Fishes show a startling variety of body forms and behaviours. There are approximately 25,000 described species of fishes in the world, with over 4,200 occurring in Australia.
Click on the buttons below for lists of species on the site. You can view species by scientific name, common name or type of fish. To search for a particular scientific or common name, enter the details in the 'Search the site' box on the left of the screen.
Fishes of Sydney Harbour is a list of species based on specimens from the Australian Museum Fish Collection.
Scorpionfishes of Australia contains information on all species of scorpionfishes known from Australian waters.
