This is a list of fish recorded from the Coral Sea, bordering Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. This list comprises locally used common names, Binomial nomenclature, scientific names with Author citation (zoology), author citation and recorded Range (biology), ranges. Ranges specified may not be the entire known range for the species, but should include the known range within the waters surrounding of the bordering land masses. List ordering and Biological classification, taxonomy complies where possible with the current usage in Fishbase, and may differ from the cited source, as listed citations are primarily for range or existence of records for the region. Sub-taxa within any given family are arranged alphabetically as a general rule. Details of each species may be available through the relevant internal links. Synonym (taxonomy), Synonyms may be listed where useful.

Geographical scope

The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Coral Sea as follows:

''On the North.'' The South coast of New Guinea from the entrance to the Bensbak River (141°01'E) to Gado-Gadoa Island near its Southeastern extreme (), down this meridian to the 100 fathom line and thence along the Southern edges of Uluma (Suckling) Reef and those extending to the Eastward as far as the Southeast point of Lawik Reef () off Tagula Island [Vanatinai], thence a line to the Southern extreme of Rennell Island and from its Eastern point to Cape Surville, the Eastern extreme of San Cristobal Island [Makira], Solomon Islands, Solomons; thence through Nalongo and Nupani, Nupani, the Northwestern of the Santa Cruz Islands () to the Northernmost Island of the Duff Islands, Duff or Wilson Group (). ''On the Northeast.'' From the Northernmost island of the Duff or Wilson Group through these islands to their Southeastern extreme, thence a line to Mera Lava, New Hebrides Islands [Vanuatu] () and down the Eastern coasts of the islands of this Group to Anatom, Aneityum Island () in such a way that all the islands of these Groups, and the straits separating them, are included in the Coral Sea. ''On the Southeast.'' A line from the Southeastern extreme of Aneityum Island to Southeast (Nokanhui) Islets () off the Southeast extreme of New Caledonia, thence through the East point of Middleton Reef to the Eastern extreme of Elizabeth Reef () and down this meridian to 30th parallel south, Latitude 30° South. ''On the South.'' The parallel of 30° South to the Australian coast. ''On the West.'' The eastern limit of the Arafura Sea [The entrance to the Bensbak River (141°01'E), and thence a line to the northwest extreme of Cape York Peninsula, York Peninsula, Australia ()] and the East Coast of Australia as far south as Latitude 30° South.

Class Chondrichthyes

Order Hexanchiformes

Family Hexanchidae - Sixgill and sevengill sharks *Bluntnose sixgill shark ''Hexanchus griseus'' (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Worldwide in tropical and tepmperate seas)

Order Heterodontiformes

Family Heterodontidae – Hornsharks, Port Jackson sharks, bullhead sharks. *Zebra bullhead shark ''Heterodontus zebra'' (Gray,1831) (Northern Australia to southern Japan)

Order Orectolobiformes

Family Orectolobidae – Wobbegongs *Tasselled wobbegong ''Eucrossorhinus dasypogon'' Regan, 1908 (Northern Australia and New Guinea) *Banded wobbegong ''Orectolobus ornatus'' (De Vis, 1883) (Northern Australia, New Guinea and southern Japan) *Northern wobbegong ''Orectolobus wardi'' Whitley, 1939 (Northern Australia) Family Hemiscylliidae - Bamboo sharks *Brownbanded bamboo shark ''Chiloscyllium punctatum'' Mueller and Henle, 1838 (East coast of Indian peninsula to northern Australia and north to Japan) *Epaulette shark ''Hemiscyllium ocellatum'' (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Northern Australia and New Guinea) *Speckled catshark ''Hemiscyllium trispeculare'' Richardson, 1843 (Northern Australia) Family Stegostomatidae - Leopard sharks *Zebra shark ''Stegostoma fasciatum'' (Hermann, 1783) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Australia and New Caledonia) Family Ginglymostomatidae - Nurse sharks *Tawny nurse shark ''Nebrius ferrugineus'' (Lesson, 1830) (Indo-West Pacific from East Africa and the Red Sea to the Society Islands) Family Rhincodontidae - Whale sharks *Whale shark ''Rhincodon typus'' (Smith, 1828) (Circumglobal in warm temperate seas)

Order Lamniformes

Family Odontaspididae - Sand tiger sharks *Grey nurse shark ''Carcharias taurus'' Rafinesque, 1810 syn. ''Eugomphodus taurus'' (Around the Australian mainland, also widespread overseas) (Tropical and temperate waters of most seas but absent from eastern and cantral Pacific Ocean) Family Alopiidae - Thresher sharks *Small tooth thresher shark ''Alopias pelagicus'' Nakamura, 1935 (Circumtropical) Family Lamnidae – Makos, Mackerel sharks *Shortfin mako ''Isurus oxyrinchus'' Rafinesque, 1809 (Circumglobal in temperate and tropical seas)

Order Carcharhiniformes

Family ''Scyliorhinidae'' - Catsharks *Marbled catshark ''Atelomycterus macleayi'' Whitley, 1939 (Northern Australia) *Reticulated swellshark ''Cephaloscyllium fasciatum'' Chen, 1966 (Northern Australia and South China Sea) Family Carcharhinidae – Whaler sharks, requiem sharks *Silvertip shark ''Carcharhinus albimarginatus'' (Rueppell, 1837) (Tropical Indopacific and eastern Pacific) *Bignose shark ''Carcharhinus altimus'' (Springer, 1950) (Circumglobal in temperate and tropical seas) *Grey reef shark ''Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos'' (Bleeker, 1856) (East Africa and Red Sea east to Hawaii and Pitcairn Island) **Pigeye shark ''Carcharhinus amboinensis'' (Mueller and Henle, 1839) (East Africa to Australia) *Bronze whaler ''Carcharhinus brachyurus'' (Günther,1870) (Jurien Bay, Western Australia to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and northern Tasmania) (Along coastal margins in most tropical and temperate seas. Apparently absent in western Atlantic) *Long nose grey shark ''Carcharhinus brevipinna'' (Mueller and Henle, 1839) (Continental margins of all tropical and warm temperate seas except the eastern Pacific) *Whitecheek shark ''Carcharhinus dussumieri'' (Valenciennes, 1839) (Continental margins from the Persian Gulf to northern Australia and north to Japan) *Silky shark ''Carcharhinus falciformis'' (Bibron, 1839) (Circumtropical, oceanic and coastal) *Bull shark ''Carcharhinus leucas'' (Valenciennes, 1839) (Continental coasts of all tropical and subtropical seas, sometimes far up rivers) *Blacktip shark ''Carcharhinus limbatus'' (Valenciennes, 1839) *Oceanic whitetip shark ''Carcharhinus longimanus'' (Poey, 1861) (Circumtropical, mainly oceanic-epipelagic) *Blacktip reef shark ''Carcharhinus melanopterus'' (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (Ind-west and central Pacific from East Africa and the Red Sea to Hawaii and French Polynesia) *Black whaler ''Carcharhinus obscurus'' (Lesueur, 1815) (Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas, primarily on continental shelves) *Sandbar shark ''Carcharhinus plumbeus'' (Nardo, 1827) (Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas) *Blackspot shark ''Carcharhinus sealei'' (Pietschmann, 1916) (East Africa to Northern Australia) *Spot-tail shark ''Carcharhinus sorrah'' (Valenciennes 1837) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Solomon and Santa Cruz Islands) *Tiger shark ''Galeocerdo cuvier'' (Peron and Lesueur, 1822) (Circumtropical) *Sicklefin lemon shark ''Negaprion acutidens'' (Rueppell, 1837) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Society Islands) Family Hemigaleidae - Weasel sharks *Whitetip reef shark ''Triaenodon obesus'' (Rueppell, 1837) (Indo-Pacific and tropical eastern Pacific) Family Sphyrnidae - Hammerhead sharks *Scalloped hammerhead ''Sphyrna lewini'' (Griffith and Smith, 1834) (Worldwide in tropical and warm temperate seas) *''Sphyrna mokarran'' *''Eusphyra blochii''

