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🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreAustralian salmon South Pacific marine fish native to Australia and New Zealand coasts.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1801 Australian spotted mackerel 🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreAustralian spotted mackerel A large coastal mackerel from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.Tuna · Coasts and shelves · 1980 🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralian lungfish Ancient air-breathing fish endemic to Queensland rivers, known for its longevity and living fossil status.Ancient · Rivers and lakes · 1871 🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralian bass Native freshwater game fish of eastern AustraliaOther · Rivers and lakes 🇦🇺 AustraliaAustralian herring A silver coastal fish from southern Australia.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1831 🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreAustralian ghostshark A cartilaginous fish native to southern Australia and New Zealand waters.Other · Coasts and shelves 🇦🇺 AustraliaGummy shark A bottom-dwelling shark from southern Australia known for its crushing teeth and commercial fillets.Shark · Coasts and shelves 🇦🇺 Australia and 2 moreTasselled wobbegong A camouflaged carpet shark with a fringed head.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1867 🇦🇺 AustraliaSpotted wobbegong A camouflaged carpet shark native to Australian coastal waters.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1778 🇦🇺 AustraliaMurray cod Large Australian freshwater predator of the Murray-Darling basinPerch-like · Rivers and lakes · 1838 🇦🇺 AustraliaGolden perch A medium-sized Australian freshwater fish prized by anglers.Other · Rivers and lakes · 1845 🇦🇺 AustraliaSilver Perch A threatened freshwater grunter endemic to the Murray-Darling basin in Australia.Other · Rivers and lakes 🇦🇺 AustraliaTrout cod An endangered Australian freshwater predator native to the Murray-Darling basin.Other · Rivers and lakes 🇦🇺 AustraliaMacquarie perch An endangered Australian freshwater fish native to the Murray-Darling river system.Other · Rivers and lakes 🇦🇺 AustraliaGulf saratoga A large, pearly-scaled freshwater fish from northern Australia and New Guinea.Other · Rivers and lakes 🇦🇺 AustraliaSouthern saratoga A primitive freshwater fish native to Queensland rivers.Other · Rivers and lakes Mary River cod 🇦🇺 AustraliaMary River cod An endangered freshwater perch native to the Mary River system in Queensland, Australia.Perch-like · Rivers and lakes 🇦🇺 AustraliaKing George whiting A large coastal fish endemic to southern Australia, known for its spotted pattern and commercial value.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1829 🇦🇺 AustraliaEastern blue groper A large Australian wrasse that changes sex from female to male.Other · Coasts and shelves 🇦🇺 AustraliaDusky flathead A large predatory fish found in Australian estuaries.Other · Estuaries and mangroves 🇦🇺 AustraliaSpotted handfish Rare Australian fish that walks on the sea floor using hand-like fins.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1804 🇦🇺 AustraliaMurray River rainbowfish Colourful freshwater fish from southeastern Australia.Other · Rivers and lakes 🇦🇺 AustraliaChlamydogobius Hardy Australian gobies from inland springs and streamsOther · Rivers and lakes 🇦🇺 AustraliaSpangled grunter Hardy Australian freshwater fish with reddish spotsOther · Rivers and lakes · 1859 🇦🇺 AustraliaWestern blue groper Large, long-lived wrasse from southern Australian reefs.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1843 🇦🇺 AustraliaRed handfish A rare Australian fish that crawls on the sea floor using hand-like fins.Other · Coasts and shelves · 1844 Stout infantfish 🇦🇺 AustraliaStout infantfish One of the world's smallest marine fish speciesOther · Coral reefs · 2004 🇦🇺 AustraliaCommon seadragon Camouflaged marine fish with leaf-like appendages found in southern Australia.Other · Coasts and shelves Northern river shark 🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreNorthern river shark Rare requiem shark of northern Australian and Papuan riversShark · Rivers and lakes · 2008 🇦🇺 AustraliaLongnose sawshark A slender Australian shark with a long, toothed snout.Shark · Coasts and shelves

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