Solitary Islands Marine Park sweetlip ("Plectorhinchus gibbosus") occur with mulloway ("Argyrosomus japonicus"), snapper, red morwong ("Cheilodactylus fuscus"), silver trevally ("Pseudocaranx georgianus"), bream ("Acanthopagrus" spp.) and tarwhine ("Rhabdosargus sarba"). Marine turtles are common in the Park, with green turtle ("Chelonia mydas"), loggerhead turtle ("Caretta caretta"), hawksbill turtle ("Eretmochelys imbricata") and occasional sightings of leatherback turtles. Nesting green turtles and loggerhead turtles have been recorded on several beaches, with some eggs hatching successfully. Only a few species of sea snakes have been recorded in the region, including the Elegant sea snake ("Hydrophis elegans") and Yellow-bellied sea snake ("Pelamis platurus"). The only reptile recorded on Muttonbird Island
Loggerhead shrike upon thorns or barbed wire for facilitated consumption. The numbers of Loggerhead shrike have significantly decreased in recent years, especially in Midwestern, New England and Mid-Atlantic areas. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the loggerhead shrike in his "Ornithologie" based on a specimen collected in Louisiana in the Unites States. He used the French name "La pie-griesche de la Louisiane" and the Latin "Lanius ludovicianus". Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not usually conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the