Order Torpediniformes

Family Hypnidae – Coffin rays, electric rays *Coffin ray ''Hypnos monopterygium'' (Shaw and Nodder, 1795) (Broome, Western Australia to Caloundra, Queensland)(Western Australia, South Australia and southeastern Australia, including southern Queensland and adjacent Great Barrier Reef)

Order Rajiformes

Family Rhinobatidae – Guitarfishes *Common shovelnose ray ''Glaucostegus typus'' (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) syn. ''Rhinobatos batillum'' Whitley, 1939 ((as ''R. batillum'')Northern Australia between Shark Bay, Western Australia and the Capricorn Group, occasionally near sand cays on the Great Barrier Reef)

Order Myliobatiformes

Family Dasyatidae – Stingrays *Kuhl's stingray ''Dasyatis kuhlii'' (Mueller and Henle, 1841) (East Africa and Red Sea to Samoa and north to Japan) *Blue-spotted stingray ''Taeniura lymma'' (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa to western Pacific and Great Barrier Reef) *Black-blotched stingray ''Taeniura meyeni'' Mueller an Henle, 1841 (Indo-Pacific) *Thorny ray ''Urogymnus africanus'' (Bloch and Schneider 1801) (East Africa to northern Australia and the Marshall Islands) Family Myliobatidae – Eagle rays *Spotted eagle ray ''Aetobatus narinari'' (Euphrasen, 1790) (Cosmopolitan in tropical to warm temperate seas) Family Mobulidae - Mantas and devil rays *Manta ''Manta birostris'' (Donndorff, 1798) (Circumtropical) *Devil ray ''Mobula tarapacana'' (Philippi, 1892) (Indo-Pacific and eastern Atlantic, possibly circumtropical)

Class Osteichthyes

Order Albuliformes

Family Albulidae - Bonefishes *Pacific bonefish ''Albula argentea'' (Forster and Bloch in Schneider, 1801) (Indo-Pacific)

Order Anguilliformes

Family Moringuidae - Worm eels *Slender worm-eel ''Moringua ferruginea'' (Bliss, 1883) (East Africa to Easter Island and north to Ryukyu Islands) Family Chlopsidae - False morays *Grey reef eel ''Kaupichthys diodontus'' Schultz, 1943 (East Africa to Society and Hawaiian islands) Family Muraenidae – Moray eels *Seychelles moray ''Anarchias seychellensis'' Smith, 1962 (Indo-Pacific) *Starry moray '' Echidna nebulosa'' (Ahl, 1879) (Indo-Pacific) *Ringed moray ''Echidna polyzona'' (Richardson, 1844) (Indo-Pacific) *Bayer's moray ''Enchelycore bayeri'' (Schulz, 1953) (Indo-Pacific) *Viper moray ''Enchelynassa canina'' (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)(Indo-Pacific) *Zebra moray ''Gymnomuraena zebra'' (Shaw 1797) (Indo-Pacific and tropical eastern Pacific) *Latticetail moray ''Gymnothorax buroensis'' (Bleeker, 1857) (Indo-Pacific and Galapagos Islands) *Lipspot moray ''Gymnothorax chilospilus'' Bleeker, 1865 (Indo-Pacific) *Australian moray ''Gymnothorax cribroris'' Whitley, 1932 (Great Barrier Reef and Western Australia) *Stout moray ''Gymnothorax eurostus'' (Abbott, 1860) (Indo-Pacific, antitropical. Only in southern part of Great Barrier Reef.) *Blackspotted moray ''Gymnothorax favagineus'' Bloch and Scneider, 1801 (Western Pacific to East Africa) *Darkspotted moray ''Gymnothorax fimbriatus'' (Bennett, 1832) (Indo-Pacific) *Yellowmargin moray ''Gymnothorax flavimarginatus'' (Rueppell, 1830) (Indo-Pacific and tropical east Pacific) *Freckled moray ''Gymnothorax fuscomaculatus'' (Schultz, 1953) (Indo-Pacific) *Slendertail moray ''Gymnothorax gracilicauda'' Jenkins, 1903 (Islands and reefs of Oceania to the Great Barrier Reef) *Giant moray ''Gymnothorax javanicus'' (Bleeker, 1859) (Indo-Pacific to Hawaii) *Blackpearl moray ''Gymnothorax margaritophorus'' Bleeker, 1864 (Indo-Pacific) *Dwarf moray ''Gymnothorax melatremus'' Schultz, 1953 (Indo-Pacific) *Whitemouth moray ''Gymnothorax meleagris'' (Shaw and Nodder, 1795) (Indo-Pacific) *Yellowmouth moray ''Gymnothorax nudivomer'' (Playfair and Guenther, 1867) (Hawaii and western Pacific to East Africa) *Highfin moray ''Gymnothorax pseudothyrsoideus'' (Bleeker, 1852) (Western Pacific to India and Oman) *Banded moray ''Gymnothorax rueppelliae'' (McClelland, 1845) (Indo-Pacific) *Greyface moray ''Gymnothorax thyrsoideus'' (Richardson, 1845) syn. ''Siderea thyrsoidea'' (Richardson, 1845) ((as S. Thyrsoidea)Central and western Pacific) *Undulated moray ''Gymnothorax undulatus'' (Lacepede, 1803) (Indo-Pacific) *Barredfin moray ''Gymnothorax zonipectis'' Seale, 1906 (Indo-Pacific) *Ribbon eel ''Rhinomuraena quaesita'' Garman, 1888 (Central and western Pacific to islands of the western Indian Ocean) *Longtail moray ''Strophidon sathete'' (Hamilton, 1822) (Western Pacific to East Africa and the Red Sea) *Peppered moray ''Siderea picta'' (Ahl, 1789) (Indo-Pacific and islands of the tropical eastern Pacific) *Marbled moray ''Uropterygius marmoratus'' (Lacepede, 1803) (Central and western Pacific) Family Ophichthidae – Snake eels, worm eels *Sharpsnout snake eel ''Apterichtus klazingai'' (Weber, 1913) (East Africa to the Marshall Islands) *Stargazer snake eel ''Brachysomophis cirrocheilos'' (Bleeker, 1857) (Indo-Pacific) *Crocoddile snake eel ''Brachysomophis crocodilinus'' (Bennett, 1831) (Indo-Pacific and Eastern Pacific) *Black striped snake eel ''Callechelys catostoma'' (Forster in Blich and Schneider, 1801) (Indonesia to Society Islands) *Marbled snake eel ''Callechelys marmorata'' (Bleeker, 1853) (East Africa to Society Islands) *Culverin ''Leiuranus semicinctus'' (Lay and Bennett, 1839) (East Africa to Polynesia) *Slender snake eel ''Muraenichthys macropterus'' Bleeker 1857 (East Africa to the Society Islands) *Harlequin snake eel ''Myrichthys colubrinus'' (Boddaert, 1781) (Red Sea to the Society Islands) *Spotted snake eel ''Myrichthys maculosus'' (Cuvier, 1817) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Polynesia) *Johnston snake eel ''Schultzidia johnstonensis'' (Schultz and Woods, 1949) (Indo-Pacific) Family Congridae – Conger eels *Speckled garden eel ''Gorgasia'' sp. (Western Pacific including Coral Sea, Guam and Marshall Islands) *Black edged conger ''Conger cinereus'' Rueppell, 1830 (East Africa and Red Sea to Easter Island) *Spotted garden eel ''Heteroconger hassi'' (Klausewitz and Eibl-Ebesfeldt, 1959) (Red Sea to Samoa and Line Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands)

