Commonly caught fish - grouped by type

This link to the QLD Fisheries
Reef fish web guide to species regulated in the Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish) Management Plan 2003
is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to aid in fish identification!
 http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/fishguide

 ALWAYS check for current regulations before you fish! (DPI Fishweb)

• Check out the LOCAL Restrictions before you fish
• Coral Reef Fin Fish restrictions effective 13th  December 2003
• Fresh water / impoundment restrictions

NOTE: fish names used here are from :

Grant. E.M., 1982., Guide To Fishes., 5th Edition, The Department of Harbours and Marine,  Brisbane, Queensland, (courtesy of the DPI)

The DPI DO NOT use Grants as a reference in their coral reef fin fish rules and regulations, therefore fish names may differ from those in the regulations.

The scientific names of coral reef fin fish are stated in schedule 2 of the regulations and the scientific names follow those in the references below—

1. for bar rockcod, crimson sea perch (small mouth nannygai), goldband snapper, hapuku and saddletail seaperch (large mouth nannygai)—
   Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. and Ward, R.D. (eds), 1999, Australian Seafood Handbook, Domestic Species, CSIRO Marine Research, Melbourne,Victoria;
    
2. for eight-bar grouper—
   Heemstra, P.C. and Randall, J.E., 1993, FAO Species Catalogue, volume 16, Groupers of the world (family Serranidae, subfamily Ephinephelidae), an annotated and illustrated catalogue of the grouper, rockcod, hind, coral grouper and lyretail species known to date, FAO Fish. Synop.,(125) 16:382 p;
    
3. for coral reef fin fish not mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2)—
   Randall, John E., Allen, Gerald R. and Steene, Roger C., 1997, The Complete Divers and Fishermen’s Guide to Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, 2nd revised ed, ed States of America.

Updated:Wednesday, 17 October 2007