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).

Spotted Grubfish 1
Parapercis ramsayi
Cloud Wrasse 2
Halichoeres nebulosus
Indo-Pacific Bluehead Wrasse 3
Thalassoma amblycephalus
Moon Wrasse 4
Thalassoma lunare
Eastern King Wrasse 5
Coris sandeyeri
Gunther's Wrasse 1
Pseudolabrus guentheri
Luculent Wrasse 6
Pseudolabrus luculentus
Eastern Blue Groper 7
Achoerodus viridis
Blackspotted Wrasse 8
Austrolabrus maculatus
Cigar Wrasse 3
Cheilio inermis
Dotted Wrasse 9
Cirrhilabrus punctatus
Snakeskin Wrasse 10
Eupetrichthys angustipes
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse 3
Labroides dimidiatus
Purple Wrasse 11
Notolabrus fucicola
Crimsonband Wrasse 12
Notolabrus gymnogenis
Southern Maori Wrasse 13
Ophthalmolepis lineolata
Twospot Wrasse 9
Oxycheilinus bimaculatus
Senator Wrasse 1
Pictilabrus laticlavius
Redshoulder Wrasse 1
Stethojulis bandanensis
Cutribbon Wrasse 3
Stethojulis interrupta
Three-line Wrasse 9
Stethojulis strigiventer
Chameleon Parrotfish 3
Scarus chameleon
Bluebarred Parrotfish 14
Scarus ghobban
Herring Cale 1
Olisthops cyanomelas
Rainbow Cale 10
Heteroscarus acroptilus
Little Weed Whiting 13
Neoodax balteatus
Eastern Wirrah 7
Acanthistius ocellatus
Blackbanded Seaperch 7
Hypoplectrodes annulatus
Halfbanded Seaperch 1
Hypoplectrodes maccullochi
Banded Seaperch 1
Hypoplectrodes nigroruber
Lyretail Anthias 15
Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Black Rockcod 13
Epinephelus daemelii
False Kelpfish 16
Sebastiscus marmoratus
Eastern Red Scorpionfish 13
Scorpaena jacksoniensis
Dwarf Lionfish 6
Dendrochirus brachypterus
Red Gurnard 5
Chelidonichthys kumu
Bluespotted Flathead 13
Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus
Northern Sand Flathead 13
Platycephalus endrachtensis
Dusky Flathead 7
Platycephalus fuscus
Eastern Fortescue 7
Centropogon australis

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

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  • 1. (c) Erik Schlogl, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Erik Schlogl
  • 2. (c) Rafi Amar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Rafi Amar
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