It’s great when you find something you and the family love, it makes cooking that much easier. But sometimes you want to change it up and try something different – this can be hard when there are other people involved! We’ve pulled together a list of our favourites and the best alternatives that have similar flavours to help you mix it up without rocking the boat.
Can’t find your favourite? Tell us what it is here and we’ll add it to the list.
| Normally Buy | Other Name | Try this instead |
| Anchovies | Smig | Sardines |
| Atlantic Salmon | Salmon Trout | Mackeral Flathead |
| Australian Halibut | QLD Halibut | Cod |
| Barramundi | Barra, Asian Sea Perch, Asian Sea Bass | Ling Blue-eyed Trevalla Gemfish |
| Blue-Eye | Blue Eye Cod, Blue Eye Trevalla | Mulloway Coral Trout |
| Blue Grenadier | Flathead Pink Ling Australian Salmon |
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| Bonito | Horse Mackeral | Atlantic Mackeral |
| Bream | Porgy, Silver or Black Bream | Snapper |
| Cod, Murray | Blue Cod, Bluenose, Greenfish, Codfish | Barramundi Mahi Mahi Whiting Leatherjackets |
| Dhufish | Pearl Perch | Mulloway |
| Emperor, Spangled | Blue-lined Emperor, Blue-spotted Emperor, Sand Snapper | Coral Trout Saddletail Snapper Striped Trumpeter |
| Emperor, Red | Pink-eared Emperor, Purplehead Emperor, Red-ear Emperor | Coral Trout Saddletail Snapper Striped Trumpeter |
| Flathead | Deep Sea Flathead, King Flathead, Spiky Flathead | Gurnard Butterfly Gurnard |
| Flounder | Flathead | |
| Garfish | Sea Garfish, Needlefish | John Dory |
| Garfish, Snub-nosed | Short-beaked, Snub Gar | Whiting Sand or School Whiting |
| Gemfish | Hake, Southern Kingfish | Silver Perch |
| Groper | Hapuka, Bass Groper | Hapuku |
| Gurnard | Flathead | |
| Herring | Australian Salmon Mackerel Mullet |
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| Jewfish | Mulloway, Butterfish, Silver Jew | Chilean Sea Bass Mahi Mahi |
| John Dory | St Peter’s fish, Kuparu | Bream |
| Kingfish | Yellowtail Kingfish, Southern Yellowtail, Southern Yellowfish | for Sashimi: Tuna, Salmon or Swordfish |
| Leather Jacket | File fish, Ocean Jacket, Cream Fish | Flounder Flat Head |
| Ling | Pink Ling | Whiting |
| Luderick | Black fish, Black Bream | Snapper |
| Mackeral, Spanish | Spotted Mackeral, Blue Mackeral | Australian Sardines Trevally |
| Mahi Mahi | Dolphinfish, Dorado | Halibut Swordfish |
| Dory, Silver/Mirror | Red Dory, Sun Dory | Bream |
| Monkfish | Anglerfish, Star Gazer | Rocklobster |
| Morwong | Sea Bream, Rubberlip Morwong, Jackass Fish, Silver Perch | Luderick |
| Mullet, Red | Goatfish, bBrbounia, Rouget | Barramundi Snapper |
| Mullet, Sea | Grey mullet, Bully Mullet | Australian Salmon Trevally Other Mullets |
| Orange Roughy | Red roughy, Sea perch, Deep Sea Perch | Bream |
| Parrot Fish | Tuskfish | Wrasse |
| Perch, Ocean | Coral Perch, Rock Cod | Barramundi Coral Trout Red Emperor Snapper |
| Pike | Shortfin pike, Sea Pike, Snook | Grouper Mahi Mahi Fresh Tilapia |
| Pilchard | Sardines Mackeral |
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| Redfish | Nannygai, Red snapper | Whiting |
| Ribbonfish | Oarfish, King of the Herring | Gemfish Ling |
| Sardine | Bluebait Pilchards | Mackeral |
| Shark | Flake | Whiting Flathead |
| Skate | Ray | Australian Salmon |
| Snapper | Cockney Bream, Red Bream | Bream Mulloway Blue-Eyed Trevalla |
| Snook | Shortfin Pike | Grouper Mahi Mahi Fresh Tilapia |
| Swordfish | Mahi Mahi | |
| Trevally | Silver or white trevally | Mullet |
| Trout, Coral | Leopard, Blue Spot Trout | Redthroat Emperor |
| Trout, Ocean | Rainbow Trout, Salmon Trout, Silver Trout | Salmons Other Trouts Yellowtail Kingfish |
| Trout, Rainbow | River trout, Steel-Head trout | Atlantic Salmon |
| Trumpeter | Silver perch Blue-Eye Trevalla |
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| Tuna, BlueFin | Southern Bluefish | Australian Bonito |
| Tuna, YellowFin | Australian Bonito | |
| Warehou, Blue | Snotty-Nose Trevalla, Black Trevalla, Snotgall Trevally | Australian Salmon |
| Whitebait | Monkfish, Bass | |
| Whiting, King George | Spotted Whiting | Garfish John Dory Giant Boarfish Ocean Jacket |
| Whiting, Sand | Silver Whiting | Garfish John Dory Giant Boarfish Ocean Jacket |
| Whiting, School | Red Spot Whiting | Sand Whiting |
| Abalone | Paua, Earfish, Muttonfish, Ormer | Squid / Cuttlefish |
| Balmain Bugs | Shovel-Nosed Lobster | Prawns Lobster Scampi Crab |
| Blue Swimmer Crab | Blue Manner Sand Crab | Balmain or Moreton Bay Bugs Rocklobster Yabbies |
| Cockles | Arkshell | Venus Shells |
| Cuttlefish | Squid Calamari |
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| Lobster | Crayfish, Rock Lobster, Spiny Lobster | Rocklobster Stargazers |
| Marron | Freshwater Crayfish | Bugs |
| Moreton Bay Bugs | Bay Lobster | Rocklobster |
| Mud Crab | Mangrove Crab | Blue Swimmer Crab Meat |
| Mussels | Black and Green Lip Mussel | Clams |
| Octopus | Squid | |
| Oysters | Sydney Rock & Pacific | Scallops Mussels |
| Pipis | Clam, Goolwa Cockle, Pippie | Clams Mussels |
| Prawns | School, King, Banana, Tiger, Royal Reds | Lobster tails |
| Scallops | King Scallops, Common Scallops, Tassie Scallops | Mussels |
| Scampi | Dublin Bay Prawn, Langoustine, Norway Lobster | Balmain Bugs Crabs |
| Spanner Crab | Frog Crab | Banana Prawns |
| Squid | Calamari Squid, Arrow Squid, Etheridge Squid | Calamari Cuttlefish |
| Yabbie | Freshwater Crayfish, Marron | Prawns Lobster Scampi Crab |