List of fishes of the Houtman Abrolhos
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The marine waters of the Houtman Abrolhos, an island chain off the coast of Western Australia, are unusual in containing a mix of tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate fish species. This mix is largely due to the Leeuwin Current, which brings warm tropical water to the Houtman Abrolhos, especially in winter. Tropical species are the most abundant, eleven of the sixteen most abundant species being tropical fishes. However, there are also a large number of tropical species with populations so small that they are thought not to maintain populations be breeding at the Houtman Abrolhos.[1]
| Common name | Scientific name | Family |
|---|---|---|
| Bluespotted stingray | Amphotistius kuhlii | Dasyatidae |
| Short-tail stingray | Dasyatis brevicaudata | Dasyatidae |
| Striped stingaree | Trygonoptera ovalis | Urolophidae |
| Circular stingaree | Urolophus circularis | Urolophidae |
| Spotted eagle ray | Aetobatus narinari | Myliobatidae |
| Manta ray | Manta birostris | Mobulidae |
| Australian blackspotted catshark | Aulohalaelurus labiosus | Scyliorhinidae |
| Whiskery shark | Furgaleus macki | Triakidae |
| Gummy shark | Mustelus antarcticus | Triakidae |
| Dusky shark | Carcharhinus obscurus | Carcharhinidae |
| Sandbar shark | Carcharhinus plumbeus | Carcharhinidae |
| Carcharhinidae | ||
| Whale shark | Rhincodon typus | Rhincodontidae |
| Ornate wobbegong | Orectolobus ornatus | Orectolobidae |
| Orectolobus sp. | Orectolobidae | |
| Port Jackson shark | Heterodontus portusjacksoni | Heterodontidae |
| Ophichthidae | ||
| Abbott's moray eel | Gymnothorax eurostus | Muraenidae |
| Yellow moray | Gymnothorax prasinus | Muraenidae |
| Undulated moray | Gymnothorax undulatus | Muraenidae |
| Gymnothorax woodwardi | Muraenidae | |
| Etrumeus teres | Clupeidae | |
| Sardinella lemuru | Clupeidae | |
| Clupeidae | ||
| Slender sprat | Spratelloides gracilis | Clupeidae |
| Blue sprat | Spratelloides robustus | Clupeidae |
| Gonorhynchidae | ||
| Arius thalassinus | Ariidae | |
| Plotosidae | ||
| Plotosus lineatus | Plotosidae | |
| Aulopidae | ||
| Variegated lizardfish | Synodus variegatus | Synodontidae |
| Saurida undosquamis | Harpadontidae | |
| Batrachoididae | ||
| Batrachoididae | ||
| Antennariidae | ||
| Spotfin frogfish | Antennarius nummifer | Antennariidae |
| Striated frogfish | Antennarius striatus | Antennariidae |
| Sargassum fish | Histrio histrio | Antennariidae |
| Tathicarpus butleri | Antennariidae | |
| Moridae | ||
| Bythitidae | ||
| Ogilbia sp. | Bythitidae | |
| Cypselurus sp. | Exocoetidae | |
| Ablennes hians | Belonidae | |
| Hemiramphidae | ||
| Hyporhamphus melanochir | Hemiramphidae | |
| Atherinidae | ||
| Atherinidae | ||
| Atherinidae | ||
| Atherinidae | ||
| Atherinidae | ||
| Cleidopus gloriamaris | Monocentrididae | |
| Little pineapple fish | Sorosichthys ananassa | Trachichthyidae |
| Veliferidae | ||
| Halicampus brocki | Syngnathidae | |
| Narrow-bellied seahorse | Hippocampus angustus | Syngnathidae |
