Fish Finder

Click on a family, species or common name to learn more about that fish and its distribution. Use the key to families to identify a fish by its appearance.

Please note: our fish finder database is undergoing maintenance and updating, so some species information may not be available through these links at present.

Family	Species	Common Name
ANGUILLIDAE	Anguilla australis Anguilla dieffenbachii Anguilla reinhardtii	shortfin eel longfin eel Australian longfin eel
CYPRINIDAE	Carassius auratus Ctenopharyngodon idella Cyprinus rubrofuscus Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Leuciscus idus Scardinius erythrophthalmus Tinca tinca	goldfish grass carp koi /amur carp silver carp orfe rudd tench
ELEOTRIDAE	Gobiomorphus alpinus Gobiomorphus basalis Gobiomorphus breviceps Gobiomorphus cotidianus Gobiomorphus gobioides Gobiomorphus hubbsi Gobiomorphus huttoni	Tarndale bully Crans bully upland bully common bully giant bully bluegill bully redfin bully
GALAXIIDAE	Galaxias anomalus Galaxias argenteus Galaxias brevipinnis Galaxias cobitinis Galaxias depressiceps Galaxias divergens Galaxias eldoni Galaxias fasciatus Galaxias gollumoides Galaxias gracilis Galaxias macronasus Galaxias maculatus Galaxias paucispondylus Galaxias postvectis Galaxias prognathus Galaxias pullus Galaxias vulgaris Neochanna apoda Neochanna burrowsius Neochanna diversus Neochanna heleios Neochanna rekohua	roundhead galaxias giant kokopu koaro lowland longjaw galaxias flathead galaxias dwarf galaxias Eldons galaxias banded kokopu Gollum galaxias dwarf inanga bignose galaxias inanga alpine galaxias shortjaw kokopu upland longjaw galaxias dusky galaxias Canterbury galaxias brown mudfish Canterbury mudfish black mudfish Northland mudfish Chatham mudfish
GEOTRIIDAE	Geotria australis	lamprey
ICTALURIDAE	Ameiurus nebulosus	catfish
MICRODESMIDAE	Parioglossus marginalis	dart goby
MUGILIDAE	Aldrichetta forsteri Mugil cephalus	yelloweyed mullet grey mullet
PERCIDAE	Perca fluviatilis	perch
CHEIMARRICHTHYIDAE	Cheimarrichthys fosteri	torrentfish
PLEURONECTIDAE	Rhombosolea retiaria	black flounder
POECILIIDAE	Gambusia affinis Phallocerus caudimaculatus Poecilia latipinna Poecilia reticulata Xiphophorus helleri	gambusia caudo sailfin molly guppy swordtail
PROTOTROCTIDAE	Prototroctes oxyrhynchus	grayling
RETROPINNIDAE	Retropinna retropinna Stokellia anisodon	common smelt Stokells smelt
SALMONIDAE	Oncorhynchus mykiss Oncorhynchus nerka Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Salmo salar Salmo trutta Salvelinus fontinalus Salvelinus namaycush	rainbow trout sockeye salmon Chinook salmon Atlantic salmon brown trout brook char mackinaw
TRIPTERYGIIDAE	Grahamina sp.	estuarine triplefin