ImageTitleSummaryAuthorDate
Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787)
Abudefduf bengalensis (Bloch, 1787)

Common Name: Bengal Sergeant Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical west Pacific …

22/04/2023
Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepede, 1801)
Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Scissortail Sergeant Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the Indo-Pacific …

22/04/2023
Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)

Common Name: Indo-pacific Sergeant Distribution: Abundant throughout Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical Indo-Pacific, southern Japan to …

22/04/2023
Abudefduf whitleyi (Allen and Robertson, 1974)
Abudefduf whitleyi (Allen and Robertson, 1974)

Common Name: Whitley’s Sergeant Distribution: Relatively common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the western …

22/04/2023
Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Crown Of Thorns Starfish Distribution: Relatively uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed across …

19/04/2023
Acanthistius ocellatus (Gunther, 1859)
Acanthistius ocellatus (Gunther, 1859)

Common Name: Wirrah Distribution: Common in coastal and offshore reef areas of the Solitary Islands Marine Park. …

22/04/2023
Acanthopagrus australis (Gunther, 1859)
Acanthopagrus australis (Gunther, 1859)

Common Name: Yellowfin Bream Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to eastern Australia from …

22/04/2023
Acanthurus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1835)
Acanthurus dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1835)

Common Name: Pencil Surgeon Fish Distribution: Relatively common throughout Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical Indo-Pacific. In …

22/04/2023
Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829)
Acanthurus mata (Cuvier, 1829)

Common Name: Pale Surgeonfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Indo-Pacific distribution generally, north to …

22/04/2023
Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskal, 1775)
Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Dusky Surgeonfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical Indo-Pacific, Red Sea …

22/04/2023
Acanthurus olivaceus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Acanthurus olivaceus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Orangeblotch Surgeonfish Distribution: Uncommon as adults in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread Indo-Pacific, Christmas …

22/04/2023
Acanthurus pyroferus (Kittlitz, 1834)
Acanthurus pyroferus (Kittlitz, 1834)

Common Name: Mimic Surgeonfish Distribution: Not commonly seen in Solitary Islands Marine Park. Ranges through Islands of …

22/04/2023
Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Convict Surgeonfish Distribution: Adults uncommon but juveniles seen in rock pools and shallow coastal waters …

22/04/2023
Acanthurus xanthopterus (Valenciennes, 1835)
Acanthurus xanthopterus (Valenciennes, 1835)

Common Name: Yellowmask Surgeonfish Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Indo-Pacific distribution, from …

22/04/2023
Achaeus japonicus (De Haan, 1839)
Achaeus japonicus (De Haan, 1839)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Japan. …

19/04/2023
Achoerodus viridis (Gill, 1863)
Achoerodus viridis (Gill, 1863)

Common Name: Eastern Blue Groper Distribution: Common around the coastline and offshore islands in the Solitary Islands …

22/04/2023
Acropora robusta (Dana, 1846)
Acropora robusta (Dana, 1846)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Chagos Islands in the Indian …

19/04/2023
Actinimenes ornatus (Bruce, 1969)
Actinimenes ornatus (Bruce, 1969)

Distribution: Relatively common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. In …

19/04/2023
Aegires citrinus (Pruvot-Fol, 1930)
Aegires citrinus (Pruvot-Fol, 1930)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Reported from Hawaii and the Philippines, probable distribution …

22/04/2023
Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823)
Aetobatus ocellatus (Kuhl, 1823)

Common Name: Whitespotted Eagle Ray Distribution: Common throughout Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

19/04/2023
Alcyonohippolyte commensalis (Kemp, 1925)
Alcyonohippolyte commensalis (Kemp, 1925)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Indo-Pacific region, including the Solomon …

19/04/2023
Allogalathea elegans (Adams and White, 1848)
Allogalathea elegans (Adams and White, 1848)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. In Australia recorded from Shark Bay in Western …

19/04/2023
Allostichaster polyplax (Muller and Troschel, 1844)
Allostichaster polyplax (Muller and Troschel, 1844)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park as this represents its northern limit on the …

19/04/2023
Alpheus ochrostriatus (Karplus, Szlep and Tsurnamal, 1981)
Alpheus ochrostriatus (Karplus, Szlep and Tsurnamal, 1981)

Common Name: Fine-striped Snapping Shrimp Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the Red …

19/04/2023
Alpheus richardsoni (Yaldwyn, 1971)
Alpheus richardsoni (Yaldwyn, 1971)

Common Name: Richardson’s Snapping Shrimp Distribution: Probably common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the …

19/04/2023
Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765)
Aluterus scriptus (Osbeck, 1765)

Common Name: Scribbled Leatherjacket Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found worldwide in tropical waters. …

22/04/2023
Amaryllis philatelica (Lowry and Stoddart, 2002)
Amaryllis philatelica (Lowry and Stoddart, 2002)

Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Limited records from southern New South …

19/04/2023
Ambassis sp. (Cuvier, 1828)
Ambassis sp. (Cuvier, 1828)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Members of the family are found throughout the …

22/04/2023
Amblyeleotris ogasawarensis (Yanagisawa, 1978)
Amblyeleotris ogasawarensis (Yanagisawa, 1978)

Common Name: Redspotted Shrimpgoby Distribution: Rare in Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known only from the Ryukyu and …

22/04/2023
Amblyeleotris periophthalma (Bleeker, 1853)
Amblyeleotris periophthalma (Bleeker, 1853)

Common Name: Broadbanded Shrimpgoby Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through the Indo West …

22/04/2023
Amblyeleotris wheeleri (Polunin and Lubbock, 1977)
Amblyeleotris wheeleri (Polunin and Lubbock, 1977)

Common Name: Burgundy Shrimpgoby Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific: East …

22/04/2023
Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes, 1837)
Amblygobius phalaena (Valenciennes, 1837)

Common Name: Whitebarred Goby Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Pacific Ocean: …

22/04/2023
Amphiprion akindynos (Allen, 1972)
Amphiprion akindynos (Allen, 1972)

Common Name: Barrier Reef Anemonefish Distribution: Common at all offshore islands in the Solitary Islands Marine Park, …

22/04/2023
Amphiprion latezonatus (Waite, 1900)
Amphiprion latezonatus (Waite, 1900)

Common Name: Wideband Anemonefish Distribution: Known only from northern New South Wales to southern Queensland and Lord …

22/04/2023
Amphiprion melanopus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Amphiprion melanopus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Blackback Anemonefish Distribution: Locally common in the northern section of the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found …

22/04/2023
Anampses caeruleopunctatus (Ruppell, 1829)
Anampses caeruleopunctatus (Ruppell, 1829)

Common Name: Bluespotted Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical Indo-Pacific, north to …

22/04/2023
Anampses elegans (Ogilby, 1889)
Anampses elegans (Ogilby, 1889)

Common Name: Elegant Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from Lord Howe Is, …

22/04/2023
Anampses femininus (Randall, 1972)
Anampses femininus (Randall, 1972)

Common Name: Bluetail Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the subtropical Pacific …

22/04/2023
Anampses geographicus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Anampses geographicus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Common Name: Scribbled Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

22/04/2023
Anampses melanurus (Bleeker, 1856)
Anampses melanurus (Bleeker, 1856)

Common Name: Blacktail Wrasse Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Pacific Ocean extending …

22/04/2023
Anampses meleagrides (Valenciennes, 1840)
Anampses meleagrides (Valenciennes, 1840)

Common Name: Speckled Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Anampses neoguinaicus (Bleeker, 1878)
Anampses neoguinaicus (Bleeker, 1878)

Common Name: Black Backed Wrasse Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from areas …

22/04/2023
Ancylocaris brevicarpalis (Schenkel, 1902)
Ancylocaris brevicarpalis (Schenkel, 1902)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific region. In …

19/04/2023
Anoplocapros inermis (Fraser-Brunner, 1935)
Anoplocapros inermis (Fraser-Brunner, 1935)

Common Name: Eastern Smooth Boxfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from southern Queensland …

22/04/2023
Anteaeolidiella indica (Bergh, 1888)
Anteaeolidiella indica (Bergh, 1888)

Distribution: Uncommon within the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found in Japan, California, Sth Africa, Mediterranean and …

22/04/2023
Antennarius nummifer (Cuvier, 1817)
Antennarius nummifer (Cuvier, 1817)

Common Name: Spotfin Anglerfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread Indo-Pacific region, Red Sea, …

22/04/2023
Aphelodoris varia (Abraham, 1877)
Aphelodoris varia (Abraham, 1877)

Distribution:  Moderately common within the Solitary Islands Marine Park, but probably at the northern end …

22/04/2023
Aploactisoma milesii (Richardson, 1850)
Aploactisoma milesii (Richardson, 1850)

Common Name: Southern Velvetfish Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, is primarily …

22/04/2023
Aplodactylus lophodon (Gunther, 1859)
Aplodactylus lophodon (Gunther, 1859)

Common Name: Rock Cale Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from south eastern Australian …

22/04/2023
Aplustrum amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aplustrum amplustre (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the Indo-Pacific region generally. In Australia …

22/04/2023
Aplysia argus (Ruppell and Leuckart, 1830)
Aplysia argus (Ruppell and Leuckart, 1830)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found around the tropical coastline of Australia south …

22/04/2023
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Apogon semiornatus (Peters, 1876)

Common Name: Halfband Cardinalfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

22/04/2023
Aptychotrema rostrata (Shaw, 1794)
Aptychotrema rostrata (Shaw, 1794)

Common Name: Eastern Shovelnose Ray Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, distributed …

19/04/2023
see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101862852#activity_comment_98354381-c61f-4a20-b730-6260b6182bb6
Arctides antipodarum (Holthuis, 1960)

Common Name: Rough Spanish Lobster Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Island Marine Park. Distributed throughout the …

19/04/2023
Ardeadoris averni (Rudman, 1985)
Ardeadoris averni (Rudman, 1985)

Distribution: Probably rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the Great Barrier Reef south …

22/04/2023
Arenigobius bifrenatus (Kner, 1865)
Arenigobius bifrenatus (Kner, 1865)

Common Name: Bridled Goby Distribution: Common in estuarine and shallow coastal areas of the Solitary Islands Marine …

22/04/2023
Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843)
Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843)

Common Name: Mulloway Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the southern hemisphere. In …

22/04/2023
Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Arothron hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Stars and Stripes Toadfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Indo-Pacific generally. In …

22/04/2023
Arothron manilensis (Proce, 1822)
Arothron manilensis (Proce, 1822)

Common Name: Narrow-lined Puffer Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical West …

22/04/2023
Arothron mappa (Lesson, 1831)
Arothron mappa (Lesson, 1831)

Common Name: Scribbled Puffer Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Arothron nigropunctatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Blackspot Puffer Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific, East …

22/04/2023
Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)
Arothron stellatus (Anonymous, 1798)

Common Name: Starry Puffer Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific …

22/04/2023
Aspasmogaster costata (Ogilby, 1885)
Aspasmogaster costata (Ogilby, 1885)

Common Name: Pink Clingfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the south west …

22/04/2023
Aspidontus taeniatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834)
Aspidontus taeniatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834)

Common Name: False Cleanerfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Island Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Pacific Ocean, from …

22/04/2023
Asthenosoma intermedium (H.L. Clark, 1938)
Asthenosoma intermedium (H.L. Clark, 1938)

Distribution: Not commonly seen in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Australian endemic. In Australia recorded from …

19/04/2023
NSI 240494 26m
Asthenosoma sp.(possibly varium) (Grube, 1868)

Distribution: Not commonly seen in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the Indo-west Pacific region, …

19/04/2023
Astrobrachion constrictum (Farquhar, 1900)
Astrobrachion constrictum (Farquhar, 1900)

Common Name: Eastern Snake Star Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from Australia and …

19/04/2023
Atypichthys strigatus (Gunther, 1860)
Atypichthys strigatus (Gunther, 1860)

Common Name: Australian Mado Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific. …

22/04/2023
Aulactinia veratra (Drayton in Dana, 1846)
Aulactinia veratra (Drayton in Dana, 1846)

Common Name: Snakelock Anemone Distribution:  Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia and …

19/04/2023
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Aulostomus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Common Name: Trumpetfish Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific. In …

22/04/2023
Austrolabrus maculatus (Macleay, 1881)
Austrolabrus maculatus (Macleay, 1881)

Common Name: Blackspotted Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, known from …

22/04/2023
Balistoides conspicillum (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Balistoides conspicillum (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Clown Triggerfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical Indo-Pacific, East and …

22/04/2023
See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22874037 for Id
Bathygobius cocosensis (Bleeker, 1854)

Common Name: Cocos Frillgoby Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Bathygobius krefftii (Steindachner, 1866)
Bathygobius krefftii (Steindachner, 1866)

Common Name: Krefft’s Frillgoby Distribution: Appears common in estuarine waters in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Disjunct …

22/04/2023
Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875)
Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875)

Common Name: Smooth Stingray Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

19/04/2023
Batrachomoeus dubius (White, 1790)
Batrachomoeus dubius (White, 1790)

Common Name: Eastern Frogfish Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, range extends …

22/04/2023
Bedeva paivae (Crosse, 1864)
Bedeva paivae (Crosse, 1864)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, recorded from Cairns, Qld, to …

20/04/2023
Berthella martensi (Pilsbry, 1896)
Berthella martensi (Pilsbry, 1896)

Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Reported from wide area of the Indo-Pacific region …

22/04/2023
Bodianus axillaris (Bennett, 1832)
Bodianus axillaris (Bennett, 1832)

Common Name: Coral Pigfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread Tropical Indo – Pacific, …

22/04/2023
Bodianus bilunulatus (Lacepede, 1801)
Bodianus bilunulatus (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Saddleback Pigfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific, …

22/04/2023
Bodianus dictynna (Gomon, 2006)

Common Name: Pacific Diana’s Pigfish Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western …

22/04/2023
Bodianus frenchii (Klunzinger, 1879)
Bodianus frenchii (Klunzinger, 1879)

Common Name: Foxfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed in the Indo-West Pacific. In …

22/04/2023
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Bodianus mesothorax (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Eclipse Pigfish Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Western Pacific: …

22/04/2023
Bodianus perditio (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834)
Bodianus perditio (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834)

Common Name: Golden Spot Pigfish Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West …

22/04/2023
Bothus pantherinus (Ruppell, 1830)
Bothus pantherinus (Ruppell, 1830)

