfish Fowleria punctulata (Rueppell, 1838) ( Red Sea to central and south Pacific) [2]
  • Variegated cardinalfish Fowleria variegata (Valenciennes, 1832) (Red Sea to Samoa and north to Ryukyu Islands) [2]
  • Eightspine cardinalfish Neamia octospina Smith and Radcliffe, 1912 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Australia and Philippine Islands) [2]
  • Guam cardinalfish Nectamia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)[7] syn. Apogon guamensis Valenciennes, 1832 ((as A. guamensis) East Africa and Red Sea to Samoa) [2]
  • Samoan cardinalfish Nectamia savayensis (Günther, 1872) syn. Apogon savayensis ((as A. savayensis)Indo-Pacific from East Africa to French Polynesia) [2]
  • Striped cardinalfish Ostorhinchus angustatus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911) syn. Apogon angustatus ((as A. angustatus)East Africa and the Red Sea to Melanesia and Micronesia)[2]
  • Goldbelly cardinalfish Ostorhinchus apogonoides (Bleeker, 1856) syn. Apogon apogonides ((as A. apogonides) East Africa to East Indies and Australia)[2]
  • Cook’s cardinalfish Ostorhinchus cookii (MacLeay, 1881) syn. Apogon cookii ((as A. cookii)East Africa to Australia, north to Japan) [2]
  • Rifle cardinalfish Ostorhinchus kiensis (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) syn. Apogon kiensis ((as A. kiensis)East Africa and Red Sea north to Japan) [2]
  • Nine-banded cardinalfish Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus (Cuvier, 1828)[8] syn. Apogon novemfasciatus ((as A. novemfasciatus) Cocos-Keeling Islands to Samoa and north to the Izu Islands) [2]
  • Coral cardinalfish Ostorhinchus properuptus (Whitley, 1964)[9] syn. Apogon properupta ((as A. properupta) Queensland and the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef south to Montague Island, New South Wales) [2]
  • Reef-flat cardinalfish Ostorhinchus taeniophorus (Regan, 1908)[10] syn. Apogon taeniophorus ((as A. taeniophorus) Mauritius to Polynesia) [2]
  • Flame cardinalfish Ostorhinchus talboti (Smith, 1961)[11] syn. Apogon talboti Smith, 1961 ((as A. talboti)Indo-Pacific) [2]
  • Narrowstripe cardinalfish Pristiapogon exostigma (Jordan & Starks, 1906) syn. Apogon exostigma ((as A. exostigma)Red Sea to southeastern Polynesia) [2]
  • Spur-cheek cardinalfish Pristiapogon fraenatus (Valenciennes, 1832) syn. Apogon fraenatus ((as A. fraenatus)East Africa and Red Sea to the Line Islands and Taumotu Archipelago) [2]
  • Iridescent cardinalfish Pristiapogon kallopterus (Bleeker, 1856)[12] syn.Apogon kallopterus Bleeker, 1856 ((as A. kallopterus) East Africa and Red Sea to Polynesia) [2]
  • Gelatinous cardinalfish Pseudamia gelatinosa Smith, 1954 (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Society Islands and north to Japan) [2]
  • Slender cardinalfish Rhabdamia gracilis (Bleeker, 1856) (East Africa to the Marshall Islands) [2]
  • Striped siphonfish Siphamia majimai Matsubara and Iwai, 1958 (Northern Australia to Japan) [2]
  • Threadfin cardinalfish Sphaeramia nematoptera (Bleeker, 1856) (East Indies and northern Australia to Micronesia and north to Japan) [2]

Family Malacanthidae - Sand tilefishes

  • Grey tilefish Hoplolatilus cuniculus Randall and Dooley, 1974 (Mauritius to the Society Islands) [2]
  • Blue tilefish Hoplolatilus starcki Randall and Dooley, 1974 (Indonesia to Australia, Melanesia and Micronesia) [2]
  • Flagtail banquillo Malacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848 (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Hawaiian Islands) [2]
  • Blue blanquilillo Malacanthus latovittatus (Lacepede, 1801) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Cook Islands, north to Japan) [2]

Family Echeneidae - Remoras, suckerfish

Family Carangidae – Trevallies

Family Coryphaenidae – Dolphinfishes

Family Lutjanidae – Snappers

  • Small-toothed jobfish Aphareus furca (Lacepede, 1802) (East Africa to Polynesia) [2]
  • Green jobfish Aprion virescens Valenciennes, 1830 (East Africa and the Red sea to Polynesia) [2]
  • Hussar Lutjanus adetii Castelnau, 1873 (Eastern Australia and the Coral Sea) [2]
  • Mangrove jack Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa. Introduced to eastern Mediterranean) [2]
  • Red bass Lutjanus bohar (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Marquesas and Line Islands) [2]
  • Spanish flag Lutjanus carponotatus (Richardson, 1842) (Andaman sea to northern Australia) [2]
  • Checkered seaperch Lutjanus decussatus (Cuvier, 1828) (Andaman Sea to Northern Australia) [2]
  • Black spot snapper Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa) [2]
  • Yellow margined seaperch Lutjanus fulvus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (East Africa and the Red Sea to eastern Oceania. Introduced in the Hawaiian Islands) [2]
  • Paddletail Lutjanus gibbus (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to southeastern Oceania) [2]
  • Bluestripe seaperch Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa to Polynesia. Introduced in Hawaiian Islands) [2]
  • Dark-tailed seaperch Lutjanus lemniscatus (Valenciennes,1828) (Sri Lanka to northern Australia) [2]
  • Bigeye seaperch Lutjanus lutjanus (Bloch, 1790) (East Africa to Australia, Melanesia and Mariana Islands) [2]
  • Onespot seaperch Lutjanus monostigma (Cuvier, 1828) (East Africa and Red Sea to the Marquesa and Line Islands) [2]
  • Five-lined seaperch Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790) (Persian Gulf to Fiji) [2]
  • Maori seaperch Lutjanus rivulatus (Cuvier, 1828) (East Africa and Red Sea to Society Islands and north to Japan) [2]
  • Moses perch Lutjanus russelli (Bleeker, 1849) (East Africa to Fiji) [2]
  • Red emperor Lutjanus sebae (Cuvier, 1828) (East Africa to western Pacific) [2]
  • Black banded seaperch Lutjanus semicinctus Quoy and Gaimard, 1824 (Indonesia to Fiji) [2]
  • Brownstripe seaperch Lutjanus vitta (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (Seychelles to western Pacific) [2]
  • Midnight seaperch Macolor macularis Fowler, 1931 (East Indies and northern Australia to Ryukyu Islands) [2]
  • Black and white seaperch Macolor niger (Forsskal 1775) (East Africa to Samoa) [2]
  • Sailfin snapper Symphorichthys spilurus (Guenther, 1874) (Western Pacific from northern Australia to Ryukyu Islands) [2]
  • Chinamanfish Symphorus nematophorus (Bleeker, 1860) (Western Pacific from northern Australia to Ryukyu Islands) [2]

Family Caesionidae – Fusiliers

  • Scissortail fusilier Caesio caerulaurea Lacepede, 1801 (East Africa to Samoa) [2]
  • Red-bellied fusilier Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791) (Sri Lanka to New Caledonia, north to the Ryukyu Islands) [2]
  • Lunar fusilier Caesio lunaris Cuvier, 1830 (East Africa to Melanesia) [2]
  • Blue and gold fusilier Caesio teres Seale, 1906 (East Africa to the Line Islands and north to Japan) [2]
  • Marr's fusilier Pterocaesio marri Schultz, 1953 (East Africa to the Marquesas and north to Japan) [2]
  • Neon fusilier Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830) (East Africa to southeastern Oceania and north to Japan) [2]
  • Three lined fusilier Pterocaesio trilineata Carpenter, 1987 (Western and Central Pacific) [2]

