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Chordates Bony Fishes Perciformes Cods & Seaperches Cephalpholis miniata - Coral Cod Diploprion bifasciatum - Yellow Emperor Epinephelus cyanopodus - purple rockcod Epinephelus coioides - Estuary Cod Epinephelus daemelii - Black Cod Epinephelus fasciatus - Red Barred Cod Epinephelus maculatus - marbled rockcod, trout cod Epinephelus malabaricus - Malabar Cod Epinephelus undulostriatus - maori cod Grammistes sexlineatus - sixline soapfish Hypoplectrodes maccullochi - half-banded seaperch Pseudanthias squamipinnis - Orange fairy baslet Hulafishes Paraplesiops bleekeri - eastern blue devil Trachinops taeniatus - easten hula fish Pearl Perches Glaucosoma scapulare - pearl perch Cardinalfishes Apogon aureus - Ring-tailed Cardinalfish Apogon limenus - Sydney Cardialfish Apogon properuptus - Orange-lined Cardinalfish Remoras Echenies naucrates - slender suckerfish Jacks & Trevallies Caranax melampygus - bluefin trevally Caranx sexfasciatus - Big-eye Trevally Elagatis bipinnulatus - Rainbow Runner Gnathanodon speciosus - golden trevally Pseudocaranax dentex - White Trevally Seriola lalandi - Yellow-tail Kingfish Seriola rivoliana - High-fin Amberjack Coral Snappers Lutjanus russelli - Moses Perch Fusiliers Pterocaesio digramma - black-tipped fusilier Paracaesio xanthura - blue-dash fusilier Sweetlips Diagramma labiosum - painted sweetlips Diagramma pictum - painted sweetlips Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus - gold-spot sweetlips Plectorhinchus gibbosus - brown sweetlips Plectorhinchus picus - magpie sweetlips Snappers & Bream Acanthopagrus australis - yellowfin bream Chrysophrys auratus - snapper Rhabdosargus sarba - tarwhine Spinecheeks & Whiptails Scolopsis bilineata - bridled monocle bream Emperors Lethrinus miniatus - red-throated emperor Jewfishes Argysomus japonicus - mulloway, jewfish Goatfish Mulloidichthys vanicolensis - gold-stripe goatfish Parupeneus pleurostigmata - sidespot goatfish Parupeneus spilurus - blackspot goatfish Bullseyes Pempheris affinis - black-tipped bullseye Pomfrets Schuettea scalaripinnis - ladder-finned pomfret Sweeps Scorpis lineolata - silver sweep Drummers Kyphosus sydneyanus - silver drummer Blackfish Girella tricuspidata - luderick, blackfish Stripey & Mado Atypichthys strigatus - mado Microcanthus strigatus - stripey Butterflyfish Chaetodon auriga - threadfin butterflyfish Chaetodon citrinellus - speckled butterflyfish Chaetodon flavirostris - dusky butterflyfish Chaetodon kleinii - Klein's butterflyfish Chaetodon lineolatus - lined butterflyfish Chaetodon melannotus - black-back butterflyfish Chaetodon rainfordi - Rainford's butterflyfish Chaetodon vagabundus - vagabond butterflyfish Chaetodon tricinctus - three-banded coralfish Chelmon rostratus - beaked coralfish Chelmonops truncatus - truncate coralfish Forcipiger flavissimus - long-nosed butterflyfish Heniochus acuminatus - reef bannerfish Angelfish Centropyge bicolor - bicolour angelfish Centropyge flavissimus - lemonpeel angelfish Centropyge tibicen - keyhole angelfish Centropyge vroliki - pearl-scaled angelfish Chaetontoplus meredithi - yellow-tail angelfish Pomacanthus imperator - emperor angelfish Pomacanthus semicirculatus - blue angelfish Damselfish Abudefduf bengalensis - Bengal sergent major Abudefduf vaigiensis - common sergent major Amphiprion akindynos - white-tail anemonefish Amphiprion latezonatus - wide-striped anemonefish Chromis hypsilepis - one-spot puller Chromis nitida - yellow-back puller Chrysiptera flavipinnis - yellow-fin demoiselle Dascyllus reticulatus - reticulated dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatus - three spot humbug Mecaenichthys immaculatus - immaculate damsel Neopomacentrus