Order Clupeiformes

Family Clupeidae – Herrings, pilchards, sardines *Fourspot herring ''Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus'' (Rueppell, 1837) (East Africa to Samoa and Marshall Islands, Hawaii) *Blue-backed sprat ''Spratelloides delicatulus'' (Bennett, 1831) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Society Islands)

Order Gonorhynchiformes

Family Chanidae - Milkfish *Milkfish ''Chanos chanos'' (Forskal, 1775) (East Africa to Polynesia)

Order Siluriformes

Family Plotosidae - Eeltail catfishes *White-lipped catfish ''Paraplotosus albilabris'' (Valenciennes, 1840) (Indonesia, Melanesia and northern Australia) *Striped catfish ''Plotosus lineatus'' (Thunberg, 1787) (East Africa and Red Sea to Samoa)

Order Aulopiformes

Family Synodontidae – Lizardfishes *Slender lizardfish ''Saurida gracilis'' (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (Indo-Pacific) *Two-spot lizardfish ''Synodus binotatus'' Schultz, 1953 (Indo-Pacific) *Clearfin lizardfish ''Synodus dermatogenys'' Fowler, 1912 (Indo-Pacific) *Arrowtooth lizardfish ''Synodus doaki'' Russell and Cressey, 1979 (Hawaii, New Zealand, eastern Australia, Japan and East Africa) *Javelinfish ''Synodus jaculum'' Russell and Cressey, 1979 (Scattered records from the Line Islands in the central Pacific to Natal and the Comoro Islands) *Redmarbled lizardfish ''Synodus rubromarmoratus'' Russell and Cressey, 1979 (Only known from Taiwan, Philippines and the Great Barrier Reef) *Reef lizardfish, variegated lizardfish ''Synodus variegatus'' (Lacepede, 1803) (Tropical Australia south to Jutten Bay, Western Australia and Merimbula, New South Wales. Also Lord Howe Island and widespread in the Indo-Pacific region) (Indo-Pacific) *Snakefish ''Trachinocephalus myops'' (Forster in Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Indo-Pacific and Atlantic, tropical to warm temperate)

Order Ophidiiformes

Family Ophidiidae – Cusk eels (?), lings, brotulas *Bearded brotula ''Brotula multibarbata'' Temminck and Schlegel, 1846 (Indo-Pacific) Family Carapidae - Pearlfishes *Fowler's pearlfish ''Onuxodon fowleri'' (Smith, 1955) (Indo-Pacific) Family Bythitidae - Cuskeels *Slimy cuskeel ''Brosmophyciops pautzkei'' Schultz, 1960 (Red Sea to Samoa and north to the Ryukyu Islands) *Yellow cuskeel ''Dinematichthys'' sp. (Indo-Pacific)

Order Batrachoidiformes

Family Batrachoididae – Frogfishes, toadfishes *Banded toadfish ''Halophryne diemensis'' (Lesueur, 1824) (Northern Australia from Shark Bay, Western Australia to Heron Island, Queensland and throughout the Indo-Malayan Archipelago)

Order Lophiiformes

Family Antennariidae – Anglerfishes *Freckled anglerfish ''Antennarius coccineus'' (Cuvier in Lesson, 1831) (Indo-Pacific eastward to the Americas) *White-finger anglerfish ''Antennarius nummifer'' (Cuvier, 1817) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Society Islands, and north to Japan) *Painted anglerfish ''Antennarius pictus'' (Shaw and Nodder, 1794) (East Africa to the Society and Hawaiian Islands) *Striate anglerfish, striped anglerfish Antennarius striatus (Shaw and Nodder 1794) (Tropical Australia south to Wollagong, New South Wales and Geraldton Western Australia) *Tuberculated anglerfish ''Antennarius tuberosus'' (Cuvier, 1817) (East Africa to Samoa and the Hawaiian Islands) *Sargassum fish ''Histrio histrio'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Indo-West Pacific and tropical Atlantic)

Order Gobiesociformes

Family Gobiesocidae – Clingfishes, shore eels *Urchin clingfish ''Diademichthys lineatus'' (Sauvage, 1883) (Indo-Pacific) *One stripe clingfish ''Discotrema'' sp. (Indo-Pacific)

Order Beloniformes

Family Exocoetidae - Flying fishes *Sutton's flying fish ''Cypselurus suttoni'' (Whitley and Colefax, 1938) (Central and western Oceania) Family Hemiramphidae - Garfishes, halfbeaks *Barred garfish ''Hemiramphus far'' (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and Red Sea to Samoa) *Dussumier's garfish ''Hyporhamphus dussumieri'' (Valenciennes, 1846) (Seychelles to the Tuamotu Archipelago) Family Belonidae - Longtoms or needlefishes *Flat tailed longtom ''Platybelone argalus platyura'' (Bennett, 1832) (Circumtropical) *Slender longtom ''Strongylura leiura'' (Bleeker, 1851) (East Africa to Fiji) *Crocodile longtom ''Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus'' (Peron and Lesueur, 1821) (Tropical Atlantic and Indo-Pacific)

Order Atheriniformes

Family Atherinidae – Hardyheads, silversides *Robust hardyhead ''Atherinomorus lacunosus'' (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Indo-Pacific) *Barnes' hardyhead ''Hypoatherina barnesi'' Schultz, 1953 (Western Pacific to East Africa)

