These species have been selected by marine scientists to be the target species of the HarbourKeepers and CoastKeepers Fish Survey.

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Family	Example	Species
Heterodontidae		Port Jackson Shark Heterodontus portusjacksoni
Orectolobidae		Spotted Wobbegong Orectolobus maculatus
Odontaspididae		Grey Nurse Shark Carcharias taurus
Rhinobatidae		Eastern Fiddler Ray Trygonorrhina fasciata
Urolophidae		Common Stingaree Trygonoptera testacea
Muraenidae		Green Moray Eel Gymnothorax prasinus
Aulopidae		Sergeant Baker Aulopus purpurissatus
Plotosidae		Striped Catfish Plotosus lineatus
Syngnathidae		Weedy Seadragon Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
		White's Seahorse Hippocampus whitei
Scorpaenidae		Red Rockcod Scorpaena cardinalis
		Fortescue Centropogon australis
Serranidae		Half-banded Seapearch Hypoplectrodes maccullochi
		Eastern Wirrah Acanthistius ocellatus
		Black Cod Epinephelus daemelii
Plesiopidae		Eastern Blue Devil Paraplesiops bleekeri
		Eastern Hulafish Trachinops taeniatus
Apogonidae		Sydney Cardinalfish Apogon limenus
Carangidae		Yellowtail Scad Trachurus novaezelandiae
		Yellowtail Kingfish Seriola lalandi
		Silver Trevally Pseudocaranx dentex
Sparidae		Snapper Pagrus auratus
		Yellowfin Bream Acanthopagrus australis
		Tarwhine Rhabdosargus sarba
Mullidae		Black-spot Goatfish Parupeneus spilurus
Monodactylidae		Silver Batfish Monodactylus argenteus
Pempherididae		Black-tipped Bullseye Pempheris affinis
Girellidae		Luderick Girella tricuspidata
Kyphosidae		Southern Silver Drummer Kyphosus sydneyanus
Scorpididae		Mado Atypichthys strigatus
		Silver Sweep Scorpis lineolata
Microcanthidae		Stripey Microcanthus strigatus
Enoplosidae		Old Wife Enoplosus armatus
Pomacentridae		White-ear Parma Parma microlepis
		Girdled Parma Parma unifasciata
Chironemidae		Eastern Kelpfish Chironemus marmoratus
Aplodactylidae		Rock Cale Aplodactylus lophodon
Cheilodactylidae		Red Morwong Cheilodactylus fuscus
Labridae		Senator Wrasse Pictilabrus laticlavius
		Eastern Blue Groper Achoerodus viridis
		Snakeskin Wrasse Eupetrichthys angustipes
		Maori Wrasse Ophthalmolepis lineolatus
		Crimson-banded Wrasse Notolabrus gymnogenis
		Comb Wrasse Coris picta
Acanthuridae		Sawtail Surgeonfish Prionurus microlepidotus
Siganidae		Happy Moments Siganus nebulosus
Monacanthidae		Six-spine Leatherjacket Meuschenia freycineti
		Yellow-fin Leatherjacket Meuschenia trachylepis
		Black Reef Leatherjacket Eubalichthys bucephalus
Diodontidae		Three-Bar Porcupinefish Dicotylichthys punctulatus

Information on parts of fish, check out the
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For usefull fish terminology, check out the
Australian Musuem Fish Site

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All fish photos have been kindly donated for use by NPA~Marine. Thanks to David and Leanne Atkinson, Kathryn Chesnut, Lynda Clarke, Tim Hochgrebe, Eric Schlögl, Sacha Schulz, Mike Scotland and Ian Shaw for the use of their underwater photos.