New records of fishes from the Coral Sea Marine Park, Australia

Abstract With an area covering just under 1 million km 2 , Australia’s Coral Sea Marine Park (CSMP) is among the largest marine protected areas globally. Yet, the demersal deep-reef fish fauna of the CSMP remains poorly described, due in part to its remote location, as well as its sheer size, much of which is inaccessible below conventional SCUBA diving depths. Recent remotely operated vehicle (ROV) explorations conducted by the Schmidt Ocean Institute provided an opportunity to explore the benthic ichthyofauna of deep mesophotic and rariphotic coral ecosystems. Contributions to the deep, demersal ichthyofauna of Australia’s CSMP are herein supplemented with an integrative dataset consisting of ROV imagery and specimen vouchers. Sixty-two new records of fishes from 26 families are reported from the CSMP. Of these, 45 are new Australian records, one of which is also a new family record for Australia. Four species are new records for the Southern Hemisphere, and 21 species are potentially new to science. We report new voucher material for 29 species, including several species previously identified as new for the CSMP with no voucher specimens.

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Coral Reefs
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2025-06-16
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-025-02664-3
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2
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Marine animal studies overview
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New records of fishes from the Coral Sea Marine Park, Australia

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Marine animal studies overview
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New records of fishes from the Coral Sea Marine Park, Australia

Robin J. Beaman, Benjamin W. Frable, Yi‐Kai Tea, Fenton Walsh, Brendan Brooke, Kerryn Parkinson, Jeffrey W. Johnson, John J. Pogonoski, Sally Reader, Gemma F. Galbraith, T. Bennett, Benjamin J. Cresswell, Andrew S. Hoey, Amanda C. Hay, Tiffany L. Sih, Anthony C. Gill, Indiana J. Riley, Luiz A. Rocha, Glenn I. Moore, G Bardout
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Abstract With an area covering just under 1 million km 2 , Australia’s Coral Sea Marine Park (CSMP) is among the largest marine protected areas globally. Yet, the demersal deep-reef fish fauna of the CSMP remains poorly described, due in part to its remote location, as well as its sheer size, much of which is inaccessible below conventional SCUBA diving depths. Recent remotely operated vehicle (ROV) explorations conducted by the Schmidt Ocean Institute provided an opportunity to explore the benthic ichthyofauna of deep mesophotic and rariphotic coral ecosystems. Contributions to the deep, demersal ichthyofauna of Australia’s CSMP are herein supplemented with an integrative dataset consisting of ROV imagery and specimen vouchers. Sixty-two new records of fishes from 26 families are reported from the CSMP. Of these, 45 are new Australian records, one of which is also a new family record for Australia. Four species are new records for the Southern Hemisphere, and 21 species are potentially new to science. We report new voucher material for 29 species, including several species previously identified as new for the CSMP with no voucher specimens.

Coral ReefsVol. 44(4)
The University of Sydney (AU), Australian Museum (AU), Australian Institute of Marine Science (AU), Geoscience Australia (AU), Scripps Institution of Oceanography (US), The University of Western Australia (AU), Queensland Museum (AU), California Academy of Sciences (US), University of Kurdistan (IR), Western Australian Museum (AU), ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (AU), Australian National Fish Collection (AU), James Cook University (AU), Kuraray (United States) (US)
University of Sydney, Minderoo Foundation
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Marine animal studies overview
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