Recreational Fishing in Western Australia - Fish Identification Guide
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ecreational fish<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong> western australia<br />
fish identification guide<br />
feBruarY 2013
Contents<br />
About this <strong>Guide</strong> 1<br />
offshore demersAl 3<br />
<strong>in</strong>shore demersAl 4<br />
neArshore 12<br />
estuAr<strong>in</strong>e 19<br />
PelAGic 20<br />
shArKs 23<br />
crustAceAns 25<br />
molluscs 26<br />
freshWAter 27<br />
Cover: Rowley Shoals. Photo: Shannon Conway<br />
Published by Department of <strong>Fish</strong>eries, Perth, <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Australia</strong>.<br />
<strong>Fish</strong>eries Occasional Publication No. 103, February 2013.<br />
ISSN: 1447 - 2058 ISBN: 978-1-921845-31-4<br />
ii fish identification guide
About this <strong>Guide</strong><br />
this guide has been developed to help you identify the more<br />
common species <strong>in</strong> <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> that you may encounter.<br />
The purpose of this recreational fish<strong>in</strong>g guide is to greatly<br />
enhance consistent and accurate species identification.<br />
If you are unsure about a particular species (or if it is not <strong>in</strong> this<br />
guide), please discuss it with a representative of the Department<br />
of <strong>Fish</strong>eries, <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Australia</strong>. You can access additional<br />
<strong>in</strong>formation on the website wwwfishwagovau<br />
Six broad ecological depth-based habitats are recognised with<strong>in</strong> each<br />
bioregion. F<strong>in</strong>fish species are listed <strong>in</strong> the habitat where they most<br />
commonly occur. Sharks and crustaceans are presented separately as<br />
they may occupy many habitats.<br />
200 mile Economic Exclusion Zone<br />
PeLAGiC<br />
PAGE 20<br />
250m<br />
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20m<br />
<strong>in</strong>shoRe deMeRsAL<br />
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neARshoRe PAGE 12<br />
estuAR<strong>in</strong>e PAGE 19<br />
Land<br />
FReshWAteR PAGE 27<br />
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About this <strong>Guide</strong> (Cont<strong>in</strong>ued)<br />
Throughout this guide you will see all or some of the follow<strong>in</strong>g coastal<br />
bioregion symbols with each fish illustration, <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g where the species is<br />
most likely to occur.<br />
NC North Coast<br />
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GC Gascoyne Coast<br />
WC West Coast<br />
SC South Coast<br />
Freshwater species <strong>in</strong>habit the <strong>in</strong>land bioregions, which are shown on the<br />
map on page 27.<br />
Gascoyne<br />
Coast<br />
GC<br />
West<br />
Coast<br />
WC<br />
27°S<br />
21°46' S<br />
Black Po<strong>in</strong>t<br />
114° 50' E<br />
Exmouth<br />
Carnarvon<br />
North Coast<br />
(Pilbara/Kimberley)<br />
Port Hedland<br />
Karratha<br />
Onslow<br />
Denham<br />
Kalbarri<br />
Geraldton<br />
115°30' E<br />
Ashburton River<br />
Perth<br />
NC<br />
Broome<br />
Esperance<br />
Augusta<br />
Albany South Coast<br />
SC<br />
Kununurra<br />
Eucla
oFFshoRe deMeRsAL<br />
eightbar grouper<br />
(Grey banded rockcod, eightbar cod)<br />
Hyporthodus octofasciatus<br />
hapuku<br />
Polyprion oxygeneios<br />
bass groper<br />
Polyprion americanus<br />
