Fish Resources Management Regulations 1995
Sch 7List of common and scientific names
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Schedule 7 — List of common and scientific names
[r. 3(2)]
[Heading inserted: Gazette 4 Oct 2019 p. 3588.]
Division 1 — Marine or fluvio‑marine fish
[Heading inserted: SL 2024/263 r. 24.]
| Albacore | Thunnus alalunga | | Amberjack | Seriola dumerili | | Anchovy, Australian | Engraulis australis | | Bait Fish | Families Clupeidae and Engraulidae | | Barracouta | Family Gempylidae | | Barracuda, Great | Sphyraena barracuda | | Barracuda, Striped | Sphyraena obtusata | | Barramundi | Lates calcarifer | | Billfish (Marlins, Sailfish, Spearfish) | Family Istiophoridae | | Boarfish | Family Pentacerotidae | | Bonefish | Albula spp. | | Bonito, Leaping | Cybiosarda elegans | | Bonito, Oriental | Sarda orientalis | | Bream, Black | Acanthopagrus butcheri | | Bream, Northwest Black | Acanthopagrus palmaris | | Bream, Western Yellowfin | Acanthopagrus morrisoni | | Catfish | Families Ariidae and Plotosidae | | Cobbler, Estuary | Cnidoglanis macrocephalus | | Cobbler, Silver | Neoarius midgleyi | | Cobia | Rachycentron canadum | | Cod, Barramundi | Cromileptes altivelis | | Cod, Breaksea | Epinephelides armatus | | Cod, Rankin | Epinephelus rankini | | Coral Trout | Plectropomus spp. | | Coronation Trout | Variola spp. | | Dart | Trachinotus spp. | | Dhufish, West Australian | Glaucosoma hebraicum | | Dolphinfish (Mahi Mahi) | Coryphaena spp. | | Dory, John | Zeus faber | | Dory, Mirror | Zenopsis nebulosus | | Dusky Whaler | Carcharhinus obscurus | | Emperor | Lethrinus spp. | | Emperor, Bluespotted | Lethrinus punctulatus | | Emperor, Grass | Lethrinus laticaudis | | Emperor, Red | Lutjanus sebae | | Emperor, Spangled | Lethrinus nebulosus | | Flathead | Platycephalus spp. | | Flathead, Longspine | Platycephalus grandispinis | | Flathead, Marbled | Platycephalus marmoratus | | Flathead, Southern Bluespotted | Platycephalus speculator | | Flathead, Yellowtail | Platycephalus westraliae | | Flounder | Families Pleuronectidae, Bothidae and Paralichthyidae | | Foxfish | Bodianus spp. | | Garfish | Family Hemiramphidae | | Groper, Baldchin | | | Groper, Bass | | | Groper, Queensland | | | Groper, Western Blue | | | Grouper, Eightbar | | | Hapuku | | | Hardyhead | Families Atherinidae and Dentatherinidae | | Herring, Australian (Herring) | | | Herring, Giant | spp. | | Herring, Perth | | | Javelinfish and Sweetlips | Family Haemulidae | | Jewfish, Black | | | Leatherjacket | Family Monacanthidae | | Longtom | Family Belonidae | | Mackerel | Family Scombridae | | Mackerel, Blue | | | Mackerel, Common Jack | | | Mackerel, Grey (Broad‑barred Mackerel) | | | Mackerel, Peruvian Jack | | | Mackerel, Scaly | | | Mackerel, School | | | Mackerel, Shark | | | Mackerel, Spanish (Narrow‑barred Mackerel) | | | Mackerel, Spotted | | | Mangrove Jack | | | Maray | | | Milkfish | | | Mullet | Family Mugilidae | | Mullet, Red (Goatfish) | Family Mullidae | | Mullet, Sea | | | Mullet, Yelloweye | | | Mulloway | | | Parrotfish | Subfamily Scarinae | | Pearl Perch | spp., excluding | | Pike, Longfin | | | Queenfish | spp. | | Queenfish, Needleskin | | | Rays | Superorder Batoidea | | Rays, Eagle | Family Myliobatidae | | Ray, Manta | | | Redbait | | | Redfish, Bight (Nannygai, Red Snapper) | | | Redfish, Yelloweye | | | Rockcod | Families Epinephelidae and Serranidae | | Rockcod, Blackspotted | | | Rockcod, Chinaman (Charlie Court) | | | Rockcod, Goldspotted (Estuary Cod) | | | Rockcod, Potato | | | Salmon, Atlantic | | | Salmon, Western Australian (Salmon) | | | Samsonfish | | | Sardine, Australian (Pilchard) | | | Sawfish | Family Pristidae | | Scad, Yellowtail | | | Seabream | spp. and spp. | | Seadragon, Common | | | Seadragon, Leafy | | | Shark, Northern River | | | Shark, Speartooth | | | Shark, Whale | | | Shark, White | | | Sharks | Orders Squatiniformes, Pristiophoriformes, Squaliformes, Hexanchiformes, Carcharhiniformes, Lamniformes, Orectolobiformes and Heterodontiformes | | Sharks, Whaler | spp. | | Snapper, Crimson | | | Snapper, Deep Water | spp. and spp. | | Snapper, Goldband | | | Snapper, Golden (Fingermark) | | | Snapper (Pink Snapper) | | | Snapper, Queen (Blue Morwong) | | | Snapper, Saddletail | | | Snapper, Stripey | | | Snapper, Tropical | Family Lutjanidae | | Snook | | | Sole | Family Soleidae | | Sprat, Blue | | | Sprat, Sandy (Whitebait) | | | Stingray, Black | | | Stingray, Smooth | | | Swallowtail | | | Sweep, Banded | | | Sweep, Sea | | | Swordfish | | | Tailor | | | Tarwhine | | | Threadfin | Family Polynemidae | | Threadfin, Blue | | | Threadfin, King | | | Trevalla(s), Blue‑Eye | Family Centrolophidae | | Trevally | Family Carangidae | | Trevally, Diamond | | | Trevally, Giant | | | Trevally, Golden | | | Trevally, Silver (Skipjack) | spp. complex | | Tripletail | | | Tuna, Bigeye | | | Tuna, Dogtooth | | | Tuna, Longtail | | | Tuna, Mackerel | | | Tuna, Skipjack | | | Tuna, Southern Bluefin | | | Tuna, Yellowfin | | | Tuskfish | spp. excluding | | Tuskfish, Blackspot | | | Tuskfish, Blue | | | Wahoo | | | Whiting | spp. | | Whiting, Goldenline | | | Whiting, King George | | | Whiting, Southern School | | | Whiting, Yellowfin | | | Wrasse | Subfamily Labrinae | | Wrasse, Humphead Maori | | | Yellowtail Kingfish | |