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Parsley Bay and Surrounds Fishes

Fishes sighted at Parsley Bay and surrounds in southern Sydney Harbour (supplemented with 20+ years of personal observational data from Rob Hitchen).

Blackspotted Wrasse 1
Austrolabrus maculatus
Cigar Wrasse 2
Cheilio inermis
Dotted Wrasse 3
Cirrhilabrus punctatus
Snakeskin Wrasse 4
Eupetrichthys angustipes
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse 2
Labroides dimidiatus
Purple Wrasse 5
Notolabrus fucicola
Crimsonband Wrasse 6
Notolabrus gymnogenis
Southern Maori Wrasse 7
Ophthalmolepis lineolata
Twospot Wrasse 3
Oxycheilinus bimaculatus
Senator Wrasse 8
Pictilabrus laticlavius
Redshoulder Wrasse 8
Stethojulis bandanensis
Cutribbon Wrasse 2
Stethojulis interrupta
Three-line Wrasse 3
Stethojulis strigiventer
Chameleon Parrotfish 2
Scarus chameleon
Bluebarred Parrotfish 9
Scarus ghobban
Herring Cale 8
Olisthops cyanomelas
Rainbow Cale 4
Heteroscarus acroptilus
Little Weed Whiting 7
Neoodax balteatus
Eastern Wirrah 10
Acanthistius ocellatus
Blackbanded Seaperch 10
Hypoplectrodes annulatus
Halfbanded Seaperch 8
Hypoplectrodes maccullochi
Banded Seaperch 8
Hypoplectrodes nigroruber
Lyretail Anthias 11
Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Black Rockcod 7
Epinephelus daemelii
False Kelpfish 12
Sebastiscus marmoratus
Eastern Red Scorpionfish 7
Scorpaena jacksoniensis
Dwarf Lionfish 13
Dendrochirus brachypterus
Red Gurnard 14
Chelidonichthys kumu
Bluespotted Flathead 7
Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus
Northern Sand Flathead 7
Platycephalus endrachtensis
Dusky Flathead 10
Platycephalus fuscus
Eastern Fortescue 10
Centropogon australis
Yellowtail False Fusilier 4
Paracaesio xanthurus
Australasian Snapper 15
Chrysophrys auratus
Yellowfin Bream 4
Acanthopagrus australis
Tarwhine 8
Rhabdosargus sarba
Common Silverbiddy 8
Gerres subfasciatus
Threadfin Emperor 8
Lethrinus genivittatus
Spangled Emperor 16
Lethrinus nebulosus
Diamondfish 2
Monodactylus argenteus
Eastern Pomfred 17
Schuettea scalaripinnis
Sand Whiting 8
Sillago ciliata
Painted Stinkfish 7
Synchiropus papilio
Stink-fish 18
Callionymus calcaratus
Australian Goatfish 7
Upeneus australiae
Freckled Goatfish 19
Upeneus tragula
Bicolour Goatfish 20
Parupeneus barberinoides
Manybar Goatfish 21
Parupeneus multifasciatus
Blacksaddle Goatfish 8
Parupeneus spilurus
Bluestriped Goatfish 8
Upeneichthys lineatus
Bluespotted Cornetfish 22
Fistularia commersonii
Rough Flutemouth 23
Fistularia petimba
Upside-down Pipefish 13
Heraldia nocturna
Weedy Seadragon 13
Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
Bigbelly Seahorse 24
Hippocampus abdominalis
White's Seahorse 25
Hippocampus whitei
Girdled Pipefish 7
Festucalex cinctus
Tiger Pipefish 7
Filicampus tigris
Widebody Pipefish 26
Stigmatopora nigra
Striped Eel Catfish 27
Plotosus lineatus
Estuary Cobbler 28
Cnidoglanis macrocephalus
Blue Sprat 29
Spratelloides robustus
Bluestripe Lizardfish 30
Synodus dermatogenys
Tailspot Lizardfish 2
Synodus jaculum
Variegated Lizardfish 31
Synodus variegatus
Clouded Lizardfish 2
Saurida nebulosa
Sergeant Baker 7
Latropiscis purpurissatus
Eastern Frogfish 31
Batrachomoeus dubius
Eastern Sea Garfish 4
Hyporhamphus australis
Striate Anglerfish 10
Antennarius striatus
Eastern Cleaner Clingfish 32
Cochleoceps orientalis
Pink Clingfish 7
Aspasmogaster costata
Common Hardyhead 8
Atherinomorus vaigiensis
Sand Mullet 10
Myxus elongatus
Short-tail Stingray 17
Bathytoshia brevicaudata
Common Stingaree 33
Trygonoptera testacea
New Zealand Eagle Ray 34
Myliobatis tenuicaudatus
Coffin Ray 1
Hypnos monopterygius
Banjo Ray 10
Trygonorrhina fasciata
Gulf Wobbegong 35
Orectolobus halei
Spotted Wobbegong 36
Orectolobus maculatus
Blind Shark 37
Brachaelurus waddi
Crested Hornshark 29
Heterodontus galeatus
Port Jackson Shark 32
Heterodontus portusjacksoni

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