blue-eye trevalla<br />
Hyperoglyphe antarctica<br />
ruby snapper<br />
Etelis carbunculus<br />
flame snapper<br />
Etelis coruscans<br />
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<strong>in</strong>shoRe deMeRsAL<br />
West <strong>Australia</strong>n dhufish<br />
(Dhuie)<br />
Glaucosoma hebraicum<br />
northern pearl perch<br />
Glaucosoma buergeri<br />
snapper<br />
(P<strong>in</strong>k snapper, p<strong>in</strong>kie)<br />
Pagrus auratus<br />
Pa<strong>in</strong>ted sweetlips<br />
(Slatey bream, sweetlip)<br />
Diagramma labiosum<br />
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Juvenile<br />
<strong>Western</strong> blue groper<br />
Achoerodus gouldii<br />
blue morwong<br />
(Queen snapper)<br />
Nemadactylus valenciennesi<br />
harlequ<strong>in</strong> fish<br />
Othos dentex<br />
sea sweep<br />
Scorpis aequip<strong>in</strong>nis<br />
Juvenile
Yelloweye redfish<br />
Centroberyx australis<br />
bight redfish<br />
(Red snapper, nannygai)<br />
Centroberyx gerrardi<br />
swallowtail<br />
Centroberyx l<strong>in</strong>eatus<br />
sergeant baker<br />
Aulopus purpurissatus<br />
common coral trout<br />
(Leopard coral trout)<br />
Plectropomus leopardus<br />
barcheek coral trout<br />
(Inshore coral trout)<br />
Plectropomus maculatus<br />
Yellowedge coronation trout<br />
(Coronation trout, lunartail trout)<br />
Variola louti<br />
Juvenile<br />
ch<strong>in</strong>amanfish<br />
(Ch<strong>in</strong>aman)<br />
Symphorus nematophorus<br />
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<strong>in</strong>shoRe deMeRsAL (Cont<strong>in</strong>ued)<br />
spangled emperor<br />
Lethr<strong>in</strong>us nebulosus<br />
Grass emperor<br />
(Black snapper, blue-l<strong>in</strong>ed emperor,<br />
grass snapper, tricky snapper)<br />
Lethr<strong>in</strong>us laticaudis<br />
bluespotted emperor<br />
(Lesser spangled emperor)<br />
Lethr<strong>in</strong>us punctulatus<br />
Yellowtail emperor<br />
Lethr<strong>in</strong>us atk<strong>in</strong>soni<br />
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longnose emperor<br />
(Long-nosed emperor)<br />
Lethr<strong>in</strong>us olivaceus<br />
redspot emperor<br />
(P<strong>in</strong>k-eared emperor)<br />
Lethr<strong>in</strong>us lentjan<br />
redthroat emperor<br />
(Sweetlip emperor)<br />
Lethr<strong>in</strong>us m<strong>in</strong>iatus<br />
barramundi cod<br />
Chromileptes altivelis
lackspotted rockcod<br />
(Malabar cod, estuary cod, slimy cod)<br />
Ep<strong>in</strong>ephelus malabaricus<br />
Goldspotted rockcod<br />
(Estuary cod, slimy cod, greasy grouper)<br />
Ep<strong>in</strong>ephelus coioides<br />
Potato rockcod Protected sPecies<br />
(Potato cod)<br />
Ep<strong>in</strong>ephelus tukula<br />
Queensland groper Protected sPecies<br />
(Giant grouper, Queensland grouper)<br />
Ep<strong>in</strong>ephelus lanceolatus<br />
Yellowspotted rockcod<br />
(Spotted cod, honeycomb cod)<br />
Ep<strong>in</strong>ephelus areolatus<br />
frostback rockcod<br />
(Spotted cod, honeycomb cod, frostback cod)<br />
Ep<strong>in</strong>ephelus bilobatus<br />
duskytail grouper<br />
(Spotted trout, trout cod)<br />
Ep<strong>in</strong>ephelus bleekeri<br />
rank<strong>in</strong> cod<br />
(Whitespotted rockcod)<br />
Ep<strong>in</strong>ephelus mult<strong>in</strong>otatus<br />
Juvenile<br />
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<strong>in</strong>shoRe deMeRsAL (Cont<strong>in</strong>ued)<br />
breaksea cod<br />
(Black arse snapper)<br />