azysron - yellowtail demoiselle Parma microlepsis - white-ear Parma oligolepsis - big-scaled parma Parma polylepsis - banded parma Parma unifasciata - girdled parma Plectroglyphidodon dickii - Dick's damsel Plectroglyphidodon lachrymatus - jewel damsel Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus - white-band damsel Pomacentrus bankanenesis - fire damsel Pomacentrus coelestis - neon damsel Pomacentrus nagasakiensis - blue-scribbled damsel Stegastes gascoynei - gold-belly gregory Old Wives Enoplosus armatus - old wife Batfish Platax orbicularis - hump-headed batfish Platax tiera - round-faced batfish Hawkfish Cirrhitichthys aprinus - blotched hawkfish Cirrhitichthys falco - falcon hawkfish Cyprinocirrhites polyactis - lyre-tailed hawkfish Paracirrhites arctus - ring-eyed hawkfish Paracirrhites forsteri - freckled hawkfish Morwongs Cheilodactylus fuscus - red morwong Cheilodactylus vestitus - crested morwong Barracudas Sphyraena jello - pickhandle baracuda Wrasses Achoerodus viridis - eastern blue groper Anamapses caeruleopunctatua - spotted chisel-toothed wrasse Bodianus axillaris - axil pigfish Bodianus perditio - gold-spot pigfish Cheilinus bimaculatus - two-spot maori wrasse Choerodon graphicus - graphic tuskfish Choerodon schoenleinii - black-spot tuskfish Coris aygula - clown coris Coris batuensis - variegated rainbowfish Coris dorsomaculata - pink-lined wrasse Coris gaimard - blue spotted-wrasse Coris picta - comb wrasse Coris sandageri - eastern king wrasse Halichoeres chrysus - yellow wrasse Halichoeres hartzfeldi - orange-lined wrasse Halichoeres hortulanus - four-spot wrasse Halichoeres nebulosus - clouded rainbowfish Labroides dimidiatus - cleaner fish Macropharyngodon choati - Choat's wrasse Macropharyngodon kuiteri - Kuiter's wrasse Macropharyngodon meleagris - leopard wrasse Notolabrus gymogenis - crimson- banded wrasse Novaculichthys taeniourus - reindeer wrasse Pseudolabrus guentheri - Gunther's wrasse Pterogogus enneancanthus - cockerel wrasse Sethojulis bandensis - red spot-wrasse Thalassoma lunare - moon wrasse Thalassoma lutescens - yellow moon wrasse Xyrichthys pavo - razor wrasse Parrotfish Scarus ghobban - blue-barred parrotfish Grubfish Parapercis clathrata - latticed grubfish Parapercis stricticeps - white-streaked grubfish Threefins Enneapterygius atrogulare - ring-scale threefin Blennies Aspidonotus taeinatus - false cleaner fish Cirripectes castaneus - chestnut blenny Exallias brevis - leopard blenny Petrosciretes fallax - yellow lined sabretooth blenny Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos - blue-lined sabretooth blenny Plagiotremus tapeinosoma - yellow sabretooth blenny Dragonets Dactylopus dactylopus - fingered dragonet Gobies Amblyeleotris wheeleri - wheeler's shrimp goby Gnatholepis scapulostigma - eye-bar sand-goby Istiogobius decoratus - decorated goby Valencienna strigata - pennant glider Dart Gobies Nemateleotris magnifica - red fire goby Ptereleotris heteroptera - spot-tail dartfish Surgeonfish Acanthurus dussumieri - ornate surgeonfish Acanthurus olivaceus - orange-spot surgeonfish Acanthurus pyroferus - chocolate surgeonfish Acanthurus triostegus - convict surgeonfish Paracanthurus hepatus - blue tang Prionurus maculatus - spotted sawtail surgeonfish Prionurus microlepidotus - sawtail surgeonfish Moorish Idols Zanculus cornatus - moorish idol Rabbitfish Siganus nebulosus - black spinefoot, happy moments Moray Eels Echidna nebulosa - clouded moray Gymnomuranea zebra - zebra moray Gymnothorax chilospilus - lipspot moray Gymnothorax eurostus - Abbot's moray Gymnothorax javanicus - giant moray Gymnothorax prasinus - green moray Siderea thyrosidea - white eyed moray catfish Plotosus lineatus - striped catfish Frogfishes