Demersal closure species

Baldchin groper 

Tuskfish spp.

Choerodon species (baldchin groper listed separately) 

Includes these commonly caught species:

• blue tuskfish
• darkspot tuskfish
• purple tuskfish
• blackspot tuskfish
• bluespotted tuskfish.

Barramundi cod 

Blue morwong (queen snapper) 

Cods* 

Family Serranidae (excluding chinaman rockcod) 

Including these commonly caught species:

• breaksea cod
• goldspotted rockcod (estuary cod)
• blackspotted cod
• grey-banded grouper
• rankin cod
• harlequin fish.

Also includes:

• coral rockcod
• barber perch
• duskytailed grouper
• flowery rockcod
• frostback rockcod
• birdwire rockcod
• longfin rockcod
• red seaperch
• redlined seaperch
• greasy rockcod
• sixbar grouper
• spotty seaperch
• specklefin grouper
• strawberry rockcod
• tomato rockcod 
• threelined rockcod
• yellow-spotted rockcod
• western, leopard and orange lined wirrah
• camouflage grouper
• dot-dash grouper.

Coral trout 

Plectropomus species

Including these commonly caught species:

• coral trout
• passionfruit trout
• barcheek coral trout (footballer cod)
• vermicular cod.

Coronation trout 

West Australian  dhufish

Emperors and seabream* 

Family Lethrinidae

Including these commonly caught species:

• spangled emperor
• red-throat emperor
• Robinson’s seabream
• bluespotted emperor
• grass emperor.

Also includes:

• ambon emperor
• black-blotch emperor
• long-nose emperor
• swallowtail bream
• longfin emperor
• spot-cheek emperor
• smalltooth emperor
• redspot emperor
• variegated emperor
• threadfin emperor
• thumbprint emperor
• orange-striped emperor
• big-eye seabream
• yellowlip emperor
• yellowtail emperor
• grey seabream
• redspot emperor
• drab emperor.

Foxfish and pigfish*

Bodianus species

Including:

• western foxfish
• blackspot pigfish
• sunburnt pigfish.

Hapuku 

Bass groper 

Trevalla 

Family Centrolophidae

Including these commonly caught species:

• blue-eyed trevalla
• blue warehou.

Pearl perch* 

Glaucosoma species (WA dhufish listed separately) 

Including these commonly caught species: 

• northern pearl perch 

• threadfin pearl perch.

Redfish 

Family Berycidae

Including these commonly caught species:

• bight redfish (nannygai)
• swallowtail
• yelloweye redfish
• alfonsio
• imperador. 

Pink snapper 

Tropical snapper and sea perch* 

Family Lutjanidae

Including these commonly caught species:

• red emperor
• crimson snapper
• saddletail snapper (scarlet seaperch)
• darktail seaperch
• Moses’ snapper
• goldband snapper
• chinaman fish
• ruby snapper.

Also includes:

• blackspot snapper
• green jobfish
• Indonesian snapper
• Maori snapper
• pale ruby snapper
• paddletail
• rosy snapper
• red bass
• rusty jobfish
• tang’s snapper
• sharptooth snapper
• flame snapper
• bluestriped snapper
• fiveline snapper
• brownstripe snapper/

Western blue groper