| Lissocampus fatiloquus | Syngnathidae | |
| Nannocampus subosseus | Syngnathidae | |
| Pugnaso curtirostris | Syngnathidae | |
| Günther's pipehorse | Solegnathus lettiensis | Syngnathidae |
| Pegasus volitans | Pegasidae | |
| Ablabys taenianotus | Scorpaenidae | |
| Scorpaenidae | ||
| Cocotropus sp. | Scorpaenidae | |
| Scorpaenidae | ||
| Scorpaenidae | ||
| Scorpaenidae | ||
| Scorpaenidae | ||
| Scorpaenidae | ||
| Pterios volitans | Scorpaenidae | |
| Scorpaena sumptuosa | Scorpaenidae | |
| Scorpaenodes guamensis | Scorpaenidae | |
| Scorpaenidae | ||
| Scorpaenidae | ||
| Scorpaenidae | ||
| Inimicus sinensis | Synanceiidae | |
| Triglidae | ||
| Pataecidae | ||
| Pataecus fronto | Pataecidae | |
| Leviprora inops | Platycephalidae | |
| Platycephalidae | ||
| Platycephalus endrachtensis | Platycephalidae | |
| Platycephalidae | ||
| Hypopterus macropterus | Centropomidae | |
| Serranidae | ||
| Serranidae | ||
| Cephalopholis argus | Serranidae | |
| Cephalopholis miniata | Serranidae | |
| Black-arse cod | Epinephelides armatus | Serranidae |
| Serranidae | ||
| Estuary cod | Epinephelus coioides | Serranidae |
| Blacktip grouper | Epinephelus fasciatus | Serranidae |
| Giant grouper | Epinephelus lanceolatus | Serranidae |
| Serranidae | ||
| Epinephelus rivulatus | Serranidae | |
| Serranidae | ||
| Coral trout | Plectropomus leopardus | Serranidae |
| Serranidae | ||
| Pseudanthias cooperi | Serranidae | |
| Yellow-edged lyretail | Variola louti | Serranidae |
| Unidentified grammistid | Grammistidae | |
| Assiculus punctatus | Pseudochromidae | |
| Pseudochromidae | ||
| Pseudochromidae | ||
| Paraplesiops meleagris | Plesiopidae | |
| Plesiopidae | ||
| Plesiopidae | ||
| Belonepterygion fasciolatum | Acanthoclinidae | |
| Glaucosoma hebraicum | Glaucosomatidae | |
| Banjos banjos | Banjosidae | |
| Heteropriacanthus cruentatus | Priacanthidae | |
| Priacanthus hamrur | Priacanthidae | |
| Ring-tailed cardinalfish | Apogon aureus | Apogonidae |
| Apogonidae | ||
| Apogonidae | ||
| Apogon doederleini | Apogonidae | |
| Apogonidae | ||
| Apogon semiornatus | Apogonidae | |
| Apogonidae | ||
| Apogonidae | ||
| Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus | Apogonidae | |
| Apogonidae | ||
| Apogonidae | ||
| Apogonidae | ||
| Apogonidae | ||
| Golden lined whiting | Sillago analis | Sillaginidae |
| Bluefish | Pomatomus saltatrix | Pomatomidae |
| Carangoides equula | Carangidae | |
| Carangidae | ||
| White trevally | Pseudocaranx dentex | Carangidae |
| Pseudocaranx wrighti | Carangidae | |
| Seriola dumerili | Carangidae | |
| Samson fish | Seriola hippos | Carangidae |
| Yellowtail amberjack | Seriola lalandi | Carangidae |
| Carangidae | ||
| Mahi-mahi | Coryphaena hippurus | Coryphaenidae |
| Rachycentridae | ||
| Australian herring | Arripis georgianus | Arripidae |
| Lutjanus fulviflamma | Lutjanidae | |
| Lutjanus quinquelineatus | Lutjanidae | |
| Lutjanidae | ||
| Lutjanidae | ||
| Nemipteridae | ||
| Pentapodus emeryii | Nemipteridae | |
| Nemipteridae | ||
| Nemipteridae | ||
| Parequula melbournensis | Gerreidae | |