Family Lobotidae - Tripletails

Family Gerreidae – Silverbiddies, silverbellies

  • Oceanic silver biddy Gerres longirostris (Lacepède, 1801)[14] syn. Gerres acinaces Bleeker, 1854 ((as G. acinaces)East Africa and Red Sea to Samoa) [2]

Family Haemulidae – Sweetlips, grunts, grunter breams

  • Painted sweetlips Diagramma pictum (Thunberg,1792) (East Africa and the Red Sea to New Caledonia, and north to Japan) [2]
  • Goldstriped sweetlips Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia (Bleeker,1855) (Indonesia to New Caledonis and north to the Ryukyu Islands) [2]
  • Many-spotted sweetlips Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides (Lacepède, 1800) (Cocos-Keeling Islands to Samoa) [2]
  • Striped sweetlips Plectorhinchus lessonii (Cuvier, 1830) (Malaysia to Melanesia and north to Japan) [2]
  • Goldspotted sweetlips, netted sweetlips, netted morwong Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus (Ehrenberg, 1830) (Tropical Australia south to Geographe Bay, Western Australia, and to Moruya, New South Wales. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[3] (Cuvier, 1830) (East Africa and the Red Sea to western Pacific) [2]
  • Brown sweetlips, blubber-lip bream Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacepède, 1802) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa, and north to the Ryukyu Islands) [2]
  • Diagonal banded sweetlips Plectorhinchus lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Western Pacific from Australia to the Ryukyu Islands) [2]
  • Giant sweetlips Plectorhinchus albovittatus (Rueppell, 1838) (Red Sea to Fiji) [2]
  • Dotted sweetlips Plectorhinchus picus (Cuvier, 1830) (Seychelles to society Islands and north to Japan) [2]
  • Somber sweetlips Plectorhinchus unicolor (Macleay, 1883) (Papua New Guinea to Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef) [2]

Family Sparidae – Breams

  • Yellowfin bream, bream, silver bream Acanthopagrus australis (Owen, 1853) (Lakes Entrance, Victoria, to Townsville, Queensland.)[3]
  • Tarwhine Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskål, 1775) (Coral Bay to Albany, Western Australia, and Lakes Entrance, Victoria, to Queensland. Also widespread overseas.)[3]
  • Snapper, cockney bream, red bream, squire, old man Pagrus auratus (Schneider, 1801) (Barrow Island, Western Australia, to Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland, and northern Tasmania. Also New Zealand, Japan and the Indo-Malayan region.)[3](Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (New Zealand and southern Australia north to the Capricorns) [2]

Family Lethrinidae – Emperors

Family Nemipteridae – Coral breams

  • Japanese butterfish Pentapodus nagasakiensis (Tanaka, 1915) (Western Pacific from Japan to northern Australia. Reported from Lizard Island and Lihou Reef)[2]
  • Paradise butterfish Pentapodus paradiseus (Guenther, 1859) (Northeastern Australia to the Arafura sea)[2]
  • Blue butterfish Pentapodus sp. (Northeastern Australia to Fiji)[2]
  • Pale monocle bream Scolopsis affinis Peters, 1877 (Indonesia and Philippines to Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Bridled monocle bream Scolopsis bilineata (Bloch, 1793) (Andaman Sea to Fiji and north to Japan)[2]
  • Lined monocle bream Scolopsis lineata Quoy and Gaimard, 1824[15] syn. Scolopsis cancellatus (Cocos-Keeling Islands to Polynesia)[2]
  • Pearly monocle bream Scolopsis margaritifera (Cuvier, 1830)[16] (Malay Peninsula to Melanesia and northern Australia)[2]
  • Monocle bream Scolopsis monogramma (Cuvier, 1830) (Andaman Sea to New Caledonia and north to Taiwan)[2]
  • Threelined monocle bream Scolopsis trilineata Kner, 1868[17] (Western Pacific to Samoa)[2]

Family Mullidae – Goatfishes, red mullet

  • Yellowstripe goatfish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacepede, 1801) syn. M. samoensis (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Yellowfin goatfish Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Bicolour goatfish Parupeneus barberinoides (Bleeker, 1852) (Western Pacific east to Micronesia and Samoa)[2]
  • Dash-dot goatfish Parupeneus barberinus (Lacepede, 1801) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Doublebar goatfish Parupeneus trifasciatus (Lacepède, 1801)[18] syn. Parupeneus bifasciatus (Lacepede, 1801) ((as P. bifasciatus)Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Cardinal goatfish Parupeneus ciliatus (Lacepede, 1801) syn. P. fraterculus, P. pleurotaenia (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Goldsaddle goatfish Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepede, 1801) syn. P. chryserydros, P. luteus (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Cinnabar goatfish Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepede 1801) syn. P. cinnabarensis, P. Pleurospilos (East Africa to the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Indian goatfish Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803) (East Africa to Samoa)[2]
  • Manybar goatfish Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825) (Central and western Pacific)[2]
  • Sidespot goatfish Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1830) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Blacksaddle goatfish, blackspot goatfish Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854) syn. P. signatus (Tropical Australia south to Geographe Bay, Western Australia, and to Mallacoota, Victoria. Also Lord Howe Island, New Zealand and New Guinea.)[3] (Northern New Zealand and New Caledonia to Western Australia)[2]
  • Bartail goatfish, freckled goatfish Upeneus tragula Richardson, 1846 (Tropical Australia south to Perth, Western Australia, and to Merimbula, New South Wales.)[3] (Western Pacific to East Africa)[2]

Family Pempheridae – Bullseyes, sweepers

  • Golden sweeper Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 (Western Pacific east to New Caledonia and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Bronze sweeper Pempheris analis Waite, 1910 (Kermadec Islands, Lord Howe Island, southern Great Barrier Reef and Western Australia)[2]
  • Copper sweeper Pempheris otaitensis Lesson, 1830 (Islands of Oceania and western Pacific to Western Australia and Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean)[2]
  • Silver sweeper Pempheris schwenkii Bleeker, 1855 (Fiji and Vanuatu through Australia and Indonesia to East Africa)[2]

Family Kyphosidae – Drummers, rudderfishes

  • Topsail drummer Kyphosus cinerascens Forsskal, 1775 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Polynesia)[2]
  • Long finned drummer Kyphosis vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard 1825) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Polynesia)[2]
  • Stripey Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831) (Antiequatorial, Isolated populations in western and eastern Australia, and in the Hawaiian Island and Taiwan to Japan)[2]

Family Ephippidae - Batfishes

  • Hump-headed batfish Platax batavianus Cuvier, 1831 (Malay Peninsula to northern Australia)[2]
  • Orbicular batfish Platax orbicularis (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Taumotus)[2]
  • Pinnate batfish Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Western Pacific from the Ryukyu Islands to Australia)[2]
  • Teira batfish Platax teira (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Melanesia)[2]
  • Short-finned batfish Zabidius novemaculeatus (McCulloch, 1916)[19] syn. Platax novemaculatus ((as P. novemaculatus)Northern Australia and southern New Guinea)[2]