Common Name: Leopard Flounder Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical Indo – Pacific. …

22/04/2023
115202 SW Solitary Is, 260703 21.1m
Botrylloides magnicoecus (Hartmeyer, 1912)

Distribution: Relatively common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Members of this Genus are distributed worldwide. …

19/04/2023
Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Brachaelurus waddi (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Blind Shark Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to eastern Australia, ranges …

19/04/2023
Brachaluteres jacksonianus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)
Brachaluteres jacksonianus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)

Common Name: Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia it …

22/04/2023
Brachirus nigra (Macleay, 1880)
Brachirus nigra (Macleay, 1880)

Common Name: Black Sole Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the south west …

22/04/2023
Breviturma dentata (Muller and Troschel, 1842)
Breviturma dentata (Muller and Troschel, 1842)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. In Australia recorded …

19/04/2023
Bryaninops loki (Larson, 1985)
Bryaninops loki (Larson, 1985)

Common Name: Loki Whip Goby Distribution: Common in Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific. …

22/04/2023
Bryaninops yongei (Davis and Cohen, 1968)
Bryaninops yongei (Davis and Cohen, 1968)

Common Name: Whip Goby Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, …

22/04/2023
Cadlinella ornatissima (Risbec, 1928)
Cadlinella ornatissima (Risbec, 1928)

Distribution: Uncommon in Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific, Red Sea to Japan. In …

22/04/2023
Caesio caerulaurea (Lacepede, 1801)
Caesio caerulaurea (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Goldband Fusilier Distribution: Seasonally common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park when water temperatures are …

22/04/2023
Calappa capellonis (Laurie, 1906)
Calappa capellonis (Laurie, 1906)

Common Name: Box Crab Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Members of the genus are …

19/04/2023
Calappa gallus (Herbst, 1803)
Calappa gallus (Herbst, 1803)

Common Name: Rough Box Crab Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

19/04/2023
Calcinus gaimardii (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)
Calcinus gaimardii (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)

Distribution: Possibly common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the Indo-Pacific region including East …

19/04/2023
Calcinus guamensis (Wooster, 1984)
Calcinus guamensis (Wooster, 1984)

Common Name: Guam Hermit Crab Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the …

19/04/2023
Calcinus laevimanus (Randall, 1840)
Calcinus laevimanus (Randall, 1840)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. In Australia …

19/04/2023
Calcinus latens (Sachiko Suzuki, 2013)
Calcinus latens (Sachiko Suzuki, 2013)

Common Name: Hidden Hermit Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo – …

19/04/2023
Calcinus lineapropodus (Morgan and Forest, 1991)
Calcinus lineapropodus (Morgan and Forest, 1991)

Distribution: Possibly common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from Exmouth in Western Australia, the …

19/04/2023
Calcinus minutus (Buitendijk, 1937)
Calcinus minutus (Buitendijk, 1937)

Distribution: Possibly common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. In Australia …

19/04/2023
Calcinus morgani (Rahayu and Forest, 1999)
Calcinus morgani (Rahayu and Forest, 1999)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. In Australia …

19/04/2023
Calcinus spicatus (Forest, 1951)
Calcinus spicatus (Forest, 1951)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the South Pacific region with recordings …

19/04/2023
Calliactis polypus (Forskal, 1775)
Calliactis polypus (Forskal, 1775)

Common Name: Anemone Distribution: Found in numbers attached to pumice washed up on the beaches of the …

19/04/2023
Cantherhines dumerilii (Hollard, 1854)
Cantherhines dumerilii (Hollard, 1854)

Common Name: Barred Filefish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Cantherhines pardalis (Ruppell, 1837)
Cantherhines pardalis (Ruppell, 1837)

Common Name: Honeycomb Leatherjacket Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Cantheschenia grandisquamis (Hutchins, 1977)
Cantheschenia grandisquamis (Hutchins, 1977)

Common Name: Largescale Leatherjacket Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from east coast Australia, …

22/04/2023
Canthigaster axiologus (Whitley, 1931)
Canthigaster axiologus (Whitley, 1931)

Common Name: Crowned Toby Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the western Pacific …

22/04/2023
Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854)
Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854)

Common Name: Blackspot Toby Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Canthigaster callisterna (Ogilby, 1889)
Canthigaster callisterna (Ogilby, 1889)

Common Name: Blacksaddle Toby Distribution: Common throughout Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed in the Southwest Pacific, including …

22/04/2023
Canthigaster janthinoptera (Bleeker, 1855)
Canthigaster janthinoptera (Bleeker, 1855)

Common Name: Spotted Toby Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Indo-Pacific region: …

22/04/2023
Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)
Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853)

Common Name: Saddled Puffer Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Generally widespread tropical Indo-Pacific, from …

22/04/2023
Caphyra loevis (A. Milne Edwards, 1869)
Caphyra loevis (A. Milne Edwards, 1869)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. In Australia …

19/04/2023
Carangoides chrysophrys (Cuvier, 1833)
Carangoides chrysophrys (Cuvier, 1833)

Common Name: Longnose Trevally Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found from East Africa to …

22/04/2023
Carangoides orthogrammus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882)
Carangoides orthogrammus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882)

Common Name: Thicklip Trevally Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific ranging …

22/04/2023
Caranx sexfasciatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
Caranx sexfasciatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)

Common Name: Bigeye Trevally Distribution: Common throughout Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical Indo-Pacific, East Africa to …

22/04/2023
Carcharias taurus (Rafinesque, 1810)
Carcharias taurus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Common Name: Grey Nurse Shark Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed in tropical and …

19/04/2023
Centropogon australis (White, 1790)
Centropogon australis (White, 1790)

Common Name: Eastern Fortescue Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Generally found on the Australian …

22/04/2023
Centropyge bicolor (Bloch, 1787)
Centropyge bicolor (Bloch, 1787)

Common Name: Blue and Gold Angelfish Distribution: Common in Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread west Pacific and …

22/04/2023
Centropyge bispinosa (Gunther, 1860)
Centropyge bispinosa (Gunther, 1860)

Common Name: Coral Beauty Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical Indo-Pacific, East Africa …

22/04/2023
Centropyge flavissima (Cuvier, 1831)

Common Name: Lemonpeel Angelfish Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Centropyge heraldi (Woods and Schultz, 1953)
Centropyge heraldi (Woods and Schultz, 1953)

Common Name: Yellow Angelfish Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Indo-Pacific distribution, from Sri Lank …

22/04/2023
Centropyge tibicen (Cuvier, 1831)
Centropyge tibicen (Cuvier, 1831)

Common Name: Keyhole Angelfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Generally tropical Indo-Pacific, Christmas Island …

22/04/2023
Centropyge vrolikii (Bleeker, 1853)
Centropyge vrolikii (Bleeker, 1853)

Common Name: Pearlscale Angelfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found throughout the tropical west …

22/04/2023
Centrostephanus rodgersii (A. Agassiz, 1864)
Centrostephanus rodgersii (A. Agassiz, 1864)

Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the warm temperate and cool temperate …

19/04/2023
Cephalopholis argus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Cephalopholis argus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Peacock Rockcod Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Ranges generally in the Indo-Pacific, …

22/04/2023
Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskal, 1775)
Cephalopholis miniata (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Coral Rockcod Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical …

22/04/2023
Cephalopholis sonnerati (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Cephalopholis sonnerati (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Tomato Rockcod Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the Indo-Pacific: east …

22/04/2023
Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801)
Cephalopholis urodeta (Forster, 1801)

Common Name: Flagtail Rockcod Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon auriga (Forsskal, 1775)
Chaetodon auriga (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Threadfin Butterflyfish Distribution: Common in Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical Indo-Pacific, central Pacific from …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon citrinellus (Cuvier, 1831)
Chaetodon citrinellus (Cuvier, 1831)

Common Name: Citron Butterflyfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon flavirostris (Gunther, 1874)
Chaetodon flavirostris (Gunther, 1874)

Common Name: Dusky Butterflyfish Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Wide-spread tropical south-west Pacific from …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon guentheri (Ahl, 1923)
Chaetodon guentheri (Ahl, 1923)

Common Name: Gunther’s Butterflyfish Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical West Pacific from …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon kleinii (Bloch, 1790)
Chaetodon kleinii (Bloch, 1790)

Common Name: Klein’s Butterflyfish Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon lunulatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
Chaetodon lunulatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)

Common Name: Pinstripe Butterflyfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Pacific Ocean, …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon melannotus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Chaetodon melannotus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Blackback Butterflyfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon mertensii (Cuvier, 1831)
Chaetodon mertensii (Cuvier, 1831)

Common Name: Mertens Butterflyfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Ranges throughout the Indo – …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon ornatissimus (Cuvier, 1831)
Chaetodon ornatissimus (Cuvier, 1831)

Common Name: Ornate Butterflyfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon pelewensis (Kner, 1868)
Chaetodon pelewensis (Kner, 1868)

Common Name: Dot and Dash Butterflyfish Distribution: Uncommon to rare in Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon plebeius (Cuvier, 1831)
Chaetodon plebeius (Cuvier, 1831)

Common Name: Blue Spot Butterflyfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the West …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon rainfordi (McCulloch, 1923)
Chaetodon rainfordi (McCulloch, 1923)

Common Name: Rainford’s Butterflyfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known only from the Western …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon reticulatus (Cuvier, 1831)
Chaetodon reticulatus (Cuvier, 1831)

Common Name: Reticulated Butterflyfish Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon speculum (Cuvier, 1831)
Chaetodon speculum (Cuvier, 1831)

Common Name: Ovalspot Butterflyfish Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon tricinctus (Waite, 1901)
Chaetodon tricinctus (Waite, 1901)

Common Name: Threeband Butterflyfish Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Limited distribution confined to south …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon trifascialis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
Chaetodon trifascialis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)

Common Name: Chevron Butterflyfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Wide ranging species from East …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon unimaculatus (Bloch, 1787)
Chaetodon unimaculatus (Bloch, 1787)

Common Name: Teardrop Butterflyfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, …

22/04/2023
Chaetodon vagabundus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chaetodon vagabundus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Vagabond Butterflyfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Chaetodontoplus meredithi (Kuiter, 1990)
Chaetodontoplus meredithi (Kuiter, 1990)

Common Name: Queensland Yellowtail Angelfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through the western …

22/04/2023
Charybdis (Goniosupradens) acutifrons (de Man, 1879)
Charybdis (Goniosupradens) acutifrons (de Man, 1879)

Common Name: Spine-fronted Swimming Crab Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from Japan and …

19/04/2023
Cheilinus trilobatus (Lacepede, 1801)
Cheilinus trilobatus (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Tripletail Maori Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

22/04/2023
Cheilio inermis (Forsskal, 1775)
Cheilio inermis (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Sharpnose Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, from …

22/04/2023
Cheilodactylus fuscus (Castelnau, 1879)
Cheilodactylus fuscus (Castelnau, 1879)

Common Name: Red Morwong Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Ranges throughout the tropical and …

22/04/2023
Cheilodactylus vestitus (Castelnau, 1879)
Cheilodactylus vestitus (Castelnau, 1879)

Common Name: Crested Morwong Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found throughout the Great Barrier …

22/04/2023
Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepede, 1802)
Cheilodipterus macrodon (Lacepede, 1802)

Common Name: Tiger Cardinalfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region …

22/04/2023
Chelmonops truncatus (Kner, 1859)
Chelmonops truncatus (Kner, 1859)

Common Name: Eastern Talma Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, on …

22/04/2023
Chicoreus denudatus (Perry, 1811)
Chicoreus denudatus (Perry, 1811)

Distribution: Moderately common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia; Rockhampton, Queensland to Westernport, …

20/04/2023
Chironemus marmoratus (Gunther, 1860)
Chironemus marmoratus (Gunther, 1860)

Common Name: Eastern Kelpfish Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Ranges from northern New South …

22/04/2023
Choerodon fasciatus (Gunther, 1867)
Choerodon fasciatus (Gunther, 1867)

Common Name: Harlequin Tuskfish Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Island Marine Park. Distribution in separate …

22/04/2023
Choerodon graphicus (De Vis, 1885)
Choerodon graphicus (De Vis, 1885)

Common Name: Graphic Tuskfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the western Pacific …

22/04/2023
Choerodon jordani (Snyder, 1908)
Choerodon jordani (Snyder, 1908)

Common Name: Jordans Tuskfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout Western Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Choerodon venustus (De Vis, 1884)
Choerodon venustus (De Vis, 1884)

Common Name: Venus Tuskfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distribution in the Western Pacific; …

22/04/2023
Chromis atripectoralis (Welander and Schultz, 1951)
Chromis atripectoralis (Welander and Schultz, 1951)

Common Name: Black-axil Chromis Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Chromis chrysura (Bliss, 1883)
Chromis chrysura (Bliss, 1883)

Common Name: Stoutbody Puller Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

22/04/2023
Chromis hypsilepis (Gunther, 1867)
Chromis hypsilepis (Gunther, 1867)

Common Name: One Spot Puller Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. East coast Australia from …

22/04/2023
Chromis kennensis (Whitley, 1964)
Chromis kennensis (Whitley, 1964)

Common Name: Yellowspot Puller Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Two isolated populations: the northern …

22/04/2023
Chromis lepidolepis (Bleeker, 1877)
Chromis lepidolepis (Bleeker, 1877)

Common Name: Scaly Puller Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, from …

22/04/2023
Chromis nitida (Whitley, 1928)
Chromis nitida (Whitley, 1928)

Common Name: Yellowback Puller Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through the Western Pacific …

22/04/2023
Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830)
Chromis viridis (Cuvier, 1830)

Common Name: Blue-green Puller Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region from …

22/04/2023
Chromis weberi (Fowler and Bean, 1928)
Chromis weberi (Fowler and Bean, 1928)

Common Name: Weber’s Puller Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Chromodoris buchananae (Gosliner and Behrens, 2000)
Chromodoris buchananae (Gosliner and Behrens, 2000)

Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Only known record from South Solitary Island. Ecological …

22/04/2023
Chromodoris cf. striatella (Bergh, 1876)
Chromodoris cf. striatella (Bergh, 1876)

Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific …

22/04/2023
Chrysiptera flavipinnis (Allen and Robertson, 1974)
Chrysiptera flavipinnis (Allen and Robertson, 1974)

Common Name: Yellowfin Demoiselle Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

22/04/2023
Chrysiptera notialis (Allen, 1975)
Chrysiptera notialis (Allen, 1975)