Order Beryciformes

Family Monocentridae – Pineapplefishes *Australian pineapplefish, knightfish Cleidopus gloriamaris De Vis, 1882 (Shark Bay, Western Australia to Great Australian Bight, Western Australia and Eden, New South Wales to Capricorn Group, Queensland.) (East and west coasts of Australia) Family Holocentridae - Squirrelfishes and soldierfishes *Shadowfin soldierfish ''Myripristis adusta'' Bleeker, 1851 (Indo-Pacific) *Bigscale soldierfish ''Myripristis berndti'' Jordan and Evermann, 1903 (Indo-Pacific and tropical eastern Pacific) *Yellowfin soldierfish ''Myripristis chryseres'' Jordan and Evermann, 1903 (Scattered records from Natal to Hawaii) *Doubletooth soldierfish ''Myripristis hexagona'' (Lacepede, 1802) (East Africa to Samoa) *Epaulette soldierfish ''Myripristis kuntee'' (Cuvier, 1831) (Indo-Pacific) *Blotcheye soldierfish ''Myripristis murdjan'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific) *Scarlet soldierfish ''Myripristis pralinia'' Cuvier, 1829 (Society Islands to Islands of west Indian Ocean) *Lattice soldierfish ''Myripristis violacea'' Bleeker, 1851 (Indo-Pacific) *Whitetip soldierfish ''Myripristis vittata'' Valenciennes, 1831 (Western Indian Ocean to the islands of Oceania) *Yellowstriped squirrelfish ''Neoniphon aurolineatus'' (Lienard, 1839) (Indo-Pacific) *Blackfin squirrelfish ''Neoniphon opercularis''(Valenciennes, 1831) (Indo-Pacific) *Spotfin squirrelfish ''Neoniphon sammara'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific) *Rough scale soldierfish ''Plectrypops lima'' (Valenciennes, 1831) (Indo-Pacific) *Tailspot squirrelfish ''Sargocentron caudimaculatum'' (Rueppell, 1838) (Indo-Pacific) *Threespot squirrelfish ''Sargocentrum cornutum'' (Bleeker, 1853) (Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Great Barrier Reef) *Crown squirrelfish ''Sargocentron diadema'' (Lacepede, 1801) (Indo-Pacific) *Samurai squirrelfish ''Sargocentron ittodai'' (Jordan and Fowler, 1903) (Scattered localities in the Indo-Pacific) *Blackspot squirrelfish ''Sargocentron melanospilos'' (Bleeker, 1858) (East Africa to Samoa) *Smallmouth squirrelfish ''Sargocentron microstoma'' (Guenther, 1859) (Islands of the western Indian Ocean to Oceania excepting Hawaii) *Peppered squirrelfish'' Sargocentron punctatissimum'' (Cuvier, 1839) (Indo-Pacific) *Redcoat ''Sargocentron rubrum'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Red Sea and East Africa to the western Pacific but absent from oceanic islands) *Sabre squirrelfish ''Sargocentron spiniferum'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific) *Tahitian squirrelfish ''Sargocentron tiere'' (Cuvier, 1829) (Insular Indo-Pacific) *Pink squirrelfish ''Sargocentron tiereoides'' (Bleeker, 1853) (Indo-Pacific) *Violet squirrelfish ''Sargocentrum violaceum'' (Bleeker, 1853) (Indo-Pacific)

Order Syngnathiformes

Family Aulostomidae - Trumpetfishes *Trumpetfish ''Aulostomus chinensis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Indo-Pacific and eastern Pacific) Family Fistulariidae - Flutemouths *Smooth flutemouth ''Fistularia commersonii'' Rueppell, 1838 (Circumtropical) Family Centriscidae - Razorfishes and shrimpfishes *Razorfish ''Aeoliscus strigatus'' (Guenther, 1860) (Northern Indian Ocean and western Pacific) Family Solenostomidae - Ghost pipefishes *Ghost pipefish ''Solenostomus cyanopterus'' Bleeker, 1852 (Indo-Pacific) *Harlequin ghost pipefish ''Solenostomus paradoxus'' (Pallas, 1870) Family Syngnathidae – Pipefishes, pipehorses, seahorses, seadragons *Sculptured pipefish ''Choeroichthys sculptus'' (Guenther, 1870) (East Africa to Polynesia) *Brown banded pipefish ''Corythoichthys amplexus'' Dawson and Randall, 1975 (Western Indian Ocean to Samoa, and north to the Ryukyu Islands) *Banded pipefish ''Corythoichthys intestinalis'' (Ramsay, 1881) (Philippines to northern Australia, eastward to Samoa and Tonga) *Schultz's pipefish ''Corythoichthys schultzi'' Herald, 1953 (Red Sea to Society Islands) *Ringed pipefish ''Doryrhamphus dactyliophorus'' (Bleeker, 1853) (East Africa and Red Sea to Samoa) *Bluestripe pipefish ''Doryrhamphus excisus excisus'' Kaup, 1856 (Indo-Pacific) *Janss's pipefish ''Doryrhamphus janssi'' (Herald and Randall, 1972) (Northern Australia and Solomon Islands north to Philippines and South China Sea) *Brock's pipefish ''Halicampus brocki'' (Herald, 1953) (Western Pacific from northern Australia to the Ryukyu Islands and eastward to the Marshall Islands) *Ornate pipefish ''Halicampus macrorhynchus'' Bamber, 1915 (Red Sea to northern Australia and Melanesia) *Glittering pipefish ''Halicampus nitidus'' (Guenther, 1873) (Northern Australia to the Ryukyu Islands and eastwards to Fiji) *Spotted seahorse ''Hippocampus kuda'' Bleeker, 1852 (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Hawaiian and Society Islands) *Shortnose pipefish ''Micrognathus andersonii'' (Bleeker, 1858) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa and north to Japan) *Short tailed pipefish ''Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus'' (Bleeker, 1857) (East Africa and the Red Sea to New Caledonia and north to Japan)

Order Scorpaeniformes

Family Dactylopteridae - Helmet gurnards *Helmet gurnard ''Dactyloptena orientalis'' (Cuvier, 1829) (East Africa to Polynesia) Family Scorpaenidae – Scorpionfishes *Cockatoo waspfish ''Ablabys taenianotus'' (Cuvier, 1829) (Andaman sea to Fiji and north to Japan) *Dwarf lionfish ''Dendrochirus brachypterus'' (Cuvier, 1829) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa and Tonga and north to the Philippines) *Zebra lionfish ''Dendrochirus zebra'' (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825) ( East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa) *Caledonian stinger ''Inimicus caledonicus'' (Sauvage, 1878) (Andaman sea to Australia and New Caledonia) *Mozambique scorpionfish ''Parascorpaena mossambica'' (Peters, 1855) (East Africa to Society Islands) *Ragged-finned firefish ''Pterois antennata'' (Bloch, 1787) (East Africa to southeastern Polynesia) *Red firefish, turkeyfish ''Pterois volitans'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Western Australia and Malaysia to southeastern Polynesia and north to Japan) *Whiteface waspfish ''Richardsonichthys leucogaster'' (Richardson, 1848) (India to northern Australia and Melanesia) *Weedy scorpionfish ''Rhinopias aphanes'' Eschmeyer, 1973 (Northeastern Australia, New Caledonis, New Guinea and north to Japan) *Longfingered scorpionfish ''Scorpaenodes albaiensis'' (Evermann and Seale, 1907) (Western Pacific to East Africa) *Guam scorpionfish ''Scorpaenodes guamensis'' (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Pitcairn Group) *Hairy scorpionfish ''Scorpaenodes hirsutus'' (Smith, 1957) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Polynesia) *Shortfinned scorpionfish ''Scorpaenodes parvipinnis'' (Garrett, 1864) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Polynesia) *Shore scorpionfish ''Scorpaenodes littoralis'' (Tanaka, 1917) (Indo-Pacific) *Blotchfin scorpionfish ''Scorpaenodes varipinnis'' Smith, 1957 (East Africa to Micronesia) *False stonefish ''Scorpaenopsis diabolus'' Cuvier, 1829 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Polynesia) *Smallscale scorpionfish ''Scorpaenopsis oxycephala'' (Bleeker, 1849) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the central Pacific) *Raggy scorpionfish ''Scorpaenopsis venosa'' (Cuvier, 1829) (East Africa to central Pacific) *Yellow-spotted scorpionfish ''Sebastapistes cyanostigma'' (Bleeker, 1856) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa) *Barchin scorpionfish ''Sebastapistes strongia'' (Cuvier, 1829) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Society Islands) *Estuarine stonefish ''Synanceia horrida'' (Linnaeus, 1766) (India to Australia and north to China) *Reef stonefish ''Synanceia verrucosa'' Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (East Africa and the Red Sea to southeastern Polynesia) *Leaf scorpionfish ''Taenianotus triacanthus'' Lacepede, 1802 (East Africa to the Galapagos) Family Caracanthidae - Crouchers, orbicular velvetfishes *Spotted croucher ''Caracanthus maculatus'' (Gray, 1831) (East Indies and Australia to southeastern Polynesia, and north to Japan) *Coral croucher ''Caracanthus unipinna'' (Gray, 1831) (East Africa to the Taumotus, and north to Japan) Family Aploactinidae – Velvetfishes *Threefin velvetfish ''Neoaploactis tridorsalis'' Eschmeyer and Allen, 1978 (Known only from Rottnest Island and Shark Bay in Western Australia and One Tree Island in the Capricorn Group of the southern Great Barrier Reef) Family Platycephalidae – Flatheads *Dwarf flathead ''Onigocia oligolepis'' (Regan, 1908) (Indo-West Pacific) *Sand flathead ''Thysanophrys arenicola'' Schultz, 1966 (East Africa to the Marshall Islands) *Longsnout flathead ''Thysanophrys chiltonae'' Schultz, 1966 (East Africa to Marquesas Islands) *Fringelip flathead ''Sunagocia otaitensis'' (Cuvier, 1829) syn. ''Thysanophrys otaitensis'' (East Africa to the Taumotus)