Family Chaetodontidae – Butterflyfishes

Family Pomacanthidae - Angelfishes

  • Three-spot angelfish Apolemichthys trimaculatus (Valenciennes, 1831) (East Africa to Samoa and north to Japan)[2]
  • Golden angelfish Centropyge aurantia Randall and Wass, 1974[20] (Northern Great Barrier Reef to Samoa)[2]
  • Bicolor angelfish Centropyge bicolor (Bloch, 1787) (Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) to Samoa and north to Japan)[2]
  • Two-spined angelfish Centropyge bispinosus (Guenther, 1860) (East Africa to Tuamotus and north to Izu Islands)[2]
  • White-tail angelfish Centropyge flavicauda Fraser-Brunner, 1933 (Queensland and East Indies north to Japan and east to the Tuamotu Archipelago)[2]
  • Lemonpeel angelfish Centropyge flavissima (Cuvier, 1831)[21] (Cocos-Leeling Islands to southeastern Oceania and north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Herald's angelfish Centropyge heraldi Woods and Schultz, 1953 (Queensland to the Tuamotus and north to Taiwan)[2]
  • Flame angelfish Centropyge loricula (Guenther, 1874)[22] syn. C. flammeus (Oceanic coral reefs from Queensland to Samoa and the Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Multi-barred angelfish Centropyge multifasciata (Smith and Radcliffe, 1911)[23] (Cocos-Keeling Islands to Society Islands)[2]
  • Midnight angelfish Centropyge nox (Bleeker, 1853) (Queensland and Melanesia north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Keyhole angelfish Centropyge tibicen (Cuvier, 1831) (Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) to Melanesia and north to Japan)[2]
  • Pearl-scaled angelfish Centropyge vrolikii (Bleeker, 1853) (Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) to Melanesia and Micronesia)[2]
  • Conspicuous angelfish Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus (Waite, 1900) (Southern part of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea)[2]
  • Scribbled angelfish Chaetodontoplus duboulayi (Guenther, 1867) (Northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Also reported from Japan)[2]
  • Queensland yellowtail angelfish Chaetodontoplus meredithi Kuiter, 1990 (Queensland coastal and inner reefs)[2]
  • Lamarck's angelfish Genicanthus lamarck (Lacepede, 1802) (East Africa and Indonesia to Queensland and Solomon Islands, and north to Japan. Recorded from Escape Reef on the northern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Black-spot angelfish Genicanthus melanospilos (Bleeker, 1857) (Queensland to Fiji and north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Watanabe's angelfish Genicanthus watanabei (Yasuda and Tominaga, 1970) (Queensland to Tuamotus and north to Taiwan)[2]
  • Emperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Tuamotus and north to Japan)[2]
  • Blue-girdled angelfish Pomacanthus navarchus (Cuvier, 1831) (Indonesia and Philippines to northern Queensland)[2]
  • Semicircle angelfish Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831) (East Africa to Samoa)[2]
  • Six-banded angelfish Pomacanthus sexstriatus (Cuvier, 1831) (Malaysia to Solomon Islands and north to Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Yellowmask angelfish Pomacanthus xanthometopon (Bleeker, 1853) (Maldive Islands to Vanuatu and north to Yaeyama Islands)[2]
  • Regal angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Tuamotus and north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]

