New Zealand

Climates: Subtropical, Temperate

Perciformes - Perches

Potato grouper (Epinephelus tukula)

Indian Ocean oriental sweetlips (Plectorhinchus vittatus)

Clown anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris)

Spotted soapfish (Pogonoperca punctata)

Ambon damsel (Pomacentrus amboinensis)

Goldenstriped soapfish (Grammistes sexlineatus)

Barramundi (Lates calcarifer)

Goldribbon soapfish (Aulacocephalus temminckii)

False scorpionfish (Centrogenys vaigiensis)

Waigieu seaperch (Psammoperca waigiensis)

Barber perch (Caesioperca rasor)

Butterfly perch (Caesioperca lepidoptera)

Emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae)

Orange-striped emperor (Lethrinus obsoletus)

Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Halfbanded seaperch (Hypoplectrodes maccullochi)

Darkfin hind (Cephalopholis urodeta)

Midnight snapper (Macolor macularis)

Black and white snapper (Macolor niger)

Lemonfish (Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus)

Longface emperor (Lethrinus olivaceus)

Blackspot snapper (Lutjanus ehrenbergii)

Two-striped sweetlips (Plectorhinchus albovittatus)

Painted sweetlip (Plectorhinchus picus)

Starck’s demoiselle (Chrysiptera starcki)

One-spot damselfish (Chrysiptera unimaculata)

Common bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira)

Spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus)

Maori rockcod (Epinephelus undulatostriatus)

Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes

Zebrafish (Girella zebra)

Silver sweep (Scorpis lineolata)

Estuary perch (Percalates colonorum)

Bermuda sea chub (Kyphosus sectatrix)

Brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)

Red morwong (Morwong fuscus)

Eastern kelpfish (Chironemus marmoratus)

Parore (Girella tricuspidata)

Gadiformes - Cods

Abyssal grenadier (Coryphaenoides armatus)

Spariformes - Breams and porgies

Two-lined monocle bream (Scolopsis bilineata)

Australasian Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus)

Atlantic tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis)

Zeiformes - Dories

John Dory (Zeus faber)

Carangiformes - Jacks

Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)

Indo-Pacific sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)

Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans)

Samson fish (Seriola hippos)

Shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris)

Black jack (Caranx lugubris)

Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)

Rainbow runner (Elagatis bipinnulata)

Bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus)

Giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis)

Greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili)

Bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus)

Common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)

Striped marlin (Kajikia audax)

Yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi)

Longfin yellowtail (Seriola rivoliana)

Black marlin (Istiompax indica)

Mulliformes - Goatfishes

Blue-striped mullet (Upeneichthys lineatus)

Gold-saddle goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus)

Dash-and-dot goatfish (Parupeneus barberinus)

Yellowstripe goatfish (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus)

Beloniformes - Needlefishes

Flat needlefish (Ablennes hians)

Hound needlefish (Tylosurus crocodilus)

Anguilliformes - Eels and morays

Laced moray (Gymnothorax favagineus)

Yellow moray (Gymnothorax prasinus)

Short-finned eel (Anguilla australis)

New Zealand longfin eel (Anguilla dieffenbachii)

Zebra moray (Gymnomuraena zebra)

Speckled longfin eel (Anguilla reinhardtii)

Gymnothorax undulatus (Gymnothorax undulatus)

Scombriformes - Mackerels

Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)

Dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor)

Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus)

Atlantic Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus)

Albacore (Thunnus alalunga)

Narrow-barred spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson)

Australian salmon (Arripis trutta)

Silver scabbardfish (Lepidopus caudatus)

Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)

Labriformes - Wrasses

Barred thicklip (Hemigymnus fasciatus)

Splitlevel hogfish (Bodianus mesothorax)

Blackeye thicklip wrasse (Hemigymnus melapterus)

Lyretail hogfish (Bodianus anthioides)

Yellowbreasted wrasse (Anampses twistii)

Patrician wrasse (Pictilabrus laticlavius)

Redfin hogfish (Bodianus dictynna)

Clown wrasse (Coris aygula)

Red pigfish (Bodianus unimaculatus)

Orange-dotted tuskfish (Choerodon anchorago)

Axilspot hogfish (Bodianus axillaris)

Batu coris (Coris batuensis)

Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)

Yellowblotch razorfish (Iniistius aneitensis)

Peacock wrasse (Iniistius pavo)

Fivefinger razorfish (Iniistius pentadactylus)

Bird wrasse (Gomphosus varius)

Sling-jaw wrasse (Epibulus insidiator)