Order Perciformes

Family Centropomidae - Barramundi * Sand bass, glasseye perch ''Psammoperca waigiensis'' (Cuvier, 1829) (East Indies and northern Australia to China) Family Serranidae – Rockcods, seaperches, groupers Subfamily Anthiinae - Anthias * Waite's splitfin ''Luzonichthys waitei'' (Fowler, 1931) (Philippines, Indonesia and Great Barrier Reef) * Longfin perchlet ''Plectranthias longimanus'' (Weber, 1913) (Western Pacific to East Africa) * Dwarf perchlet ''Plectranthias nanus'' Randall, 1980 (Islands of Oceania to Christmas and Cocos-Keeling Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean) * Redblotch perchlet ''Plectranthias winniensis'' (Tyler, 1966) (Indo-Pacific) * Bicolour anthias ''Pseudanthias bicolor'' (Randall, 1979) (Hawaii and New Caledonia to the islands of the western Indian Ocean) * Silverstreak anthias ''Pseudanthias cooperi'' (Regan, 1902) (Line Islands and Samoa west to East Africa) * Redfin anthias ''Pseudanthias dispar'' (Herre, 1955) (Western Pacific to Samoa and the Line Islands) * Barrier Reef anthias ''Pseudanthias engelhardi'' (Allen and Starck, 1983) (Known only from Escape Reef, Great Barrier Reef) * Striped anthias ''Pseudanthias fasciatus'' (Kamohara, 1954) (Southern Japan to the Great Barrier Reef) * Threadfin anthias ''Pseudanthias huchtii'' (Bleeker, 1857) (Philippines to Vanuatu and the Great Barrier Reef) * Stocky anthias ''Pseudanthias hypselosoma'' Bleeker, 1878 (Samoa to Maldives) * Lori's anthias ''Pseudanthias lori'' (Lubbock and Randall, 1976) (French Polynesia to Christmas Island, Indian Ocean) * Yellowlined anthias ''Pseudanthias luzonensis'' (Katayama and Masuda, 1983) (Philippines, Indonesia and the northern Great Barrier Reef) * Amethyst anthias ''Pseudanthias pascalus'' (Jordan and Tanaka, 1927) (French Polynesia to Australia, and in the north Pacific from the Marshall Islands to southern Japan) * Painted anthias ''Pseudanthias pictilis'' (Randall and Allen, 1978) (New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island and the southern Great Barrier Reef) * Squarespot anthias ''Pseudanthias pleurotaenia'' (Bleeker, 1857) (Philippines south to northern Great Barrier Reef and east to the Marshall Islands and Samoa) * Redbar anthias ''Pseudanthias rubrizonatus'' (Randall, 1983) (Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Great Barrier Reef) * Princess anthia ''Pseudanthias smithvanizi'' (Randall and Lubbock, 1981) (Marshall Islands to Christmas and Keeling-Cocos Islands in the eastern Indian Ocean) * Scalefin anthias ''Pseudanthias squamipinnis'' (Peters, 1855) (Western Pacific to East Africa and the Red Sea) * Purple anthias ''Pseudanthias tuka'' (Herre and Montalban, 1927) (Philippines to northern Great Barrier Reef) * Longfin anthias ''Pseudanthias ventralis'' (Randall, 1979) (Great Barrier Reef north to southern Japan, East to the islands of Oceania except Hawaii) * Hawk anthias ''Serranocirrhitus latus'' (Watanabe, 1949) (Southern Japan, Indonesia, Palau, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and the Great Barrier Reef) Subfamily Epinephelinae - Rockcods * Redmouth rockcod ''Aethaloperca rogaa'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Red Sea and coast of East Africa to Kiribati) * White-lined rockcod ''Anyperodon leucogrammicus'' (Valenciennes, 1828) (Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa and the Marshall Islands) * Peacock rockcod ''Cephalopholis argus'' Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Indo-Pacific and Hawaiian Islands) * Brown-barred rockcod ''Cephalopholis boenak'' (Bloch, 1790) (Western Pacific to East Africa) * Blue-spotted rockcod ''Cephalopholis cyanostigma'' (Valenciennes, 1828) (Philippines to Queensland, west to Thailand and Western Australia) * Blue-lined rockcod ''Cephalopholis formosa'' (Shaw, 1804) (Western Pacific to Western India) * Leopard rockcod ''Cephalopholis leopardus'' (Lacepede, 1801) (Indo-Pacific) * Dothead rockcod ''Cephalopholis microprion'' (Bleeker, 1852) (Western Pacific to Andaman Sea) * Coral cod ''Cephalopholis miniata'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Line Islands in the central Pacific to East Africa and the Red Sea) * Sixspot rockcod ''Cephalopholis sexmaculata'' (Rueppell, 1830) (Indo-Pacific) * Tomato rockcod ''Cephalopholis sonnerati'' (Valenciennes, 1828) (Line Islands and Kiribati in central Pacific to East Africa) * Strawberry rockcod ''Cephalopholis spiloparaea'' (Valenciennes, 1828) (Indo-Pacific) * Flagtail rockcod ''Cephalopholis urodeta'' (Bloch and Scneider, 1801) (Central and western Pacific) * Barramundi cod ''Cromileptes altivelis'' (Valenciennes, 1828) (Western Pacific to Nicobar Islands) * Areolate rockcod ''Epinephelus areolatus'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Western Pacific to East Africa and the Red Sea) * White-spotted rockcod ''Epinephelus caerulopunctatus'' (Bloch, 1790) (Kiribati and Caroline Islands to East Africa) * Estuary cod ''Epinephelus coioides'' (Hamilton, 1822) (Western Pacific to western Indian Ocean) * Coral rockcod ''Epinephelus corallicola'' (Valenciennes, 1828) (Western Pacific) * Blue Maori ''Epinephelus cyanopodus'' (Richardson, 1846) (Western Pacific to Marshall Islands and Kiribati) * Black-tipped rockcod ''Epinephalus fasciatus'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific) * Flowery cod ''Epinephelus fuscoguttatus'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Marshall Islands and Phoenix Islands to East Africa and the Red Sea) * Hexagon rockcod ''Epinephelus hexagonatus'' (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Indo-Pacific) * Blacksaddle rockcod ''Epinephelus howlandi'' (Guenther, 1873) (Western Pacific from Ryukyu Islands to Great Barrier Reef and east to the Marshalls and Samoa) * Queensland grouper ''Epinephelus lanceolatus'' (Bloch, 1790) (Indo-Pacific) * Snubnose rockcod ''Epinephelus macrospilos'' (Bleeker, 