Ep<strong>in</strong>ephelides armatus<br />
rosy threadf<strong>in</strong> bream<br />
Nemipterus furcosus<br />
rob<strong>in</strong>son’s seabream<br />
(Rob<strong>in</strong>son’s bream, Rob<strong>in</strong>son’s perch)<br />
Gymnocranius grandoculis<br />
moses’ snapper<br />
(Moses’ perch, f<strong>in</strong>germark bream)<br />
Lutjanus russellii<br />
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mangrove Jack<br />
(Jacks)<br />
Lutjanus argentimaculatus<br />
Juvenile<br />
darktail snapper<br />
(Maroon seaperch, dark tailed seaperch)<br />
Lutjanus lemniscatus<br />
brownstripe snapper<br />
(Flagfish)<br />
Lutjanus vitta<br />
stripey snapper<br />
(Spanish flag, stripey seaperch)<br />
Lutjanus carponotatus
crimson snapper<br />
(Crimson seaperch, red snapper)<br />
Lutjanus erythropterus<br />
saddletail snapper<br />
(Scarlet seaperch)<br />
Lutjanus malabaricus<br />
maori snapper<br />
(Maori seaperch)<br />
Lutjanus rivulatus<br />
red emperor<br />
(Reds)<br />
Lutjanus sebae<br />
Golden snapper<br />
(F<strong>in</strong>germark seaperch, f<strong>in</strong>germark bream)<br />
Lutjanus johnii<br />
Goldband snapper<br />
Pristipomoides multidens<br />
rosy snapper<br />
(Rosy jobfish, crimson jobfish)<br />
Pristipomoides filamentosus<br />
sharptooth snapper<br />
(Sharptooth jobfish)<br />
Pristipomoides typus<br />
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<strong>in</strong>shoRe deMeRsAL (Cont<strong>in</strong>ued)<br />
humphead maori wrasse Protected sPecies<br />
Cheil<strong>in</strong>us undulatus<br />
Goldspot pigfish<br />
(Goldspot foxfish)<br />
Bodianus perditio<br />
foxfish<br />
(<strong>Western</strong> foxfish)<br />
Bodianus frenchii<br />
baldch<strong>in</strong> groper<br />
(Baldie)<br />
Choerodon rubescens<br />
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bluespotted tuskfish<br />
Choerodon cauteroma<br />
blue tuskfish<br />
(Bluebone)<br />
Choerodon cyanodus<br />
blackspot tuskfish<br />
(Bluebone)<br />
Choerodon schoenle<strong>in</strong>ii<br />
Purple tuskfish<br />
(Grass tuskfish, bluebone)<br />
Choerodon cephalotes
luebarred parrotfish<br />
Scarus ghobban<br />
frypan bream<br />
Argyrops sp<strong>in</strong>ifer<br />
bighead gurnard perch<br />
(Gurnard perch)<br />
Neosebastes pandus<br />
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neARshoRe<br />
no dot mark<strong>in</strong>gs on<br />
base of pectoral f<strong>in</strong><br />
K<strong>in</strong>g George whit<strong>in</strong>g<br />
(KG)<br />
Sillag<strong>in</strong>odes punctata<br />
southern school whit<strong>in</strong>g<br />
(Sand whit<strong>in</strong>g, school whit<strong>in</strong>g)<br />
Sillago bassensis<br />
dot mark<strong>in</strong>gs on base<br />
of pectoral f<strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>Western</strong> school whit<strong>in</strong>g<br />
(Sand whit<strong>in</strong>g, school whit<strong>in</strong>g)<br />
Sillago vittata<br />
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fa<strong>in</strong>t or no bars<br />
well def<strong>in</strong>ed bars<br />
<strong>Western</strong> trumpeter whit<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Sillago burrus<br />
Yellowf<strong>in</strong> whit<strong>in</strong>g<br />
(Sand whit<strong>in</strong>g, silver whit<strong>in</strong>g)<br />
Sillago schomburgkii<br />
Goldenl<strong>in</strong>e whit<strong>in</strong>g<br />
(Golden-l<strong>in</strong>ed whit<strong>in</strong>g)<br />
Sillago analis<br />
Yellowtail scad<br />
(Yellowtail, yellowtail horse mackerel)<br />