Family Pomacentridae – Damselfishes

  • Bengal sergeant Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787) (Northeastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific)[2]
  • Banded sergeant Abudefduf septemfasciatus (Cuvier, 1830) (East Africa to Tuamotu Archipelago and Line Islands)[2]
  • Scissor-tail sergeant Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepede, 1802) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Tuamotus)[2]
  • Blackspot sergeant Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Polynesia)[2]
  • Indo-Pacific sergeant Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Marquesas)[2]
  • Whitley's sergeant Abudefduf whitleyi Allen and Robertson, 1974 (Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea and New Caledonia)[2]
  • Spiny chromis Acanthochromis polyacanthus (Bleeker, 1855) (Indonesia and the Philippines to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Golden damsel Amblyglyphidodon aureus (Cuvier, 1830) (Eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific)[2]
  • Staghorn damsel Amblyglyphidodon curacao (Bloch, 1787) (Eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific)[2]
  • White-belly damsel Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster (Bleeker, 1847) (Red Sea to Samoa)[2]
  • Black banded demoiselle Amblypomacentrus breviceps (Schlegel and Mueller, 1839)[2]
  • Barrier reef anemonefish Amphiprion akindynos (Allen, 1972) (Southwestern Pacific, including Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, northern New South Wales, New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands)[2]
  • Orange-fin anemonefish Amphiprion chrysopterus Cuvier, 1830 (Queensland and New Guinea to Tuamotus and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Clark's anemone fish Amphiprion clarkii (Bennett, 1830) (Persian Gulf to Vanuatu and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Red and black anemonefish Amphiprion melanopus Bleeker, 1852 (Indonesia to the Society and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Clown anemonefish Amphiprion percula (Lacepede, 1802) (Queensland and Melanesia)[2]
  • Pink anemonefish Amphiprion perideraion Bleeker, 1855 (Western Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia ranging north to Japan)[2]
  • Big-lip damsel Cheiloprion labiatus (Day, 1877) (Andaman Sea to northern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Midget chromis Chromis acares Randall and Swerdloff, 1973 (Coral Sea to Society islands and Johnston Island)[2]
  • Agile chromis Chromis agilis Smith, 1960 (East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands and Pitcairn group)[2]
  • Yellow speckled chromis Chromis alpha Randall, 1988 (Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) to Society Islands)[2]
  • Ambon chromis Chromis amboinensis (Bleeker, 1873) (Cocos-Keeling Islands to Samoa and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Yellow chromis Chromis analis (Cuvier, 1830) (Indonesia to Fiji and Mariana Islands)[2]
  • Black-axil chromis Chromis atripectoralis Welander and Schultz, 1951 (Seychelles to Tuamotus)[2]
  • Dark-fin chromis Chromis atripes Fowler and Bean, 1928 (Cocos-Keeling Islands to Kiribati)[2]
  • Stout body chromis Chromis chrysura (Bliss, 1883) (Three isolated antitropical populations at Southwestern Pacific, Japan to Taiwan and Mauritius to Reunion)[2]
  • Deep reef chromis Chromis delta Randall, 1988 (Cocos Keeling Islands to Fiji)[2]
  • Twin-spot chromis Chromis elerae Fowler and Bean, 1928 (Maldive Islands to Fiji and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Yellow-spotted chromis Chromis flavomaculata Kamohara, 1960 (Antiequatorial distribution with two isolated populations: Lord Howe Island, Coral Sea New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands, and Japan to Taiwan)[2]
  • Half and half chromis Chromis iomelas Jordan and Seale, 1906 (Great Barrier Reef and northern New Guinea to Samoa and the Society Islands)[2]
  • Scaly chromis Chromis lepidolepis Bleeker, 1877 (Rast Africa and the Red Sea to Fuji and the Line Islands)[2]
  • Bicolour chromis Chromis margaritifer Fowler, 1946 (Cocos-Keeling Islands to the Tuamotus)[2]
  • Barrier Reef chromis Chromis nitida (Whitley, 1928) (Southern and central Great Barrier Reef, Rare or absent in other parts of the Coral Sea)[2]
  • Black-bar chromis Chromis retrofasciata Weber, 1913 (Indonesia and the Philippines to Fiji)[2]
  • Ternate chromis Chromis ternatensis (Bleeker, 1856) (East Africa to Fiji and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Vanderbilt's chromis Chromis vanderbilti (Fowler, 1941) (Scattered localities in the western and central Pacific)[2]
  • Blue-green chromis Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Tuamotu Archipelago and Line Islands)[2]
  • Weber's chromis Chromis weberi Fowler and Bean, 1928 (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Line Islands and Pitcairn group)[2]
  • Yellow-axil chromis Chromis xanthochira (Bleeker, 1851) (Indonesia and Philippines to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Pale-tail chromis Chromis xanthura (Bleeker, 1854) (Cocos-Keeling Islands to southeastern Oceania)[2]
  • Two-spot demoiselle Chrysiptera biocellata (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (East Africa to Samoa and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Blueline demoiselle Chrysiptera caeruleolineata (Allen, 1973) (Coral Sea to Samoa and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Blue devil Chrysiptera cyanea (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (Indonesia to Vanuatu and Palau and north to the Ryukyu Islands. Fairly common on the Great Barrier Reef but absent from other parts of the Coral Sea)[2]
  • Yellowfin damsel Chrysiptera flavipinnis (Allen and Robertson, 1974) (Southwestern Pacific including New Guinea, eastern Australia and the Coral Sea)[2]
  • Grey damsel Chrysiptera glauca (Cuvier, 1830) (East Africa to the Pitcairn group and Line Islands)[2]
  • Surge demoiselle Chrysiptera brownriggii (Bennett, 1828) (East Africa to the Marquesas and Line Islands)[2]
  • King demoiselle Chrysiptera rex (Snyder, 1909) (Indonesia and the Philippines to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Rolland's demoiselle Chrysiptera rollandi (Whitley, 1961) (Malay Peninsula to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Starck's demoiselle Chrysiptera starcki (Allen, 1973) (Antiequatorial distribution in the western Pacific: New Caledonia to Queensland, and Taiwan to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Talbot's demoiselle Chrysiptera talboti (Allen, 1975) (Malay Peninsula to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • South seas demoiselle Chrysiptera taupou (Jordan and Seale, 1906) (Southwestern Pacific, including Australia, to Fiji and Samoa)[2]
  • Threeband demoiselle Chrysiptera tricincta (Allen and Randall, 1974) (Antiequatorial distribution in western Pacific: Coral Sea to Samoa, and Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Onespot demoiselle Chrysiptera unimaculata (Cuvier, 1830) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Fiji)[2]
  • Humbug dascyllus Dascyllus aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Line Islands and southeastern Polynesia)[2]
  • Black tailed dascyllus Dascyllus melanurus Bleeker, 1854 (Malay Peninsula to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Reticulated dascyllus Dascyllus reticulatus (Richardson, 1846) (Cocos-Keeling Islands to Samoa)[2]
  • Three-spot dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatus (Rueppell, 1828) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Line Islands and Pitcairn group)[2]
  • Black vent damsel Dischistodus melanotus (Bleeker, 1853) syn. D. notopthalmus (Indonesia and the Philippines to northern Australia and the Solomon Islands)[2]
  • White damsel Dischistodus perspicillatus (Cuvier 1830) (Eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific)[2]
  • Honey-head damsel Dischistodus prosopotaenia (Bleeker, 1852) (Andaman Sea to northern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Monarch damsel Dischistodus pseudochrysopoecilus (Allen and Robertson, 1974) (Philippines to northern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Lagoon damsel Hemiglyphidodon plagiometopon (Bleeker, 1852) (Andaman Sea to Queensland and the Solomon Islands, and north to China. Northern Great barrier Reef, apparently absent from the rest of the Coral Sea)[2]
  • Fusilier damsel Lepidozygus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1856) (East Africa to the Tuamotus, Marquesas and Line Islands)[2]
  • Yellowtail damsel Neopomacentrus azysron (Bleeker, 1877) (East Africa to New Caledonia)[2]
  • Chinese demoiselle Neopomacentrus bankieri (Richardson, 1846) (South China Sea and Java Sea to Northeastern Australia)[2]
  • Regal demoiselle Neopomacentrus cyanomos (Bleeker, 1856) (East Africa to northern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Black demoiselle Neoglyphidodon melas (Cuvier, 1830) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Vanuatu and north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Yellowfin damsel Neoglyphidodon nigroris (Cuvier, 1830) (Andaman Sea to Vanuatu, and north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Multispine damselfish Neoglyphidodon polyacanthus (Ogilby, 1889) (Southernmost Great Barrier Reef, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and New Caledonia)[2]
  • Bigscale scalyfin Parma oligolepis Whitley, 1929 (Sydney, New South Wales, to Cairns, Queensland.)[3] (Northern New South Wales to Cape Tribulation on the Cape Yorke Peninsula)[2]
  • Banded scalyfin Parma polylepis Günther, 1862 (Bass Point, New South Wales, to Capricorn Group, Queensland. Also Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and New Caledonia.)[3] (Southernmost Great Barrier Reef, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and New Caledonia)[2]
  • Dick's damsel Plectroglyphidodon dickii (Lienard, 1839) (East Africa to the Tuamotus and Line Islands)[2]
  • Brighteye damsel Plectroglyphidodon imparipennis (Vaillant and Sauvage, 1875) (East Africa to the Pitcairn group and Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Johnston damsel Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus Fowler, and Ball, 1924 (East Africa to Pitcairn group and Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Jewel damsel Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Society Islands and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Whiteband damsel Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus (Bleeker, 1859) (East Africa to Pitcairn group and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Phoenix damsel Plectroglyphidodon phoenixensis (Schultz, 1943) (East Africa to the Tuamotus and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Ambon damsel Pomacentrus amboinensis Bleeker, 1868 (Andaman Sea to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Australian damsel Pomacentrus australis Allen and Robertson, 1973 (Great Barrier Reef south to Sydney)[2]
  • Speckled damsel Pomacentrus bankanensis Bleeker, 1853 (Christmas Island, (Indian Ocean) to Fiji and north to Japan)[2]
  • Charcoal damsel Pomacentrus brachialis Cuvier, 1830 (Western Pacific to Fiji and Samoa)[2]
  • Whitetail damsel Pomacentrus chrysurus Cuvier 1830 syn. P.rhodonotus, P. flavicauda (Maldive Islands to the Coral Sea. Melanesia and Micronesia)[2]
  • Neon damsel Pomacentrus coelestis Jordan and Starks, 1901 (Cocos-Leeling Islands to Tuamotus)[2]
  • Bluespot damsel Pomacentrus grammorhynchus Fowler, 1918 (Indonesia and Philippines to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Imitator damsel Pomacentrus imitator (Whitley, 1964) (Rare on Great Barrier Reef, but common in other parts of the Coral sea. Also New Caledonia, Rotuma and Fiji)[2]
  • Scaly damsel Pomacentrus lepidogenys Fowler and Ball, 1928 (Malay Peninsula to Fiji)[2]
  • Lemon damsel Pomacentrus moluccensis Bleeker, 1853 syn. P. popei (Andaman Sea to Fiji and north to Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Sandy damsel Pomacentrus nagasakiensis Tanaka, 1917 syn. P. arenarius (Indonesia to Coral Sea and Vanuatu, north to Japan)[2]
  • Blackmargined damsel Pomacentrus nigromarginatus Allen, 1973 (Indonesia to Coral Sea and Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Blue damsel, Pomacentrus pavo (Bloch, 1787) (East Africa to the Tuamotus and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Philippine damsel Pomacentrus philippinus Evermann and Seale, 1907 (Maldive Islands to Fiji)[2]
  • Reid's damsel Pomacentrus reidi Fowler and Bean, 1928 (Indonesia and Philippines to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Threespot damsel Pomacentrus tripunctatus Cuvier, 1830 (Sri Lanka to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Princess damsel Pomacentrus vaiuli Jordan and Seale, 1906 (Molucca Islands to Samoa and north to Japan)[2]
  • Ward's damsel Pomacentrus wardi Whitley, 1927 (Great Barrier Reef and eastern Australian coast south to Sydney)[2]
  • Richardson's reef-damsel Pomachromis richardsoni (Snyder, 1909) (Mauritius to Fiji)[2]
  • Spine cheek anemonefish Premnas biaculeatus (Bloch, 1790) (Malay peninsula to northeastern Australia and Melanesia)[2]
  • Gulf damsel Pristotis obtusirostris (Guenther, 1862) syn. P. jerdoni (Persian Gulf and Red Sea to Australia, north to Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Whitebar gregory Stegastes albifasciatus (Schlegel and Mueller, 1839) (East Africa to the Tuamotus and Line Islands)[2]
  • Australian gregory Stegastes apicalis (De Vis, 1885) (Great Barrier Reef and eastern coast of Australia to Sydney)[2]
  • Pacific gregory Stegastes fasciolatus (Ogilby, 1889) syn. S. jenkinsi (East Africa to Hawaiian Islands and Easter Island)[2]
  • Coral Sea Gregory Stegastes gascoynei (Whitley, 1964) (Coral Sea and northern Tasman Sea)[2]
  • Bluntsnout gregory Stegastes lividus (Forster in Bloch and Schneider, 1801)[2]
  • Dusky gregory Stegastes nigricans (Lecepede, 1802) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Tuamotus, Marquesas and Line Islands)[2]