1855) (Central western Pacific to Nicobar Islands) * Trout cod ''Epinephelus maculatus'' (Bloch, 1790) (Western Pacific to Marshall Islands and Samoa) * Malabar grouper ''Epinephelus malabaricus'' (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Western Pacific to East Africa and Red Sea) * Dwarf spotted rockcod ''Epinephelus merra'' Bloch, 1793 (Indo-Pacific) * Speckled-fin rockcod ''Epinephelus ongus'' (Bloch, 1790) (Caroline Islands and Western Pacific to East Africa) * Camouflage rockcod ''Epinephelus polyphekadion'' (Bleeker, 1856) (Indo-Pacific) * Longfin rockcod ''Epinephelus quoyanus'' (Valenciennes, 1830) (Western Pacific to southwest coast of Thailand) * Chinaman rockcod ''Epinephelus rivulatus'' (Valenciennes, 1830) (Western Pacific and Indian Ocean) * Sixbar rockcod ''Epinephelus sexfasciatus'' (Valenciennes, 1828) (Indo-Malayan region) * Four-saddle rockcod ''Epinephelus spilotoceps'' Schultz, 1953 (Line Islands in the central Pacific to East Africa) * Greasy rockcod ''Epinephelus tauvina'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific) * Potato cod ''Epinephelus tukula'' Morgans, 1959 (Western Pacific to East Africa and the Red Sea) * Maori cod ''Epinephelus undulatostriatus'' (Peters, 1866) (Southern Great Barrier Reef to New South Wales) * Thinspine rockcod ''Gracila albomarginata'' (Fowler and Bean, 1930) (Indo-Pacific) * Squaretail coral trout ''Plectropomus areolatus'' (Rueppell, 1830) (Marshall Islands and Samoa to the Maldives and Red Sea) * Chinese footballer ''Plectropomus laevis'' (Lacepede, 1802) (Indo-Pacific except Red Sea) * Coral trout ''Plectropomus leopardus'' (Lacepede, 1802) (Fiji and Caroline Islands to Western Australia) * Barred-cheek coral trout ''Plectropomus maculatus'' (Bloch, 1790) (Philippines, southeast Asia, Indonesia and Australia) * Highfin coral trout ''Plectropomus oligacanthus'' (Bleeker, 1854) (Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, Solomons and north Great Barrier Reef) * Lyretail trout ''Variola albimarginata'' Baissac, 1953 (Western Pacific to western Indian Ocean) * Coronation trout ''Variola louti'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific) Subfamily Grammistinae Tribe Liopropomini * Headband perch ''Liopropoma mitratum'' Lubbock and Randall, 1978 (Scattered through Indo-Pacific) * Manyline perch ''Liopropoma multilineatum'' Randall and Taylor, 1988 (Philippines to the Coral Sea and Fiji) * Meteor perch ''Liopropoma susumi'' (Jordan and Seale, 1906) (Line Islands and Samoa to East Africa) * Flathead perch ''Rainfordia opercularis'' McCulloch, 1923 (Queensland to Western Australia) Tribe Diploprioni * Arrowhead soapfish ''Belonoperca chabanaudi'' Fowler and Bean, 1930 (Samoa and Marshall Islands to East Africa) * Barred soapfish, yellow emperor ''Diploprion bifasciatum'' Cuvier, 1828 (Western Pacific to India) Tribe Grammistini * Sixline soapfish ''Grammistes sexlineatus'' (Thunberg, 1792) (Indo-Pacific) Tribe Pseudogrammini * Ocellated podge ''Grammistops ocellatus'' Schultz, 1958 (Indo-Pacific) * Poreless podge ''Aporops bilinearis'' Schultz, 1943 (Indo-Pacific) * Palespotted podge ''Pseudogramma polyacantha'' (Bleeker, 1856) (Indo-Pacific) Family Pseudochromidae – Dottybacks and eel blennies Subfamily Congrogadinae * Carpet eel blenny ''Congrogadus subducens'' (Richardson, 1843) (Malay Peninsula and Philippine Islands to Australia) Subfamily Pseudochromidae * Oblique-lined dottyback ''Cypho purpurascens'' (De Vis, 1884) (Southwestern Pacific) * Fine-scaled dottyback ''Lubbockichthys multisquamatus'' (Allen, 1987) syn. ''Pseudoplesiops multisquamatus'' (Eastern Indian Ocean to central Pacific) * Multicoloured dottyback ''Ogilbyina novaehollandiae'' (Steindachner, 1880) (Southern Great Barrier Reef) * Queensland dottyback ''Ogilbyina queenslandiae'' (William Saville-Kent, Saville-Kent, 1893) (Great Barrier Reef) * Sailfin dottyback ''Ogilbyina velifera'' (Lubbock, 1980) (Great Barrier Reef) * Double-striped dottyback ''Pseudochromis bitaeniatus'' (Fowler, 1931) (Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands and the northern Great Barrier Reef) * Blue-barred dottyback ''Pseudochromis cyanotaenia'' Bleeker, 1857 (Eastern Indian Ocean to central Pacific) * Brown dottyback ''Pseudochromis fuscus'' Mueller and Troschel, 1849 (Central Indian Ocean to western Pacific) * Firetail dottyback ''Pseudochromis flammicauda'' Lubbock and Goldman, 1976 (Great Barrier Reef) * Spot-tailed dottyback ''Pseudochromis jamesi'' Schultz, 1943 (South-western Pacific) * Royal dottyback ''Pseudochromis paccagnellae'' Axelrod, 1973 (Indonesia to Melanesia and Australia) * Midnight dottyback ''Pseudochromis paranox'' Lubbock and Goldman, 1976 (Southwestern Pacific) * Spotted dottyback ''Pseudochromis quinquedentatus'' McCulloch, 1926 (Northern Australia) * Yellowfin dottyback ''Pseudochromis wilsoni'' (Whitley, 1929) (Northern Australia) * Bug-eyed dottyback ''Pseudoplesiops knighti'' Allen, 1987 (Indonesia, Melanesia and northern Australia) * Large-scaled dottyback ''Pseudoplesiops rosae'' Schultz, 1943 (Eastern Indian Ocean to central Pacific) * Bearded dottyback ''Pseudoplesiops'' sp. (Central Indian Ocean to western Pacific) * Ring-eyed dottyback ''Pseudoplesiops typus'' Bleeker, 1858 (Eastern Indian Ocean to central Pacific) Family Plesiopidae – Prettyfins, blue devilfishes, hulafishes, longfins * Yellow devilfish ''Assessor flavissimus'' Allen and Kuiter, 1976 (Northern Great Barrier Reef) * Blue devilfish ''Assessor macneilli'' Whitley, 1935 (Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia) * Comet ''Calloplesiops altivelis'' (Steindachner, 1903) (East Africa and Red Sea to Tonga and the Line Islands) * Blue-tip longfin ''Paraplesiops poweri'' Ogilby, 1908 (Central and southern Queensland and adjacent Great Barrier Reef) * Red-tipped longfin ''Plesiops coeruleolineatus'' Rueppell, 1835 