Dusky wrasse (Halichoeres marginatus)

Crimsonband wrasse (Notolabrus gymnogenis)

Zigzag wrasse (Halichoeres scapularis)

Checkerboard wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus)

Canary wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus)

Blue-spotted wrasse (Anampses caeruleopunctatus)

Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes

Wispy waspfish (Paracentropogon longispinis)

Eastern red scorpionfish (Scorpaena jacksoniensis)

Ryukyu gurnard (Lepidotrigla ryukyuensis)

Spotfin lionfish (Pterois antennata)

Red lionfish (Pterois volitans)

Luna Lionfish (Pterois lunulata)

Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes

Japanese meagre (Argyrosomus japonicus)

Short-nosed unicornfish (Naso brevirostris)

Bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis)

Whitemargin unicornfish (Naso annulatus)

Scissortail sergeant (Abudefduf sexfasciatus)

Bluering angelfish (Pomacanthus annularis)

Regal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus)

Blackspot sergeant (Abudefduf sordidus)

Semicircled angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus)

Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)

Yellowface angelfish (Pomacanthus xanthometopon)

Blue-girdled angelfish (Pomacanthus navarchus)

Bengal sergeant (Abudefduf bengalensis)

Sixbar angelfish (Pomacanthus sexstriatus)

Yellowtail sergeant (Abudefduf notatus)

Indo-Pacific sergeant (Abudefduf vaigiensis)

Barhead spinefoot (Siganus virgatus)

Spotbanded scat (Selenotoca multifasciata)

Lined surgeonfish (Acanthurus lineatus)

Achilles tang (Acanthurus achilles)

Whitecheek surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans)

Mugiliformes - Mullets

Squaretail mullet (Ellochelon vaigiensis)

Flathead grey mullet (Mugil cephalus)

Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes

Broom filefish (Amanses scopas)

Ocean sunfish (Mola mola)

Long-spine porcupinefish (Diodon holocanthus)

Spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix)

Immaculate puffer (Arothron immaculatus)

Scrawled filefish (Aluterus scriptus)

Rough leatherjackets (Scobinichthys granulatus)

Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders

Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)

Clupeiformes - Herrings

Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax)

Istiophoriformes - Barracudas

Great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)

Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes

New Zealand blue cod (Parapercis colias)

Speckled sandperch (Parapercis hexophtalma)

Blenniiformes - Blennies

Molly miller (Scartella cristata)

Gobiiformes - Gobies

Dusky frillgoby (Bathygobius fuscus)

Chameleon goby (Tridentiger trigonocephalus)

Aulopiformes - Grinners

Brushtooth lizardfish, large-scale grinner or largescale saury (Saurida undosquamis)

Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes

Sabre squirrelfish (Sargocentron spiniferum)

Redcoat (Sargocentron rubrum)

Beryciformes - Sawbellies

Alfonsino (Beryx decadactylus)

Trachichthyiformes - Rughies

Slender roughy (Optivus elongatus)

Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses

Atlantic wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)

Lampriformes - Lamprids

Blackflash ribbonfish (Trachipterus jacksonensis)

Mediterranean dealfish (Trachipterus trachypterus)

Giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne)

Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses

Big-belly seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)

Network pipefish (Corythoichthys flavofasciatus)

Ringed pipefish (Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus)

Bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii)

Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes

Striated frogfish (Antennarius striatus)

Callionymiformes - Dragonets

Ocellated dragonet (Synchiropus ocellatus)

Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes

Eastern cleaner-clingfish (Cochleoceps orientalis)

Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks

Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)

Blacktail reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos)

Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)

Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)

Silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus)

Milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus)

Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)

Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)

Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks

Thresher (Alopias vulpinus)

Bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus)

Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus)

Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)

Smalltooth sand tiger (Odontaspis ferox)

Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark

Zebra shark (Stegostoma tigrinum)

Blind shark (Brachaelurus waddi)

Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks

Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)

Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks

Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni)

Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks

Prickly shark (Echinorhinus cookei)

Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes

Milkfish (Chanos chanos)

Myliobatiformes - Stingrays

Cowtail stingray (Pastinachus sephen)

Blue-spotted stingray (Neotrygon kuhlii)

Round ribbontail ray (Taeniurops meyeni)

Giant manta ray (Mobula birostris)

Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels

Pudgy cuskeel (Spectrunculus grandis)

Brunswig's Cusk-eel (Lamprogrammus brunswigi)

Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders

California slickhead (Alepocephalus tenebrosus)

Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels

Snub-nosed spiny eel (Notacanthus chemnitzii)
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