| Diagramma pictum | Haemulidae | |
| Haemulidae | ||
| Haemulidae | ||
| Lethrinus atkinsoni | Lethrinidae | |
| Lethrinidae | ||
| Lethrinus miniatus | Lethrinidae | |
| Lethrinus nebulosus | Lethrinidae | |
| Southern black bream | Acanthopagrus butcheri | Sparidae |
| Australasian snapper | Pagrus auratus | Sparidae |
| Tarwhine | Rhabdosargus sarba | Sparidae |
| Parupeneus barberinoides | Mullidae | |
| Mullidae | ||
| Mullidae | ||
| Mullidae | ||
| Mullidae | ||
| Upeneichthys stotti | Mullidae | |
| Monodactylidae | ||
| Pempherididae | ||
| Pempherididae | ||
| Pempherididae | ||
| Pempherididae | ||
| Pempherididae | ||
| Pempheris sp. | Pempherididae | |
| Girellidae | ||
| Kyphosus cornelii | Kyphosidae | |
| Silver drummer | Kyphosus sydneyanus | Kyphosidae |
| Microcanthus strigatus | Scorpididae | |
| Neatypus obliquus | Scorpididae | |
| Scorpididae | ||
| Platax teira | Ephippididae | |
| Chaetodon assarius | Chaetodontidae | |
| Chaetodon aureofasciatus | Chaetodontidae | |
| Threadfin butterflyfish | Chaetodon auriga | Chaetodontidae |
| Speckled butterflyfish | Chaetodon citrinellus | Chaetodontidae |
| Sunburst butterflyfish | Chaetodon kleinii | Chaetodontidae |
| Lined butterflyfish | Chaetodon lineolatus | Chaetodontidae |
| Raccoon butterflyfish | Chaetodon lunula | Chaetodontidae |
| Chaetodon plebeius | Chaetodontidae | |
| Chaetodon speculum | Chaetodontidae | |
| Chevron butterflyfish | Chaetodon trifascialis | Chaetodontidae |
| Melon butterflyfish | Chaetodon trifasciatus | Chaetodontidae |
| Chelmon marginalis | Chaetodontidae | |
| Chelmonops curiosus | Chaetodontidae | |
| Pennant coralfish | Heniochus acuminatus | Chaetodontidae |
| Parachaetodon ocellatus | Chaetodontidae | |
| Centropyge tibicen | Pomacanthidae | |
| Pomacanthidae | ||
| Pomacanthus semicirculatus | Pomacanthidae | |
| Oldwife | Enoplosus armatus | Enoplosidae |
| Pomacentridae | ||
| Scissortail sergeant | Abudefduf sexfasciatus | Pomacentridae |
| Abudefduf sordidus | Pomacentridae | |
| Indo-Pacific sergeant | Abudefduf vaigiensis | Pomacentridae |
| Clark's anemonefish | Amphiprion clarkii | Pomacentridae |
| Black-axil chromis | Chromis atripectoralis | Pomacentridae |
| Pomacentridae | ||
| Chromis margaritifer | Pomacentridae | |
| Green Chromis | Chromis viridis | Pomacentridae |
| Pomacentridae | ||
| Whitetail dascyllus | Dascyllus aruanus | Pomacentridae |
| Dascyllus reticulatus | Pomacentridae | |
| Threespot dascyllus | Dascyllus trimaculatus | Pomacentridae |
| Pomacentridae | ||
| Pomacentridae | ||
| Plectroglyphidodon dickii | Pomacentridae | |
| Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus | Pomacentridae | |
| Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus | Pomacentridae | |
| Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus | Pomacentridae | |
| Pomacentrus coelestis | Pomacentridae | |
| Pomacentridae | ||
| Pomacentridae | ||
| Stegastes fasciolatus | Pomacentridae | |
| Stegastes nigricans | Pomacentridae | |
| Pomacentridae | ||
| Spotted hawkfish | Cirrhitichthys aprinus | Cirrhitidae |