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Australia and the Marshall Islands) * Coral Sea longfin ''Plesiops insularis'' Mooi and Randall, 1991 (Great Barrier Reef) * ''Plesiops genaricus'' Mooi and Randall (Great Barrier Reef) Subfamily Acanthoclininae * Banded spiny basslet ''Belonepterygion fasciolatum'' (Ogilby, 1889) (West and east coasts of Australia in tropical and subtropical seas, and Lord Howe Island) Family Teraponidae - Grunters * Crescent grunter ''Terapon jarbua'' (Forsskal, 1775) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa) Family Kuhliidae - Flagtails * Fiveband flagtail ''Kuhlia mugil'' (Forster in Bloch and Scneider, 1801) (Indo-Pacific and tropical eastern Pacific) Family Priacanthidae - Bigeyes * Glasseye ''Heteropriacanthus cruentatus'' (Lacepede, 1801) (Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas) * Bloch's bigeye ''Priacanthus blochii'' Bleeker,1853 (Samoa to Gulf of Aden) * Crescent tail bigeye ''Priacanthus hamrur'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific) Family Apogonidae – Cardinalfishes * Ring-tailed cardinalfish ''Apogon aureus'' (Lacepede, 1802) (East Africa to western Pacific) * Ruby cardinalfish ''Apogon crassiceps'' Garman, 1903 (Western Pacific to islands of Oceania except Hawaii) * Split-banded cardinalfish ''Apogon compressus'' (Smith and Radcliffe, 1911) (East Indies to Solomon Islands and North to Ryukyu Islands) * Yellow-striped cardinalfish ''Apogon cyanosoma'' Bleeker, 1853 (East Africa and Red Sea to Australia and the Marshall Islands) * Doederlein's cardinalfish ''Apogon doederleini'' Jordan and Snyder, 1901 (Western Pacific antitropical: Southern Japan to Taiwan in the north, subtropical Australia to New Caledonia and the Kermadec Islands in the south) * Fragile cardinalfish ''Apogon fragilis'' Smith, 1961 (East Africa to Samoa) * Frostfin cardunalfish ''Apogon hoeveni'' Bleeker, 1854 (East Indies and northern Australia to Japan) * Longspine cardinalfish ''Apogon leptacanthus'' Bleeker, 1856 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa) * Moluccan cardinalfish ''Apogon moluccensis'' Valenciennes, 1832 (East Indies and northern Australia) * Blackstripe cardinalfish ''Apogon nigrofasciatus'' Lachner, 1953 (Red Sea to the Taumotus) * Spotnape cardinalfish ''Apogon notatus'' (Houttuyn, 1782) (Coral Sea to southern Japan) * Sangi cardinalfish ''Apogon sangiensis'' Bleeker, 1857 (East Indies to Vanuatu and north to Japan) * Oblique banded cardinalfish ''Apogon semiornatus'' Peters, 1876 (East Africa to northern Australia and north to Japan) * Three-spot cardinalfish ''Apogon trimaculatus'' Cuvier, 1828 (East Indies to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands) * Three saddle cardinalfish ''Apogon'' sp. (French Polynesia and Marshall Islands to northern Indian Ocean) * Timor cardinalfish ''Apogonichthyoides timorensis'' (Bleeker, 1854) syn. ''Apogon timorensis'' ((as ''A. timorensis'') East Africa and the Red Sea to northern Australia and north to Japan) * Ocellated cardinalfish ''Apogonichthys ocellatus'' (Weber,1913) (East Africa to the Marquesas and Taumotus) * Narrow-lined cardinalfish ''Archamia fucata'' (Cantor, 1850) (East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa) * Lea's cardinalfish ''Archamia leai'' Waite, 1916 (Coral Sea and southern Great Barrier Reef) * Two-spot cardinalfish ''Archamia biguttata'' Lachner, 1951 (Northern Australia and New Guinea) * Girdled cardinalfish ''Archamia zosterophora'' (Bleeker, 1856) (Indonesia and Philippines to New Caledonia and north to the Ryukyu Islands) * Tiger cardinalfish ''Cheilodipterus macrodon'' (Lacepede, 1802) (Indo-Pacific) * Wolf cardinalfish ''Cheilodipterus artus'' Smith, 1961 (East Africa to the Taumotu Archipelago, In the western Pacific from Ryukyu Islands to the Great Barrier Reef) * Five-lined cardinalfish ''Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus'' Cuvier, 1828 (East Africa and the Red Sea to southeastern Polynesia) * Mimic cardinalfish ''Cheilodipterus parazonatus'' Gon, 1993 (Indonesia, Phlippines, New Guinea and Queensland) * Weed cardinalfish ''Foa brachygramma'' (Jenkins, 1903) (East Africa to Hawaiian Islands) * Dwarf cardinalfish ''Fowleria vaiulae'' (Jordan and Seale, 1906) (Red Sea to western Pacific) * Aurita cardinalfish ''Fowleria aurita'' (Valenciennes, 1831) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the western Pacific) * Eared cardinalfish ''Fowleria marmorata'' (Alleyne and Macleay, 1877) (Red Sea to southeastern Polynesia) * Peppered cardinalfish ''Fowleria punctulata'' (Rueppell, 1838) ( Red Sea to central and south Pacific) * Variegated cardinalfish ''Fowleria variegata'' (Valenciennes, 1832) (Red Sea to Samoa and north to Ryukyu Islands) * Eightspine cardinalfish ''Neamia octospina'' Smith and Radcliffe, 1912 (East Africa and the Red Sea to Australia and Philippine Islands) * Guam cardinalfish ''Nectamia fusca'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) syn. ''Apogon guamensis'' Valenciennes, 1832 ((as ''A. guamensis'') East Africa and Red Sea to Samoa) * Samoan cardinalfish ''Nectamia savayensis'' (Günther, 1872) syn. ''Apogon savayensis'' ((as ''A. savayensis'')Indo-Pacific from East Africa to French Polynesia) * Striped cardinalfish ''Ostorhinchus angustatus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1911) syn. ''Apogon angustatus'' ((as ''A. angustatus'')East Africa and the Red Sea to Melanesia and Micronesia) * Goldbelly cardinalfish ''Ostorhinchus apogonoides'' (Bleeker, 1856) syn. ''Apogon apogonides'' ((as ''A. apogonides'') East Africa to East Indies and Australia) * Cook’s cardinalfish ''Ostorhinchus cookii (MacLeay, 1881) syn. ''Apogon cookii'' ((as ''A. cookii'')East Africa to Australia, north to Japan) * Rifle cardinalfish ''Ostorhinchus kiensis'' (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) syn. ''Apogon kiensis'' ((as ''A. kiensis'')East Africa and Red Sea north to