Trachurus novaezelandiae
<strong>Australia</strong>n herr<strong>in</strong>g<br />
(Herr<strong>in</strong>g, tommy ruff)<br />
Arripis georgianus<br />
black mark<strong>in</strong>gs on tail<br />
Juvenile<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Australia</strong>n salmon (Salmon)<br />
Arripis truttaceus<br />
Juvenile, often called salmon trout, looks like adult<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n herr<strong>in</strong>g but has smaller eye and po<strong>in</strong>ty head<br />
southern garfish<br />
(Gardie, southern sea garfish)<br />
Hyporhamphus melanochir<br />
dark blotch below<br />
dorsal f<strong>in</strong><br />
lower lobe of<br />
tail f<strong>in</strong> longer<br />
three-by-two garfish<br />
(Robust garfish, storm garfish)<br />
Hemiramphus robustus<br />
mulloway<br />
(River k<strong>in</strong>gfish)<br />
Argyrosomus japonicus – also known as<br />
Argyrosomus hololepidotus<br />
black jewfish<br />
(Northern mulloway)<br />
Protonibea diacanthus<br />
<strong>Western</strong> butterfish<br />
(Butterfish, buttery)<br />
Pentapodus vitta<br />
bluespotted goatfish<br />
(Red mullet)<br />
Upeneichthys vlam<strong>in</strong>gii<br />
Juvenile<br />
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neARshoRe (Cont<strong>in</strong>ued)<br />
silver trevally<br />
(Skipjack, skippy)<br />
Pseudocaranx georgianus<br />
This <strong>in</strong>cludes the smaller sand trevally (P. wrightii)<br />
longtom<br />
Family Belonidae<br />
snook<br />
Sphyraena novaehollandiae<br />
striped seapike<br />
(Pike, striped barracuda)<br />
Sphyraena obtusata<br />
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horseshoe leatherjacket<br />
Meuschenia hippocrepis<br />
sixsp<strong>in</strong>e leatherjacket<br />
(Reef leatherjacket)<br />
Meuschenia freyc<strong>in</strong>eti<br />
tailor<br />
(Chopper – small tailor)<br />
Pomatomus saltatrix<br />
banded sweep<br />
Scorpis georgiana
lue mackerel<br />
(Slimey mackerel, common mackerel)<br />
Scomber australasicus<br />
oriental bonito<br />
Sarda orientalis<br />
barramundi<br />
Lates calcarifer<br />
diamondscale mullet<br />
Liza vaigiensis<br />
Greenback mullet<br />
Liza subviridis<br />
bluetail mullet<br />
Valamugil buchanani<br />
sea mullet<br />
(Mullet)<br />
Mugil cephalus<br />
Yelloweye mullet<br />
(Pilch, yellow-eyed mullet)<br />
Aldrichetta forsteri<br />
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neARshoRe (Cont<strong>in</strong>ued)<br />
ch<strong>in</strong>aman rockcod<br />
(Charlie court)<br />
Ep<strong>in</strong>ephelus rivulatus<br />
Queenfish<br />
(Queenie)<br />
Scomberoides spp.<br />
<strong>Western</strong> yellowf<strong>in</strong> bream<br />
(Yellowf<strong>in</strong> bream)<br />
Acanthopagrus latus<br />
northwest black bream<br />
(Pikey bream)<br />
Acanthopagrus palmaris<br />
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turrum<br />
(Goldspotted trevally)<br />
Carangoides fulvoguttatus<br />
Golden trevally<br />
(Banded trevally)<br />
Gnathanodon speciosus<br />
Giant trevally<br />
(GT)<br />
Caranx ignobilis
lotched javel<strong>in</strong><br />
(Blotched javel<strong>in</strong>fish)<br />
Pomadasys maculatus<br />
barred javel<strong>in</strong><br />
(Spotted javel<strong>in</strong>fish)<br />
Pomadasys kaakan<br />
silver toadfish Poisonous<br />
(North-West blowfish)<br />
Lagocephalus sceleratus<br />
Weep<strong>in</strong>g toadfish Poisonous<br />
(Blowie, pufferfish, common blowfish)<br />
Torquigener pleurogramma<br />