Common Name: Southern Demoiselle Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the western Pacific …

22/04/2023
Chrysiptera talboti (Allen, 1975)
Chrysiptera talboti (Allen, 1975)

Common Name: Talbot’s Demoiselle Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific: …

22/04/2023
Chrysophrys auratus (Forster, 1801)
Chrysophrys auratus (Forster, 1801)

Common Name: Snapper Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout warm temperate waters of …

22/04/2023
Cirrhilabrus punctatus (Randall and Kuiter, 1989)
Cirrhilabrus punctatus (Randall and Kuiter, 1989)

Common Name: Finespot Wrasse Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Generally found in eastern Australia, …

22/04/2023
Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier, 1829)
Cirrhitichthys aprinus (Cuvier, 1829)

Common Name: Blotched Hawkfish Distribution: Common throughout Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread west Pacific Central New South …

22/04/2023
Cirrhitichthys falco (Randall, 1963)

Common Name: Dwarf Hawkfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

22/04/2023
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Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus (Bleeker, 1855)

Common Name: Spotted Hawkfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes, 1836)
Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes, 1836)

Common Name: Chestnut Blenny Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the Indo-West Pacific …

22/04/2023
Cleidopus gloriamaris (De Vis, 1882)
Cleidopus gloriamaris (De Vis, 1882)

Common Name: Australian Pineapplefish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from east coast of …

22/04/2023
Clibanarius taeniatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)
Clibanarius taeniatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. In Australia recorded from the northern half of …

19/04/2023
Clibanarius virescens (Krauss, 1843)
Clibanarius virescens (Krauss, 1843)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. In Australia …

19/04/2023
Clypeaster tumidus (Tension-Woods, 1878)
Clypeaster tumidus (Tension-Woods, 1878)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the east coast of Australia, Norfolk …

19/04/2023
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Cnemidocarpa stolonifera (Herdman, 1899)

Common Name: Orange-spouted Sea Squirt Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Western …

19/04/2023
Cnidoglanis macrocephalus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Cnidoglanis macrocephalus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Common Name: Estuary Catfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia: widespread southern …

22/04/2023
Cochleoceps orientalis (Hutchins, 1991)
Cochleoceps orientalis (Hutchins, 1991)

Common Name: Eastern Cleaner Clingfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the South …

22/04/2023
Conchoderma virgatum (Spengler, 1789)
Conchoderma virgatum (Spengler, 1789)

Common Name: Goose Barnacle Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Circumtropical distribution, found in all …

19/04/2023
Conus leopardus (Roding, 1798)
Conus leopardus (Roding, 1798)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found throughout Indo-West Pacific, known from the North …

20/04/2023
Conus miles (Linnaeus, 1758)
Conus miles (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Only moderately common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. In …

20/04/2023
Coralliophila monodonta (Blainville, 1832)
Coralliophila monodonta (Blainville, 1832)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the tropical Indo-West Pacific and tropical …

20/04/2023
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Corella eumyota (Traustedt, 1882)

Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed world wide from tropical to polar …

19/04/2023
Coris aurilineata (Randall and Kuiter, 1982)
Coris aurilineata (Randall and Kuiter, 1982)

Common Name: Goldlined Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Western Pacific …

22/04/2023
Coris aygula (Lacepede, 1801)
Coris aygula (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Clown Coris Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific, Red …

22/04/2023
Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1857)
Coris batuensis (Bleeker, 1857)

Common Name: Variegated Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific, East …

22/04/2023
Coris bulbifrons (Randall and Kuiter, 1982)
Coris bulbifrons (Randall and Kuiter, 1982)

Common Name: Double Header Distribution: Adults rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Limited range on the …

22/04/2023
Coris dorsomacula (Fowler, 1908)
Coris dorsomacula (Fowler, 1908)

Common Name: Pinklined Wrasse Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

22/04/2023
Coris gaimard (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)
Coris gaimard (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)

Common Name: Clown Wrasse Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical West …

22/04/2023
Coris picta (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Coris picta (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Comb Wrasse Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Only known from the Western …

22/04/2023
Coris sandeyeri (Hector, 1844)
Coris sandeyeri (Hector, 1844)

Common Name: Eastern King Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the South …

22/04/2023
Coscinasterias muricata (Verrill, 1870)
Coscinasterias muricata (Verrill, 1870)

Common Name: Eleven-armed Seastar Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from temperate waters surrounding …

19/04/2023
Crenavolva aureola (Fehse, 2002)
Crenavolva aureola (Fehse, 2002)

Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Records from the Western Pacific region, in Australia …

20/04/2023
Crenavolva striatula (G.B. Sowerby II, 1828 )
Crenavolva striatula (G.B. Sowerby II, 1828 )

Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. …

20/04/2023
Cristiceps aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1879)
Cristiceps aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1879)

Common Name: Yellow Crested Weedfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the southern …

22/04/2023
Cryptocentroides gobioides (Ogilby, 1886)
Cryptocentroides gobioides (Ogilby, 1886)

Common Name: Crested Oystergoby Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from central Queensland to …

22/04/2023
Ctenochaetus binotatus (Randall, 1955)
Ctenochaetus binotatus (Randall, 1955)

Common Name: Twospot Bristletooth Distribution: Adults uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

22/04/2023
Cuspivolva ostheimerae (Cate, 1973)
Cuspivolva ostheimerae (Cate, 1973)

Distribution: Not common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from Port Stephens and South West …

21/04/2023
Cuspivolva tigris (Yamamoto, 1971)
Cuspivolva tigris (Yamamoto, 1971)

Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region, …

21/04/2023
Cypraea tigris
Cypraea tigris

Common Name: Tiger Cowrie Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific …

21/04/2023
Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker, 1875)
Cyprinocirrhites polyactis (Bleeker, 1875)

Common Name: Lyretail Hawkfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific, …

23/04/2023
Dardanus crassimanus (H. Milne Edwards, 1836)
Dardanus crassimanus (H. Milne Edwards, 1836)

Common Name: Mauve-eyed Hermit Crab Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

19/04/2023
Dardanus guttatus (Oliver, 1811)
Dardanus guttatus (Oliver, 1811)

Common Name: Blue Knee Hermit Crab Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the …

19/04/2023
Dardanus lagopodes (Forsskal, 1775)
Dardanus lagopodes (Forsskal, 1775)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region: from East …

19/04/2023
Dardanus megistos (Herbst, 1804)
Dardanus megistos (Herbst, 1804)

Distribution: Possibly common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. In Australia …

19/04/2023
Dardanus pedunculatus (Herbst, 1804)
Dardanus pedunculatus (Herbst, 1804)

Common Name: Pink-clawed Hermit Crab Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West …

19/04/2023
Dascyllus reticulatus (Richardson, 1846)
Dascyllus reticulatus (Richardson, 1846)

Common Name: Headband Humbug Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Dascyllus trimaculatus (Ruppell, 1829)
Dascyllus trimaculatus (Ruppell, 1829)

Common Name: Threespot Humbug Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical Indo-Pacific: Red Sea …

23/04/2023
Dendrochirus zebra (Cuvier, 1829)
Dendrochirus zebra (Cuvier, 1829)

Common Name: Zebra Lionfish Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific: …

23/04/2023
Diadema palmeri (Baker, 1967)
Diadema palmeri (Baker, 1967)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from New South Wales generally, Coffs Harbour …

19/04/2023
Diadema savignyi (Audouin, 1829)
Diadema savignyi (Audouin, 1829)

Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, East Africa …

19/04/2023
Diagramma labiosum (MacLeay, 1883)
Diagramma labiosum (MacLeay, 1883)

Common Name: Painted Sweetlips Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical Indo-Pacific: East Africa …

23/04/2023
Dicotylichthys punctulatus (Kaup, 1855)
Dicotylichthys punctulatus (Kaup, 1855)

Common Name: Three Barred Porcupinefish Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Western Pacific distribution. In …

23/04/2023
ID John Hooper, see xcel spreadsheet in Guide  also Id by Tony Carroll 270820 by email Didemnum lissoclinum  also sponge in background is Suberea ianthelliformis top right
Didemnum lissoclinum (Kott, 2001)

Distribution: Relatively common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distribution unknown but members of this Genus …

19/04/2023
Diminovula culmen (Cate, 1973)
Diminovula culmen (Cate, 1973)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the West Pacific region: Philippines, Japan …

21/04/2023
Diminovula whitworthi (Cate, 1973)
Diminovula whitworthi (Cate, 1973)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia. …

21/04/2023
Diodon holocanthus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Diodon holocanthus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Fine Spotted Porcupinefish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Circumtropical range. In Australia …

23/04/2023
Diodon hystrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Diodon hystrix (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Spotted Porcupinefish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Circumtropical distribution. In Australia recorded …

23/04/2023
Diplogrammus goramensis (Bleeker, 1858)
Diplogrammus goramensis (Bleeker, 1858)

Common Name: Goram Dragonet Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the western Pacific Ocean …

23/04/2023
Diploprion bifasciatum (Cuvier, 1828)
Diploprion bifasciatum (Cuvier, 1828)

Common Name: Barred Soapfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific: …

23/04/2023
Diversidoris sulphurea (Rudman, 1986)
Diversidoris sulphurea (Rudman, 1986)

Distribution: Moderately rare in Solitary Islands Marine Park, and probably at northern extremity of its range. …

23/04/2023
Domecia hispida (Eydoux and Souleyet, 1842)
Domecia hispida (Eydoux and Souleyet, 1842)

Distribution: Distribution and abundance unknown in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded in the Hawaiian and …

19/04/2023
Doto sp.
Doto sp.

Distribution: Unknown, possibly common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Ecological Notes: Found on food source hydroids, Gymnangium …

23/04/2023
Echeneis naucrates (Linnaeus, 1758)
Echeneis naucrates (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Slender Suckerfish Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Circumtropical distribution in warm waters. …

23/04/2023
Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)

Common Name: Starry Moray Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific Ocean …

23/04/2023
Echinaster colemani (Rowe and Albertson, 1987)
Echinaster colemani (Rowe and Albertson, 1987)

Distribution: Not common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from eastern Australia, Moreton Island in …

19/04/2023
Echinaster luzonicus (Gray, 1840)
Echinaster luzonicus (Gray, 1840)

Distribution: Moderately common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo – West Pacific …

19/04/2023
Echinostrephus aciculatus (A. Agassiz, 1863)
Echinostrephus aciculatus (A. Agassiz, 1863)

Distribution: Moderately common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region including Japan …

19/04/2023
Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774)
Echinothrix calamaris (Pallas, 1774)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found throughout the Tropical Western Pacific, Red Sea, …

19/04/2023
Ecsenius bicolor (Day, 1888)
Ecsenius bicolor (Day, 1888)

Common Name: Bicolor Combtooth Blenny Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific: …

23/04/2023
Ecteinascidia maxima (Kott, 1985)
Ecteinascidia maxima (Kott, 1985)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the South-West Pacific region: Australia and …

19/04/2023
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)

Common Name: Rainbow Runner Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Circumtropical species, common in subtropical …

23/04/2023
Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924)
Ellatrivia merces (Iredale, 1924)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Common in the range from southern Queensland around …

21/04/2023
Elysia maoria
Elysia maoria (Powell, 1937)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from Australia and New Zealand. In Australia …

23/04/2023
Enchelycore ramosa (Griffin, 1926)
Enchelycore ramosa (Griffin, 1926)

Common Name: Mosaic Moray Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the South Pacific …

23/04/2023
Engina australis (Pease, 1871)
Engina australis (Pease, 1871)

Distribution: Moderately common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, east coast from Ballina …

21/04/2023
Enigmapercis reducta (Whitley, 1936)
Enigmapercis reducta (Whitley, 1936)

Common Name: Broad Duckbill Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from Indo-Pacific region: in …

23/04/2023
Enneapterygius atrogulare (Gunther, 1873)
Enneapterygius atrogulare (Gunther, 1873)

Common Name: Ringscale Threefin Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Enneapterygius rufopileus (Waite, 1904)
Enneapterygius rufopileus (Waite, 1904)

Common Name: Blackcheek Threefin Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the South West …

23/04/2023
Enneapterygius similis (Fricke, 1997)
Enneapterygius similis (Fricke, 1997)

Common Name: Masked Threefin Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Central Western …

23/04/2023
Enoplosus armatus (White, 1790)
Enoplosus armatus (White, 1790)

Common Name: Old Wife Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, ranges from …

23/04/2023
Entacmaea quadricolor (Leuckart in Ruppell and Leuckart, 1828)
Entacmaea quadricolor (Leuckart in Ruppell and Leuckart, 1828)

Common Name: Bubble-tip Anemone Distribution: Locally very common in the northern section of the Solitary Islands Marine …

19/04/2023
Eocallionymus papilio (Gunther, 1864)
Eocallionymus papilio (Gunther, 1864)

Common Name: Painted Stinkfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Eastern Indian Ocean distribution. In …

23/04/2023
Epidendrium aureum (Gittenberger and Gittenberger, 2005)
Epidendrium aureum (Gittenberger and Gittenberger, 2005)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific …

21/04/2023
Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822)
Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822)

Common Name: Goldspotted Rockcod Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the Indo-West Pacific: …

23/04/2023
Epinephelus cyanopodus (Richardson, 1846)
Epinephelus cyanopodus (Richardson, 1846)

Common Name: Purple Rockcod Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the western Pacific: …

23/04/2023
Epinephelus daemelii (Gunther, 1876)
Epinephelus daemelii (Gunther, 1876)

Common Name: Black Cod Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Southwest Pacific, …

23/04/2023
Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskal, 1775)
Epinephelus fasciatus (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Blacktip Rockcod Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
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Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch, 1790)

Common Name: Highfin Grouper Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Pacific …

23/04/2023
Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Epinephelus malabaricus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Blackspotted Rockcod Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Epinephelus merra (Bloch, 1793)
Epinephelus merra (Bloch, 1793)

Common Name: Birdwire Rockcod Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Epinephelus rivulatus (Valenciennes, 1830)
Epinephelus rivulatus (Valenciennes, 1830)

Common Name: Chinaman Rockcod Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from Indo-West Pacific: East …

23/04/2023
Epinephelus undulatostriatus (Peters, 1866)
Epinephelus undulatostriatus (Peters, 1866)

Common Name: Maori Cod Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, ranges from …

23/04/2023
Erosaria erosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erosaria erosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific, in Australia found …

21/04/2023
Erosaria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erosaria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. In Australia recorded …

