Fish Species



  • Sportsfish

    • Clients with a great barra.While the mighty barramundi is the most well known of Northern Territory sportfish, there are a plethora of hard-fighting fish species available that are of interest to anglers.

    All of the species listed below are found in waters near the Arnhemland Barramundi Nature Lodge at different times of the year.

    Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda
    Barramundi Lates calcarifer - Barra
    Blue Salmon Eleutheronema tetradactylum
    Cobia Rachycentron Canadus. Black kingfish, cobe.
    Giant trevally Caranx ignobilis. Turrum, great trevally, GT, Trevor.
    GoldenTrevally Gnathanodon speciosus
    Longtail and Mackerel Tuna Thunnus tonggol, Euthynus affinis. Northern bluefin, mac tuna
    Mangrove Jack Lutjanus argentimaculatus. Red bream, jack.
    Pikey Bream Acanthopagrus berda. Black bream, bream
    Queenfish Chorinemus lysan. Leatherskin, queenie, skinny.
    Saratoga Scleropages jardini. Northern saratoga, toga.
    Spanish Mackerel Scomberomorus commerson. Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, tanguigue, Spaniard, mac.
    Threadfin Salmon Polynemidae sheridani. King salmon, gold threadfin, threadie.

  • Reef Fish

    • golden snapperReef fish are found primarily on offshore reefs, with some species, such as the famous black jewfish and golden snapper, also encountered around estuary rockbars in a similar environment to barramundi. They can be caught on trolled or jigged lures, or by dropping down a fresh bait.

    Black Jewfish Prontonibea diacanthus, Spotted jewfish, Jewfish, Jewie
    Cod and Groper Cod - Epinephelus tauvina. Estuary cod — greasy cod, groper Groper Ephinephelus lanceolatus. Queensland groper — giant groper,
    Coral Trout Plectropoma maculatum, trout
    Golden Snapper Lutjanus johnii. Fingermark bream, spotted-scale sea perch, snapper, goldie, fingermark.
    Red Emporer Lutjanus sebae. Red, emporer
    Tricky Snapper Lethrinus chrysostomus. Tricky, red-throat emperor