EDITOR’S NOTE: I promised a look at some of the many species of fish caught during six days of fishing the remote northern Great Barrier Reef in the online article, Sight-Fishing Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, and here they are. After viewing these photos, take a look at that article, if you haven’t yet read it.
This by no means represents the totality of types of fish you’ll hook in these waters; there are dozens and dozens more. These are simply some of the species we caught and photographed. — D.O.
► Shark Mackerel (Grammatorcynus bicarinatus)

► Chinaman Fish (Symphorus nematophorus)


► Longnose Emperor (Lethrinus olivaceus)

► Narrowbarred Mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus)

► Talang Queenfish (Scomberoides commersonianus)

► Flowery Cod (Brown-Marbled Grouper) (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus)


► Giant Trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus)

► Coronation Trout (Variola louti)

► Queensland Groper (Epinephelus lanceolatus)

► Giant Herring (Hawaiian Ladyfish) (Elops hawaiensis)

► Bluefin Trevally (Caranx melampygus)

► Maori Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)

► Red Emperor (Emperor Snapper) (Lutjanus sebae)

► Double-Lined Mackerel (Grammatorcynus bilineatus)

► Red Bass (Two-Spot Red Snapper) (Lutjanus bohar)

► Coral trout (blacksaddled coralgrouper), (Plectropomus laevis)

► Maori Seaperch (Lutjanus rivulatus)

► Unidentified shark

►Blue Maori (speckled blue grouper), (Epinephelus cyanopodus)

► Yellowlip Emperor (Lethrinus xanthochilus)