Batrachomoeus dubius - eastern frogfish Anglerfish Antennarius pictus - painted anglerfish Antennarius nummifer - white-finger anglerfish Clingfishes Cochleoceps orientalis - eastern cleaner-clingfish Lepadichthys lineata - double lined clingfish Pineapplefish Cleidopus gloriamaris - pineapple fish Roughy Trachichthys australis - roughy Trumpetfish Aulostomus chinensis - trumpet fish Ghost pipefish Solenostomus leptosomus - delicate ghostpipefish Solenostomus paradoxus - ornate, harlequin ghostpipefish Flatheads Platycephalus fuscus - dusky flathead Prowfishes Pataecus fronto - red indian fish Waspfishes Ablabys taenionotus - leaf scorpionfish Scorpionfish Dendrochirus brachypterus - dwarf lionfish Dendrochirus zebra - zebra lionfish Pterios antennata - spot-finnedlionfish Pterios volitans - common lionfish Scorpaena cardinalis - red rockcod Scorpaenodes scaber - pygmy rockcod, Scorpaenopsis diabolus - devil scorpionfish Scorpaenopsis papuensis - Papuan scorpionfish Synanceia verrucosa - reef stonefish Soles Pardachirus hedleyi - southern peacock sole Triggerfish Balistoides conspicillum - clown triggerfish Rhinecanthus rectangulus - wedge-tailed triggerfish Sufflamen bursa - boomerang triggerfish Sufflamen chrysopterus - eye-stripe triggerfish Leatherjackets Aluterus monoceros - unicorn leatherjacket Brachaluteres jacksonianus - pygmy leatherjacket Cantheshenia grandisquamis - large-scaled leatherjacket Meuschenia trachylepsis - yellow-finned leatherjacket Paraluteres prionurus - mimic filefish Temperate Boxfish Anoplocapros intermis - eastern smooth boxfish Tropical Boxfish Lactoria diaphana - round-bellied cowfish Lactoria fornasini - thorny backed cowfish Ostracion cubicus - yellow boxfish Ostracion meleagris - ornate boxfish Pufferfish Arothron hispidus - stars and stripes toadfish Arothron mappa - map puffer Arothron nigropunctus - black-spotted puffer Arothron stellatus - stary pufferfish Canthigaster bennetti - Bennett's pufferfish Canthigaster callisterna - clown toby Canthigaster coronata - four-barred toby Canthigaster janthinoptera - white-spotted puffer Canthigaster valentini - saddled puffer Feroxodon multistriatus - ferocious puffer Porcupinefish Chilomyceterus reticulatus - spotted fin burfish Diadon holocanthus - freckled porcupinefish Diodon liturosus - black-blotched porcupinefish Dicotolychthys punctatus - three-barred porcupinefish Sharks & Rays Aetobatus narinari - white-spotted eagle ray Aptychotrema rostrata - eastern shovelnose Brachaelurus colcloughi - Colclough's shark Brachaelurus waddi - Blind shark Carcharius taurus - Grey Nurse shark Habits & habitat Reproduction Endangered Teeth Chiloscyllium punctatum - Brown banded catshark Dasyatis brevicaudata - smooth stingray Dasyatis fluviorum - estuary stingray Dasyatis kuhlii - blue-spotted stingray Dasyatis thetidis - black stingray Hypnos monopterygium - numbfish Manta birostris - manta ray Orectolobus halei - Hales's wobbegong Orectolobus maculatus - spotted wobbegong Orectolobus ornatus - banded wobbegong Pastinachus sephen - cowtail stingray Rhinchobatus djiddensis - guitarfish Stegostoma fasciatum - Leopard shark Taeniura meyeni- black-spotted stingray Trygonoptera testacea - common stingaree Turtles Carette caretta - logger head Chelonia mydas - green turtle Eretmochelys imbrecata - hawksbill Ascidians Botrylloides magnicoecum - magnificent asc. Clavelina australis - Cnemidocarpa stolonifera - Herdmania momus - red throated ascidian Phalliusia julinea - yellow sea squirt Polyandrocarpa colemani - Coleman's ascidian Polycitor sp. - jelly ascidian Pyura stolonifera - cunjevoi Echinoderms Sea Stars Astropecten polyacanthus - comb seastar Echinaster colemani - Coleman's seastar Echinaster luzonicus - Luzon star Linckia guildingi - yellow seastar Linckia laevigata - blue seastar Nepanthia nigrobrunnea - black & brown sstar Patiriella calcar - spurred seastar Pentadonaster dubeni - vermillion biscuit star Petricia vernicina - velvet seastar Plectaster decanus - carpet star Tegulaster alba - white seastar Uniophora granifera - granular seastar Sea Urchins Diadema sp - spined sea urchin Echinometra mathaei - rock boring urchin Echinothrix calamaris - stripe spined urchin Heliocidaris tuberculata - tuberculate urchin Pseudoboletia indiana - mauve tipped urchin Pseudoboletia maculata - spotted urchin Tripneustes gratilla - graceous urchin Brittle stars Ophiarachna megacantha - beetle brittle star Ophiothrix casespitosum - spiny armed brittle star Molluscs Gastropods Shells Worm Shells Serpulorbis sipho - common worm shell Violet Snails Janthina janthina - purple bubble snail Tuns Tonna perdix - partridge tun Tonna verigata Tritons & Trumpets Charonia lampas - australian triton Cymatium parthenopeum - hairy triton Cymatium nicobaricum - nicobar triton Strombs Lambis crocata - apricot spider shell Srombus vomer - vomer stromb Murex Shells Chicoreus banksii - Banks' murex Chicoreus brunneus - burnt muex Chicoreus denudatus - denuded murex Chicoreus ramosus - giant murex Chicoreus torrefactus - scorched murex Thais orbita - cartrut shell misc Colubraria sowerbeii Cymbiola magnifica - magnificent volute Olivia annulata - ringed olive Pterygia nucea - nut mitre Pupa solidula - solid pupa Terebra circumcincta Trivia merces - pink spotted bean cowry Dog Whelks Nassarius albescens - whitish dog whelk Cowries-true Cypraea alisonae - Cypraea arabica - arabian cowry Cypraea asellus - Cypraea caputserpentis - sepent's head cowry Cypraea carneola - purple mouth cowry Cypraea caurica - thick edged cowry Cypraea chinensis - chinese cowry Cypraea cribrarea - Cypraea elegantina - Cypraea erosa - eroded cowry Cypraea errones - Cypraea felina - cat cowry Cypraea fimbriata - Cypraea hammondae - Cypraea helvola - Cypraea humphreysii - Humphrey's cowry Cypraea kieneri - Cypraea labrolineata - line margined cowry Cypraea limacina - Cypraea lynx - Cypraea mappa - Cypraea mauritiana - Cypraea poraria - Cypraea staphylaea - Cypraea subviridus - Cypraea talpa - Cypraea teres - Cypraea tigris - tiger cowry Cypraea ursellus - Cypraea vitellus - milk spot cowry Cypraea xanthodon - yellow toothed cowry Cowries-Egg & Spindle Calpurnus verrucosus - toe-nail cowry Ovula costellata - costellate egg cowry Ovula ovum - egg cowry Phenacovolva philippinarum - philippine spidle cowry Phenacovolva tokioi - gorgonian spindle cowry Prionovolva cavannaghi - Cavannagh's ovulid Cone Shells Conus ammiralis - admiral cone Conus arenatus - Conus capitaneus - captain cone Conus catus - Conus coronatus - Conus ferrugineus - Conus generalis - Conus lisckeanus - Kermadec cone Conus papilliferus - Conus parius - parian cone Conus terebra - Conus tessulatus - mosaic cone Conus textile - textile cone Slugs & Bubbles Bullinea lineata - red lined bubble Cheliodonura inornata - tailed slug Elysia bennettae - Bennett's elysia Micromelo undulatus - Syn guamensis Philinopsis cyanea - blue-lined philinopsis Thuridilla carlsoni - Carlson's thuridilla Tylodina coricalis - small umbrella shell Umbraculum umbraculum - umbrella shell Nudibranchs Aphelodoris varia - variable aphelodoris Atagema intecta Ceratosoma amoenum - sweet dorid Ceratosoma flavicostatum Ceratosoma sinuatum - Ceratosoma tenue - Chromodoris albonares Chromodoris alius (=aureopurpurea) - Chromodoris collingwoodi - Chromodoris geometrica - geometric chromodoris Chromodoris leopardus - Chromodoris splendida - splendid chromodoris Chromodoris tinctoria - Digidentis perplexa Dendrodoris