blue threadf<strong>in</strong><br />
(Bluenose threadf<strong>in</strong> salmon, blue salmon)<br />
Eleutheronema tetradactylum<br />
K<strong>in</strong>g threadf<strong>in</strong><br />
(Giant threadf<strong>in</strong> salmon, giant threadf<strong>in</strong>)<br />
Polydactylus macrochir<br />
Giant sea catfish<br />
(Giant salmon catfish)<br />
Arius thalass<strong>in</strong>us<br />
tripletail<br />
Lobotes sur<strong>in</strong>amensis<br />
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neARshoRe (Cont<strong>in</strong>ued)<br />
<strong>Western</strong> K<strong>in</strong>g wrasse<br />
Coris auricularis<br />
brownspotted wrasse<br />
Notolabrus parilus<br />
southern maori wrasse<br />
Ophthalmolepis l<strong>in</strong>eolatus<br />
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Male<br />
Female<br />
<strong>Western</strong> striped grunter<br />
(Trumpeter, striped trumpeter)<br />
Pelates octol<strong>in</strong>eatus<br />
Male<br />
Female<br />
common dart<br />
Trach<strong>in</strong>otus botla
estuAR<strong>in</strong>e<br />
Yellowtail flathead<br />
(Bartailed flathead)<br />
Platycephalus westraliae<br />
northern sand flathead<br />
(Sand flathead, flag tailed flathead)<br />
Platycephalus endrachtensis<br />
southern bluespotted flathead<br />
(Bluespotted flathead, southern flathead)<br />
Platycephalus speculator<br />
estuary cobbler<br />
(Cobbler)<br />
Cnidoglanis macrocephalus<br />
smalltooth flounder<br />
Pseudorhombus jenynsii<br />
largetooth flounder<br />
Pseudorhombus arsius<br />
black bream<br />
Acanthopagrus butcheri<br />
tarwh<strong>in</strong>e<br />
(Silver bream)<br />
Rhabdosargus sarba<br />
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PeLAGiC<br />
samsonfish<br />
Seriola hippos<br />
Amberjack<br />
Seriola dumerili<br />
Yellowtail k<strong>in</strong>gfish<br />
(K<strong>in</strong>gfish, k<strong>in</strong>gie)<br />
Seriola lalandi<br />
Yellowf<strong>in</strong> tuna<br />
Thunnus albacares<br />
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Juvenile<br />
southern bluef<strong>in</strong> tuna<br />
Thunnus maccoyii<br />
northern bluef<strong>in</strong> tuna<br />
Thunnus orientalis<br />
mackerel tuna<br />
(Jack mackerel, kawakawa)<br />
Euthynnus aff<strong>in</strong>is<br />
dogtooth tuna<br />
(Doggie)<br />
Gymnosarda unicolor
spanish mackerel<br />
(Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel)<br />
Scomberomorus commerson<br />
Grey mackerel<br />
(Broad-barred Spanish mackerel,<br />
broad-banded mackerel)<br />
Scomberomorus semifasciatus<br />
spotted mackerel<br />
(<strong>Australia</strong>n spotted mackerel)<br />
Scomberomorus munroi<br />
school mackerel<br />
(Queensland school mackerel, doggie)<br />
Scomberomorus queenslandicus<br />
shark mackerel<br />
(Scaly mackerel, salmon mackerel)<br />
Grammatorcynus bicar<strong>in</strong>atus<br />
(Cont<strong>in</strong>ued)<br />
blue marl<strong>in</strong><br />
Makaira nigricans<br />
black marl<strong>in</strong><br />
Makaira <strong>in</strong>dica<br />
striped marl<strong>in</strong><br />
Tetraputerus audax<br />
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PeLAGiC (Cont<strong>in</strong>ued)<br />
sailfish<br />
Istiophorus platypterus<br />
cobia<br />
(Black k<strong>in</strong>gfish)<br />
Rachycentron canadum<br />
Wahoo<br />
Acanthocybium solandri<br />
Great barracuda<br />
Sphyraena barracuda<br />
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mahi mahi<br />
(Dolph<strong>in</strong>fish)<br />
Coryphaena spp.
