This is a fairly complete list of the tropicals that can be found around Sydney (Seal Rocks to Jervis Bay) during most summers and autumns (January through June). Those in bold I have caught myself.
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Scorpionfishes (Scorpaenidae) |
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Dwarf Lionfish |
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Zebra Lionfish |
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Spotfin Lionfish |
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Common Lionfish |
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Rockcods, Groupers and Basslets (Serranidae) |
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Orange Basslet |
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Red Seaperch |
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Pseudanthias fasciatus |
Red-Stripe Seaperch |
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Pseudanthias hypselosoma |
Pink Seaperch |
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Purple-Yellow Seaperch |
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Pseudanthias rubizonatus |
Lilac-Tipped Seaperch |
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Fairy Basslet |
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Batfishes (Ephippidae) |
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Longfin Batfish |
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Butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae) |
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Archichaetodon howensis |
Lord Howe Butterflyfish |
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Threadfin Butterflyfish |
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Citron Butterflyfish |
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Saddled Butterflyfish |
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Dusky Butterflyfish |
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Günther's butterflyfish |
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Klein's Butterflyfish |
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Lined Butterflyfish |
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Racoon Butterflyfish |
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Black-back Butterflyfish |
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Merten's Butterflyfish |
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Dot-and-dash Butterflyfish |
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Blue-dash Butterflyfish |
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Oval-Spot Butterflyfish |
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Double-saddle Butterflyfish |
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Teardrop Butterflyfish |
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Vagabond Butterflyfish |
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Copperband Butterflyfish |
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Chelmonops truncatus |
Truncate Coralfish |
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Coradion altivelus |
Highfin Coralfish |
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Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish |
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Bannerfish |
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Pennant Bannerfish |
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Schooling Bannerfish |
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Masked Bannerfish |
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Parachaetodon ocellatus |
Ocellate Coralfish |
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Angelfish (Pomacanthidae) |
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Bicolor Angel |
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Coral Beauty |
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Centropyge flavicauda |
Royal Blue Pygmy Angelfish |
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Keyhole Angelfish |
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Pearly-scaled Angel |
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Conspicuous Angelfish |
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Yellow-finned Angelfish |
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Emperor Angelfish |
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Semicircle Angelfish |
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Damselfish and Anemonefish (Pomacentridae) |
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Chromis chryura |
Robust Puller |
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Chromis hypsilepis |
One-Spot Puller |
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Half-and-Half Puller |
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Chromis nitida |
Yellow-Back Puller |
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Chrysiptera flavipinnis |
Yellow-finned Blue Damsel |
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Southern Damsel |
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Chrysiptera starcki |
Starck's Damsel |
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Dascyllus aruanus |
Humbug Dascyllus |
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Three-spot Dascyllus |
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Immaculate Damsel |
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Pomacentrus australis |
Australian Damsel |
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Pomacentrus bankanensis |
Fire Damsel |
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Blue Damsel |
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Hawkfishes (Cirrhitidae) |
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Cirrhitichthys aprinus |
Blotched Hawkfish |
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Cirrhitichthys falco |
Coral Hawkfish |
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Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus |
Spotted Hawkfish |
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Wrasses (Labridae) |
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Eastern Blue Groper |
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Diamond Wrasse |
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Elegant Wrasse |
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Blue-tailed Wrasse |
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Geographic Wrasse |
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Black-backed Wrasse |
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Bodianus axillaris |
Coral Hogfish |
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Bodianus diana |
Diana's Hogfish |
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Bodianus izuensis |
Striped Hogfish |
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Bodianus mesothorax |
Blackbelt Hogfish |
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Small-spotted Wrasse |
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Yellow-lined Coris |
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Gaimard's Wrasse |
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Comb Wrasse |
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Schroeder's Rainbow-wrasse |
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Yellow Wrasse |
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Hartzfeld's Wrasse |
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Checkerboard Wrasse |
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Pearly Wrasse |
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Dusky Wrasse |
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Clouded Wrasse |
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Halichoeres prosopeion |
Half-Grey Wrasse |
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Barred Thicklip |
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Half-and-Half Wrasse |
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Cleaner Wrasse |
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Macropharyngodon choati |
Choat's Wrasse |
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Macropharyngodon kuiteri |
Kuiter's Wrasse |
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Eastern Leopard Wrasse |
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Macropharyngodon negrosensis |
Black Leopard Wrasse |
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Red-Spot Wrasse |
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Stethojulis interrupta |
Cut-Ribbon Wrasse |
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Two-tone Wrasse |
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Thalassoma janseni |
Jansen's Wrasse |
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Moon Wrasse |
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Yellow Moon Wrasse |
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Xyrichtys dea |
Leaf Wrasse |
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Sandperches (Pinguipedidae) |
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Parapercis ramsayi |
Spotted Grubfish |
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Blennies (Blenniidae) |
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False Cleanerfish |
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Meiacanthus atrodorsalis |
Eye-lash Harptail Blenny |
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Dragonets (Callionymidae) |
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Scooter Dragonet |
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Gobies (Gobiidae) |
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Amblygobius phalaena |
White-Bar Goby |
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Black-Lined Sleeper-Goby |
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Valenciennea puellaris |
Orange-Spotted Sleeper-Goby |
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Golden-headed Sleeper Goby |
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Dart Gobies & Worm Gobies (Microdesmidae) |
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Arrow Goby |
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Tail-spot Dart Goby |
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Ptereleotris microlepis |
Green-eye Dart Goby |
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Ptereleotris monoptera |
Lyre-Tail Dart-Goby |
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Surgenfish (Acanthuridae) |
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Pencilled Surgeon |
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Lined Surgeon |
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Dusky Surgeon |
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Orange-blotch Surgeon |
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Mimic Surgeonfish |
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Convict Surgeon |
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Two-Spot Bristletooth |
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Blue-Spine Unicornfish |
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Prionurus microlepidotus |
Sawtail |
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Brown Sailfin Tang |
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Sailfin Tang |
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Moorish Idols (Zanclidae) |
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Moorish Idol |
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Triggerfishes (Balistidae) |
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Abalistes stellatus |
Starry Triggerfish |
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Clown Triggerfish |
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Pseudobalistes flavomarginatus |
Yellow-Margin Triggerfish |
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Pseudobalistes fuscus |
Yellow-Spotted Triggerfish |
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Hawaiian Triggerfish |
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Wedge-tail Triggerfish |
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Boomerrang Triggerfish |
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Half-moon Triggerfish |
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Sufflamen fraenatus |
Bridled Triggerfish |
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Leatherjackets and Filefish (Monocanthidae) |
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Paraluteres prionurus |
Mimic Filefish |
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Temperate Boxfish (Aracanidae) |
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Eastern Smooth Boxfish |
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Boxfish (Ostraciidae) |
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Lactoria cornuta |
Longhorn Cowfish |
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Lactoria diaphana |
Round-Belly Cowfish |
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Lactoria fornasini |
Thorny-Back Cowfish |
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Yellow Boxfish |
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Black Boxfish |
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Pufferfishes (Tetraodontidae) |
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Canthigaster amboinensis |
Ambon Puffer |
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Canthigaster bennetti |
Bennett's Sharpnosed Puffer |
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Clown Toby |
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Canthigaster coronata |
Crowned Puffer |
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Canthigaster janthinoptera |
White-Spotted Puffer |
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Canthigaster valentini |
Saddled Puffer |
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Last updated: 29 Oct, 2006 |