| Paracirrhites forsteri | Cirrhitidae | |
| Cheilodactylidae | ||
| Cheilodactylidae | ||
| Dactylophora nigricans | Cheilodactylidae | |
| Yellow-eye mullet | Aldrichetta forsteri | Mugilidae |
| Flathead mullet | Mugil cephalus | Mugilidae |
| Obtuse barracuda | Sphyraena obtusata | Sphyraenidae |
| Achoerodus gouldii | Labridae | |
| Anampses caeruleopunctatus | Labridae | |
| Labridae | ||
| Austrolabrus maculatus | Labridae | |
| Bodianus axillaris | Labridae | |
| Bodianus bilunulatus | Labridae | |
| Foxfish | Bodianus frenchii | Labridae |
| Labridae | ||
| Labridae | ||
| Redbreast wrasse | Cheilinus fasciatus | Labridae |
| Cheilinus trilobatus | Labridae | |
| Cheilio inermis | Labridae | |
| Bluespotted tuskfish | Choerodon cauteroma | Labridae |
| Blue tuskfish | Choerodon cyanodus | Labridae |
| Labridae | ||
| Baldchin groper | Choerodon rubescens | Labridae |
| Blackspot tuskfish | Choerodon schoenleinii | Labridae |
| Labridae | ||
| Labridae | ||
| Clown coris | Coris aygula | Labridae |
| Labridae | ||
| Dotalabrus alleni | Labridae | |
| Epibulus insidiator | Labridae | |
| Eupetrichthys angustipes | Labridae | |
| Gomphosus varius | Labridae | |
| Labridae | ||
| Halichoeres nebulosus | Labridae | |
| Labridae | ||
| Hemigymnus fasciatus | Labridae | |
| Hemigymnus melapterus | Labridae | |
| Hologymnosus annulatus | Labridae | |
| Labrichthys unilineatus | Labridae | |
| Labroides bicolor | Labridae | |
| Bluestreak cleaner wrasse | Labroides dimidiatus | Labridae |
| Macropharyngodon ornatus | Labridae | |
| Notolabrus parilus | Labridae | |
| Labridae | ||
| Pictilabrus laticlavius | Labridae | |
| Long green wrasse | Pseudojuloides elongatus | Labridae |
| Labridae | ||
| Labridae | ||
| Labridae | ||
| Labridae | ||
| Stethojulis strigiventer | Labridae | |
| Labridae | ||
| Thalassoma amblycephalum | Labridae | |
| Thalassoma hardwicke | Labridae | |
| Moon wrasse | Thalassoma lunare | Labridae |
| Thalassoma lutescens | Labridae | |
| Thalassoma purpureum | Labridae | |
| Thalassoma septemfasciata | Labridae | |
| Thalassoma trilobatum | Labridae | |
| Heteroscarus acroptilus | Odacidae | |
| Marbled parrotfish | Leptoscarus vaigiensis | Scaridae |
| Scaridae | ||
| Scarus frenatus | Scaridae | |
| Scarus ghobban | Scaridae | |
| Scaridae | ||
| Scaridae | ||
| Scaridae | ||
| Scaridae | ||
| Opistognathidae | ||
| Opistognathus sp. | Opistognathidae | |
| Pinguipedidae | ||
| Pinguipedidae | ||
| Limnichthys fasciatus | Creediidae | |
| Atrosalarias fuscus holomelas | Blenniidae | |
| Cirripectes filamentosus | Blenniidae | |
| Cirripectes hutchinsi | Blenniidae | |
| Blenniidae | ||
| Blenniidae | ||
| Istiblennius meleagris | Blenniidae | |
| Meiacanthus grammistes | Blenniidae | |
| Omobranchus germaini | Blenniidae | |
| Parablennius postoculomaculatus | Blenniidae | |
| Petroscirtes breviceps | Blenniidae | |
| Petroscirtes mitratus | Blenniidae | |
| Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos | Blenniidae | |
| Mimic blenny | Plagiotremus tapeinosoma | Blenniidae |
| Enneapterygius larsonae | Tripterygiidae | |