Japan) * Nine-banded cardinalfish ''Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus'' (Cuvier, 1828) syn. ''Apogon novemfasciatus'' ((as ''A. novemfasciatus'') Cocos-Keeling Islands to Samoa and north to the Izu Islands) * Coral cardinalfish ''Ostorhinchus properuptus'' (Whitley, 1964) syn. ''Apogon properupta'' ((as ''A. properupta'') Queensland and the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef south to Montague Island, New South Wales) * Reef-flat cardinalfish ''Ostorhinchus taeniophorus'' (Regan, 1908) syn. ''Apogon taeniophorus'' ((as ''A. taeniophorus'') Mauritius to Polynesia) * Flame cardinalfish ''Ostorhinchus talboti'' (Smith, 1961) syn. ''Apogon talboti'' Smith, 1961 ((as ''A. talboti'')Indo-Pacific) *Narrowstripe cardinalfish ''Pristiapogon exostigma'' (Jordan & Starks, 1906) syn. ''Apogon exostigma'' ((as ''A. exostigma'')Red Sea to southeastern Polynesia) * Spur-cheek cardinalfish ''Pristiapogon fraenatus'' (Valenciennes, 1832) syn. ''Apogon fraenatus'' ((as ''A. fraenatus'')East Africa and Red Sea to the Line Islands and Taumotu Archipelago) * Iridescent cardinalfish ''Pristiapogon kallopterus'' (Bleeker, 1856) syn.''Apogon kallopterus'' Bleeker, 1856 ((as ''A. kallopterus'') East Africa and Red Sea to Polynesia) * Gelatinous cardinalfish ''Pseudamia gelatinosa'' Smith, 1954 (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Society Islands and north to Japan) * Slender cardinalfish ''Rhabdamia gracilis'' (Bleeker, 1856) (East Africa to the Marshall Islands) * Striped siphonfish ''Siphamia majimai'' Matsubara and Iwai, 1958 (Northern Australia to Japan) * Threadfin cardinalfish ''Sphaeramia nematoptera'' (Bleeker, 1856) (East Indies and northern Australia to Micronesia and north to Japan) Family Malacanthidae - Sand tilefishes * Grey tilefish ''Hoplolatilus cuniculus'' Randall and Dooley, 1974 (Mauritius to the Society Islands) * Blue tilefish ''Hoplolatilus starcki'' Randall and Dooley, 1974 (Indonesia to Australia, Melanesia and Micronesia) * Flagtail banquillo ''Malacanthus brevirostris'' Guichenot, 1848 (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Hawaiian Islands) * Blue blanquilillo ''Malacanthus latovittatus'' (Lacepede, 1801) (East Africa and the Red Sea to the Cook Islands, north to Japan) Family Echeneidae - Remoras, suckerfish * Slender suckerfish ''Echeneis naucrates'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Circumtropical) Family Carangidae – Trevallies * Pennantfish ''Alectis ciliaris'' (Bloch, 1788) (Worldwide in tropical seas) * Diamond trevally ''Alectis indicus'' (Rueppell, 1830) (East Africa to Australia and the Ryukyu Islands) * Fringe-finned trevally ''Pantolabus radiatus'' (MacLeay, 1881) syn. ''Absalom radiatus'' (Macleay, 1881) ((as ''A. radiatus'')Indonesia and northern Australia) * Small mouth scad ''Alepes'' sp. (Indonesia and northern Australia) * Yellowtail scad ''Atule mate'' (Cuvier, 1833) (Indo-West Pacific to Hawaiian Islands) * Onion trevally ''Carangoides caeruleopinnatus'' (Rueppell, 1830) (East Africa to Japan and Australia) * Club-nosed trevally ''Carangoides chrysophrys'' (Cuvier, 1833) (East Africa to Japan and Australia) * Whitefin trevally ''Carangoides equula'' (Temminck and Schlegel, 1844) (East Africa, Gulf of Oman, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and Easter Island) * Blue trevally ''Carangoides ferdau'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific east to Hawaiian Islands) * Gold-spotted trevally ''Carangoides fulvoguttatus'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-Pacific) * Bludger trevally ''Carangoides gymnostethus'' (Cuvier, 1833) (Indo-Pacific) * Bump-nosed trevally ''Carangoides hedlandensis'' (Whitley, 1934) (East Africa to Samoa and north to Japan) * Epaulet trevally ''Carangoides humerosus'' (McCulloch, 1915) (Indonesia, New Guinea and northern Australia) * Malabar trevally ''Carangoides malabaricus'' (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Tropical coastal waters of Indo-Pacific) * Thicklip trevally ''Carangoides orthogrammus'' (Jordan and Gilbert, 1881) (Indo-Pacific and eastern Pacific) * White-tongued trevally ''Carangoides talamparoides'' Bleeker, 1852 (Gulf of Oman to northern Australia) * Japanese trevally ''Carangoides uii'' Wakiya, 1924 (East Africa to Australia and Japan) * Blue-spotted trevally ''Caranx bucculentus'' Alleyne and Macleay, 1877 (Northern Australia and New Guinea) * Giant trevally ''Caranx ignobilis'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Indo-West Pacific from East Africa to the Hawaiian and Marquesas Islands) * Black trevally ''Caranx lugubris'' Poey, 1860 (Circumtropical) * Bluefin trevally ''Caranx melampygus'' Cuvier, 1833 (Tropical Indo-Pacific to the Americas) * Brassy trevally ''Caranx papuensis'' Alleyne and Macleay, 1877 (Indo-Pacific eastward to the Marquesas) * Banded scad ''Alepes kleinii'' (Bloch, 1793) (East Africa to northern Australia and north to Japan) * Bigeye trevally ''Caranx sexfasciatus'' Quoy and Gaimard, 1824 (Tropical Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Americas) * Tille trevally ''Caranx tille'' Cuvier, 1833 (East Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Okinawa to Australia and Fiji) * Redtail scad ''Decapterus kurroides'' Bleeker, 1855 (East Africa to Australia and Japan) * Mackerel scad ''Decapterus macarellus'' (Cuvier, 1833) (Circumtropical) * Long-bodied scad ''Decapterus macrosoma'' Bleeker, 1851 (Indo-Pacific and eastern Pacific) * Russell's mackerel scad ''Decapterus russelli'' (Rueppell, 1830) (East Africa to Japan and Australia) * Rough-ear scad ''Decapterys tabl'' Berry, 1968 (Indo-Pacific east to Hawaiian Islands) * Rainbow runner ''Elagatis bipinnulata'' (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825) (Circumtropical) * Golden trevally ''Gnathanodon speciosus'' (Forsskal, 1775) (Tropical Indo-Pacific eastwards to the Americas)