shARKs<br />
broad, angular<br />
upper teeth<br />
narrow hookshaped<br />
upper<br />
teeth<br />
<strong>in</strong>terdorsal<br />
ridge<br />
dusky whaler<br />
Carcharh<strong>in</strong>us obscurus<br />
no <strong>in</strong>terdorsal<br />
ridge<br />
bronze whaler<br />
Carcharh<strong>in</strong>us brachyurus<br />
sandbar shark<br />
(Thicksk<strong>in</strong> shark, northern whaler, sand shark)<br />
Carcharh<strong>in</strong>us plumbeus<br />
tiger shark<br />
Galeocerdo cuvier<br />
Whitetip reef shark<br />
Triaenodon obesus<br />
Whiskery shark<br />
Furgaleus macki<br />
Gummy shark<br />
(Southern gummy shark)<br />
Mustelus antarcticus<br />
<strong>Western</strong> spotted gummy shark<br />
Mustelus stevensi<br />
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shARKs (Cont<strong>in</strong>ued)<br />
hammerhead sharks<br />
Family Sphyrnidae<br />
Wobbegongs<br />
Family Orectolobidae<br />
Greynurse shark<br />
Carcharias taurus<br />
Port Jackson shark<br />
Heterodontus portusjackson<br />
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White shark Protected sPecies<br />
Carcharodon carcharias<br />
sawsharks<br />
Family Pristiophoridae<br />
sawfishes Protected sPecies<br />
Family Pristidae
CRustACeAns<br />
<strong>Western</strong> rock lobster<br />
Panulirus cygnus<br />
southern rock lobster<br />
Jasus edwardsii<br />
Pa<strong>in</strong>ted rock lobster<br />
(Tropical rock lobster, green rock lobster)<br />
Panulirus versicolor<br />
ornate rock lobster<br />
(Tropical rock lobster)<br />
Panulirus ornatus<br />
brown mud crab<br />
(Orange mud crab)<br />
Scylla olivacea<br />
Green mud crab<br />
(Giant mud crab)<br />
Scylla serrata<br />
blue swimmer crab<br />
(Blue manna, blue crab)<br />
Portunus armatus (formerly P. pelagicus)<br />
Prawns<br />
Family Penaeidae<br />
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MoLLusCs<br />
roe’s abalone<br />
Haliotis roei<br />
Greenlip abalone<br />
Haliotis laevigata<br />
brownlip abalone<br />
Haliotis conicopora<br />
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squid<br />
Order Teuthoidea<br />
octopus<br />
Octopus spp.<br />
cuttlefish<br />
Family Sepiidae
FReshWAteR<br />
Two different bioregions apply for<br />
freshwater species – the Northern Inland<br />
Bioregion and the Southern Inland<br />
Bioregion, shown on the map below.<br />
Black Po<strong>in</strong>t<br />
Exmouth<br />
Carnarvon<br />
Port Hedland<br />
Karratha<br />
Onslow<br />
Denham<br />
Kalbarri<br />
Geraldton<br />
Ashburton River<br />
Perth<br />
Augusta<br />
Albany<br />
SI<br />
Broome<br />
Southern<br />
Inland<br />
Esperance<br />
NI<br />
Northern<br />
Inland<br />
silver cobbler<br />
(Lake Argyle catfish, Ord River catfish)<br />
Arius midgleyi<br />
<strong>Western</strong> sooty grunter<br />
(Sooty grunter)<br />
Hephaestus jenk<strong>in</strong>si<br />
Kununurra<br />
27°S<br />
Eucla<br />
marron<br />
Cherax ca<strong>in</strong>ii<br />
redclaw<br />
(Queensland red claw crayfish)<br />
Cherax quadricar<strong>in</strong>atus<br />
cherab<strong>in</strong><br />
(Freshwater prawns)<br />
Macrobrachium spp.<br />
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<strong>in</strong>deX oF CoMMon nAMes<br />
A<br />
Amberjack .................... 20<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>n herr<strong>in</strong>g .......... 13<br />
b<br />
Baldch<strong>in</strong> groper ............. 10<br />
Banded sweep .............. 14<br />
Barcheek coral trout ........ 5<br />
Barramundi .................. 15<br />
Barramundi cod .............. 6<br />
Barred javel<strong>in</strong> ................ 17<br />
Bass groper .................... 3<br />
Bighead gurnard perch .. 11<br />
Bight redfish ................... 5<br />