| Helcogramma decurrens | Tripterygiidae | |
| Norfolkia brachylepis | Tripterygiidae | |
| Norfolkia leeuwin | Tripterygiidae | |
| Golden weedfish | Cristiceps aurantiacus | Clinidae |
| Crested weedfish | Cristiceps australis | Clinidae |
| Heteroclinus sp. | Clinidae | |
| Ophiclinus gracilis | Clinidae | |
| Callionymidae | ||
| Callionymus goodladi | Callionymidae | |
| Callionymus grossi | Callionymidae | |
| Callionymidae | ||
| Callionymidae | ||
| Synchiropus rameus | Callionymidae | |
| Gobiesocidae | ||
| Lepadichthys frenatus | Gobiesocidae | |
| Amblygobius phalaena | Gobiidae | |
| Gobiidae | ||
| Gobiidae | ||
| Bathygobius fuscus | Gobiidae | |
| Gobiidae | ||
| Callogobius sp. | Gobiidae | |
| Callogobius sp. | Gobiidae | |
| Gobiidae | ||
| Gobiidae | ||
| Eviota melasma | Gobiidae | |
| Gobiidae | ||
| Gobiidae | ||
| Eviota sp. | Gobiidae | |
| Gobiidae | ||
| Gobiidae | ||
| Gobiidae | ||
| Gobiodon citrinus | Gobiidae | |
| Gobiidae | ||
| Priolepis cincta | Gobiidae | |
| Gobiidae | ||
| Valenciennea puellaris | Gobiidae | |
| Gobiidae | ||
| Curious wormfish | Gunnellichthys curiosus | Microdesmidae |
| Acanthurus grammoptilus | Acanthuridae | |
| Manini | Acanthurus triostegus | Acanthuridae |
| Naso fageni | Acanthuridae | |
| Naso unicornis | Acanthuridae | |
| Zebrasoma scopas | Acanthuridae | |
| Zebrasoma veliferum | Acanthuridae | |
| Siganus fuscescens | Siganidae | |
| Grammatorcynus bicarinatus | Scombridae | |
| Maittya | Scomberomorus commerson | Scombridae |
| Sarda orientalis | Scombridae | |
| Yellowfin tuna | Thunnus albacares | Scombridae |
| Bothidae | ||
| Bothidae | ||
| Bothidae | ||
| Pseudorhombus quinquocellatus | Bothidae | |
| Soleidae | ||
| Cynoglossus broadhursti | Cynoglossidae | |
| Anacanthus barbatus | Monacanthidae | |
| Scrawled filefish | Aluterus scriptus | Monacanthidae |
| Monacanthidae | ||
| Chaetodermis penicilligerus | Monacanthidae | |
| Colurodontis paxmani | Monacanthidae | |
| Monacanthidae | ||
| Meuschenia hippocrepis | Monacanthidae | |
| Monacanthus chinensis | Monacanthidae | |
| Orange spotted filefish | Oxymonacanthus longirostris | Monacanthidae |
| Monacanthidae | ||
| Pervagor janthinosoma | Monacanthidae | |
| Scobinichthys granulatus | Monacanthidae | |
| Stephanolepis sp. | Monacanthidae | |
| Anoplocapros lenticularis | Ostraciidae | |
| Ostraciidae | ||
| Yellow boxfish | Ostracion cubicus | Ostraciidae |
| Tetrosomus concatenatus | Ostraciidae | |
| White-spotted puffer | Arothron hispidus | Tetraodontidae |
| Lagocephalus sceleratus | Tetraodontidae | |
| Torquigener pallimaculatus | Tetraodontidae | |
| Torquigener paxtoni | Tetraodontidae | |
| Torquigener pleurogramma | Tetraodontidae | |
| Tetraodontidae | ||
| Slender-spined porcupine fish | Diodon nicthemerus | Diodontidae |
References[]
- ^ Hutchins, J. Barry (1997). "Checklist of fishes of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia". In Wells, F. E. (ed.). The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, Volume 1. Western Australian Museum. pp. 239–253.
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