Family Cirrhitidae – Hawkfishes

Family Sphyraenidae – Pikes, barracudas

  • Great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda (Walbaum, 1792) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Hawaiian Islands and the Tuamotu archipelago)[2]
  • Yellowtail barracuda Sphyraena flavicauda Rueppell, 1838 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Bigeye barracuda Sphyraena forsteri Cuvier, 1829 (East Africa to the Society Islands)[2]
  • Heller's barracuda Sphyraena helleri Jenkins, 1901 (Western Pacific including the Coral Sea to Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Pickhandle barracuda Sphyraena jello Cuvier, 1829 (East Africa and the Red Sea to western Pacific)[2]
  • Chevron barracuda Sphyraena qenie Klunzinger, 1870 (East Africa and the Red Sea to western Pacific)[2]

Family Polynemidae - Threadfins

  • Six-fingered threadfin Polydactylus sexfilis (Valenciennes, 1831) (India to Hawaiian Islands and Tuamotu archipelago)[2]

Family Labridae - Wrasses

  • Bluespotted wrasse Anampses caeruleopunctatus Rueppell, 1829 syn. A. diadematus (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Feminine wrasse Anampses femininus Randall, 1972 (Southern subtropical Pacific from Easter Island to New Caledonia and the Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Geographic wrasse Anampses geographicus Valenciennes, 1840 syn. A. pterophthalmus (Western Australia and western Pacific east to the Caroline Islands and Fiji)[2]
  • Spotted wrasse Anampses meleagrides Valenciennes, 1840 syn. A. amboinensis(East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa and the Caroline Islands)[2]
  • New Guinea wrasse Anampses neoguinaicus Bleeker, 1878 (Western Pacific, east to Fiji)[2]
  • Yellowbreasted wrasse Anampses twistii Bleeker, 1856 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Lyretail hogfish Bodianus anthioides (Bennett, 1830) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Axilspot hogfish Bodianus axillaris (Bennett, 1831) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa and the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Twospot hogfish Bodianus bimaculatus Allen, 1973 (Mauritius and the Maldives to the western Pacific)[2]
  • Diana's pigfish, Diana's hogfish Bodianus diana (Lacépède, 1801) syn. Lepidapolois aldabraensis (Tropical Australia south to Montague Island, New South Wales. Also widespread in the Indo-Pacific region.)[3] (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa and the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Blackfin hogfish Bodianus loxozonus (Snyder, 1908) (Western Pacific to French Polynesia)[2]
  • Splitlevel hogfish Bodianus mesothorax (Bloch and Scneider, 1801) (Western Pacific to Fiji)[2]
  • Goldspot hogfish Bodianus perditio (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834) (Antiequatorial: Southern Africa to islands of southern Oceania, and Taiwan to southern Japan)[2]
  • Floral Maori wrasse Cheilinus chlorourus (Bloch, 1791) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Redbreasted Maori wrasse Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa and Micronesia)[2]
  • Snooty Maori wrasse Cheilinus oxycephalus Bleeker, 1853 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Tripletail Maori wrasse Cheilinus trilobatus Lacepede, 1801 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Humphead Maori wrasse Cheilinus undulatus Rueppell, 1835 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Cigar wrasse Cheilio inermis (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Anchor tuskfish Choerodon anchorago (Bloch, 1791) (Sri Lanka to Western Pacific)[2]
  • Grass Ttuskfish Choerodon cephalotes (Castelnau, 1975) (Indonesia to Queensland)[2]
  • Blue tuskfish Choerodon cyanodus (Richardson, 1843) syn. Choerops albigena (Western Australia to Queensland)[2]
  • Harlequin tuskfish Choerodon fasciatus (Guenther, 1867) (Antiequatorial; Taiwan to Ryukyu Islands and Queensland to New Caledonia)[2]
  • Graphic tuskfish Choerodon graphicus (De Vis, 1885) syn. C. transversalis (Queensland to New Caledonia)[2]
  • Blackspot tuskfish Choerodon schoenleinii (Valenciennes, 1839) (Western Australia to western Pacific)[2]
  • Venus tuskfish Choerodon venustus (De Vis, 1884) (Northern New South Wales to Queensland)[2]
  • Exquisite wrasse Cirrhilabrus exquisitus Smith, 1957 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Magenta streaked wrasse Cirrhilabrus laboutei Randall and Lubbock, 1982 (Great Barrier Reef to New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands)[2]
  • Purplelined wrasse Cirrhilabrus lineatus Randall and Lubbock, 1982 (Great Barrier Reef to New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands)[2]
  • Dotted wrasse Cirrhilabrus punctatus Randall and Kuiter, 1989 (New South Wales to southern New Guinea, and east to Fiji)[2]
  • Scott's wrasse Cirrhilabrus scottorum Randall and Pyle, 1989 (South Pacific from the Great Barrier Reef to the Pitcairn group)[2]
  • Goldlined coris Coris aurilineata Randall and Kuiter, 1982 (New South Wales to the southern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Clown coris Coris aygula Lacepede, 1801 syn. Coris angulata (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Pale-barred coris Coris dorsomacula Fowler, 1908 syn. Coris dorsomaculata ((as C. dorsomaculata) Western Pacific)[2]
  • Yellowtail coris Coris gaimard (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (Central and western Pacific)[2]
  • Blackspot coris Coris pictoides Randall and Kuiter, 1982 (Known from New South Wales, Great Barrier Reef, Western Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines)[2]
  • Batu coris Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1857) (Western Indian Ocean to the Marshall Islands and Tonga)[2]
  • Knifefish Cymolutes praetextatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834) (Indo-Pacific except Hawaii)[2]
  • Collared knifefish Cymolutes torquatus Valenciennes, 1840 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Yellowtail tubelip Diproctacanthus xanthurus (Bleeker, 1856) (Philippines, Palau, Indonesia, New Guinea and the Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Slingjaw wrasse Epibulus insidiator (Pallas, 1770) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Bird wrasse Gomphosus varius Lacepede, 1801 syn. G. tricolor (Oceania and the western Pacific)[2]
  • Biocellate wrasse Halichoeres biocellatus Schultz, 1960 (Western Pacific to Samoa and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Pastel-green wrasse Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch, 1791) syn. H. gymnocephalus (Philippines to Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Golden wrasse Halichoeres chrysus Randall, 1981 (Christmas Island (Indian Ocean), Western Pacific and Micronesia)[2]
  • Goldstripe wrasse Halichoeres hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1852) (Red sea, Persian Gulf and western Indian Ocean to the Western Pacific)[2]
  • Checkerboard wrasse Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepede, 1801) syn. H. centiquadrus (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Pink-belly wrasse Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Western and central Pacific)[2]
  • Dusky wrasse Halichoeres marginatus Rueppell, 1835 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Tailspot wrasse Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker, 1851) (Western Pacific east to Micronesia and Samoa)[2]
  • Ocellated wrasse Halichoeres melasmapomus Randall, 1980 (Islands of Oceania except Hawaii and Easter Island, and from the Philippines to the Red Sea. Also recorded from Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) and the Cocos-Keeling Islands)[2]
  • Circle-cheek wrasse Halichoeres miniatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Western Pacific)[2]
  • Nebulous wrasse Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Red Sea and tropical and subtropical Indian Ocean to the western Pacific)[2]
  • Ornate wrasse Halichoeres ornatissimus (Garrett, 1863) (Western Pacific and islands of Oceania)[2]
  • Twotone wrasse Halichoeres prosopeion (Bleeker, 1853) (Western Pacific to Samoa, and Palau)[2]
  • Zigzag wrasse Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett, 1831) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the western Pacific)[2]
  • Threespot wrasse Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834) (Western Pacific and Islands of Oceania, and Christmas Island (Indian Ocean))[2]
  • Barred thicklip Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch, 1792) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Blackeye thicklip Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch, 1791) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Micronesia and Samoa)[2]
  • Ringwrasse Hologymnosus annulatus (Lacepede, 1801) syn. H. semidiscus (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Pastel ringwrasse Hologymnosus doliatus (Lacepede, 1801) (East Africa to Samoa and the Line Islands)[2]
  • Sidespot ringwrasse Hologymnosus longipes (Guenther, 1862) (Southern Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands and Vanuatu)[2]
  • Whitepatch razorfish Iniistius aneitensis (Günther, 1862) syn. Xyrichthys aneitensis ((as X. aneitensis) Western and central Pacific)[2]
  • Peacock razorfish Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes, 1840) syn. Xyrichtys pavo ((as X. pavo) Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Tubelip wrasse Labrichthys unilineatus (Guichenot, 1847) syn. L. cyanotaenia (East Africa to Micronesia and Samoa)[2]
  • Bicolor cleaner wrasse Labroides bicolor Fowler and Bean, 1928 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Striped cleaner wrasse Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Breastspot cleaner wrasse Labroides pectoralis Randall and Springer, 1975 (Indonesia and the Great Barrier Reef to Micronesia and New Caledonia. Also Christmas Island (Indian Ocean))[2]
  • Southern tubelip Labropsis australis Randall, 1981 (Great Barrier Reef and Solomon Islands to Fiji and Samoa)[2]
  • Yellowback tubelip Labropsis xanthonota Randall, 1981 (East Africa to Micronesia and Samoa)[2]
  • Shoulderspot wrasse Leptojulis cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1853) (Gulf of Oman to Philippines and Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Choat's wrasse Macropharyngodon choati Randall, 1978 (Southern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Kuiter's wrasse Macropharyngodon kuiteri Randall, 1978 (New South Wales and southern Great Barrier Reef to New Caledonia)[2]
  • Blackspotted wrasse Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes, 1839) syn. Leptojulis pardalis (Cocos-Keeling Islands to western Pacific and the Islands of Oceania)[2]
  • Black wrasse Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre, 1932 (Western Pacific)[2]
  • Rockmover wrasse Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepede, 1801) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Twospot Maori wrasse Oxycheilinus bimaculatis (Valenciennes, 1840) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Cheeklined Maori wrasse Oxycheilinus digramma (Lacepede, 1801) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa and the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Ringtail Maori wrasse Oxycheilinus unifasciatus (Streets, 1877) (Central and western Pacific, Hawaii)[2]
  • Disappearing wrasse Pseudocheilinus evanidus Jordan and Evermann, 1903 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Sixstripe wrasse Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Bleeker, 1857) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Eightstripe wrasse Pseudocheilinus octotaenia Jenkins, 1900 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Redspot wrasse Pseudocoris yamashiroi (Schmidt, 1930) (Western Pacific to Micronesia and Samoa)[2]
  • Chiseltooth wrasse Pseudodax moluccanus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Smalltail wrasse Pseudojuloides cerasinus (Snyder, 1904) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Gunther's wrasse Pseudolabrus guentheri Bleeker, 1862 (Montague Island, New South Wales, to Whitsunday Group, Queensland.)[3] (New South Wales to southern Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Redstriped wrasse Pteragogus enneacanthus (Bleeker, 1853) syn. P. amboinensis (Indonesia to the Coral Sea)[2]
  • Cryptic wrasse Pteragogus cryptus Randall, 1981 (Red Sea and western Pacific to Micronesia and Samoa)[2]
  • Bluelined wrasse Stethojulis bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851) syn. S rubromaculata, S. linearis (Western Pacific and islands of Oceania and the eastern Pacific except Hawaii)[2]
  • Cutribbon wrasse Stethojulis interrupta (Bleeker, 1851) syn. S. kalosoma (East Africa to Samoa and the Mariana Islands)[2]
  • Stripebelly wrasse Stethojulis strigiventer (Bennett, 1832) syn. S. renardi (East Africa to Micronesia and Samoa)[2]
  • Three-ribbon wrasse Stethojulis trilineata (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) syn. S. phekadopleura (Maldives to western Pacific)[2]
  • Slender wrasse Suezichthys gracilis (Steindachner and Doederlein, 1887) (Antitropical. Known from southern Japan, Korea and Taiwan in the north and New South Wales and the southern Great Barrier Reef to New Caledonia in the south)[2]
  • Bluntheaded wrasse Thalassoma amblycephalum (Bleeker, 1856) syn. T. melanochir(Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Sixbar wrasse Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1828) syn. T. schwanefeldii (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Jansen's wrasse Thalassoma jansenii (Bleeker, 1856) (Maldives to the western Pacific and Fiji)[2]
  • Moon wrasse Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus 1758) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Sunset wrasse Thalassoma lutescens (Lay and Bennett, 1839) (Indo-Pacific and Clipperton Island in the eastern Pacific, but apparently absent from the Indo-Malayan region and southern Indian Ocean)[2]
  • Surge wrasse Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskal, 1775) syn. T. umbrostygma (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Fivestripe wrasse Thalassoma quinquevittatum (Lay and Bennett, 1839) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Ladder wrasse Thalassoma trilobatum (Lacepede, 1801) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Whitebanded sharpnose wrasse Wetmorella albofasciata (Schultz and Marshall, 1954) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Sharpnose wrasse Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale, 1901) syn. W. philippinus, W. ocellata, W. triocellata (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Fivefinger razorfish Xyrichthys pentadactylus (Linnaeus, 1758) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the western Pacific)[2]

