Australian Fish Species

Practical guides to common Australian species — where to find them, what they eat, and how conditions affect their bite.

• Archerfish (Toxotes spp.)
• Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
• Australian Bass (Macquaria novemaculeata)
• Australian Salmon (Arripis trutta)
• Baldchin Groper (Choerodon rubescens)
• Barramundi (Lates calcarifer)
• Black Drummer (Girella elevata)
• Blackspotted Croaker (Protonibea diacanthus)
• Blue Morwong (Nemadactylus valenciennesi)
• Blue Salmon (Eleutheronema tetradactylum)
• Blue Swimmer Crab (Portunus armatus)
• Blue Warehou (Seriolella brama)
• Blue-throated Wrasse (Notolabrus tetricus)
• Bonito (Sarda australis)
• Bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri)
• Bronze Whaler (Carcharhinus brachyurus)
• Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
• Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
• Catfish (Siluriformes)
• Cherabin (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)
• Chinaman Rockcod (Epinephelus rivulatus)
• Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
• Cobbler (Cnidoglanis macrocephalus)
• Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)
• Congoli (Pseudaphritis urvillii)
• Coral Trout (Plectropomus leopardus)
• Coronation Trout (Variola louti)
• Crabs (Brachyura)
• Dart (Trachinotus spp.)
• Dhufish (Glaucosoma hebraicum)
• Eastern Cod (Maccullochella ikei)
• Eastern Red Scorpionfish (Scorpaena jacksoniensis)
• Eel (Anguillidae)
• Elephant Fish (Callorhinchus milii)
• Estuary Perch (Macquaria colonorum)
• Eyebrow Perch (Hypoplectrodes Coronatus)
• Flathead (Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus)
• Flounder (Pleuronectoidei)
• Frigate Mackerel (Auxis thazard)
• Garfish (Hyporhamphus melanochir)
• Golden Perch (Macquaria ambigua)
• Golden Snapper (Lutjanus johnii)
• Grass Emperor (Lethrinus laticaudis)
• Groper (Epinephelus lanceolatus)
• Gummy Shark (Mustelus antarcticus)
• Javelin Fish (Pomadasys kaakan)
• Jungle Perch (Kuhlia rupestris)
• King George Whiting (Sillaginodes punctatus)
• Leatherjacket (Oligoplites saurus)
• Longfin Eel (Anguilla reinhardtii)
• Longtail Tuna (Thunnus tonggol)
• Luderick (Girella tricuspidata)
• Mackerel
• Macquarie Perch (Macquaria australasica)
• Mangrove Jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)
• Maori Sea Perch (Lutjanus rivulatus)
• Marron (Cherax tenuimanus)
• Moses Perch (Lutjanus russellii)
• Mud Crab (Scylla serrata)
• Mullet (Aldrichetta forsteri)
• Mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus)
• Murray Cod (Maccullochella peelii)
• Painted Sweetlips (Diagramma pictum labiosum)
• Queenfish (Scomberoides commersonnianus)
• Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
• Rankin Cod (Epinephelus rankini)
• Red Emperor (Lutjanus sebae)
• Red Nannygai (Centroberyx affinis)
• Redfin (Perca fluviatilis)
• River Blackfish (Gadopsis marmoratus)
• Roach (Rutilus rutilus)
• Rosy Snapper (Pristipomoides filamentosus)
• Samson fish (Seriola hippos)
• Sand Bass (Psammoperca datnioides)
• Sand Flathead (Platycephalus bassensis)
• Saratoga (Scleropages leichardti)
• Scaly Mackerel (Sardinella lemuru)
• School Shark (Galeorhinus galeus)
• Sea-run Trout (Salmo trutta morpha trutta)
• Sergeant Baker (Latropiscis purpurissatus)
• Sevengill Shark (Notorynchus cepedianus)
• Short-finned Eel (Anguilla australis)
• Silver Perch (Bidyanus bidyanus)
• Silver Trevally (Pseudocaranx georgianus)
• Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus)
• Snook (Sphyraena novaehollandiae)
• Sooty Grunter (Hephaestus fuliginosus)
• Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)
• Spangled Emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus)
• Squid (Sepioteuthis australis)
• Striped Marlin (Kajikia audax)
• Sweep (Scorpididae)
• Sweetlip (Plectorhinchus spp.)
• Tailor (Pomatomus saltatrix)
• Tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)
• Tench (Tinca tinca)
• Threadfin Salmon (Polynemidae)
• Tiger Trout (Salmo trutta × Salvelinus fontinalis)
• Tommy Ruff (Arripis georgianus)
• Trout Cod (Maccullochella macquariensis)
• Tuskfish (Chaerodon)
• Whitespotted Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
• Yabbies (Cherax destructor)
• Yellow-eye Mullet (Aldrichetta forsteri)
• Yellowfin Bream (Acanthopagrus australis)
• Yellowfin Whiting (Sillago schomburgkii)
• Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi)
• Yellowtail Scad (Trachurus novaezelandiae)
• barracouta (Thyrsites atun)
• barracuda (Sphyraena novaehollandiae)
• bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)

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