Australasia & Oceania · Fish by region

Fish of Australia & New Guinea

The rainbowfish, gudgeons and blue-eyes of Australia, New Guinea and the Pacific islands.

727 species across 14 families

The Australasian region east of Wallace's Line: Australia, New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Indonesian Papua) and the Pacific islands (New Caledonia, the Solomons, Vanuatu, Fiji and beyond), plus New Zealand. The homeland of the rainbowfishes (Melanotaeniidae), blue-eyes and the gudgeons.

727 of 727 species

Arowanas & Oddballs · 7

Barbs · 58

Catfish · 53

Danios & Rasboras · 72

Eels · 25

Gobies & Gudgeons · 155

Gouramis · 31

Killifish · 1

Loaches · 84

Pufferfish · 10

Rainbowfish · 150

A fish appears here when its recorded range includes Australia & New Guinea; wide-ranging species also appear under other regions. Prefer to browse by the water itself? Explore the waters →

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