Black bream ................. 19<br />
Black jewfish ................ 13<br />
Black marl<strong>in</strong> ................. 21<br />
Blackspotted rockcod ...... 7<br />
Blackspot tuskfish......... 10<br />
Blotched javel<strong>in</strong> ............. 17<br />
Bluebarred parrotfish ..... 11<br />
Blue-eye trevalla .............. 3<br />
Blue mackerel ............... 15<br />
Blue marl<strong>in</strong> ................... 21<br />
Blue morwong ................. 4<br />
Bluespotted emperor ....... 6<br />
Bluespotted goatfish ..... 13<br />
Bluespotted tuskfish ..... 10<br />
Blue swimmer crab........ 25<br />
Bluetail mullet............... 15<br />
Blue threadf<strong>in</strong> ............... 17<br />
Blue tuskfish ................ 10<br />
Breaksea cod.................. 8<br />
Bronze whaler ............... 23<br />
Brownlip abalone........... 26<br />
Brown mud crab ............ 25<br />
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Brownspotted wrasse .... 18<br />
Brownstripe snapper ....... 8<br />
c<br />
Cherab<strong>in</strong> ....................... 27<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>amanfish .................. 5<br />
Ch<strong>in</strong>aman rockcod......... 16<br />
Cobia ........................... 22<br />
Common coral trout......... 5<br />
Common dart ................ 18<br />
Crimson snapper ............. 9<br />
Cuttlefish ...................... 26<br />
d<br />
Darktail snapper ............. 8<br />
Diamondscale mullet ..... 15<br />
Dogtooth tuna ............... 20<br />
Duskytail grouper ............ 7<br />
Dusky whaler ................ 23<br />
e<br />
Eightbar grouper .............. 3<br />
Estuary cobbler ............. 19<br />
f<br />
Flame snapper ................ 3<br />
Foxfish ......................... 10<br />
Frostback rockcod ........... 7<br />
Frypan bream ................ 11<br />
G<br />
Giant sea catfish........... 17<br />
Giant trevally ................. 16<br />
Goldband snapper ........... 9<br />
Goldenl<strong>in</strong>e whit<strong>in</strong>g ......... 12<br />
Golden snapper .............. 9<br />
Golden trevally .............. 16<br />
Goldspot pigfish ............ 10<br />
Goldspotted rockcod ....... 7<br />
Grass emperor ................ 6<br />
Great barracuda ............ 22<br />
Greenback mullet .......... 15<br />
Greenlip abalone ........... 26<br />
Green mud crab ............ 25<br />
Grey mackerel ............... 21<br />
Greynurse shark ............ 24<br />
Gummy shark................ 23<br />
h<br />
Hammerhead sharks ..... 24<br />
Hapuku .......................... 3<br />
Harlequ<strong>in</strong> fish ................. 4<br />
Horseshoe leatherjacket 14<br />
Humphead Maori wrasse 10<br />
K<br />
K<strong>in</strong>g George whit<strong>in</strong>g....... 12<br />
K<strong>in</strong>g threadf<strong>in</strong> ............... 17<br />
l<br />
Largetooth flounder ....... 19<br />
Longnose emperor .......... 6<br />
Longtom ....................... 14<br />
m<br />
Mackerel tuna ............... 20<br />
Mahi mahi .................... 22<br />
Mangrove Jack ................ 8<br />
Maori snapper ................ 9<br />
Marron ......................... 27<br />
Moses’ snapper .............. 8<br />
Mulloway ...................... 13<br />
n<br />
Northern bluef<strong>in</strong> tuna .... 20<br />
Northern pearl perch ....... 4
Northern sand flathead.. 19<br />
Northwest black bream .. 16<br />
o<br />
Octopus........................ 26<br />
Oriental bonito .............. 15<br />
Ornate rock lobster ....... 25<br />
P<br />
Pa<strong>in</strong>ted rock lobster ...... 25<br />
Pa<strong>in</strong>ted sweetlips ............ 4<br />
Platycephalus speculator 19<br />
Port Jackson shark ........ 24<br />
Potato rockcod ................ 7<br />
Prawns ......................... 25<br />
