Great Victorian Fish Count 2005 - 2008 by species
In the table the letters stand for the following:
N= number of sites at which this species was encountered during the GVFC
A= most frequent abundance category observed for this species during the GVFC
Abundance Category Codes: 1 ='1 to 5' 2= '6 to 20' 3= 'more than 20'
S= number of times the GVFC has been conducted at the respective site
E= number of times this species has been encountered at this site during any GVFC
| species | N | A | sites | S | E |
| Banded Morwong | 10 | 1 | Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary | 2 | 1 |
| Breakwater (Warrnambool) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Lighthouse | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jawbone Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 2 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 1 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 2 | |||
| South Beach, Port Fairy | 2 | 1 | |||
| Yeerung Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bastard Trumpeter | 8 | 1 | Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary | 2 | 1 |
| Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Lighthouse | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 1 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 1 | |||
| Blue - Throated Wrasse | 21 | 1 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 4 |
| Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary | 2 | 1 | |||
| Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 3 | |||
| Breakwater (Warrnambool) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Brighton Beach Sth of Green Point | 2 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Lighthouse | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Flinders pier | 4 | 3 | |||
| Jarosite Reef, Point Addis Marine National Park | 1 | 1 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 3 | |||
| Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ozone Shipwreck | 1 | 1 | |||
| Point Leo | 3 | 3 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 4 | |||
| Rye Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| South Beach, Port Fairy | 2 | 2 | |||
| Yeerung Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Blue Devil | 2 | 1 | Popes Eye | 3 | 1 |
| Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 2 | |||
| Dusky Morwong | 17 | 1 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 4 |
| Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 2 | |||
| Breakwater (Warrnambool) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Flinders pier | 4 | 1 | |||
| Jarosite Reef, Point Addis National Park | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jawbone Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 4 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 2 | |||
| Ozone Shipwreck | 1 | 1 | |||
| Point Leo | 3 | 2 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 1 | |||
| Portsea Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 4 | |||
| Rye Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| South Beach, Port Fairy | 2 | 2 | |||
| Yeerung Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Eastern Blue Groper | 3 | 1 | Cape Conran Lighthouse | 1 | 1 |
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Flinders Pier | 4 | 1 | |||
| Harlequin fish | 4 | 1 | Point Leo | 3 | 1 |
| Popes Eye | 3 | 1 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 1 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 1 | |||
| Herring Cale | 11 | 1 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 3 |
| Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary | 2 | 1 | |||
| Breakwater (Warrnambool) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Lighthouse | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Flinders pier | 4 | 1 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Point Leo | 3 | 1 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| South Beach, Port Fairy | 2 | 2 | |||
| Horseshoe Leatherjacket | 14 | 1 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 3 |
| Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 2 | |||
| Brighton Beach Sth of Green Point | 2 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Lighthouse | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jarosite Reef, Point Addis Marine National Park | 1 | 1 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 3 | |||
| Ozone Shipwreck | 1 | 1 | |||
| Point Leo | 3 | 1 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Pier | 3 | 1 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 4 | |||
| Long-snouted Boarfish | 8 | 1 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 2 |
| Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary | 2 | 2 | |||
| Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 3 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 1 | |||
| South Beach, Port Fairy | 2 | 1 | |||
| Magpie (Morwong) Perch | 15 | 1 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 3 |
| Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 3 | |||
| Breakwater (Warrnambool) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Flinders pier | 4 | 4 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Lorne Pier | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 2 | |||
| Ozone Shipwreck | 1 | 1 | |||
| Point Leo | 3 | 1 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 1 | |||
| Portsea Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 2 | |||
| Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 4 | |||
| South Beach, Port Fairy | 2 | 2 | |||
| Yeerung Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Maori Wrasse | 1 | Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary | 2 | 2 | |
| Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 2 | |||
| Cape Conran Lighthouse | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Flinders pier | 4 | 1 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 1 | |||
| Ozone Shipwreck | 1 | 1 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 1 | |||
| Yeerung Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Old Wife | 14 | 1 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 2 |
| Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 1 | |||
| Flinders pier | 4 | 1 | |||
| Jarosite Reef, Point Addis Marine National Park | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jawbone Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 3 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 2 | |||
| Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ozone Shipwreck | 1 | 1 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 4 | |||
| South Beach, Port Fairy | 2 | 2 | |||
| Yeerung Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ornate Cowfish | 11 | 1 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 2 |
| Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 2 | |||
| Flinders pier | 4 | 3 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 1 | |||
| Lorne Pier | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 2 | |||
| Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary | 2 | 1 | |||
| Point Leo | 3 | 3 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| Rye Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| Red Morwong | 3 | 1 | Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 1 |
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 1 | |||
| Portsea Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| Rosy Wrasse | 12 | 1 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 2 |
| Breakwater (Warrnambool) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Flinders pier | 4 | 1 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 1 | |||
| Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ozone Shipwreck | 1 | 1 | |||
| Point Leo | 3 | 2 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 1 | |||
| South Beach, Port Fairy | 2 | 1 | |||
| Yeerung Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Scalyfin | 16 | 1 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 3 |
| Breakwater (Warrnambool) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Brighton Beach Sth of Green Point | 2 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Lighthouse | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Flinders pier | 4 | 1 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 2 | |||
| Point Leo | 3 | 3 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Pier | 2 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 4 | |||
| Rye Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| South Beach, Port Fairy | 2 | 2 | |||
| Yeerung Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sea Sweep | 13 | 3 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 2 |
| Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 2 | |||
| Breakwater (Warrnambool) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Lighthouse | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 1 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 2 | |||
| Ozone Shipwreck | 1 | 1 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 4 | |||
| South Beach, Port Fairy | 2 | 2 | |||
| Senator Wrasse | 14 | 1 | Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary | 2 | 2 |
| Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 1 | |||
| Breakwater (Warrnambool) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Lighthouse | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 1 | |||
| Point Leo | 3 | 1 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 1 | |||
| South Beach, Port Fairy | 2 | 2 | |||
| Yeerung Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Shaws cowfish | 8 | 1 | Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 2 |
| Flinders pier | 4 | 2 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 2 | |||
| Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary | 2 | 1 | |||
| Point Leo | 3 | 2 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 1 | |||
| Silver Sweep | 13 | 3 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 1 |
| Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Lighthouse | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Lorne Pier | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 3 | |||
| Ozone Shipwreck | 1 | 1 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 2 | |||
| Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 3 | |||
| Yeerung Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Six Spined Leatherjacket | 18 | 1 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 2 |
| Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary | 2 | 1 | |||
| Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 2 | |||
| Cape Conran Lighthouse | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Flinders pier | 4 | 3 | |||
| Jarosite Reef, Point Addis marine National Park | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jawbone Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 1 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Lorne Pier | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 2 | |||
| Point Leo | 2 | 1 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 4 | |||
| Rye Pier | 2 | 1 | |||
| Yeerung Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Weedy Seadragon | 10 | 1 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 1 |
| Cape Conran Lighthouse | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Flinders pier | 4 | 4 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Point Leo | 3 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Pier | 2 | 2 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 2 | |||
| South Beach, Port Fairy | 2 | 2 | |||
| Yeerung Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Western Blue Groper | 3 | 1 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 1 |
| Popes Eye | 3 | 1 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 1 | |||
| Zebra fish | 17 | 3 | Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 2 |
| Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron Pier | 3 | 1 | |||
| Breakwater (Warrnambool) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Lighthouse | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cape Conran Reef | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jarosite Reef, Point Addis Marine Naitonal Park | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jawbone Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 4 | |||
| Lee Breakwater (Portland) | 3 | 2 | |||
| Lorne Pier | 1 | 1 | |||
| Mornington Pier | 3 | 3 | |||
| Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ozone Shipwreck | 1 | 1 | |||
| Point Leo | 3 | 1 | |||
| Popes Eye | 3 | 1 | |||
| Portsea Reef | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary | 4 | 4 | |||
| South Beach, Port Fairy | 2 | 2 | |||