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).
Keyhole Angelfish
Centropyge tibicen, known commonly as the keyhole angelfish or puller angelfish, is a species of marine fish in the family Pomacanthidae.
Threadfin Butterflyfish
The threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga) is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae).
Dusky Butterflyfish
The Black Butterflyfish (Chaetodon flavirostris) is a species of butterflyfish native to the Pacific Ocean where it can be found inhabiting reefs at depths of from 2 to 20 metres (6.6 to 65.6 ft) extending from Australia to Pitcairn Island. This species reaches a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL. This fish can also be found in the aquarium trade.
Gunther's Butterflyfish
Chaetodon guentheri or the Crotchet butterflyfish is a fish species in the genus Chaetodon, and is native to The western pacific ocean near Taiwan. In the wild they are found near rocky reefs and feed on plankton. They grow up to 7 inches.
Bluespine Unicornfish
The bluespine unicornfish or short-nose unicornfish (Naso unicornis) is a tang from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 70 cm in length. It is called kala in Hawaiian, and dawa in New Caledonia.
Eyestripe Surgeonfish
Acanthurus dussumieri is a tang from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 54 cm in length.
Yellowmask Surgeonfish
Acanthurus mata is a marine tropical fish belonging to the family of the Acanthuridae or surgeonfishes. Its common names are elongate surgeonfish and blue-lined surgeonfish.
Dusky Surgeonfish
Acanthurus nigrofuscus, also known as the lavender tang, brown tang, or spot-cheeked surgeonfish, is a tang from the Indo-Pacific and Hawaii. It commonly makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to 21 cm in length. Recently, a huge bacterium discovered in its intestine, Epulopiscium fishelsoni, has been found to grow as large as 600 by 80 μm, a ...more ↓
Orangeblotch Surgeonfish
Acanthurus olivaceus, also known as orange band surgeonfish or orange-shoulder surgeonfish, is a member of the family Acanthuridae, the surgeonfishes. It lives in tropical waters of the Indo-west Pacific.
Convict Surgeonfish
Acanthurus triostegus (convict tang or convict surgeonfish) is a small surgeonfish in family Acanthuridae of the order Perciformes. It is typically about 10 cm (3.9 in) long, but some individuals may grow larger than 20 cm.
Spotted Sawtail
The yellowspotted sawtail, Prionurus maculatus, is a tang of the family Acanthuridae, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
Australian Sawtail
Prionurus microlepidotus is a subtropical fish found in coral reefs in the western Pacific ocean. It is commonly known as the Sixplate sawtail or Sawtail surgeonfish. It is sometimes used in aquariums.
Yellowtail False Fusilier
Paracaesio xanthura, commonly known as the yellowtail blue snapper, is a fish native to the Indian Ocean.
Australasian Snapper
The Australasian snapper or silver seabream, Pagrus auratus, is a species of porgie found in coastal waters of Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Japan and New Zealand. Its distribution areas in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are disjunct. Although it is almost universally known in Australian and New Zealand as snapper, it does not belong to ...more ↓
Yellowfin Bream
Acanthopagrus australis, officially known as the yellowfin bream and commonly known as the surf bream, is a species of marine and freshwater fish of the porgy family, Sparidae. It is also known as silver bream, eastern black bream, sea bream, and bream. It is a deep-bodied fish, occasionally confused with Acanthopagrus butcheri ...more ↓
Tarwhine
Rhabdosargus sarba (goldlined seabream, silver bream, tarwhine, or yellowfin bream) is a species of fish in the seabream family, Sparidae. This species occurs Red Sea and the Persian Gulf to Eastern Cape, South Africa, eastwards to the South China Sea and Japan, and southwards to Australia.
Common Silverbiddy
The common silver belly (Gerres subfasciatus) is a species of mojarra native to Indian and Pacific coastal waters of Australia.
Spangled Emperor
Lethrinus nebulosus is a species of emperor fish. Common names include spangled emperor, green snapper, morwong, north-west snapper, sand bream, sand snapper, sixteen-pounder, and yellow sweetlip.
Diamondfish
Monodactylus argentus is a species of fish in the family Monodactylidae, the moonyfishes. Its common names include silver moonyfish, or silver moony, butter bream, and diamondfish. It is native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, including the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and associated estuaries, such as the Mekong Delta.
Sand Whiting
The sand whiting (Sillago ciliata), also known as the summer whiting, yellowfin whiting or blue-nose whiting, is a common species of coastal marine fish of the family Sillaginidae, the smelt-whitings. It is a slender, slightly compressed fish that is very similar to other species of Sillago, with detailed spine, ray and lateral line scale counts ...more ↓
