page_title: List of marine animals of Australia (temperate waters)
section_title: Class Osteichthyes
hierarchical_section_title: List of marine animals of Australia (temperate waters) / Phylum Chordata / Class Osteichthyes
caption_attribution_description: English: Leafy Seadragon on Kangaroo Island taken with Nikon D300 in Ikelite Housing with auxiliary flash and Nikon 10-24mm lens
context_page_description: The list of marine animals of Australia (temperate waters) is a list of marine and shore-based species that form a part of the fauna of Australia. This list includes animals which either live entirely marine lives, or which spend critical parts of their lives at sea.
  The geographical range is south of Perth, Western Australia and the border of New South Wales and Queensland, including the whole of the coasts of South Australia and Tasmania and their offshore islands. Tropical species which are also found in this range may also be listed here.
  The listed organisms are generally identifiable to the naked eye. Many microscopic animals also inhabit this region.
  Ranges are generally given relating to Australian waters. If listed as endemic, they have been found only in the listed range. Others may have much greater ranges.
context_section_description: Family Muraenidae – Moray eels
  Gymnothorax obesus Speckled moray (New South Wales coast)
  Gymnothorax prasinus Green moray (Richardson, 1848) (Shark Bay, Western Australia to southern Queensland and south to Maria Island, Tasmania. Also New Zealand)
  Family Congridae – Conger eels
  Conger verrauxi Southern conger eel (Kaup, 1856) (Beachport, South Australia to eastern Victoria and around Tasmania)
  Conger wilsoni Eastern conger, short-finned conger eel (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Geraldton, Western Australia to Kangaroo Island, South Australia, and Bermagui New South Wales to southern Queensland. Also New Zealand and southern Africa.)
  Family Ophichthidae – Snake eels, worm eels
  Ophisurus serpens Serpent eel (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lancelin, Western Australia to Noosa river Queensland, and northeastern Tasmania. Also widespread overseas.)
  Scolecenchelys breviceps Shorthead worm eel (Günther, 1876) (Rottnest Island, Western Australia to Victoria and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand)
  Family Anguillidae – Freshwater eels
  Anguilla australis Southern shortfin eel (Richardson, 1841) (Bremer River, South Australia to Brisbane River, Queensland, and around Tasmania. Also New Zealand.)
  Anguilla reinhardtii Longfin eel (Steindachner, 1867) (Melbourne, Victoria to Cape York, Queensland, and northern and eastern Tasmania. Also Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia.)
  Family Clupeidae – Herrings, pilchards, sardines
  Hyperlophus vittatus Sandy sprat (Castelnau, 1875) (Kalbarri, Western Australia to Moreton Bay, Queensland)
  Sardinops sagax Australian sardine (Steindachner, 1879) syn. Sardinops neopilchardus (Cape Cuvier, Western Australia to Rockhampton, Queensland, and northern and eastern Tasmania. Also New Zealand)
  Family Engraulidae – Anchovies
  Engraulis australis Australian anchovy (Shaw, 1790) (Kalbarri Western Australia to Heron Island, Queensland. Also Lord Howe Island and New Zealand.)
  Family Salmonidae – Salmons, trouts
  Salmo trutta Brown trout (Linnaeus, 1758) (Southwestern Western Australia to New South Wales and around Tasmania. Also widely distributed overseas)
  Family Galaxiidae – Galaxias, mountain trout, native trout
  Galaxias maculatus Common galaxias, jollytail, native trout (Jenyns, 1842) (Albany, Western Australia to southern Queensland and around Tasmania. Also Lord Howe Island. New Zealand and South America.)
  Galaxias truttaceous Trout galaxias, spotted galaxias, mountain trout (Valenciennes, 1846) (Albany, Western Australia and Otway Ranges to Lakes Entrance, Victoria, and around Tasmania)
  Family Aplochitonidae – Whitebait
  Lovettia sealii Tasmanian whitebait (Johnston, 1883) (Around Tasmania)
  Family Prototroctidae – Southern graylings
  Prototroctes maraena Australian grayling, cucumber fish (Günther, 1864) (Port MacDonnell, South Australia to Nowra, New South Wales and around Tasmania)
  Family Aulopodidae – Threadsails
  Aulopus purpurissatus Sergeant baker (Richardson, 1843) (Coral Bay Western Australia to Laguna Bay, Queensland and northern Tasmania.)
  Family Synodontidae – Lizardfishes
  Synodus variegatus Variegated lizardfish (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)
  Family Gonorhynchidae – Beaked salmon
  Gonorhynchus greyi Beaked salmon (Richardson,1845) (Shark Bay, Western Australia to southern Queensland and around Tasmania)
  Family Plotosidae – Eeltail catfishes
  Cnidoglanis macrocephalus Estuary cobbler, cobbler, estuary catfish (Valenciennes, 1840) (Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia to southern Queensland and around Tasmania)
  Plotosus lineatus Striped catfish (Thunberg, 1791) (Tropical Australia south to Esperance, Western Australia, and to Sydney New South Wales. Also widespread in the Indo-West Pacific region)
  Family Batrachoididae – Frogfishes
  Batrachomoeus dubius Eastern frogfish (Shaw, 1790) (Central New South Wales to Hervey Bay, Queensland)
  Batrachomoeus rubricephalus Pinkhead frogfish (Hutchins, 1976) (Houtman Abrolhos to Eucla, Western Australia)
  Family Antennaridae – Anglerfishes
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caption: Phycodurus eques
  (Leafy seadragon)
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