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Velvetfish-Aploactisoma milesii
Blotched hawkfish - Adult - Cirrhitichthys aprinus
Blotched hawkfish - Juvenile - Cirrhitichthys aprinus
Falcon hawkfish - Cirrhitichthys falco
Lyretail Hawkfish - Cyprinocirrhites polyactis
Fortesque - Adult - Centropogon australis
Fortesque - Juvenile - Centropogon australis
Dwarf lionfish - Dendrochirus brachypterus
Zebra Lionfish - Dendrochirus zebra
Purple cod-Epinephelus cyanopodus
Purple cod - Epinephelus cyanopodus
Purple cod - Epinephelus cyanopodus (juvenile)
Black cod - Adult - Epinephelus daemelii
Black cod - Juvenile - Epinephelus daemelii
Blacktip rockcod-Epinephelus fasciatus
Blacktip rockcod-Epinephelus fasciatus
Highfin Grouper-Epinephelus maculatus
Highfin Grouper-Epinephelus maculatus
Highfin Grouper - Epinephelus maculatus
Longfin Grouper - Epinephelus quoyanus
Half moon grouper-Epinephelus rivulatus
Half moon grouper-Epinephelus rivulatus
Maori cod - Epinephelus undulatostriatus
Maori cod-Epinephelus undulatostriatus
Black banded seaperch-Hypoplectrodes annulatus
Jamesons seaperch -Hypoplectrodes jamesoni
Half-banded seaperch - Hypoplectrodes maccullochi
Banded seaperch - Hypoplectrodes nigroruber
Banded Rockcod -Hyporthodus ergastularius
Sergeant baker - Adult - Latropiscis purpurissatus
Sergeant baker - Juvenile - Latropiscis purpurissatus
Bullrout - Notesthes robusta
Freckled Hawkfish-Paracirrhites forsteri
Mossback velvetfish-Paraploactis trachyderma
Red Indianfish Pataecus fronto (Photo-Gina Mascord)
Common lionfish-Pterois volitans
Common lionfish - Pterois volitans
Red scorpion cod - Scorpaena jacksoniensis
Southern rockcod - Scorpaena papillosa
Cheekspot scorpion fish - Scorpaenodes evides
Yellowfin scorpionfish -Scorpaenopsis neglecta
Strawberry cod - Trachypoma macracanthus