Family Scaridae - Parrotfishes

  • Bumphead parrotfish Bolbometopon muricatum (Valenciennes, 1840) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa and the Line Islands in the central Pacific)[2]
  • Stareye parrotfish Calotomus carolinus (Valenciennes, 1840) syn. C. sandwicensis (Indo-Pacific and tropical east Pacific)[2]
  • Raggedtooth parrotfish Calotomus spinidens (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (East Africa to Tonga and the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Bicolour parrotfish Cetoscarus bicolor (Rueppell, 1829) syn. Scarus pulchellus (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Bleeker's parrotfish Chlorurus bleekeri (de Beaufort, 1940)[24] syn. S. bleekeri ((as S. bleekeri) Western Pacific to Fiji and the islands of Micronesia)[2]
  • Reefcrest parrotfish Chlorurus frontalis (Valenciennes, 1840) (Western Pacific to Islands of Oceania)[2]
  • Redtail parrotfish Chlorurus japanensis (Bloch, 1789) syn. Scarus pyrrhurus (Western Pacific to Samoa)[2]
  • Steephead parrotfish Chlorurus microrhinos (Bleeker, 1854) (Western Pacific and Islands of Oceania)[2]
  • Bullethead parrotfish Chlorurus sordidus (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Pacific longnose parrotfish Hipposcarus longiceps (Valenciennes. 1840) (Western Pacific to French Polynesia)[2]
  • Slender parrotfish, marbled parrotfish Leptoscarus vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (Scattered localities in the Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Minifin parrotfish Scarus altipinnis (Steindachner, 1879) syn. S. brevifilis (Great Barrier Reef and Islands of Oceania)[2]
  • Chameleon parrotfish Scarus chameleon Choat and Randall, 1986 (Western Australia to western Pacific and Fiji)[2]
  • Bridled parrotfish Scarus frenatus (Lacepede, 1802) syn. S. sexvittatus (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Bluebarred parrotfish Scarus ghobban Forsskal, 1775 (Indo-Pacific and tropical eastern Pacific)[2]
  • Globehead parrotfish Scarus globiceps Valenciennes, 1840 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Highfin parrotfish Scarus longipinnis Randall and Choat, 1980 (Southern subtropical Pacific from the Great Barrier Reef to Pitcairn Islands)[2]
  • Swarthy parrotfish Scarus niger Forsskal, 1775 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Egghead parrotfish Scarus oviceps Valenciennes, 1840 (Western Pacific and Islands of Oceania)[2]
  • Whitespot parrotfish, Palenose parrotfish Scarus psittacus Forsskål, 1775[25] syn. Scarus forsteri (Bleeker, 1861) ((as S. forsteri) Western Pacific to Micronesia and Pitcairn Group)[2] ((as S. psittacus) Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Surf parrotfish Scarus rivulatus Valenciennes, 1840 syn. S. fasciatus (Western Pacific to the Caroline Islands and New Caledonia)[2]
  • Ember parrotfish Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker, 1847 (Indo-Pacific and tropical eastern Pacific)[2]
  • Schlegel's parrotfish Scarus schlegeli (Bleeker, 1861) (Western Pacific and Islands of Oceania)[2]
  • Greensnout parrotfish Scarus spinus (Kner, 1868) (Western Pacific to Micronesia and Samoa)[2]

