Common Cairns Fish
Fishes most commonly seen on the reefs in the Cairns region
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Angelfishes
 Bicolor Angelfish |
 Regal Angelfish |
 Six-banded Angelfish |
 Two-spined Angelfish |
 Pearl-scaled Angelfish |
 Redfin Anthias |
 Scalefin Anthias |
 Threadfin Anthias |
 Chevron Barracuda |
 Pickhandle Barracuda |
 Yellowtail Barracuda |
 Orbicular Batfish |
 Pinnate Batfish |
 Crescent-tail Bigeye |
 Bicolor Blenny |
 Bluestriped Fangblenny |
 Piano Fangblenny |
 Great Barrier Reef Blenny |
 Yellow Boxfish |
 Beaked Coralfish |
 Bluespot Butterflyfish |
 Chevroned Butterflyfish |
 Forcepsfish |
 Golden-striped Butterflyfish |
 Klein’s Butterflyfish |
 Ornate Butterflyfish |
 Rainford’s Butterflyfish |
 Redfin Butterfyfish |
 Saddled Butterflyfish |
 Speckled Butterflyfish |
 Threadfin Butterflyfish |
 Triangular Butterflyfish |
 Lined Butterflyfish |
 Pacific Double-saddle Butterflyfish |
 Humphead Bannerfish |
 Pennant Bannerfish |
 Vagabond Butterflyfish |
 Spotnape Butterflyfish |
 Split-banded Cardinalfish |
 Yellow-striped Cardinalfish |
 One-stripe Clingfish |
 Bridled Monocle Bream |
 Clown Anemonefish |
 Ambon Damsel |
 Black-axil Chromis |
 Blue-green Chromis |
 Charcoal Damsel |
 Humbug Dascyllus |
 Indo-pacific Sergeant |
 Lemon Damsel |
 Spiny Chromis |
 Ternate Chromis |
 Yellowtail Demoiselle |
 Barrier Reef Anemonefish |
 Pink Anemonefish |
 Red and Black Anemonefish |
 Spine-cheek Anemonefish |
 Fire Dartfish |
 Twotone Dartfish |
 Brown Dottyback |
 Bicoloured Dottyback |
 Sailfin Dottyback |
 Topsail Drummer |
 Orange-striped Emperor |
 Spangled Emperor |
 Yellow-tailed Emperor |
 Smooth Flutemouth |
 Scissortail Fusilier |
 Two-stripe Fusilier |
 Yellowtail Fusilier |
 Dash-dot Goatfish |
 Doublebar Goatfish |
 Manybar Goatfish |
 Bicolor Goatfish |
 Blueband Goby |
 Spotfin Shrimp Goby |
 Steinitz’ Shrimpgoby |
 Whip Goby |
 Old Glory |
 Dwarf Hawkfish |
 Longnose Hawkfish |
 Pixy Hawkfish |
 Beaked Leatherjacket |
 Reef Lizardfish |
 Blue Devilfish |
 Yellow Devilfish |
 Crocodile Longtom |
 Giant Moray |
 Bumphead Parrotfish |
 Bicolor Parrotfish |
 Bridled Parrotfish |
 Bullethead Parrotfish |
 Steephead Parrotfish |
 Black-saddled Toby |
 Blackspotted Puffer |
 Barred Rabbitfish |
 Coral Rabbitfish |
 Foxface |
 Chinese Footballer |
 Coral Trout |
 Barramundi Cod |
 Blue-spotted Rockcod |
 Coral Cod |
 Dwarf Spotted Rockcod |
 Peacock Rockcod |
 Speckled Sandperch |
 Ragged-finned Firefish |
 Common Lionfish |
 Grey Reef Shark |
 Whitetip Reef Shark |
 Razorfish |
 Black And White Seaperch |
 Paddletail |
 Red Bass |
 Bluestripe Snapper |
 Spanish Flag |
 Bigscale Soldierfish |
 Blackfin Squirrelfish |
 Crown Squirrelfish |
 Epaulette Soldierfish |
 Lattice Soldierfish |
 Sabre Squirrelfish |
 Tailspot Squirrelfish |
 Blue-spotted Stingray |
 Kuhl’s Stingray |
 Blackstreak Surgeonfish |
 Bluespine Unicornfish |
 Mimic Surgeonfish |
 Orangespine Unicornfish |
 Palette Surgeonfish |
 Ringtail Surgeonfish |
 Sailfin Tang |
 Spotted Unicornfish |
 Striped Surgeonfish |
 Twospot Bristletooth |
 Many-spotted Sweetlips |
 Diagonal-banded Sweetlips |
 Brown Sweetlips |
 Dotted Sweetlips |
 Barcheek Trevally |
 Bluefin Trevally |
 Giant Trevally |
 Snub-nosed Dart |
 Orange-lined Triggerfish |
 Titan Triggerfish |
 Neon Triplefin |
 Trumpetfish |
 Humphead Maori Wrasse |
 Batu Coris |
 Bird Wrasse |
 Bluntheaded Wrasse |
 Cheeklined Maori Wrasse |
 Dotted Wrasse |
 Harlequin Tuskfish |
 Moon Wrasse |
 New Guinea Wrasse |
 Redbreasted Maori Wrasse |
 Slingjaw Wrasse |
 Splitlevel Hogfish |
 Striped Cleaner Wrasse |
 Bicolor Cleaner Wrasse |
 Axilspot Hogfish |
 Sixbar Wrasse |