Fish of Australia - Australian Sea and Freshwater Fishes

Fish of Australia - Australian Sea and Freshwater Fishes

This page shows some fish that can be found in Australia and in coastal waters around Australia. Click on the pictures to show more information about each of the different fishes.

This section of the site is quite new and I will add more animals as I get around to it, and add more information about the fish that are there already.

NEW There's an alternative version of this page at the new website www.ark.au/fish.html

NOTE: The fish are listed in order of size, from smallest to largest.


Pyjama Cardinalfish Sphaeramia nematoptera Size: To 8.5 cm
Eastern Hulafish NEW Trachinops taeniatus Size: 10 cm
Ocellaris Clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris Size: To 11 cm
Red Sea Urchin NEW Mesocentrotus franciscanus Size: To about 12-13 cm across.
Stripey NEW Microcanthus strigatus Size: 16 cm
Bengal Sergeant NEW Abudefduf bengalensis Size: To 17 cm
Copperband Butterflyfish Chelmon rostratus Size: Up to 20 cm
Black & White Butterflyfish Heniochus acuminatus/diphreutes Size: 15-25 cm
Scissortail Sergeant NEW Abudefduf sexfasciatus Size: To 22 cm
Silver Scat NEW Selenotoca multifasciata Size: To 28 cm
Scribbled Angelfish NEW Chaetodontoplus duboulayi Size: To 28 cm
Blue Tang NEW Paracanthurus hepatus Size: To 31 cm
Rock Cale NEW Aplodactylus lophodon Size: To 35 cm
Pot-bellied Seahorse NEW Hippocampus abdominalis Size: Up to 35 cm, the largest seahorse in Australia and one of the largest in the world.
Moonlighter NEW Tilodon sexfasciatus Size: 35-40 cm
Lionfish Pterois volitans/miles Size: 38 cm
Eastern Rock Blackfish NEW Girella elevata Size: To 62 cm
Silver Bream NEW Acanthopagrus australis Size: 66 cm
Common Sydney Octopus NEW Octopus tetricus Size: Body to 80cm, arm span to 2 metres!
Golden Trevally NEW Gnathanodon speciosus Size: 120 cm
Blacktip Reef Shark Carcharhinus melanopterus Size: Up to 1.6 metres
Whitetip Reef Shark Triaenodon obesus Size: Usually under 1.6 m
Giant Trevally NEW Caranx ignobilis Size: 170 cm
Leopard Shark Stegostoma fasciatum Size: To 2.5 m
Shark Ray NEW Rhina ancylostoma Size: To 2.7 m
Green Sawfish Pristis zijsron Size: Up to 7.3 metres

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