Dear members,

You may know that the Nautilus Club web site has a section on reef fishes which are common in the Cairns region.

It is located in https://www.nautilus-scuba.net/gallery/cairns-fish/

We are looking to expand this gallery with additional species and need your help.

I have a few requirements to be met to fit the current gallery technical parameters.

1. For a fish to be added, 2-3 side view well cropped and clear photos of an individual fish specimen need to be provided. For examples of acceptable photos, please check a few photos from the existing gallery.
2. Additionally, all photos must have the common and the scientific name included in the file name of the photos provided.

Here is an example of the naming convention for fish photos which I typically use.

” Pearl-scaled Angelfish (Centropyge vrolikii) [Angelfishes – Pomacanthidae]_40848.JPG”

Ideally, I would like to collect and include photos of all known phases of the fish (e.g., adult phase, juvenile phase, if known, and in case of parrotfishes/wrasses, female and male phases if they are known to differ). However, if you do not have photos of all such phases, 2-3 photos of adult specimens are certainly welcome.

If you do have the photos of the fish in the list below and would like to contribute to our fish gallery, please send your photos to alex_nnov21@yahoo.com. I will review all submissions received and if they satisfy the gallery requirements I will add them to the gallery site. If you would like to add a copyright info to your photos, please do so in the way which does not interfere with the main photo subject.

Here is the list of species for which we are looking for photos for the Gallery:

1. Pearl-scaled Angelfish
2. Centropyge vrolikii
3. Vagabond Butterflyfish
4. Chaetodon vagabundus
5. Blackback Butterflyfish
6. Chaetodon melannotus
7. Lined Butterflyfish
8. Chaetodon lineolatus
9. Spotnape Butterflyfish
10. Chaetodon oxycephalus
11. Pacific Double-saddle Butterflyfish
12. Chaetodon ulietensis
13. Pennant Bannerfish
14. Heniochus chrysostomus
15. Humphead Bannerfish
16. Heniochus varius
17. Great Barrier Reef Blenny
18. Ecsenius stictus
19. Barrier Reef Anemonefish
20. Amphiprion akindynos
21. Pink Anemonefish
22. Amphiprion perideraion
23. Red-and-Black Anemonefish
24. Amphiprion melanopus
25. Spine-cheek Anemonefish
26. Premnas biaculeatus
27. Bicolor Goatfish
28. Parupeneus barberinoides
29. Yellowfin Goatfish
30. Mulloidichthys vanicolensis
31. Orange-dashed Goby
32. Valenciennea puellaris
33. Old Glory
34. Amblygobius rainfordi
35. Spotted Shrimp Goby
36. Amblyeleotris guttata
37. Honeycomb Leatherjacket
38. Cantherhines pardalis
39. Shark Mackerel
40. Grammatorcynus bicarinatus
41. Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel
42. Scomberomorus commerson
43. Bleeker’s Parrotfish
44. Chlorurus bleekeri
45. Chameleon Parrotfish
46. Scarus chameleon
47. Egghead Parrotfish
48. Scarus oviceps
49. Globehead Parrotfish
50. Scarus globiceps
51. Greensnout Parrotfish
52. Scarus spinus
53. Minifin Parrotfish
54. Scarus altipinnis
55. Schlegel’s Parrotfish
56. Scarus schlegeli
57. Surf Parrotfish
58. Scarus rivulatus
59. Swarthy Parrotfish
60. Scarus niger
61. Yellowbarred Parrotfish
62. Scarus dimidiatus
63. Yellowfin Parrotfish
64. Scarus flavipectoralis
65. Bennett’s Toby
66. Canthigaster bennetti
67. Map Puffer
68. Arothron mappa
69. Star Puffer
70. Arothron stellatus
71. Stars and Stripes Puffer
72. Arothron hispidus
73. Coronation Trout
74. Variola louti
75. White-lined Rockcod
76. Anyperodon leucogrammicus
77. Black-spot Snapper
78. Lutjanus fulviflamma
79. Bluestripe Seaperch
80. Lutjanus kasmira
81. Five-lined Seaperch
82. Lutjanus quinquelineatus
83. Flagtail Triggerfish
84. Sufflamen chrysopterus
85. Pinktail Triggerfish
86. Melichthys vidua
87. Axilspot Hogfish
88. Bodianus axillaris
89. Barred Thicklip
90. Hemigymnus fasciatus
91. Bicolor Cleaner Wrasse
92. Labroides bicolor
93. Blackeye Thicklip
94. Hemigymnus melapterus
95. Tailspot Wrasse
96. Halichoeres melanurus
97. Checkerboard Wrasse
98. Halichoeres hortulanus
99. Threespot Wrasse
100. Halichoeres trimaculatus
101. Twotone Wrasse
102. Halichoeres prosopeion
103. Sixbar Wrasse
104. Thalassoma hardwicke
105. Tripletail Maori Wrasse
106. Cheilinus trilobatus
107. Flagtail Blanquillo
108. Malacanthus brevirostris
109. Blue Blanquillo
110. Malacanthus latovittatus
111. Blackside Hawkfish
112. Paracirrhites forsteri

Many thanks!

Alex (The Nautilus Fish Geek)