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| Species or Family |
Variety & Common Name |
| Archer
Fish |
Archer,
fish, rifle fish, 'primitive' archer fish
(P. lorentzi)
|
| Barracuda |
Barracud,
great barracud, 'cuda, giant sea pike, 'dingo fish' (colloquial)
|
| Barramundi |
Barramundi,
barra, giant perch, palmer, cock-up |
| Bream |
Bream,
pikey bream, black bream |
| Black
jewfish |
Black
jewfish, blackjew, spotted mulloway, spotted jewfish, northern
mulloway |
| Chinaman
fish |
Chinaman
fish, chinaman, 'galloper' (colloquial) |
| Cobia |
Cobia,
black kingfish, black king, crab-eater, sergeant fish, ling,
lemon fish. |
| Cod,
barramundi |
Barramundi
cod, hump-backed rock cod, hump-backed cod, hump-back cod, pyjama
cod. |
| Cod,
coral |
Coral
cod, blue spotted rock cod, blue spotted cod |
| Cod,
estuary |
Estuary
cod, cod, spotted cod, brown spotted rock cod, brown spotted
cod, 'greasy cod' (colloquial) |
| Coral
trout |
Coral
trout, trout |
| Dart |
Dart,
swallotail dart, black-spotted dart (T.bailleni),
Russell's dart (T.
russelli),
silver trevally (incorrect). |
| Dolphin
fish |
Dolphin
fish, dolphinfish, dolphin mahi-mahi, dorado |
| Emperor,
spangled |
Spangled
emperor, nor'west snapper (W.A), yellow spotted sweetlip,
yellow spotted lipper, 'y.s.l.' (collaquial), sand emperor,
sand snapper, sand bream |
| Emperor,
sweetlip |
Sweetlip,
sweetlip emperor, red-throated emperor, 'lipper' (colloquial)
|
| Emperor,
red |
Red
emperor, emperor, government bream, king snapper, red kelp, red
|
| Fingermark
bream |
Fingermark
bream, fingermark, spotted-scale sea perch, golden snapper,
red chopper |
| Flathead |
Flathead,
flattie, bar-tailed flathead, Swan River flathead (W.A.)
|
| Flounder |
Flounder,
flatfish, large-toothed flounder, (P. arsius), small-toothed
flounder (P. jenynsii), sole (incorrect) |
| Garfish |
Garfish,
gar, 'gardie' (colloquial), 'beakie' (colloquial), sea gar (Hyporhamphus
australis), river gar (H. ardelio). snub-nosed gar (Arrhamphus
sclerolepis), three-by-two gar (H. welsbyii). black-barred garfish
(H. far) and others |
| Herring,
giant |
Giant
herring, herring, ten-pounder, ladyfish, bonefish (incorrect)
|
| Javelin
fish |
Javelin
fish, javelin, grunter, spotted javelin |
| Jobfish,
green |
Jobfish,
green jobfish, 'samurai salmon' (colloquial) |
| Jungle
perch |
Jungle
perch, junglie, perch, flagtail, 'j.p.' (colloquial)
|
| Long
tom |
Long
tom, alligator gar, needlefish |
| Mackerel,
spanish |
Spanish
mackerel, narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (S.
commersoni), broad-barred Spanish mackerel (I. semifasciatum),
spaniard, spanish, snook mackerel, 'macko', (colloquial), doggie
(juvenile), grey mackerel (I.
semifasciatum), tanguigue (S.
commersoni) |
| Mackerel
spotted or school mackerel |
Spotted
mackerel, spotty, school mackerel, schoolie, doggie mackerel,
snook, Queensland school mackerel (S.
queenslandicus), Japanese spotted mackerel (S.
niphonia). |
| Mangrove
jack |
Mangrove
jack, jack, mangrove snapper, red bream, red perch, dog bream,
red bass (incorrect) |
| Maori
wrasse |
Maori
wrasse, Maori, hump-headed Maori wrasse,
double-headed wrasse, giant wrasse |
| Marlin |
A
group of big, pelagic fishes with their top jaws modified into
beaks or bills. The three largest marlin; black, blue and striped,
are all found in Australian waters, as is the
Indo-Pacific sailfish (see SAILFISH) and the much rarer short-bill
spearfish |
| Marlin,
black |
Black
marlin, marlin, d'Ombrain's marlin (juvenile), 'beaky' (colloquial)
|
| Marlin,
blue |
Blue
marlin, Pacific blue marlin, marlin, 'beaky' (colloquial)
|
| Marlin,
striped |
Striped
marlin, marlin, stripey, 'beaky' (colloquial) |
| Mullet,
sea |
Bully
mullet, sea mullet, bullnose, hardgut mullet, river mullet,
'poddy' mullet (juveniles) |
| Queenfish |
Queenfish,
queenie, skinny fish, skinny, leatherskin, whitefish
|
| Rays |
Stingrays,
stingarees, skates, shovelnose, numbfish, fiddlers, banjo sharks,
angel sharks etc. |
| Sailfish |
Sailfish,
sail, Indo-Pacific sailfish, spearfish (incorrect), 'spear-chucker',
(colloquial) |
| Salmon,
threadfin |
Threadfin
salmon, salmon, threadfin, king salmon, Sheridan's threadfin
(Folynemus sheridani),
Burnett salmon, giant salmon, blue salmon, golden salmon, Cooktown
salmon |
| Saratoga |
Saratoga,
'toga, spotted barramundi, Dawson River barramundi (S.
leichardti), barramundi (incorrect) |
| Sharks,
hammerhead |
Hammer
head, hammer, scalloped hammerhead (S.
lewini), smooth hammerhead (S.
zygaena), great hammerhead |
| Shark,
tiger |
Tiger
shark, tiger |
| Shark,
whaler |
Whaler
sharks, whalers, bronze whaler (C.
brachyurus), black whale, common whaler, river whaler,
bull shark, dusky shark, sandbar shark, requiem shark, etc.
|
| Sooty
grunter |
Sooty
grunter, sooty, blubberlips, khaki bream, black bream, golden
grunter (colour variation) |
| Tarpon |
Tarpon,
ox-eye herring, herring, Indo-Pacific tarpon |
| Trevally |
|
| Trevally,
giant |
Trevally,
giant trevally, great trevally, 'g.t.' (colloquial), lowly trevally,
lowly, 'bumper' (northern W.A.), black trevally, turrum (common,
but incorrect), ulua (Hawaii) |
| Trevally,
big-eye |
Trevally,
big-eye trevally, giant trevally (incorrect), turrum (incorrect)
|
| Trevally,
Turrum or gold-spot |
Trevally,
gold-spot trevally, gold-spotted trevally, turrum |
| Trevally,
golden |
Trevally,
golden trevally |
| Tuna,
dogtooth |
Dogtooth
tuna, dog-toothed tuna, white tuna, scaleless tuna, lizard-mouth
tuna. |
| Tuna,
longtail |
Northern
bluefin tuna, northern blue, longtail tuna, oriental bonito
|
| Tuna,
mackerel |
Mackerel
tuna, mack' tuna, kawakawa, 'bonito' (north Queensland)
|
| Tuna,
striped |
Striped
tuna, stripey, skipjack, 'bonito' (incorrect) |
| Tuna,
yellowfin |
Yellowfin
tuna, yellowfin, Allison tuna, 'fin (colloquial), ahi (Hawaii)
|
| Venus
tusk fish |
Venus
tuskfish, Venus tusk fish, tusk fish, bluebone, Venus parrot
fish |
| Wahoo |
Wahoo,
peto, ono (Hawaii), mackerel (incorrect) |
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