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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

Edited by Mark McGrouther and joseph_dibattista, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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