Family Opistognathidae - Jawfishes, smilers

  • Papuan jawfish Opistognathus papuensis (Bleeker, 1868) (Southern New Guinea and northern Queensland)[2]
  • Coral sea jawfish Opistognathus sp. (Known only from Lizard Island and Lihou Reef in the Coral Sea)[2]

Family Uranoscopidae – Stargazers

  • Whitemargin stargazer Uranoscopus sulphureus Valenciennes, 1831 syn U. fuscomaculatus (Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, Indonesia and the Red Sea)[2]

Family Trichonotidae - Sand-divers

  • Spotted sand-diver Trichonotus setiger (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Persian Gulf to Queensland and Melanesia)[2]
  • Threadfin sand-diver Trichonotus sp. (Coral sea, Marians and Marshall Islands)[2]

Family Creediidae - Sand burrowers

  • Sand dart Chalixodytes chameleontoculis Smith, 1957 [2]
  • Barred sand burrower Limnichthys fasciatus Waite, 1904 (Western Pacific from Japan to Australia and the Kermadec Islands)[2]
  • Limnichthys nitidus Smith, 1958[26] syn. Limnichthys donaldsoni (as L. donaldsoni)[2]

Family Pinguipedidae – Grubfishes, weevers, sandperches

Family Tripterygiidae – Triplefins, threefins

Family Blenniidae – Blennies

Tribe Nemophini -Sabretooth blennies, fangblennies

Subfamily Blenniinae[27]

  • Black blenny Enchelyurus ater (Guenther, 1877) (Southern Oceania from the Coral Sea to the Tuamotu Archipelago, but not the Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Krauss's blenny Enchelyurus kraussii (Klunzinger, 171) (Comores, Seychelles and Red Sea to the western Pacific and Mariana Islands)[2]
  • Oyster blenny Omobranchus anolius (Valenciennes, 1836) (Spencer gulf, South Australia to the Queensland coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria)[2]
  • Hepburn's blenny Parenchelyurus hepburni (Snyder, 1908) (Western Pacific to Samoa and the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Deceiver fangblenny Petroscirtes fallax Smith-Vaniz, 1976 (Great Barrier Reef south of 17°S to New South Wales)[2]
  • Wolf fangblenny, Brown sabretooth blenny Petroscirtes lupus (De Vis, 1886) (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia)[2] (Merimbula, New South Wales, to southern Queensland. Also New Caledonia.)[3]
  • Highfin fangblenny Petroscirtes mitratus Rueppell, 1830 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa, Tonga and the islands of Micronesia)[2]
  • Variable fangblenny Petroscirtes variabilis Cantor, 1850 (Sri Lanka to the western Pacific)[2]
  • Smooth fangblenny Petroscirtes xestus Jordan and Seale, 1906 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Bicolour fangblenny Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961) (Western Australia and western Pacific to Samoa and the islands of Micronesia)[2]
  • Bluestriped fangblenny, blue-lined sabretooth blenny Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852) (Indo-Pacific except Hawaii)[2] (Tropical Australia south to Walpole, Western Australia, and to Merimbula, New South Wales. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[3]
  • Piano fangblenny, hit and run blenny, yellow sabretooth blenny Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857) (Tropical Australia south to Rottnest Island, Western Australia, and to Merimbula, New South Wales. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[3] (Indo-Pacific except Hawaii)[2]
  • Hairtail blenny Xiphasia setifer Swainson, 1839 (East Africa and the Red Sea to western Pacific including New Caledonia and Vanuatu)[2]

Subfamily Salariinae[28]

Family Callionymidae - Dragonets

Family Eleotridae - Gudgeons, sleepers

  • Tailface sleeper Calumia godeffroyi (Guenther, 1877) (East Africa to the Society Islands)[2]