21/04/2023
Erronea xanthodon (Sowerby, 1832)
Erronea xanthodon (Sowerby, 1832)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to eastern Australia, recorded from northern Queensland …

21/04/2023
Eubalichthys mosaicus (Ramsay and Ogilby, 1886)
Eubalichthys mosaicus (Ramsay and Ogilby, 1886)

Common Name: Mosaic Leatherjacket Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the eastern Indian …

23/04/2023
Eupetrichthys angustipes (Ramsay and Ogilby, 1888)
Eupetrichthys angustipes (Ramsay and Ogilby, 1888)

Common Name: Snakeskin Wrasse Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Eastern Indian …

23/04/2023
Euplica scripta (Lamarck, 1822)

Common Name: Lettered Doveshell Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. …

21/04/2023
Eviota cf. teresae (Greenfield and Randall, 2016)
Eviota cf. teresae (Greenfield and Randall, 2016)

Common Name: Terry’s Dwarfgoby Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
Eviota sebreei (Jordan and Seale, 1906)
Eviota sebreei (Jordan and Seale, 1906)

Common Name: Striped Pygmy Goby Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific: …

23/04/2023
Exallias brevis (Kner, 1868)
Exallias brevis (Kner, 1868)

Common Name: Leopard Blenny Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread Indo-Pacific generally, from …

23/04/2023
Favonigobius exquisitus (Whitley, 1950)
Favonigobius exquisitus (Whitley, 1950)

Common Name: Exquisite Sandgoby Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the south west …

23/04/2023
Favorinus japonicus (Baba, 1949)
Favorinus japonicus (Baba, 1949)

Distribution: Uncommon in Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific region. Ecological Notes: Location …

23/04/2023
Filicampus tigris (Castelnau, 1879)
Filicampus tigris (Castelnau, 1879)

Common Name: Tiger Pipefish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia and known …

23/04/2023
Fistularia commersonii (Ruppell, 1838)
Fistularia commersonii (Ruppell, 1838)

Common Name: Smooth Flutemouth Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
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Forcipiger flavissimus (Jordan and McGregor, 1898)

Common Name: Forceps Fish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Occurs in both the Indian …

23/04/2023
Fromia indica (Perrier, 1869)
Fromia indica (Perrier, 1869)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific Oceans, from South …

19/04/2023
Fromia polypora (H.L. Clark, 1916)
Fromia polypora (H.L. Clark, 1916)

Common Name: Many-pored Seastar Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park, which is possibly the limit …

19/04/2023
Fusigobius duospilus (Hoese and Reader, 1985)
Fusigobius duospilus (Hoese and Reader, 1985)

Common Name: Twospot Sandgoby Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Fusigobius inframaculatus (Randall, 1994)
Fusigobius inframaculatus (Randall, 1994)

Common Name: Innerspot Sandgoby Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Gelasimus vomeris (McNeill, 1920)
Gelasimus vomeris (McNeill, 1920)

Common Name: Orange-clawed Fiddler Crab Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the south-western …

19/04/2023
Girella cyanea (Macleay, 1881)
Girella cyanea (Macleay, 1881)

Common Name: Bluefish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through the Southwest Pacific: common …

23/04/2023
Girella elevata (Macleay, 1881)
Girella elevata (Macleay, 1881)

Common Name: Rock Blackfish Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through the Southwest Pacific: …

23/04/2023
Girella tricuspidata (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)
Girella tricuspidata (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)

Common Name: Luderick Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through the Western Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
Glaucosoma scapulare (Macleay, 1881)
Glaucosoma scapulare (Macleay, 1881)

Common Name: Pearl Perch Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Globovula cavanaghi (Iredale, 1931)
Globovula cavanaghi (Iredale, 1931)

Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed in the West Pacific region from Indonesia …

21/04/2023
Glossodoris rufomarginata (Bergh, 1890)
Glossodoris rufomarginata (Bergh, 1890)

Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the Indo-West Pacific region, north to …

23/04/2023
Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Lacepede, 1802)
Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Lacepede, 1802)

Common Name: Gold Spot Emperor Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific: …

23/04/2023
Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853)
Gnatholepis cauerensis (Bleeker, 1853)

Common Name: Shoulderspot Goby Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
Gobiodon histrio (Bleeker, 1856)
Gobiodon histrio (Bleeker, 1856)

Common Name: Maori Coral Goby Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. The Genus is distributed …

23/04/2023
Gobiodon qinquestrigatus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Gobiodon qinquestrigatus (Valenciennes, 1837)

Common Name: Fiveline Coralgoby Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Gomphosus varius (Lacepede, 1801)
Gomphosus varius (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Bird Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus (Collingwood, 1881)
Goniobranchus aureopurpureus (Collingwood, 1881)

Distribution: Very rare in Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found in Indo-West Pacific, but mainly south west …

23/04/2023
Gracilimugil argenteus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
Gracilimugil argenteus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)

Common Name: Goldspot Mullet Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Grammistes sexlineatus (Thunberg, 1792)
Grammistes sexlineatus (Thunberg, 1792)

Common Name: Lined Soapfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
Graphicomassa ligula (Duclos, 1840)
Graphicomassa ligula (Duclos, 1840)

Distribution: Uncommon in Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Indo-West Pacific region, more common in …

21/04/2023
Gymnocranius euanus (Gunther, 1879)
Gymnocranius euanus (Gunther, 1879)

Common Name: Paddletail Seabream Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the …

23/04/2023
Gymnosarda unicolor (Ruppell, 1836)
Gymnosarda unicolor (Ruppell, 1836)

Common Name: Dogtooth Tuna Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific: Red …

23/04/2023
Gymnothorax cribroris (Whitley, 1932)
Gymnothorax cribroris (Whitley, 1932)

Common Name: Sieve Moray Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia where it …

23/04/2023
Gymnothorax eurostus (Abbot, 1860)
Gymnothorax eurostus (Abbot, 1860)

Common Name: Stout Moray Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical Indo-Pacific, eastern Pacific …

23/04/2023
Gymnothorax mucifer (Snyder, 1904)
Gymnothorax mucifer (Snyder, 1904)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through the Western Pacific from southern Japan …

23/04/2023
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Gymnothorax nudivomer (Gunther, 1867)

Common Name: Yellowmouth Moray Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Gymnothorax prasinus (Richardson, 1848)
Gymnothorax prasinus (Richardson, 1848)

Common Name: Green Moray Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through the Southwest Pacific …

23/04/2023
Gymnothorax thyrsoideus (Richardson, 1845)
Gymnothorax thyrsoideus (Richardson, 1845)

Common Name: White-eyed Moray Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
Hacelia helicosticha (Sladen, 1889)
Hacelia helicosticha (Sladen, 1889)

Common name: Coiled Seastar Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. The genus has been …

19/04/2023
Halichoeres biocellatus (Schulz, 1960)
Halichoeres biocellatus (Schulz, 1960)

Common Name: False-eyed Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Halichoeres chrysus (Randall, 1981)
Halichoeres chrysus (Randall, 1981)

Common Name: Golden Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the eastern Indian Ocean …

23/04/2023
Halichoeres hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1852)
Halichoeres hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1852)

Common Name: Orangeline Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepede, 1801)
Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Checkerboard Wrasse Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes, 1839)

Common Name: Pearly Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Halichoeres marginatus (Ruppell, 1835)
Halichoeres marginatus (Ruppell, 1835)

Common Name: Dusky Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1839)

Common Name: Cloud Wrasse Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical Indo-West Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Halichoeres prosopeion (Bleeker, 1853)
Halichoeres prosopeion (Bleeker, 1853)

Common Name: Twotone Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific: …

23/04/2023
Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834)
Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834)

Common Name: Threespot Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Haliotis brazieri (Angas, 1869)
Haliotis brazieri (Angas, 1869)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, known from the east coast, …

21/04/2023
Haliotis coccoradiata (Reeve, 1846)
Haliotis coccoradiata (Reeve, 1846)

Distribution: Common throughout the Sollitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, found from southern Queensland to …

21/04/2023
Halophryne queenslandiae (De Vis, 1882)
Halophryne queenslandiae (De Vis, 1882)

Common Name: Sculptured Frogfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to eastern Australia, primarily …

23/04/2023
Heliacus ponderi (Garrard, 1978)
Heliacus ponderi (Garrard, 1978)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, recorded from New South Wales, …

21/04/2023
Heliacus variegatus (Gmelin, 1791)
Heliacus variegatus (Gmelin, 1791)

Distribution: Moderately common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region: from …

21/04/2023
Heliocidaris erythrogramma (Valenciennes, 1846)
Heliocidaris erythrogramma (Valenciennes, 1846)

Common Name: Purple Urchin Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Eastern Indian …

19/04/2023
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Heliocidaris tuberculata (Lamarck, 1816)

Common Name: Tuberculate Urchin Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. On the east coast of …

19/04/2023
Heloecius cordiformis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Heloecius cordiformis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)

Common Name: Semaphore Crab Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. In Australia recorded from southern …

19/04/2023
Helotes sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Helotes sexlineatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Common Name: Eastern Striped Grunter Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western …

23/04/2023
Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch, 1792)
Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch, 1792)

Common Name: Fiveband Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Hemitrygon fluviorum (Ogilby, 1908)
Hemitrygon fluviorum (Ogilby, 1908)

Common Name: Estuary Stingray Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to eastern Australia, recorded …

19/04/2023
Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Heniochus acuminatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Longfin Bannerfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Heniochus chrysostomus (Cuvier, 1831)
Heniochus chrysostomus (Cuvier, 1831)

Common Name: Pennant Bannerfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Heniochus diphreutes (Jordan, 1903)
Heniochus diphreutes (Jordan, 1903)

Common Name: Schooling Bannerfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Heniochus monoceros (Cuvier, 1831)
Heniochus monoceros (Cuvier, 1831)

Common Name: Masked Bannerfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Id by Tony Carroll 270820 by email but I dispute that, see https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/species/14245
Herdmania grandis (Heller, 1878)

Common Name: Red-mouthed Ascidian Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

19/04/2023
Id from WG to MB vol 2 p 294
Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and …

19/04/2023
Herviella claror (Burn, 1963)
Herviella claror (Burn, 1963)

Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known only from northern New South …

23/04/2023
Heteranthus verruculatus (Klunzinger, 1877)
Heteranthus verruculatus (Klunzinger, 1877)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the central and western Pacific Ocean, …

19/04/2023
Heterodontus galeatus (Gunther, 1870)
Heterodontus galeatus (Gunther, 1870)

Common Name: Crested Horn Shark Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Only known from the …

19/04/2023
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacepede, 1801)
Heteropriacanthus cruentatus (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Blotched Glasseye Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout tropical seas world …

23/04/2023
Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Sargassum Fish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Approximately circumtropical, known between 43 …

23/04/2023
Hologymnosus annulatus (Lacepede, 1801)
Hologymnosus annulatus (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Ringed Slender Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Hologymnosus doliatus (Lacepede, 1801)
Hologymnosus doliatus (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Pastel Slender Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Holopneustes purpurascens (A. Agassiz, 1872)
Holopneustes purpurascens (A. Agassiz, 1872)

Distribution: Common in shallow areas and estuaries of the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from northern …

19/04/2023
Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811)
Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811)

Common Name: Skeleton Murex Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific but …

21/04/2023
Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hydatina physis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Circum-global distribution in tropical waters including the Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Hypnos monopterygius (Shaw and Nodder, 1795)
Hypnos monopterygius (Shaw and Nodder, 1795)

Common Name: Coffin Ray Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, recorded from …

19/04/2023
Hypoplectrodes maccullochi (Whitley, 1929)
Hypoplectrodes maccullochi (Whitley, 1929)

Common Name: Halfbanded Seaperch Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Hypselodoris bertschi (Gosliner and R. F. Johnson, 1999)
Hypselodoris bertschi (Gosliner and R. F. Johnson, 1999)

Distribution: Previously unknown from the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Only known from South Africa, Japan and …

23/04/2023
Hypselodoris bullocki (Collingwood, 1881)
Hypselodoris bullocki (Collingwood, 1881)

Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific region. In Australia …

23/04/2023
Hypselodoris sp. (Stimpson, 1855)
Hypselodoris sp. (Stimpson, 1855)

Distribution: Not common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found throughout the tropical Western Pacific. In …

23/04/2023
Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes, 1840)
Iniistius pavo (Valenciennes, 1840)

Common Name: Blue Razorfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Istiblennius edentulus (Forster and Schneider, 1801)
Istiblennius edentulus (Forster and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Rippled Rockskipper Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: from …

23/04/2023
Hi Mark,

Your identification is correct. What a great shot of this fish.  Love the yellow fringe on the orbital cirri.  


