With your help, Redmap will be tracking the following fish around Australia. Some of these fish may be common along your coastline - but have you spotted any that aren't normally found at your local diving, fishing or swimming spots? Redmap is interested in sightings where fish have ventured away from their usual home range. You can sort this list by region and fish species or common name. And just a short note: when we talk about "fish", technically we're talking about "bony fishes" (not sharks and rays which have cartilaginous skeletons!). Bony fishes are the biggest and most diverse group of vertebrate in the world.

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  Eastern wirrah

  Acanthistius ocellatus

  Otherwise known as ‘Old boot’ due to its taste, the eastern wirrah has a greenish-brown body covered in blue centered spots. Count thirteen…

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  Western blue groper

  Achoerodus gouldii

  Western blue groper are the largest bony fish on the south coast. They live in small family groups headed by a dominant male. If he disappe…

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  Eastern blue groper

  Achoerodus viridis

  A common and well known New South Wales species found from Harvey Bay to Wilsons Promontory, Victoria. Sightings of Blue Gropers have been …

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  Warty prowfish

  Aetapcus maculatus

  Curious scorpionfish relatives that are very well-camouflaged amongst sponges. These sedentary fishes regularly shed their skin to prevent …

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  Whitebarred boxfish

  Anoplocapros lenticularis

  A boxfish with a concave snout and a high arched back. Males and females differ in colour – males are orange with a few white bands on the …

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  Rock cale

  Aplodactylus lophodon

  Species common to New South Wales and south to Victoria. Rare in Tasmania, sightings are limited to the Kent Group islands. Generally the r…

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  Red morwong

  Cheilodactylus fuscus

  Brownish-red to brownish-pink on the upper half of the head and body, and silvery white below, with pale angled dash-like markings on the r…

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  Onespot puller

  Chromis hypsilepis

  Very common reef species in New South Wales and south to Victoria (Mallacoota) and the Bass Strait islands. This species is a blue grey col…

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  Comb wrasse

  Coris picta

  A distinctive wrasse with a broad black comb-like stripe along the sides, a red stripe on top of the head, and a yellow tail. Juveniles up …

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  Mahi mahi

  Coryphaena hippurus

  Common to global tropical waters. This is a highly migratory species, not common to southern waters in Australia. This species is very brig…

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  Rock blackfish

  Girella elevata

  Rock blackfish are considered a reef dwelling NSW species that has a range that can extend from southern Queensland to northern and north e…

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  Red velvetfish

  Gnathanacanthus goetzeei

  Striking scorpionfish relatives that are rarely seen by divers, partly because they are most active at night. Red Velvetfish are extremely …

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  Green moray

  Gymnothorax prasinus

  Most common eel in southern waters - this green eel has a yellow brown humped head and green body. Length: Up to 1.5 m

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  Halfbanded seaperch

  Hypoplectrodes maccullochi

  Known from northern New South Wales to the north and north-east of Tasmania (Bicheno). Sightings have been made at Maria Island. This fish …

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  Striped marlin

  Kajikia audax

  Marlins have the distinctive pointed snout or beak. Look for its dark blue grey back covered in dark stripes, approximately 12 to 16, along…

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  Grey morwong

  Nemadactylus douglasii

  A well known New South Wales coastal reef species present from southern Queensland to Victoria. Adults are considered rare but present in …

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  Whiskered prowfish

  Neopataecus waterhousii

  Rare scorpionfish relatives that are very well-camouflaged to resemble encrusting algae or sponges. Their pink, orange or dark brown skin i…

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  Crimsonband wrasse

  Notolabrus gymnogenis

  Rick Stuart-Smith (Male - above), Reef Life Survey) This wrasse is a well known New South Wales coastal reef species that also inhabits …

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  Harlequin fish

  Othos dentex

  Harlequin fish vary in colour, from orange or brown, to greenish-grey or pinkish above, paler below, with large yellow to green blotches on…

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  Spotted grubfish

  Parapercis ramsayi

  The spotted grubfish is pale greyish to brown above, whitish below, with a series of small dark close-set spots forming a line along the up…

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  Short boarfish

  Parazanclistius hutchinsi

  A very distinctive boarfish with a very deep body, a high rounded dorsal fin with a concave rear margin, large round pelvic fins, a long al…

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  Giant boarfish

  Paristiopterus labiosus

  A large boarfish with a moderately deep, compressed body, exposed striated head bones, a low knob on the nape and a very long concave snout…

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  White-ear

  Parma microlepis

  White-ear are common to northern New South Wales and are also present in Victoria and northern Tasmania, usually in the Bass Strait. Juveni…

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  Leafy seadragon

  Phycodurus eques

  The leafy seadragon is greenish to yellowish-brown with many thin dark-edged pale lines or bands across the body. They have large leaf-like…

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  Cobia

  Rachycentron canadum

  Slender fishes with a broad, flattened head without dorsal sucking disk and a protruding lower jaw; long-based dorsal fin preceded by short…

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  Slender sunfish

  Ranzania laevis

  Slender sunfish are the smallest member in the family Molidae. Although rarely seen in coastal waters, large shoals occasionally strand the…