Steve Reynolds

My Third (Cerianthid?) Tube Anemone Sighting at Second Valley in 8 years

Published on : January 29, 2023January 30, 2023 Published by : Steve Reynolds

I have now seen a large (Cerianthid?) tube anemone at Second Valley three times in 8 years. As I explained in my Facebook post at https://scontent.fadl4-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/327280926_775335964105281_4473479003342201618_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=l0XrzlhZeNwAX-gaXpK&_nc_ht=scontent.fadl4-1.fna&oh=00_AfA9XxDPaM0uUykkaJDKvx_IWS-vKzXif5qIC94bEwr3wQ&oe=63D91959 , “I caught up with 3 ‘old friends’ at Second Valley today (27/1/23).” I wasn’t referring to my dive buddies, but three creatures that […]

Update of the Flora and Fauna of Piccaninnie Ponds and Ewens Ponds (Including Eight Mile Creek)

Published on : January 9, 2023January 10, 2023 Published by : Steve Reynolds

(This article is a re-write of one published in our 2006 Journal, because it was only one of the early drafts that was published in error and some of the intended information was missing. I attempted to rectify the error by having Part 2 published in our 2007 Journal. Now, […]

Observations made whilst diving at the old Rapid Bay jetty

Published on : December 11, 2022 Published by : Steve Reynolds

One of the earliest observations that we made during our dive at the old Rapid Bay jetty on 9th December 2022 was that the Scaly Fins were guarding the egg nests. They became quite aggressive when we approached anywhere near to their nests. They would swim straight at our face […]

Fish Species Recorded from Sydney Harbour

Published on : November 18, 2022 Published by : Steve Reynolds

According to an article on the Australian Museum blog, The fish list: A decade in the making by Dr Joseph DiBattista, Curator, Ichthyology, Australian Museum, “the number of fish species recorded from Sydney Harbour now stands at 675 (Based on independent data sources)”. (The Staff Profile for Dr Joseph DiBattista […]

Smooth Stingray Sighting in Angas Inlet

Published on : November 7, 2022 Published by : Steve Reynolds

My snorkel buddy Dan and I sighted this Smooth Stingray, Bathytoshia brevicaudata, in Angas Inlet (between Torrens Island & Garden Island) in early February 2017: – We had been snorkelling at the Garden Island fishing platform (jetty?) before we decided to swim across Angas Inlet to Torrens Island. It was […]

How Free-swimming Temperate Pelagic Fish Approach a Cleaning Station

Published on : October 21, 2022 Published by : Steve Reynolds

David Muirhead recently posted this photo of a bluethroat wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus from old Rapid Bay jetty on 1st October 2022 on iNaturalist at https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/139393179 : – David gave the posting the following description (but with my punctuation, or the computer’s): – “SUBJECT is the wrasse parked vertically near the […]

Harlequin Fish need protection

Published on : September 25, 2022October 12, 2022 Published by : Steve Reynolds

Society member Chris Iwanicki found this ‘fishing photo’ of a Harlequin Fish recently: – He brought it to our attention, saying “This picture reminded me again of the fact that most of the marine life has not any sort of protections in place and this needs to change to preserve […]

More on the Botanist Jessie Hussey of Port Elliot

Published on : August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 Published by : Steve Reynolds

I wrote about Jessie Hussey in the articles titled Jessie Hussey’s contribution to the knowledge of SA’s marine flora and Mike Moore’s “butterfly of the month”, followed by Lisa Waters talk about amateur botanist Jessie Louisa Hussey (1862-1899). Jessie Louisa Hussey was an amateur botanist from Port Elliot. She was […]

Yet another Moonlighter with an unusual pattern on its side

Published on : August 14, 2022 Published by : Steve Reynolds

Further to More About Peculiar Colour Patterns in Fish, David Muirhead recently sighted yet another Moonlighter with an unusual pattern on its side. David photographed this Moonlighter during a dive at Carrickalinga on 16th April 2022: – Here is a cropped version of the photo: – This photo shows the […]

WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE ‘FAB FIVE’?

Published on : July 26, 2022 Published by : Steve Reynolds

The Fab Five can be found in South Australia’s Commonwealth Marine Parks. They are five of SA’s ‘Fabulous’ charismatic species – the Australian sea lion, White-bellied sea eagle, Giant Australian cuttlefish, Great white shark and Southern right whale. These Fab Five icons occur in SA’s seven Commonwealth Marine Parks. Australian […]