Thanks,
Jeff Williams via Mark McGrouther at Austmus
Istiblennius meleagris (Valenciennes, 1836)

Common Name: Peacock Rockskipper Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Istigobius decoratus (Herre, 1927)
Istigobius decoratus (Herre, 1927)

Common Name: Decorated Sandgoby Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Istigobius rigilius (Herre, 1953)
Istigobius rigilius (Herre, 1953)

Common Name: Orangespotted Sandgoby Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Istigobius spence (Smith, 1947)
Istigobius spence (Smith, 1947)

Common Name: Reticulate Sandgoby Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Common Violet Snail Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through seas worldwide. …

21/04/2023
Kuhlia mugil (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Kuhlia mugil (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Fivebar Flagtail Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the eastern Pacific …

23/04/2023
Kyphosus bigibbus (Lacepede, 1801)
Kyphosus bigibbus (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Grey Drummer Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
Labroides bicolor (Fowler and Bean, 1928)
Labroides bicolor (Fowler and Bean, 1928)

Common Name: Bicolor Cleanerfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes, 1839)

Common Name: Common Cleanerfish Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread tropical west Pacific, north …

23/04/2023
Labropsis australis (Randall, 1981)
Labropsis australis (Randall, 1981)

Common Name: Southern Tubelip Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846)
Lactoria fornasini (Bianconi, 1846)

Common Name: Thornback Cowfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Lamellaria sp. (Montagu, 1815)
Lamellaria sp. (Montagu, 1815)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Members of this genus are distributed in oceans …

21/04/2023
Laomenes sp. (Clark, 1919)
Laomenes sp. (Clark, 1919)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distribution throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. In Australia …

19/04/2023
Latirus polygonus (Gmelin, 1791)
Latirus polygonus (Gmelin, 1791)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region; from …

21/04/2023
Latropiscis purpurissatus (Richardson, 1843)
Latropiscis purpurissatus (Richardson, 1843)

Common Name: Sergeant Baker Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia with some …

23/04/2023
Leiaster sp. (Peters, 1852)
Leiaster sp. (Peters, 1852)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Discontinuous distribution throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. In …

19/04/2023
Lepas (Anatifa) anserifera (Linnaeus, 1767)
Lepas (Anatifa) anserifera (Linnaeus, 1767)

Common Name: Short-stalked Goose Barnacle Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Circumtropical, present in all …

19/04/2023
Lepidoblennius haplodactylus (Steindachner, 1867)
Lepidoblennius haplodactylus (Steindachner, 1867)

Common Name: Eastern Jumping Blenny Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia it …

23/04/2023
Id by Tony Carroll 270820 by email name change by WoRMS to L. madara
Leptoclinides madara (Tokioka, 1953)

Distribution: Relatively common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Pacific Ocean. Members of …

19/04/2023
Lethrinus miniatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Lethrinus miniatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Sweetlip Emporer Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical West …

23/04/2023
Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskal, 1775)
Lethrinus nebulosus (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Spangled Emperor Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Lethrinus rubrioperculatus (Sato, 1978)
Lethrinus rubrioperculatus (Sato, 1978)

Common Name: Spotcheek Emperor Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
Limnichthys fasciatus (Waite, 1904)
Limnichthys fasciatus (Waite, 1904)

Common Name: Tommyfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific: Japan …

23/04/2023
Linckia guildingi (Gray, 1840)
Linckia guildingi (Gray, 1840)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. In Australia recorded …

19/04/2023
Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific region. …

19/04/2023
Liomera cf. margaritata (A. Milne Edwards, 1873)
Liomera cf. margaritata (A. Milne Edwards, 1873)

Distribution: Status unknown in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Members of the family are distributed widely …

19/04/2023
Lissocampus runa (Whitley, 1931)
Lissocampus runa (Whitley, 1931)

Common Name: Javelin Pipefish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia it is …

23/04/2023
Lissocarcinus orbicularis (Dana, 1852)
Lissocarcinus orbicularis (Dana, 1852)

Common Name: Harlequin CrabDistribution:Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

19/04/2023
Littoraria filosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Littoraria filosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

Distribution: Northern Australia, south coast of Papua New Guinea and southern Indonesia. In Australia known from …

21/04/2023
Lophozozymus pulchellus (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Lophozozymus pulchellus (Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Common Name: Pretty Xanthid Crab Distribution: Status unknown in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Probable distribution throughout …

19/04/2023
Lunella torquata (Gmelin, 1791)
Lunella torquata (Gmelin, 1791)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, with a discontinuous range. The …

21/04/2023
Lunella undulata (Lightfoot, 1786)
Lunella undulata (Lightfoot, 1786)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia ranging from the New South …

21/04/2023
Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873)
Lutjanus adetii (Castelnau, 1873)

Common Name: Hussar Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the western Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Lutjanus bohar (Forsskal, 1775)
Lutjanus bohar (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Red Bass Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskal, 1775)
Lutjanus fulviflamma (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Blackspot Snapper Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Lutjanus fulvus (Forster, 1801)
Lutjanus fulvus (Forster, 1801)

Common Name: Blacktail Snapper Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskal, 1775)
Lutjanus kasmira (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Blue Stripe Seaperch Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790)
Lutjanus quinquelineatus (Bloch, 1790)

Common Name: Fiveline Snapper Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Lutjanus russelli (Bleeker, 1849)
Lutjanus russelli (Bleeker, 1849)

Common Name: Moses’ Snapper Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Lybia tessellata (Latreille, 1812)
Lybia tessellata (Latreille, 1812)

Common Name: Boxer Crab Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific …

19/04/2023
Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. In Australia recorded …

21/04/2023
Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lyncina vitellus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Milk Spot Cowrie Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

21/04/2023
Lysmata amboinensis (de Man, 1888)
Lysmata amboinensis (de Man, 1888)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. In Australia recorded …

20/04/2023
Macropharyngodon choati (Randall, 1978)
Macropharyngodon choati (Randall, 1978)

Common Name: Choat’s Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed in the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Macropharyngodon kuiteri (Randall, 1978)
Macropharyngodon kuiteri (Randall, 1978)

Common Name: Kuiters Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes, 1839)
Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes, 1839)

Common Name: Leopard Wrasse Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Macropharyngodon negrosensis (Herre, 1932)
Macropharyngodon negrosensis (Herre, 1932)

Common Name: Black Leopard Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the eastern …

23/04/2023
Malacanthus brevirostris (Guichenot, 1848)
Malacanthus brevirostris (Guichenot, 1848)

Common Name: Flagtail Blanquillo Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Malacanthus latovittatus (Lacepede, 1801)
Malacanthus latovittatus (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Blue Blanquillo Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Mancinella alouina (Roding, 1798)
Mancinella alouina (Roding, 1798)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. In Australia …

21/04/2023
Marionia pustulosa (Ohdner, 1936)
Marionia pustulosa (Ohdner, 1936)

Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distribution Indo-West Pacific. Recorded from Western …

23/04/2023
Marmorofusus nicobaricus (Roding, 1798)
Marmorofusus nicobaricus (Roding, 1798)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific: from Sri Lanka to …

21/04/2023
Maroubra perserrata (Whitley, 1948)
Maroubra perserrata (Whitley, 1948)

Common Name: Sawtooth Pipefish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to southern Australia it …

23/04/2023
Matuta victor (Fabricius, 1781)
Matuta victor (Fabricius, 1781)

Common Name: Common Moon Crab Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

20/04/2023
Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Ranges throughout the tropical Indo- Western Pacific region. …

21/04/2023
Mecaenichthys immaculatus (Ogilby, 1885)
Mecaenichthys immaculatus (Ogilby, 1885)

Common Name: Immaculate Damsel Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through Southwest Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Melicerona listeri (Gray, 1824)
Melicerona listeri (Gray, 1824)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the West Pacific region: Eastern Indonesia …

21/04/2023
Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)
Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)

Common Name: Eight-armed Seastar Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. In Australia recorded from southern …

19/04/2023
Meridiastra oriens (O'Loughlin, Waters and Roy, 2003)
Meridiastra oriens (O’Loughlin, Waters and Roy, 2003)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia and recorded from Swain Reefs …

19/04/2023
Mespilia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mespilia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific region including Indonesia …

19/04/2023
Meuschenia trachylepis (Gunther, 1870)
Meuschenia trachylepis (Gunther, 1870)

Common Name: Yellow Finned Leatherjacket Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed within the Southwest …

23/04/2023
Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831)
Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831)

Common Name: Stripey Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Micromelo undatus (Bruguiere, 1792)
Micromelo undatus (Bruguiere, 1792)

Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Circumtropical distribution: South Africa, Red Sea …

23/04/2023
Micromussa lordhowensis (Veron and Pichon, 1982)
Micromussa lordhowensis (Veron and Pichon, 1982)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Indo-West Pacific region generally. In …

19/04/2023
Mictyris longicarpus (Latreille, 1806)
Mictyris longicarpus (Latreille, 1806)

Common Name: Soldier Crab Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. In Australia recorded from northern …

20/04/2023
Mitra aurora floridula (Sowerby, 1874)
Mitra aurora floridula (Sowerby, 1874)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from Indo-west Pacific, the Philippines and Mauritius. …

21/04/2023
Valentino, number 398, later recorded at Lady Elliot Island in 2010, also 2014 at Byron Bay Project Manta
Mobula alfredi (Krefft, 1868)

Common Name: Alfred Manta Distribution: Seasonally common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West …

19/04/2023
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Monacanthus chinensis (Osbeck, 1765)

Common Name: Fanbelly Leatherjacket Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
Monetaria annulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Monetaria annulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Yellow Ringed Cowrie Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West …

21/04/2023
Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Monetaria caputserpentis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. In Australia …

21/04/2023
Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Monetaria moneta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. In …

21/04/2023
Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Silver Batfish Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793)
Monoplex parthenopeus (Salis Marschlins, 1793)

Common Name: Hairy Triton Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout subtropical and warm …

21/04/2023
Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskal, 1775)
Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Big-eye Seabream Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Morula spinosa (H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853)
Morula spinosa (H. Adams and A. Adams, 1853)

Distribution: Uncommon in Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-west Pacific region. In Australia recorded …

21/04/2023
Mugil cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mugil cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Sea Mullet Distribution: Abundant seasonally in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed worldwide in coastal …

23/04/2023
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacepede, 1801)
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Yellowstripe Goatfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831)
Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes, 1831)

Common Name: Yellow Stripe Goatfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Myliobatis australis (Macleay, 1881)
Myliobatis australis (Macleay, 1881)

Common Name: Southern Eagle Ray Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the eastern …

19/04/2023
Myripristis kuntee (Valenciennes, 1831)
Myripristis kuntee (Valenciennes, 1831)

Common Name: Epaulette Soldierfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Myripristis murdjan (Forsskal, 1775)
Myripristis murdjan (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Crimson Squirrelfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Mysticoncha wilsonae (E. A. Smith, 1886)
Mysticoncha wilsonae (E. A. Smith, 1886)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Specimens recorded from the Solitary Islands and Eden …

21/04/2023
Myurella nebulosa (Sowerby, 1825)
Myurella nebulosa (Sowerby, 1825)

Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific. In Australia recorded …

21/04/2023
Naso lituratus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Naso lituratus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Clown Unicornfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Pacific Ocean: …

23/04/2023
Naso unicornis (Forsskal, 1775)
Naso unicornis (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Bluespine Unicornfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Nassarius glans particeps (Hedley, 1915)
Nassarius glans particeps (Hedley, 1915)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. The subspecies is endemic to Australia; recorded from …

21/04/2023
Nelusetta ayraud (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)
Nelusetta ayraud (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)

Common Name: Ocean Jacket Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, known from …

23/04/2023
Nemadactylus douglasii (Hector, 1875)
Nemadactylus douglasii (Hector, 1875)

Common Name: Grey Morwong Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Southwest Pacific, …

23/04/2023
Nemateleotris magnifica (Fowler, 1938)
Nemateleotris magnifica (Fowler, 1938)

Common Name: Red Firegoby Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: East …

23/04/2023
Neocirrhites armatus (Castelnau, 1873)
Neocirrhites armatus (Castelnau, 1873)

Common Name: Flame Hawkfish Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Pacific Ocean: …

23/04/2023
Neopetrolisthes maculatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Neopetrolisthes maculatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)

Common Name: Porcelain Crab Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park wherever giant anemones are found. …

20/04/2023
Neopomacentrus azysron (Bleeker, 1877)
Neopomacentrus azysron (Bleeker, 1877)

Common Name: Yellowtail Demoiselle Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Neosynchiropus ocellatus (Pallas, 1770)
Neosynchiropus ocellatus (Pallas, 1770)

Common Name: Marble Dragonet Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Pacific Ocean …

23/04/2023
Neotrygon kuhlii (Muller and Henle, 1841)
Neotrygon kuhlii (Muller and Henle, 1841)

Common Name: Blue Spotted Maskray Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

19/04/2023
Nerita albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nerita albicilla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution:  Uncommon throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through the Indo-West Pacific region. In …

21/04/2023
Nerita plicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nerita plicata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Abundant in tropical Indo-West Pacific, declining in abundance …

21/04/2023
Nodopelagia brazieri (Angas, 1877)
Nodopelagia brazieri (Angas, 1877)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, recorded from Caloundra in …

21/04/2023
Norfolkia brachylepis (Schultz, 1960)
Norfolkia brachylepis (Schultz, 1960)

Common Name: Scalyfin Threefin Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Notocirrhitus splendens (Ogilby, 1889)
Notocirrhitus splendens (Ogilby, 1889)

Common Name: Splendid Hawkfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the South West …

23/04/2023
Notolabrus gymnogenis (Gunther, 1862)
Notolabrus gymnogenis (Gunther, 1862)

Common Name: Crimsonband Wrasse Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to eastern Australia: known …

23/04/2023
Noumea flava (Eliot, 1904)
Noumea flava (Eliot, 1904)

Distribution: Sometimes common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific region. …

23/04/2023
Noumea laboutei (Rudman, 1986)
Noumea laboutei (Rudman, 1986)

Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the Western Pacific (New Caledonia), the …

23/04/2023
Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepede, 1801)
Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Reindeer Wrasse Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Tropical …

23/04/2023
Novaculoides macrolepidotus (Bloch, 1791)
Novaculoides macrolepidotus (Bloch, 1791)

Common Name: Seagrass Wrasse Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-west Pacific: …

23/04/2023
Octopus cyanea (Gray, 1849)
Octopus cyanea (Gray, 1849)

Common Name: Day Octopus Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indian …

19/04/2023
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)

Common Name: Horn-eyed Ghost Crab Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

20/04/2023
Ocypode cordimanus (Desmarest, 1825)
Ocypode cordimanus (Desmarest, 1825)

Common Name: Smooth-handed Ghost Crab Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. In Australia recorded from …

20/04/2023
Odontodactylus scyllarus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Odontodactylus scyllarus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Relatively common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific region, South …

20/04/2023
Okenia cf. mellita (Rudman, 2004)
Okenia cf. mellita (Rudman, 2004)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Only reported from eastern Australian waters. Ecological Notes: Found …

23/04/2023
Oliva amethystina (Gmelin, 1791)
Oliva amethystina (Gmelin, 1791)

Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. In Australia recorded …

21/04/2023
Omobranchus anolius (Valenciennes, 1836)
Omobranchus anolius (Valenciennes, 1836)

Common Name: Oyster Blenny Distribution: Common in estuarine areas of the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout …

23/04/2023
Onigocia oligolepis (Regan, 1908)
Onigocia oligolepis (Regan, 1908)

Common Name: Shortsnout Flathead Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands marine Park. Previously recorded from …

23/04/2023
Ophiarachna incrassata (Lamarck, 1816)
Ophiarachna incrassata (Lamarck, 1816)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the West Indian Ocean, East Africa, …

19/04/2023
Ophiarachna megacantha (H.L. Clark, 1938)
Ophiarachna megacantha (H.L. Clark, 1938)

Distribution: Found throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park although not often observed. Known from Lindeman Island …

19/04/2023
Ophidiaster confertus (H.L. Clark, 1916)
Ophidiaster confertus (H.L. Clark, 1916)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, from Queensland south to Shellharbour …

