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Reef fish web guide
to species regulated in the Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish) Management Plan 2003

grass emperor Lethrinus laticaudis
NOTE: The grass emperor is NOT a coral reef fin fish under the Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish) Management Plan 2003 for the purpose of legal size and take and possession limits - it is regulated as a TIDAL species. This species is included in this list for identification purposes ONLY.

Japanese sea bream Gymnocranius euanus

lancer Lethrinus genivittatus

long-nosed emperor Lethrinus olivaceus

Mozambique large-eye bream Wattsia mossambica

orange-striped emperor Lethrinus obsoletus

pink-eared emperor Lethrinus lentjan

red-eared emperor Lethrinus rubrioperculatus

Robinson's sea bream Gymnocranius grandoculis

spangled emperor Lethrinus nebulosus

spotted sea bream Gymnocranius sp.

sweetlip emperor (red-throat emperor) Lethrinus miniatus

thumbprint emperor Lethrinus harak

variegated emperor Lethrinus variegatus

yellowlip emperor Lethrinus xanthochilus

yellow-spotted emperor Lethrinus erythracanthus

yellow-striped emperor Lethrinus ornatus

yellow-tailed emperor Lethrinus atkinsoni

Fusiliers

fusiliers Caesio spp. or Pterocaesio spp.

Parrotfishes

bicolour parrotfish Cetoscarus bicolor

bumphead parrotfish Bolbometopon muricatum

miscellaneous parrotfish Calotomus spp., Chlorurus spp., Hipposcarus spp., Leptoscarus spp. and Scarus spp .

Surgeonfishes

surgeonfishes Acanthurus spp., and Ctenochaetus spp .

unicornfish Naso spp., and Prionurus spp .

Sweetlips

miscellaneous sweetlips Plectorhinchus spp .

painted sweetlips (slaty bream) Diagramma spp .

Tropical snappers and sea perches

bigeye seaperch Lutjanus lutjanus

black and white seaperch Macolor niger

black-spot snapper Lutjanus fulviflamma

bluestripe seaperch Lutjanus kasmira

brownstripe seaperch (brown hussar) Lutjanus vitta

chinamanfish Symphorus nematophorus

crimson jobfish (rosy jobfish) Pristipomoides filamentosus

crimson seaperch (small mouth nannygai) Lutjanus erythropterus

dark-tailed seaperch Lutjanus lemniscatus

five-lined seaperch Lutjanus quinquelineatus

flame snapper Etelis coruscans

goldband snapper Pristipomoides multidens and Pristipomoides typus

green jobfish Aprion virescens

hussar (pink hussar) Lutjanus adetii

large scale seaperch (fingermark) Lutjanus johnii
NOTE: The large scale sea perch is NOT a coral reef fin fish under the Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish) Management Plan 2003 for the purpose of legal size and take and possession limits - it is regulated as a TIDAL species. This species is included in this list for identification purposes ONLY.

lavender jobfish Pristipomoides sieboldii

mangrove jack Lutjanus argentimaculatus
NOTE: The mangrove jack is NOT a coral reef fin fish under the Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish) Management Plan 2003 for the purpose of legal size and take and possession limits - it is regulated as a TIDAL species. This species is included in this list for identification purposes ONLY.

Maori seaperch Lutjanus rivulatus

midnight seaperch Macolor macularis

miscellaneous jobfishes Aphareus spp., Etelis spp., Parapristipomoides spp. and Pristipomoides spp .

miscellaneous seaperches Lutjanus spp. and Paracaesio spp.
other than mangrove jack and large scale seaperch Lutjanus argentimaculatis and Lutjanus johni

moses perch Lutjanus russelli

onespot seaperch Lutjanus monostigma

paddletail Lutjanus gibbus

red bass Lutjanus bohar

red emperor Lutjanus sebae

ruby snapper Etelis carbunculus

saddletail seaperch (large mouth nannygai) Lutjanus malabaricus

sailfin snapper Symphorichthys spilurus

small-toothed jobfish Aphareus furca

spanish flag (stripey) Lutjanus carponotatus

yellow-margined seaperch Lutjanus fulvus