Family Xenisthmidae - Wrigglers

Family Gobiidae – Gobies

  • Spotted shrimp goby Amblyeleotris guttata (Fowler, 1938) (East Indies to Samoa and north to the Ryukyu Islands)[2]
  • Blotchy shrimp goby Amblyeleotris periophthalma (Bleeker, 1853) (Western Pacific eastwards to Samoa)[2]
  • Steinitz's shrimp goby Amblyeleotris steinitzi (Klausewitz, 1974) (Red Sea to Samoa)[2]
  • Wheeler's shrimp goby Amblyeleotris wheeleri (Polunin and Lubbock, 1977) (East Africa to Australia and the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Orange-striped goby Amblygobius decussatus (Bleeker, 1855) (Western Pacific)[2]
  • Banded goby Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes, 1837) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Old glory Amblygobius rainfordi (Whitley, 1940) (Queensland and Coral Sea to Philippines)[2]
  • Sphynx goby Amblygobius sphynx (Valenciennes, 1837) (East Africa to Western Pacific)[2]
  • Starry goby Asteropteryx semipunctata Rueppell, 1830[30] (East Africa and the Red Sea to Hawaiian Islands and Tuamotus)[2]
  • Common goby Bathygobius fuscus (Rueppell, 1830) (East Africa and Red Sea to Tuamotus and Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Cocos goby Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker, 1854) (East Africa to the Hawaiian Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago)[2]
  • Large whip goby Bryaninops amplus Larson, 1985 (Madagascar and the Seychelles to the Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Erythrops goby Bryaninops erythrops (Jordan and Seale, 1906) (Chagos Archipelago to Marhall Islands and Samoa)[2]
  • Redeye goby Bryaninops natans Larson, 18985 (Red Sea to Micronesia and Cook Islands)[2]
  • Black coral goby Bryaninops tigris Larson, 1985 (Chagos Archipelago to Hawaiian Islands)[2]
  • Whip goby Bryaninops yongei (Davis and Cohen, 1968) (Australia to Hawaiian Islands and Rapa)[2]
  • Ostrich goby Callogobius maculipinnis (Fowler, 1918) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa and the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Tripleband goby Callogobius sclateri (Steindachner, 1880) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Yellow shrimp goby Cryptocentrus cinctus (Herre, 1936) (Western Pacific)[2]
  • Y-bar shrimp goby Cryptocentrus fasciatus (Playfair and Guenther, 1867) (East Africa to Melanesia and the Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Saddled shrimp goby Cryptocentrus leucostictus (Guenther, 1871) (Western Pacific)[2]
  • Target shrimp goby Cryptocentrus strigilliceps (Jordan and Seale, 1906) (East Africa to the Marshall Islands and Samoa)[2]
  • Spotfin shrimp goby Ctenogobiops pomastictus Lubbock and Polunin, 1977 (Queensland to Ryukyo Islands, east to Mariana Islands)[2]
  • Masted shrimp goby Ctenogobiops tangaroai Lubbock and Polunin, 1977 (Australia to Samoa)[2]
  • Spikefin goby Discordipinna griessingeri Hoese and Fourmanoir, 1978 (Red Sea to the Marquesas)
  • Doublebar goby Eviota bifasciata Lachner and Karnella, 1989 (Philippines and Indonesia to northern Australia)[2]
  • Blackbelly goby Eviota nigriventris Giltay, 1933 (Philippines to Melanesia and eastern Australia)[2]
  • Beautiful goby Exyrias belissimus (Smith, 1959) (East Africa to Samoa)[2]
  • Exyrias puntang Bleeker (Queensland)[2]
  • Novice goby Fusigobius neophytus (Günther, 1877)[31] syn. Coryphopterus neophytus ((as C. neophytus)East Africa to the Tuamotus)[2]
  • Blotched sand goby Coryphopterus sp. (Western Pacific)[2]
  • Shoulderspot goby Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853)[32] syn. Gnatholepis scapulostigma Herre, 1953 ((as G. scapulostigma) Eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific)[2]
  • Fourbar goby Gobiodon citrinus (Rueppell, 1838) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa)[2]
  • Broad-barred goby Gobiodon histrio (Valenciennes, 1837) (Western Pacific)[2]
  • Small-eyed goby Gobiodon micropus (Guenther, 1861) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Okinawa goby Gobiodon okinawae (Sawada, Arai and Abe, 1973) (Western Pacific, Japan to Australia)[2]
  • Decorated goby Istigobius decoratus (Herre, 1927) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa)[2]
  • Orange-spotted goby Istigobius rigilius (Herre, 1953) (Molucca and Philippine Islands to Australia and east to Fiji and the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Whitecap goby Lotilia graciliosa Klausewitz, 1960 (Red Sea to Southern Japan, Marshall Islands and Fiji)[2]
  • Wilbur's goby Macrodontogobius wilburi Herre, 1926 (Seychelles to New Caledonia and Line Islands)[2]
  • Spinecheek goby Oplopomus oplopomus (Valenciennes, 1837) (East Africa to Society Islands)[2]
  • Redhead goby Paragobiodon echinocephalus Rueppell, 1828 (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Tuamotus and Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Yellowskin goby Paragobiodon xanthosoma (Bleeker, 1852) (Chagos Archipelago to Samoa)[2]
  • Silverlined mudskipper Periophthalmus argentilineatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Southern Red Sea south to Natal and east to the Marianas and Samoa)[2]
  • Coral goby Pleurosicya micheli Fourmanoir, 1971 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Girdled goby Priolepis cincta (Regan, 1908) syn. P. naraharae (East Africa to southeastern Polynesia)[2]
  • Trinspot goby Signigobius biocellatus Hoese and Allen, 1977 (Philippines, Indonesia and Palau Islands to Melanesia and the Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Yellownose shrimp goby Stonogobiops xanthorhinica Hoese and Randall, 1982 Western edge of Pacific from Japan to the Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Orange-red goby Trimma okinawae (Aoyagi, 1949) (Western Pacific)[2]
  • Stripehead goby Trimma striatum (Herre, 1945) (Philippines to Australia)[2]
  • Orange-spotted goby Trimma sp.1 (in Randall 1997) (DFH-9 - Hoese) (Western Pacific)[2]
  • Benjamin's goby Trimma benjamini Winterbottom, 1996 (Western Pacific)[2]
  • Twostripe goby Valenciennea helsdingenii (Bleeker, 1858) (East Africa to the western Pacific)[2]
  • Long finned goby Valenciennea longipinnis (Lay and Bennett, 1839) (Eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific)[2]
  • Striped goby Valenciennea muralis (Valenciennes, 1837) (Indonesia to Melanesia and northern Australia)[2]
  • Orange-dashed goby Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama, 1956) (Red Sea to Samoa and the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Sixspot goby Valenciennea sexguttata (Valenciennes, 1837) (East Africa to Samoa and the Marshall Islands)[2]
  • Blueband goby Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet, 1782) (East Africa to Society Islands and Line Islands)[2]
  • Parva goby Valenciennea parva Hoese and Larson, 1994 (Western Pacific)[2]
  • Elegant goby Valenciennea decora Hoese and Larson, 1994 (Great Barrier Reef to New Caledonia)[2]
  • Ambanoro goby Vanderhorstia ambanoro (Fourmanoir, 1957) (East Africa to Samoa)[2]
  • Ocellated goby Vanderhorstia ornatissima Smith, 1959 (East Africa to Samoa)[2]
  • Shadow goby Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775) syn.Yongeichthys nebulosus ((as Y. nebulosus) East Africa to western Pacific)[2]

Family Microdesmidae - Wormfishes, dartfishes

  • Curious wormfish Gunnellichthys curiosus Dawson, 1968 (Seychelles, Maldives, Indonesia, Coral Sea, Society Islands and Hawaii)[2]
  • Onespot wormfish Gunnellichthys monostigma Smith, 1958[33] syn. Gunnellichthys monostigmata Smith, 1958 ((as G. monostigmata) Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Brownstripe wormfish Gunnellichthys pleurotaenia Bleeker, 1858 (Western Pacific east to Samoa and the Mariana Islands)[2]
  • Yellowstripe wormfish Gunnellichthys viridescens (Seychelles, Maldives, Marshall Islands and Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Elegant firefish Nemateleotris decora Randall and Allen, 1973 (Islands of the western Indian Ocean to the Western Pacific)[2]
  • Fire dartfish Nemateleotris magnifica Fowler, 1938 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Twotone dartfish Ptereleotris evides (Jordan and Hubbs, 1925) syn. P. tricolor (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Lined dartfish Ptereleotris grammica Randall and Lubbock, 1982 (Western Pacific)[2]
  • Threadfin dartfish Ptereleotris hanae (Jordan and Snyder, 1901) (Western Australia to western Pacific and east to Samoa and the Line Islands)[2]
  • Spottail dartfish Ptereleotris heteroptera Bleeker, 1855 (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Pale dartfish Ptereleotris microlepis (Bleeker, 1856) (Indo-Pacific)[2]
  • Monofin dartfish Ptereleotris monoptera Randall and Hoese, 1985 (Indo-Pacific from scattered localities)[2]
  • Bandtail dartfish Ptereleotris uroditaenia Randall and Hoese, 1985 (Indonesia, Solomon Islands and Great Barrier Reef)[2]
  • Zebra dartfish Ptereleotris zebra Fowler, 1938 (Indo-Pacific)[2]

Family Acanthuridae - Surgeonfishes

Subfamily Acanthurinae

Subfamily Nasinae

Binomials checked to here

Entered to here
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Family Zanclidae - Moorish idol

Family Siganidae – Rabbitfishes, spinefeet

Family Istiophoridae - Billfishes

Family Scombridae – Mackerels, tunas

  • [2]
  • Southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyi Castelnau, 1872 (Western Australia to southern Queensland and around Tasmania. Also widespread in the southern hemisphere.)[3]

Order Mugiliformes

Family Mugilidae – Mullets

  • Fringelip mullet Crenimugil crenilabis (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa to Line and Tuamotu Islands)[2]
  • Diamond-scale mullet Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)[34] syn. Ellochelon vaigensis ((as E. vaigensis) East Africa and the Red Sea to the Tuamotus)[2]

Order Pleuronectiformes

Family Bothidae - Lefteye flounders

Family Pleuronectidae – Righteye flounders

Order Tetraodontiformes

Family Balistidae

Family Monacanthidae – Leatherjackets, filefishes

  • Fanbelly leatherjacket Monacanthus chinensis (Osbeck, 1765) (Tropical Australia south to Geographe Bay, Western Australia, and to Western Port, Victoria. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[3]

Family Ostraciidae – Boxfishes, cowfishes, trunkfishes

  • Humpback turretfish Tetrosomus gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Tropical Australia south to Albany, Western Australia, and to Cape Conran, Victoria. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region.)[3]

Family Tetraodontidae – Toadfishes, pufferfishes

Family Diodontidae – Porcupine fishes

Unallocated species

(Perciformes) Family Chironemidae

  • Silver spot Chironemus maculosus (Richardson, 1850) syn. Threpterius maculosus

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