19/04/2023
Ophiomyxa australis (Lutken, 1869)
Ophiomyxa australis (Lutken, 1869)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found in waters around Australia, including Tasmania. Recorded …

19/04/2023
id by Anne Hoggett https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38248625
Ophioplocus imbricatus (Muller and Troschel, 1842)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. In Australia …

19/04/2023
Ophthalmolepis lineolata (Valenciennes, 1839)
Ophthalmolepis lineolata (Valenciennes, 1839)

Common Name: Southern Maori Wrasse Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed around the southern …

23/04/2023
Opistognathus jacksoniensis (Macleay, 1881)
Opistognathus jacksoniensis (Macleay, 1881)

Common Name: Southern Smiler Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Species distribution uncertain but probably …

23/04/2023
Oppomorus noduliferus (Menke, 1829)
Oppomorus noduliferus (Menke, 1829)

Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from Queensland, Western Australia and Norfolk …

21/04/2023
Orectolobus halei (Whitley, 1940)
Orectolobus halei (Whitley, 1940)

Common Name: Banded Carpet Shark Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from southern Queensland …

19/04/2023
Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Common Name: Spotted Wobbegong Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the eastern Indian …

19/04/2023
Orectolobus ornatus (De Vis, 1883)
Orectolobus ornatus (De Vis, 1883)

Common Name: Dwarf Ornate Wobbegong Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

19/04/2023
Ostorhinchus angustatus (Smith and Radcliffe, 1911)
Ostorhinchus angustatus (Smith and Radcliffe, 1911)

Common Name: Broadstripe Cardinalfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Ostorhinchus aureus (Lacepede, 1802)
Ostorhinchus aureus (Lacepede, 1802)

Common Name: Ringtail Cardinalfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Ostorhinchus capricornis (Allen and Randall, 1993)
Ostorhinchus capricornis (Allen and Randall, 1993)

Common Name: Capricorn Cardinalfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Capricorn Group …

23/04/2023
Ostorhinchus cookii (Macleay, 1881)
Ostorhinchus cookii (Macleay, 1881)

Common Name: Cook’s Cardinalfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Ostorhinchus doederleini (Jordan and Snyder, 1901)
Ostorhinchus doederleini (Jordan and Snyder, 1901)

Common Name: Fourline Cardinalfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Western Pacific: …

23/04/2023
Ostorhinchus limenus (Randall and Hoese, 1988)
Ostorhinchus limenus (Randall and Hoese, 1988)

Common Name: Sydney Cardinalfish Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Southern Queensland to southern New …

23/04/2023
Ostorhinchus properuptus (Whitley, 1964)
Ostorhinchus properuptus (Whitley, 1964)

Common Name: Coral Cardinalfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Ostorhinchus taeniophorus (Regan, 1908)
Ostorhinchus taeniophorus (Regan, 1908)

Common Name: Pearly-lined Cardinalfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Ostracion cubicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ostracion cubicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Yellow Boxfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Ostracion meleagris (Shaw, 1796)
Ostracion meleagris (Shaw, 1796)

Common Name: Black Boxfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific and …

23/04/2023
Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)

Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. …

21/04/2023
Ovula costellata (Larmarck, 1810)
Ovula costellata (Larmarck, 1810)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. In Australia recorded …

21/04/2023
Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ovula ovum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Egg Cowrie Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

21/04/2023
Oxycheilinus bimaculatus (Valenciennes, 1840)
Oxycheilinus bimaculatus (Valenciennes, 1840)

Common Name: Little Maori Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Beaked Leatherjacket Distribution: Uncommon in Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: from …

23/04/2023
Paguristes pugil (McCulloch, 1913)
Paguristes pugil (McCulloch, 1913)

Distribution: Possibly common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. In Australia recorded from New South Wales …

20/04/2023
Pagurus sinuatus (Stimpson, 1858)
Pagurus sinuatus (Stimpson, 1858)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Ranges northern New South Wales south to the …

20/04/2023
Palaemon serenus (Heller, 1862)
Palaemon serenus (Heller, 1862)

Common Name: Rockpool Shrimp Distribution: Abundantly common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the southern …

20/04/2023
Palmadusta clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767)
Palmadusta clandestina (Linnaeus, 1767)

Distribution: Moderately common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. In Australia …

21/04/2023
Panulirus longipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868)
Panulirus longipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1868)

Common Name: Coral Crayfish Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

20/04/2023
Parablennius intermedius (Ogilby, 1915)
Parablennius intermedius (Ogilby, 1915)

Common Name: Horned Blenny Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, recorded from …

23/04/2023
Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869)
Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869)

Common Name: False Fusilier Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Paracanthurus hepatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Common Name: Blue Tang Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier, 1829)
Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier, 1829)

Common Name: Ringeye Hawkfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Paracirrhites forsteri (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Paracirrhites forsteri (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Freckled Hawkfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Paragobiodon lacunicolus (Kendall and Goldsborough, 1911.)
Paragobiodon lacunicolus (Kendall and Goldsborough, 1911.)

Common Name: Blackfin Coralgoby Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Paraluteres prionurus (Bleeker, 1851)
Paraluteres prionurus (Bleeker, 1851)

Common Name: Mimic Filefish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Parapercis australis (Randall, 2003)
Parapercis australis (Randall, 2003)

Common Name: Southern Grubfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the western Central …

23/04/2023
Parapercis clathrata (Ogilby, 1910)
Parapercis clathrata (Ogilby, 1910)

Common Name: Spothead Grubfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific: India …

23/04/2023
Parapercis millepunctata (Gunther, 1860)
Parapercis millepunctata (Gunther, 1860)

Common Name: Thousandspot Grubfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Parapercis queenslandica (Imamura and Yoshino 2007)
Parapercis queenslandica (Imamura and Yoshino 2007)

Common Name: Blacktail Grubfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Parapercis ramsayi (Steindachner, 1883)
Parapercis ramsayi (Steindachner, 1883)

Common Name: Spotted Grubfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Eastern Indian …

23/04/2023
Parapercis schauinslandii (Steindachner, 1900)
Parapercis schauinslandii (Steindachner, 1900)

Common Name: Redspotted Sandperch Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Parapercis stricticeps (De Vis, 1884)
Parapercis stricticeps (De Vis, 1884)

Common Name: Whitestreak Grubfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Paraplesiops bleekeri (Gunther, 1861)
Paraplesiops bleekeri (Gunther, 1861)

Common Name: Bleekers Devilfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Eastern Australia. Recorded …

23/04/2023
Parapriacanthus ransonneti (Steindachner, 1870)
Parapriacanthus ransonneti (Steindachner, 1870)

Common Name: Golden Bullseye Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout Indo-West Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855)
Parascorpaena mossambica (Peters, 1855)

Common Name: Mozambique Scorpionfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
Parma microlepis (Gunther, 1862)
Parma microlepis (Gunther, 1862)

Common Name: White-ear Distribution: Juveniles common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed in the South West …

23/04/2023
Parma oligolepis (Whitley, 1929)
Parma oligolepis (Whitley, 1929)

Common Name: Bigscale Parma Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Parma polylepis (Gunther, 1862)
Parma polylepis (Gunther, 1862)

Common Name: Banded Scalyfin Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Central …

23/04/2023
Parma unifasciata (Steindachner, 1867)
Parma unifasciata (Steindachner, 1867)

Common Name: Girdled Scalyfin Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed in the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Parupeneus barberinoides (Bleeker, 1852)
Parupeneus barberinoides (Bleeker, 1852)

Common Name: Bicolor Goatfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Parupeneus ciliatus (Lacepede, 1802)
Parupeneus ciliatus (Lacepede, 1802)

Common Name: Diamondscale Goatfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepede, 1801)
Parupeneus cyclostomus (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Goldsaddle Goatfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)
Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1825)

Common Name: Banded Goatfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Pacific Ocean: …

23/04/2023
Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)
Parupeneus pleurostigma (Bennett, 1831)

Common Name: Sidespot Goatfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through the Indo-Pacific region: from …

23/04/2023
Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854)
Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854)

Common Name: Blacksaddle Goatfish Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Pataecus fronto (Richardson, 1844)
Pataecus fronto (Richardson, 1844)

Common Name: Red Indianfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia. Generally southern …

23/04/2023
Pellasimnia cf. improcera (Azuma and Cate, 1971)
Pellasimnia cf. improcera (Azuma and Cate, 1971)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed generally throughout Western Pacific, Australia, Phillipines and …

21/04/2023
Pellasimnia improcera (Azuma and Cate, 1971)
Pellasimnia improcera (Azuma and Cate, 1971)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Indo-west Pacific region, including …

21/04/2023
Pempheris affinis (McCulloch, 1911)
Pempheris affinis (McCulloch, 1911)

Common Name: Blacktip Bullseye Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Eastern Indian …

23/04/2023
Pempheris compressa (White, 1790)
Pempheris compressa (White, 1790)

Common Name: Smallscale Bullseye Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to south eastern Australia, …

23/04/2023
Pempheris oualensis (Cuvier, 1831)
Pempheris oualensis (Cuvier, 1831)

Common Name: Oualan Bullseye Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Pentagonaster duebeni (Gray, 1847)
Pentagonaster duebeni (Gray, 1847)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia. Distributed around southern Australia from …

19/04/2023
Pentapodus aureofasciatus (Russell, 2001)
Pentapodus aureofasciatus (Russell, 2001)

Common Name: Yellowstripe Threadfin Bream Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western …

23/04/2023
Percnon guinotae (Crosnier, 1965)
Percnon guinotae (Crosnier, 1965)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, from East Africa …

20/04/2023
Perirhoe circumcincta (Deshayes, 1857)
Perirhoe circumcincta (Deshayes, 1857)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Limited distribution throughout the Western Pacific region. Recorded …

21/04/2023
Peristernia nassatula (Lamarck, 1822)
Peristernia nassatula (Lamarck, 1822)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific region. In Australia …

21/04/2023
Pervagor alternans (Ogilby, 1899)
Pervagor alternans (Ogilby, 1899)

Common Name: Yelloweye Leatherjacket Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. An antitropical species distributed throughout …

23/04/2023
Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854)
Pervagor janthinosoma (Bleeker, 1854)

Common Name: Gillblotch Leatherjacket Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816)
Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816)

Common Name: Velvet Seastar Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed around the southern coast …

19/04/2023
Petroscirtes fallax (Smith-Vaniz, 1976)
Petroscirtes fallax (Smith-Vaniz, 1976)

Common Name: Yellow Sabretooth Blenny Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Petroscirtes lupus (De Vis, 1886)
Petroscirtes lupus (De Vis, 1886)

Common Name: Brown Sabretooth Blenny Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western …

23/04/2023
Phallusia obesa (Herdman, 1880)
Phallusia obesa (Herdman, 1880)

Common Name: Fleshy sea squirt Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Indo-West …

19/04/2023
Phenacovolva poppei (Fehse, 2000)
Phenacovolva poppei (Fehse, 2000)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park where they have been recorded at Split Solitary …

21/04/2023
Phenacovolva sp. (Iredale, 1930)
Phenacovolva sp. (Iredale, 1930)

Distribution: Moderately common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Family is distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

21/04/2023
Philinopsis gardineri (Eliot, 1903)
Philinopsis gardineri (Eliot, 1903)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from Hawaii and Komodo, probable distribution through …

23/04/2023
Phlyctenactis tuberculosa (Quoy and Gaimard, 1833)
Phlyctenactis tuberculosa (Quoy and Gaimard, 1833)

Common Name: Swimming Anemone Distribution: Moderately common in inshore waters of the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known …

19/04/2023
Phlyctenanthus australis (Carlgren, 1950)
Phlyctenanthus australis (Carlgren, 1950)

Common Name: Southern Sea Anemone Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park, being at or near …

19/04/2023
Phyllacanthus parvispinus (Tension Woods, 1878)
Phyllacanthus parvispinus (Tension Woods, 1878)

Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the east coast of Australia from …

19/04/2023
Pictilabrus laticlavius (Richardson, 1839)
Pictilabrus laticlavius (Richardson, 1839)

Common Name: Senator Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Eastern Indian …

23/04/2023
Pinctada fucata (Gould, 1850)
Pinctada fucata (Gould, 1850)

Common Name: Akoya Pearl Oyster Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

21/04/2023
Pinna bicolor (Gmelin, 1791)
Pinna bicolor (Gmelin, 1791)

Common Name: Razor Shell Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found around the tropical coastline …

21/04/2023
Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961)
Plagiotremus laudandus (Whitley, 1961)

Common Name: Bicolor Fangblenny Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the tropical Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852)
Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852)

Common Name: Bluestriped Fangblenny Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857)
Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857)

Common Name: Piano Fangblenny Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
Platax teira (Forrskal, 1775)
Platax teira (Forrskal, 1775)

Common Name: Longfinned Batfish Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West …

23/04/2023
Platycephalus fuscus (Cuvier, 1829)
Platycephalus fuscus (Cuvier, 1829)

Common Name: Dusky Flathead Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, distributed along …

23/04/2023
Platycephalus marmoratus (Stead, 1908)
Platycephalus marmoratus (Stead, 1908)

Common Name: Marbled Flathead Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to southern Australia, recorded …

23/04/2023
Plectaster decanus (Muller and Troschel, 1843)
Plectaster decanus (Muller and Troschel, 1843)

Distribution: Moderately common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Generally southern coast of Australia from Two …

19/04/2023
Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus (Ehrenberg, 1830)
Plectorhinchus flavomaculatus (Ehrenberg, 1830)

Common Name: Goldspotted Sweetlips Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacepede, 1802)
Plectorhinchus gibbosus (Lacepede, 1802)

Common Name: Brown Sweetlips Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Plectorhinchus picus (Cuvier, 1828)
Plectorhinchus picus (Cuvier, 1828)

Common Name: Dotted Sweetlips Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Plectroglyphidodon dickii (Lienard, 1839)
Plectroglyphidodon dickii (Lienard, 1839)

Common Name: Dick’s Damsel Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Plectroglyphidodon gascoynei (Whitley, 1964)
Plectroglyphidodon gascoynei (Whitley, 1964)

Common Name: Coral Sea Gregory Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known only from the …

23/04/2023
Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus (Fowler and Ball, 1924)
Plectroglyphidodon johnstonianus (Fowler and Ball, 1924)

Common Name: Johnston Damsel Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus (Bleeker, 1859)
Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus (Bleeker, 1859)

