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• Black-spotted Porcupinefish, Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758
  

  The Black-spotted Porcupinefish is a tropical species that has black spots on the head, body and fins. It is usually found on coral and rocky reefs.

• Three-spot Angelfish, Apolemichthys trimaculatus (Cuvier, 1831)
  

  Three-spot Angelfish have a yellow body and blue lips. There is a black spot on the forehead and another faint one behind the gill cover. The anal fin has a wide black margin. Juvenile Three-spot Angelfish are similar to adults, but lack the spots around the head. They have a narrow black band through eye and a series of golden bars on the side.

• Spotted Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacépède, 1801
  

  As its common name implies, the Spotted Sweetlips can be recognised by its spotted pattern that alters with growth.

• Spotted Pardalote
  

   

• Spotted Dragonet, Repomucenus calcaratus (Macleay, 1881)
  

  The Spotted Dragonet is sandy coloured above with small grey spots or rings. It occurs in temperate marine waters of Australia.

• Spotted Scat, Scatophagus argus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  

  The Spotted Scat is greenish, brown or silvery to golden on the sides with brown to reddish-brown spots. The species lives in freshwater, inshore and estuarine waters, often in mangrove areas.

• Spotted Grubfish, Parapercis ramsayi (Steindachner, 1883)
  

  The Spotted Grubfish has small pale grey to brown spots on the upper sides of the body. It is known from coastal marine waters in New South Wales and from Kangaroo Island, South Australia to north of Fremantle, Western Australia.

• Spotted Wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
  

  The Spotted Wobbegong has a pattern of dark saddles, white o-shaped spots and white blotches.  The species is widely distributed in subtropical and temperate Australian waters.

• Spotted Pipefish, Stigmatopora argus (Richardson, 1840)
  

  The Spotted Pipefishis usually green with obvious black spots on the dorsal surface of the body. The species is usually found in seagrass beds and weedy areas on rocky reefs, and

• Spotted Handfish, Brachionichthys hirsutus (Lacepède, 1804)
  

  The Spotted Handfish is a critically endangered species that lives in Tasmania. It has an extremely restricted distribution due partially to its unusual life cycle.

• Spotted Rabbitfish, Siganus punctatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  

  The Spotted Rabbitfish can be recognised by its colouration. It occurs in tropical marine waters of the Western Pacific.

• Spotted Garden Eel, Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959)
  

  The Spotted Garden Eel can be recognised by its colouration.  Individuals live in sandy burrows near coral reefs.

• Black-spotted Wrasse, Austrolabrus maculatus (Macleay, 1881)
  

  The Black-spotted Wrasse is endemic to Australia. It is usually seen on rocky coastal reefs and sometimes in sponge gardens.

• Blue-spotted Rockcod, Cephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828)
  

   

• Spotted Bigeye, Priacanthus macracanthus Cuvier, 1829
  

  As its standard name implies the body of the Spotted Bigeye is often covered with blotches. It occurs in warm marine waters of the east-Indo-west-Pacific region.