Purple tuskfish .............. 10<br />
Q<br />
Queenfish ..................... 16<br />
Queensland groper .......... 7<br />
r<br />
Rank<strong>in</strong> cod ..................... 7<br />
Redclaw ........................ 27<br />
Red emperor ................... 9<br />
Redspot emperor ............ 6<br />
Redthroat emperor .......... 6<br />
Rob<strong>in</strong>son’s seabream ...... 8<br />
Roe’s abalone ............... 26<br />
Rosy snapper .................. 9<br />
Rosy threadf<strong>in</strong> bream ...... 8<br />
Ruby snapper .................. 3<br />
s<br />
Saddletail snapper .......... 9<br />
Sailfish ......................... 22<br />
Samsonfish .................. 20<br />
Sandbar shark .............. 23<br />
Sawfishes .................... 24<br />
Sawsharks .................... 24<br />
School mackerel ........... 21<br />
Sea mullet .................... 15<br />
Sea sweep...................... 4<br />
Sergeant baker ............... 5<br />
Shark mackerel ............. 21<br />
Sharptooth snapper......... 9<br />
Silver cobbler ................ 27<br />
Silver toadfish ............... 17<br />
Silver trevally ................ 14<br />
Sixsp<strong>in</strong>e leatherjacket ... 14<br />
Smalltooth flounder ....... 19<br />
Snapper ......................... 4<br />
Snook .......................... 14<br />
Southern bluef<strong>in</strong> tuna .... 20<br />
Southern bluespotted<br />
flathead ........................ 19<br />
Southern garfish .......... 13<br />
Southern maori wrasse .. 18<br />
Southern rock lobster .... 25<br />
Southern school whit<strong>in</strong>g 12<br />
Spangled emperor ........... 6<br />
Spanish mackerel ......... 21<br />
Spotted mackerel .......... 21<br />
Squid ........................... 26<br />
Striped marl<strong>in</strong> ............... 21<br />
Striped seapike ............. 14<br />
Stripey snapper ............... 8<br />
Swallowtail ..................... 5<br />
t<br />
Tailor ............................ 14<br />
Tarwh<strong>in</strong>e ....................... 19<br />
Three-by-two garfish ...... 13<br />
Tiger shark ................... 23<br />
Tripletail ....................... 17<br />
Turrum .......................... 16<br />
W<br />
Wahoo .......................... 22<br />
Weep<strong>in</strong>g toadfish .......... 17<br />
West <strong>Australia</strong>n dhufish ... 4<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Australia</strong>n<br />
salmon (Salmon) ........... 13<br />
<strong>Western</strong> blue groper ........ 4<br />
<strong>Western</strong> butterfish ......... 13<br />
<strong>Western</strong> K<strong>in</strong>g wrasse ..... 18<br />
<strong>Western</strong> rock lobster ..... 25<br />
<strong>Western</strong> school whit<strong>in</strong>g .. 12<br />
<strong>Western</strong> sooty grunter ... 27<br />
<strong>Western</strong> spotted gummy<br />
shark ........................... 23<br />
<strong>Western</strong> striped grunter . 18<br />
<strong>Western</strong> trumpeter<br />
whit<strong>in</strong>g ......................... 12<br />
<strong>Western</strong> yellowf<strong>in</strong> bream 16<br />
Whiskery shark ............. 23<br />
White shark ................. 24<br />
Whitetip reef shark ........ 23<br />
Wobbegongs ................. 24<br />
Y<br />
Yellowedge coronation trout .5<br />
Yelloweye mullet ............ 15<br />
Yelloweye redfish ............. 5<br />
Yellowf<strong>in</strong> tuna ............... 20<br />
Yellowf<strong>in</strong> whit<strong>in</strong>g ............ 12<br />
Yellowspotted rockcod ..... 7<br />
Yellowtail emperor ........... 6<br />
Yellowtail flathead ......... 19<br />
Yellowtail k<strong>in</strong>gfish .......... 20<br />
Yellowtail scad .............. 12<br />
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