Common Name: Whiteband Damsel Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)
Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)

Common Name: Striped Catfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Polyandrocarpa colemani (Kott, 1992)
Polyandrocarpa colemani (Kott, 1992)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the Western Pacific region: Australia. In …

19/04/2023
Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885)
Polycarpa procera (Sluiter, 1885)

Common Name: Red Flask Ascidian Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout tropical and …

19/04/2023
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Polycitor giganteus (Herdman, 1899)

Common Name: Giant Jelly Ascidian Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the …

19/04/2023
Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787)
Pomacanthus imperator (Bloch, 1787)

Common Name: Emperor Angelfish Distribution: Adults rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park, juveniles occasionally seen. Distributed …

23/04/2023
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Pomacanthus semicirculatus (Cuvier, 1831)

Common Name: Blue Angelfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Pomacentrus amboinensis (Bleeker, 1868)
Pomacentrus amboinensis (Bleeker, 1868)

Common Name: Ambon Damsel Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Pomacentrus australis (Allen and Robertson, 1974)
Pomacentrus australis (Allen and Robertson, 1974)

Common Name: Australian Damsel Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Pomacentrus bankanensis (Bleeker, 1853)
Pomacentrus bankanensis (Bleeker, 1853)

Common Name: Speckled Damsel Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical West …

23/04/2023
Pomacentrus coelestis (Jordan and Starks, 1901)
Pomacentrus coelestis (Jordan and Starks, 1901)

Common Name: Neon Damsel Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the eastern Indian …

23/04/2023
Pomacentrus lepidogenys (Fowler and Bean, 1928)
Pomacentrus lepidogenys (Fowler and Bean, 1928)

Common Name: Scaly Damsel Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Pomacentrus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1853)
Pomacentrus moluccensis (Bleeker, 1853)

Common Name: Lemon Damsel Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-West …

23/04/2023
Pomacentrus nagasakiensis (Tanaka, 1917)
Pomacentrus nagasakiensis (Tanaka, 1917)

Common Name: Blue-scribbled Damsel Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Pomacentrus vaiuli (Jordan and Seale, 1906)
Pomacentrus vaiuli (Jordan and Seale, 1906)

Common Name: Princess Damsel Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the …

23/04/2023
Pomacentrus wardi (Whitley, 1927)
Pomacentrus wardi (Whitley, 1927)

Common Name: Ward’s Damsel Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Pomatomus saltatrix (Linneaus, 1766)
Pomatomus saltatrix (Linneaus, 1766)

Common Name: Tailor, Bluefish Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. The species is widely distributed in …

23/04/2023
Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Blue Button Distribution: Seasonally common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found throughout the tropical …

19/04/2023
Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskal, 1775)
Priacanthus hamrur (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Lunartail Bigeye Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific: Red …

23/04/2023
Primovula rosewateri (Cate, 1973)
Primovula rosewateri (Cate, 1973)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the West-Pacific region, from Indonesia and …

21/04/2023
Priolepis cincta (Regan, 1908)
Priolepis cincta (Regan, 1908)

Common Name: Girdled Reefgoby Distribution: Possibly common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West …

23/04/2023
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Prionocidaris callista (Rowe and Hoggett, 1986)

Common Name: Beautiful Sea Urchin Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western …

19/04/2023
Prionovolva brevis (Sowerby, 1828)
Prionovolva brevis (Sowerby, 1828)

Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific region. …

21/04/2023
Prionurus maculatus (Ogilby, 1887)
Prionurus maculatus (Ogilby, 1887)

Common Name: Spotted Sawtail Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Southwest Pacific …

23/04/2023
Prionurus microlepidotus (Lacepede, 1804)
Prionurus microlepidotus (Lacepede, 1804)

Common Name: Australian Sawtail Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Pristiapogon fraenatus (Valenciennes, 1832)
Pristiapogon fraenatus (Valenciennes, 1832)

Common Name: Spinyeye Cardinalfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
Pristiapogon kallopterus (Bleeker, 1856)
Pristiapogon kallopterus (Bleeker, 1856)

Common Name: Spinyhead Cardinalfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Procalpurnus lacteus (Lamarck, 1810)
Procalpurnus lacteus (Lamarck, 1810)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, including Fiji, Vanuatu, …

21/04/2023
Procalpurnus semistriatus (Pease, 1863)
Procalpurnus semistriatus (Pease, 1863)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. In Australia recorded from northern Western Australia and …

21/04/2023
Prototyphis angasi (Crosse, 1863)
Prototyphis angasi (Crosse, 1863)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Restricted to Australia and New Zealand. In Australia …

21/04/2023
Psenes arafurensis (Gunther, 1889)
Psenes arafurensis (Gunther, 1889)

Common Name: Banded Driftfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Circumtropical, Atlantic, Indian and Pacific …

23/04/2023
Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan, 1902)
Pseudanthias cooperi (Regan, 1902)

Common Name: Red Basslet Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
Pseudanthias hypselosoma (Bleeker, 1878)
Pseudanthias hypselosoma (Bleeker, 1878)

Common Name: Pink Basslet Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Pseudanthias pictilis (Randall and Allen, 1978)
Pseudanthias pictilis (Randall and Allen, 1978)

Common Name: Painted Basslet Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific: …

23/04/2023
Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855)
Pseudanthias squamipinnis (Peters, 1855)

Common Name: Orange Basslet Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Pseudoboletia indiana (Michelin, 1862)
Pseudoboletia indiana (Michelin, 1862)

Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region including Hawaii. …

19/04/2023
Pseudoboletia maculata (Troschel, 1869)
Pseudoboletia maculata (Troschel, 1869)

Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the tropical Indo-West Pacific region, …

19/04/2023
Pseudocaranx sp. (Bleeker, 1863)
Pseudocaranx sp. (Bleeker, 1863)

Common Name: Silver Trevally Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from New Zealand and …

23/04/2023
Pseudocheilinus evanidus (Jordan and Evermann, 1903)
Pseudocheilinus evanidus (Jordan and Evermann, 1903)

Common Name: Pinstripe Wrasse Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Bleeker, 1857)
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Bleeker, 1857)

Common Name: Sixstripe Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Pseudojuloides cerasinus (Snyder, 1904)
Pseudojuloides cerasinus (Snyder, 1904)

Common Name: Candy Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Pseudojuloides elongatus (Ayling and Russell, 1977)
Pseudojuloides elongatus (Ayling and Russell, 1977)

Common Name: Long Green Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the western …

23/04/2023
Pseudolabrus guentheri (Bleeker, 1862)
Pseudolabrus guentheri (Bleeker, 1862)

Common Name: Gunthers Wrasse Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed in the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Pseudolabrus luculentus (Richardson, 1848)
Pseudolabrus luculentus (Richardson, 1848)

Common Name: Luculent Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Southwest Pacific …

23/04/2023
Pseudonepanthia nigrobrunnea (Rowe and Marsh, 1982)
Pseudonepanthia nigrobrunnea (Rowe and Marsh, 1982)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, known only from Double Island …

19/04/2023
Pteragogus enneacanthus (Bleeker, 1853)
Pteragogus enneacanthus (Bleeker, 1853)

Common Name: Cockerel Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Pterelectroma physoides (Larmarck, 1819)
Pterelectroma physoides (Larmarck, 1819)

Common Name: Zebra Wingshell Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Common in subtropical and tropical …

21/04/2023
Ptereleotris heteroptera (Bleeker, 1855)
Ptereleotris heteroptera (Bleeker, 1855)

Common Name: Tailspot Dartgoby Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Ptereleotris monoptera (Randall and Hoese, 1985)
Ptereleotris monoptera (Randall and Hoese, 1985)

Common Name: Lyretail Dartgoby Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Pterocaesio digramma (Bleeker, 1865)
Pterocaesio digramma (Bleeker, 1865)

Common Name: Doubleline Fusilier Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830)
Pterocaesio tile (Cuvier, 1830)

Common Name: Neon Fusilier Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Pterocaesio trilineata (Carpenter, 1987)
Pterocaesio trilineata (Carpenter, 1987)

Common Name: Threestripe Fusilier Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
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Pterodroma gouldi (Smith, 1840)

Common Name: Grey-faced Petrel Distribution: Individuals range over the subtropical southwest Pacific Ocean, including Australia. It is …

20/04/2023
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Pterois antennata (Bloch, 1787)

Common Name: Spotfin Lionfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pterois volitans (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Common Lionfish Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Pacific Ocean: …

23/04/2023
Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849)
Purpuradusta gracilis (Gaskoin, 1849)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. General distribution through the Indo-West Pacific. In Australia …

21/04/2023
Pycnochromis iomelas (Jordan and Seale, 1906)
Pycnochromis iomelas (Jordan and Seale, 1906)

Common Name: Half and Half Puller Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the …

22/04/2023
Pycnochromis margaritifer
Pycnochromis margaritifer (Fowler, 1946)

Common Name: Whitetail Puller Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region …

22/04/2023
Pycnochromis vanderbilti (Fowler, 1941)
Pycnochromis vanderbilti (Fowler, 1941)

Common Name: Vanderbilt’s Puller Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Pacific Island, …

22/04/2023
Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguiere, 1792)
Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguiere, 1792)

Common Name: Mud Whelk Distribution: Common in estuarine and mangrove areas of the Solitary Islands Marine Park. …

21/04/2023
Ranella australasia (Perry, 1811)
Ranella australasia (Perry, 1811)

Common Name: Australian Triton Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from New Zealand and …

21/04/2023
Recluzia sp. (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
Recluzia sp. (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)

Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Likely distribution throughout the Pacific Ocean, …

21/04/2023
Redigobius macrostoma (Gunther, 1861)
Redigobius macrostoma (Gunther, 1861)

Common Name: Largemouth Goby Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Reicheltia halsteadi (Whitley, 1957)
Reicheltia halsteadi (Whitley, 1957)

Common Name: Halstead’s Toadfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found in the Southwest Pacific …

23/04/2023
Rhabdamia gracilis (Bleeker, 1856)
Rhabdamia gracilis (Bleeker, 1856)

Common Name: Slender Cardinalfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskal, 1775)
Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Tarwhine Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread throughout the tropical and subtropical …

23/04/2023
Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Rhinecanthus rectangulus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Wedgetail Triggerfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
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Rhodosoma turcicum (Savigny, 1816)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout tropical and subtropical areas of the …

19/04/2023
Rhynchobatis australiae (Whitley, 1939)
Rhynchobatis australiae (Whitley, 1939)

Common Name: Giant Guitarfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Ranges from New Caledonia and …

19/04/2023
Rhynchocinetes durbanensis (Gordon, 1936)
Rhynchocinetes durbanensis (Gordon, 1936)

Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. In Australia …

20/04/2023
Rhynchocinetes serratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
Rhynchocinetes serratus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)

Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park, and distributed throughout all states of …

20/04/2023
Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850)
Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850)

Common Name: Sydney Rock Oyster Distribution: Common in estuaries and headlands throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. …

21/04/2023
Salmacis belli (Doderlein, 1902)
Salmacis belli (Doderlein, 1902)

Distribution: Relatively common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. In Australia …

19/04/2023
Salmacis sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Salmacis sphaeroides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific region. In Australia …

19/04/2023
Sarda australis (Macleay, 1881)
Sarda australis (Macleay, 1881)

Common Name: Australian Bonito Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the south western …

23/04/2023
Sargocentron ittodai (Jordan and Fowler, 1903)
Sargocentron ittodai (Jordan and Fowler, 1903)

Common Name: Samurai Squirrelfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Saron marmoratus (Oliver, 1811)
Saron marmoratus (Oliver, 1811)

Common Name: Common Marbled Shrimp Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific, …

20/04/2023
Saron sp. (Thallwitz, 1891)
Saron sp. (Thallwitz, 1891)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Members of this Genus are distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific, …

20/04/2023
Saurida nebulosa (Valenciennes, 1850)
Saurida nebulosa (Valenciennes, 1850)

Common Name: Clouded Saury Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Scarus forsteni (Bleeker, 1861)
Scarus forsteni (Bleeker, 1861)

Common Name: Whitespot Parrotfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the East Indian …

23/04/2023
Scarus frenatus (Lacepede, 1802)
Scarus frenatus (Lacepede, 1802)

Common Name: Bridled Parrotfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Scarus ghobban (Forskall, 1775)
Scarus ghobban (Forskall, 1775)

Common Name: Bluebarred Parrotfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Scarus rubroviolaceus (Bleeker, 1847)
Scarus rubroviolaceus (Bleeker, 1847)

Common Name: Blackvein Parrotfish Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Common Name: Spotted Scat Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, …

23/04/2023
Schuettea scalaripinnis (Steindachner, 1866)
Schuettea scalaripinnis (Steindachner, 1866)

Common Name: Eastern Pomfred Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known only from southeastern Australia, …

23/04/2023
Scolopsis bilineata (Bloch, 1793)
Scolopsis bilineata (Bloch, 1793)

Common Name: Two-line Monocle Bream Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West …

23/04/2023
Scomber australasicus (Cuvier, 1832)
Scomber australasicus (Cuvier, 1832)

Common Name: Slimy Mackerel Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Scomberoides lysan (Forsskal, 1775)
Scomberoides lysan (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Lesser Queenfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Scorpaena jacksoniensis (Steindachner, 1866)
Scorpaena jacksoniensis (Steindachner, 1866)

Common Name: Eastern Red Scorpionfish Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known only from coastal …

23/04/2023
Scorpaena papillosa (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Scorpaena papillosa (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Southern Red Scorpionfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West …

23/04/2023
Scorpaenodes evides (Jordan and Thompson, 1914)
Scorpaenodes evides (Jordan and Thompson, 1914)

Common Name: Cheekspot Scorpionfish Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. …

23/04/2023
Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829)
Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Cuvier, 1829)

Common Name: False Stonefish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Scorpaenopsis eschmeyeri (Randall and Greenfield, 2004)
Scorpaenopsis eschmeyeri (Randall and Greenfield, 2004)

Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed in the southwestern Pacific region: New Caledonia …

23/04/2023
Scorpis lineolata (Kner, 1865)
Scorpis lineolata (Kner, 1865)

Common Name: Silver Sweep Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia and northern …

23/04/2023
Scutus antipodes (Montfort, 1810)
Scutus antipodes (Montfort, 1810)

Common Name: Elephant Snail Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from Australia and New …

21/04/2023
Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829)
Sebastapistes strongia (Cuvier, 1829)

Common Name: Barchin Scorpionfish Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the …