denisoni - Denison's dendrodoris Doriopsilla miniata - Scribbled doriopsilla Fiona pinnata Flabellina rubrolineata - red lined flabellina Glaucilla marginata - Glossodoris angasi - Glossodoris atromarginata - black edged nudi Glossodoris averni - white, tan edges Goniodoris sp. Hexabranchus sanguineus - Spanish dancer Hoplodoris nodulosa - Hypselodoris bennetti - Bennett's hypselodoris Hypselodoris emma - Emma's hypselodoris Hypselodoris maculosa - spotted hypselodoris Hypselodoris maritima - Hypselodoris obscura - obscure nudi Hypselodoris sp. - tiled hypselodoris Hypselodoris sp2 Jorunna funebris - funeral pyre nudibranch Jorunna sp2 Mexichromis festiva - festive mexichromis Nembrotha guttata Nembrotha lineolata - fine-lined nembrotha Noumea alboannulata Noumea flava - yellow noumea Noumea laboutei - Laboute's noumea Phestilla melanobrachia - coral polyp phestilla Phidiana Indica Phylidia ocellata - ocellate phyllidia Phyllidia varicosa - varicose phyllidia Phyllidiella pustulosa - pustulose phyllidiella Phyllodesmium crypticum - cryptic phyllodesmium Phyllodesmium poindimiei - Phyllodesmium poindimiei Pteraelidia ianthina - blue dragon, opalaescent aeolid Risbecia godeffroyana - Risbecia tryoni - Tryon's Risbecia Roboastra Gracilis - slender roboastra Thorunna daniellae - Danielle's thorunna Tritionopsilla alba - Bivalves Amusium balloti - Northern scallop Electroma zebra - little zebra wing shell Cephalopods Hapalochlaena maculosa - blue-ringed octopus Octopus cyaneus - day octopus Octopus tetricus - Sydney octopus Sepia mestus. - red cuttle Sepioteuthis australis - southern calamary Spirula spirula - ram's horn squid Crustaceans Shrimp Hymenocera elegans - harlequin shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus - mantis shrimp Rhynchocinetes durbanensis - hingeback shrimp Rhynchocinetes serratus - spotted hingebeaked shrimp Lysmata amboinenesis - Amboin cleaner shrimp Saron marmoratus - marble shrimp, saron shrimp Thor amboinensis - Thor's shrimp Stenopus hispidis - banded coral shrimp Lobsters & Crays Panulirus longipes - long legged cray Arctides antipodarum - rough spanish lobster Scyllarides sp. - slipper lobster Crabs Aniculus elegans - elegant hermit crab Calcinus gaimardii - hermit crab Neopetrolisthes maculosus - porcelain crab Percnon planissimus - sally lightfoot crab Plagusia chabrus - red bait crab Tetralia glaberrima - coral crab Trapezia rufopunctata - red spotted crab, coral crab Trizopagurus strigatus - striped hermit crab Segmented worms Pseudoserpula rugosa - rugose tubeworm Spirobranchus giganteus - christmas tree worm Sabellastarte sp. - feather duster worm Flatworms Cycloporus venustus - blue flatworm Pseudobiceros bedfordi - Persian Carpet Flatworm Pseudobiceros fulgor Pseudoceros bifurcus - Pseudoceros heronensis Pseudoceros imitatus - Pseudoceros monostichos Pseudoceros sp18 - Pseudoceros sp2 - Cnidarians Hydroids Halocordyle disticha - hydroid Porpita porpita - porpita Ralpharia magnifica Velella velella - by the wind sailor Siphonora Physalia physaliis - bluebottle Anemones Anthothoe albocincta - white striped anemone Entacmaea quadricolor - bulb-tentacle anemone Heteractis crispa - Leathery sea anemone Phlyctenanthus australis - southern anemone Hard Corals Culicia tenella - little coral Goniastria australensis - honeycomb coral Pocillopora damicornis - bone coral Turbinaria Soft Corals Caryjoa multiflora - many polyped caryjoa Dendronephthya muctonata - spikey soft coral Gorgonian Mopsella australis - southern sea fan Scarcophyton Xenia puertogalerae - small crested soft coral Jellyfish Chrysaora sp. Catostylus mosaicus - mosaic sea jelly Sponges Mycale mirabilis - dead man's fingers Spirestrella montiformis - mountainous pillow sponge