23/04/2023
Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson, 1846)
Selenotoca multifasciata (Richardson, 1846)

Common Name: Striped Scat Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Sepia apama (Gray, 1849)
Sepia apama (Gray, 1849)

Common Name: Giant Cuttlefish Distribution: Seasonally common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to southern Australia …

19/04/2023
Sepia grahami (Reid, 2001)
Sepia grahami (Reid, 2001)

Common Name: Ken’s Cuttlefish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, it is …

19/04/2023
Sepioteuthis australis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1832)
Sepioteuthis australis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1832)

Common Name: Southern Calamari Squid Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia and …

19/04/2023
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Seriola dumerili (Risso, 1810)

Common Name: Amberjack Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Circumglobal species. Distributed throughout the Indo-West …

23/04/2023
Seriola lalandi (Valenciennes, 1833)
Seriola lalandi (Valenciennes, 1833)

Common Name: Yellowtail Kingfish Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Circumglobal in subtropical waters with …

23/04/2023
Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)
Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn, 1782)

Common Name: Black Rabbitfish Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Sillago ciliata (Cuvier, 1829)
Sillago ciliata (Cuvier, 1829)

Common Name: Sand Whiting Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
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Solegnathus dunckeri (Whitley, 1927)

Common Name: Duncker’s Pipehorse. Distribution: Common in the deeper waters of the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic …

23/04/2023
Solenostomus paradoxus (Pallas, 1770)
Solenostomus paradoxus (Pallas, 1770)

Common Name: Ornate Ghostpipefish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Sphyraena forsteri (Cuvier, 1829)
Sphyraena forsteri (Cuvier, 1829)

Common Name: Big Eye Barracuda Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distribution throughout the Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Sphyraena qenie (Klunzinger, 1870)
Sphyraena qenie (Klunzinger, 1870)

Common Name: Blackfin Barracuda Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Spurilla braziliana (MacFarland, 1909)
Spurilla braziliana (MacFarland, 1909)

Distribution: Possibly seasonally common in the Solitary Island Marine Park. Members of this genus appear to …

23/04/2023
Stegostoma fasciatum (Hermann, 1783)
Stegostoma fasciatum (Hermann, 1783)

Common Name: Zebra Shark Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

19/04/2023
Stenopus hispidus (Oliver, 1811)
Stenopus hispidus (Oliver, 1811)

Common Name: Banded Coral Shrimp Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Pantropical distribution, in Australia …

20/04/2023
Stethojulis bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851)
Stethojulis bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851)

Common Name: Redspot Wrasse Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Stethojulis interrupta (Bleeker, 1851)
Stethojulis interrupta (Bleeker, 1851)

Common Name: Brokenline Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed through the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Stomatella impertusa (Burrow, 1815)
Stomatella impertusa (Burrow, 1815)

Common Name: False Ear Shell Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the southwest …

21/04/2023
Stylocheilus striatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1832)
Stylocheilus striatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1832)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Circumtropical distribution throughout the Indo-West Pacific and Atlantic …

23/04/2023
Suezichthys arquatus (Russell, 1985)
Suezichthys arquatus (Russell, 1985)

Common Name: Painted Rainbow Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western …

23/04/2023
Sufflamen bursa (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Sufflamen bursa (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Pallid Triggerfish Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the …

23/04/2023
Sufflamen chrysopterum (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Sufflamen chrysopterum (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Eye-stripe Triggerfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Sufflamen fraenatum (Latreille, 1804)
Sufflamen fraenatum (Latreille, 1804)

Common Name: Bridled Triggerfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Sycozoa cerebriformis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1840.)
Sycozoa cerebriformis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1840.)

Common Name: Brain Ascidian Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

19/04/2023
Synodus dermatogenys (Fowler, 1912)
Synodus dermatogenys (Fowler, 1912)

Common Name: Banded Lizardfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Synodus jaculum (Russell and Cressey, 1979)
Synodus jaculum (Russell and Cressey, 1979)

Common Name: Tail-blotch Lizardfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Synodus rubromarmoratus (Russell and Cressey, 1979)
Synodus rubromarmoratus (Russell and Cressey, 1979)

Common Name: Redmarbled Lizardfish Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the …

23/04/2023
Synodus variegatus (Lacepede, 1803)
Synodus variegatus (Lacepede, 1803)

Common Name: Variegated Lizardfish Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Taenianotus triacanthus (Lacepede, 1802)
Taenianotus triacanthus (Lacepede, 1802)

Common Name: Leaf Scorpionfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Taeniura meyeni (Muller and Henle, 1841)
Taeniura meyeni (Muller and Henle, 1841)

Common Name: Blotched Fantail Ray Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the …

19/04/2023
Talostolida pellucens (Melville, 1888)
Talostolida pellucens (Melville, 1888)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Central Pacific and Philippines. …

21/04/2023
Talparia talpa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Talparia talpa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific region, from …

21/04/2023
Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852)
Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852)

Distribution: Moderately common within the Solitary Islands Marine Park, but easily overlooked. Common in the tropical …

23/04/2023
Tenguella marginalba (Blainville, 1832)
Tenguella marginalba (Blainville, 1832)

Common Name: Mulberry Whelk Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. In Australia recorded on the …

21/04/2023
Terenolla pygmaea (Hinds, 1844)
Terenolla pygmaea (Hinds, 1844)

Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, in New …

21/04/2023
Testudovolva ericae (Cossignani and Calo, 2002)
Testudovolva ericae (Cossignani and Calo, 2002)

Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the West Pacific region, …

22/04/2023
Tetractenos glaber (Freminville, 1813)
Tetractenos glaber (Freminville, 1813)

Common Name: Smooth Toadfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia where they …

23/04/2023
Thais ambustulatus (Hedley, 1912)
Thais ambustulatus (Hedley, 1912)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, east coast from Bowen in …

22/04/2023
Thalamita danae (Stimpson, 1858)
Thalamita danae (Stimpson, 1858)

Common Name: Blue Mottled Swimmer Crab Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the …

20/04/2023
Thalassoma amblycephalum (Bleeker, 1856)
Thalassoma amblycephalum (Bleeker, 1856)

Common Name: Two Tone Wrasse Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1829)
Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1829)

Common Name: Sixbar Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758)
Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Moon Wrasse Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Thalassoma lutescens (Lay and Bennett, 1839)
Thalassoma lutescens (Lay and Bennett, 1839)

Common Name: Green Moon Wrasse Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Thalassoma nigrofasciatum (Randall, 2003)
Thalassoma nigrofasciatum (Randall, 2003)

Common Name: Blackbarred Wrasse Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Thalassoma purpureum (Forrskal, 1775)
Thalassoma purpureum (Forrskal, 1775)

Common Name: Surge Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Thalassoma trilobatum (Lacepede, 1801)
Thalassoma trilobatum (Lacepede, 1801)

Common Name: Ladder Wrasse Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the …

23/04/2023
Thor amboinensis (de Man, 1888)
Thor amboinensis (de Man, 1888)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Central Pacific region. In Australia …

20/04/2023
Thylacodes sipho (Lamarck, 1818)
Thylacodes sipho (Lamarck, 1818)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia and found from northern Western …

22/04/2023
Thysanophrys cirronasa (Richardson, 1848)
Thysanophrys cirronasa (Richardson, 1848)

Common Name: Tasselsnout Flathead Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific …

23/04/2023
Tiaramedon spinosum (Meirs, 1879)
Tiaramedon spinosum (Meirs, 1879)

Common Name: Thorny Crinoid Crab Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from tropical Indo-West …

20/04/2023
Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tonna perdix (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Partridge Tun Distribution: Uncommon to rare in Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West …

22/04/2023
Torquigener pleurogramma (Regan, 1903)
Torquigener pleurogramma (Regan, 1903)

Common Name: Weeping Toadfish Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the eastern Indian …

23/04/2023
Toxopneustes pileolus (Lamarck, 1816)
Toxopneustes pileolus (Lamarck, 1816)

Common Name: Flower Urchin Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the warm temperate …

19/04/2023
Trachichthys australis (Shaw, 1799)
Trachichthys australis (Shaw, 1799)

Common Name: Southern Roughy Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Trachinops taeniatus (Gunther, 1861)
Trachinops taeniatus (Gunther, 1861)

Common Name: Eastern Hulafish Distribution: Very abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia, recorded …

23/04/2023
Trachurus novaezelandiae (Richardson, 1843)
Trachurus novaezelandiae (Richardson, 1843)

Common Name: Yellowtail Scad Distribution: Abundant throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Southwest Pacific …

23/04/2023
Trachypoma macracanthus (Gunther, 1859)
Trachypoma macracanthus (Gunther, 1859)

Common Name: Pacific Rockcod Distribution: Relatively common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from the whole …

23/04/2023
Trapezia septata (Dana, 1852)
Trapezia septata (Dana, 1852)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. In Australia from …

20/04/2023
Triactis producta (Klunzinger, 1877)
Triactis producta (Klunzinger, 1877)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific region, from the …

19/04/2023
Tridacna maxima (Roding, 1798)
Tridacna maxima (Roding, 1798)

Common Name: Burrowing Clam Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Island Marine Park. Distributed throughout the …

22/04/2023
Trigonoplax spathulifera (Lucas, 1980)
Trigonoplax spathulifera (Lucas, 1980)

Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Indigenous to Australia, recorded from the North West …

20/04/2023
Trinchesia #9 (Ihering, 1879)
Trinchesia #9 (Ihering, 1879)

Distribution: Possibly common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from Japan and the Great Barrier …

23/04/2023
Trinorfolkia clarkei (Morton, 1888)
Trinorfolkia clarkei (Morton, 1888)

Common Name: Clark’s Threefin Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Eastern Indian …

23/04/2023
Tripneustes sp. (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tripneustes sp. (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Lamington Urchin Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Widespread distribution through the Indian …

19/04/2023
Trivirostra oryza (Lamarck, 1810)
Trivirostra oryza (Lamarck, 1810)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific region. In …

22/04/2023
Trygonoptera testacea (Muller and Henle, 1841)
Trygonoptera testacea (Muller and Henle, 1841)

Common Name: Common Stingaree Distribution: Abundant in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific. …

19/04/2023
Trygonorrhina fasciata (Muller and Henle, 1841)
Trygonorrhina fasciata (Muller and Henle, 1841)

Common Name: Fiddler Ray Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed along the East Coast …

19/04/2023
Trypaea australiensis (Dana, 1852)
Trypaea australiensis (Dana, 1852)

Common Name: Ghost Nipper Distribution: Abundant on intertidal estuarine sand flats throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. …

20/04/2023
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Tubastraea diaphana (Dana, 1846)

Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. In Australia recorded …

19/04/2023
Tubastraea faulkneri (Wells, 1982)
Tubastraea faulkneri (Wells, 1982)

Common Name: Sunshine Coral Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region. In …

19/04/2023
Turbinaria frondens (Dana, 1846)
Turbinaria frondens (Dana, 1846)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed from East Africa and the Red Sea, …

19/04/2023
Turbo militaris (Reeve, 1848)
Turbo militaris (Reeve, 1848)

Distribution: Widespread throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to Australia where it is found from …

22/04/2023
Turrilatirus turritus (Gmelin, 1791)
Turrilatirus turritus (Gmelin, 1791)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Indo-west Pacific, Indonesia, Mascarene Islands, Red Sea and …

22/04/2023
Tutufa bufo (Roding, 1798)
Tutufa bufo (Roding, 1798)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-west Pacific region. In Australia …

22/04/2023
Tylosurus gavialoides (Castlenau, 1873)
Tylosurus gavialoides (Castlenau, 1873)

Common Name: Stout Longtom Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific: …

23/04/2023
Uniophora granifera (Lamarck, 1816)
Uniophora granifera (Lamarck, 1816)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Temperate species found around the south eastern coast …

19/04/2023
Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Upeneichthys lineatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Common Name: Bluestriped Goatfish Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Endemic to eastern and southern …

23/04/2023
Upeneus australiae (Kim and Nakaya, 2002)
Upeneus australiae (Kim and Nakaya, 2002)

Common Name: Australian Goatfish Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Eastern Indian …

23/04/2023
Urocaridella antonbruunii (Bruce, 1967)
Urocaridella antonbruunii (Bruce, 1967)

Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region. In Australia …

20/04/2023
Valenciennea decora (Hoese and Larson, 1994)
Valenciennea decora (Hoese and Larson, 1994)

Common Name: Elegant Goby Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Valenciennea helsdingeni (Bleeker, 1858)
Valenciennea helsdingeni (Bleeker, 1858)

Common Name: Black Lined Sleeper Goby Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the …

23/04/2023
Valenciennea immaculata (Ni, 1981)
Valenciennea immaculata (Ni, 1981)

Common Name: Immaculate Glidergoby Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Recorded from the western Pacific …

23/04/2023
Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama, 1956)
Valenciennea puellaris (Tomiyama, 1956)

Common Name: Orange Dash Goby Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet, 1782)
Valenciennea strigata (Broussonet, 1782)

Common Name: Blueband Glidergoby Distribution: Relatively common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Variola louti (Forsskal, 1775)
Variola louti (Forsskal, 1775)

Common Name: Yellowedge Coronation Trout Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific …

23/04/2023
Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: By-the-wind-sailor Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found in all the worlds warm …

19/04/2023
Verconia norba (Er. Marcus and Ev. Marcus, 1970)
Verconia norba (Er. Marcus and Ev. Marcus, 1970)

Distribution: Rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Found throughout tropical Indo-West Pacific. In Australia recorded …

23/04/2023
Xenocarcinus sp. (White, 1847)
Xenocarcinus sp. (White, 1847)

Distribution: Relatively common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Known from New Guinea, Indonesia and …

20/04/2023
Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Zanclus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name: Moorish Idol Distribution: Common in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Zebrasoma scopas (Cuvier, 1829)

Common Name: Brown Tang Distribution: Uncommon in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region: …

23/04/2023
Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch, 1795)
Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch, 1795)

Common Name: Sailfin Tang Distribution: Uncommon to rare in the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout …

23/04/2023
Zenopontonia rex (Bruce, 1967)
Zenopontonia rex (Bruce, 1967)

Distribution: Relatively common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, Japan, Hawaii. …

20/04/2023
Zenopontonia soror (Nobili, 1904)
Zenopontonia soror (Nobili, 1904)

Distribution: Common throughout the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific region, Japan, Hawaii. In …

20/04/2023