Understanding, enjoying and caring for our oceans
Further to Sunfish sightings in South Australia by Dan Monceaux in 2014, the Slender sunfish (Ranzania laevis) said to have been found on Aldinga Beach on 15th July 1944 was, according to Trove, actually found on 15th June (by a Mr. G. McDonald). As stated, the specimen was identified in […]
In more news coming out of the UK (London or Glasgow?), our travelling ambassador has drawn our attention to The world’s fish are shrinking as the climate warms. We’re trying to figure out why (theconversation.com). According to that web page, the world’s fish are shrinking as the climate warms. The […]
Our Society has been working with the Victor Harbor Visitor Centre, Fleurieu Marine Life, Experiencing Marine Sanctuaries, downunderpix and several individuals to produce a folding brochure about SA’s seadragons. The brochure has now been branded as a joint venture between the Marine Life Society of South Australia and Fleurieu Marine […]
David Muirhead has been writing a regular column titled “Pretty Fishes of Yankalilla Bay” for the monthly issues of Yankalilla Regional News since October 2021. He has now become known as the “Fish Whisperer”. David’s column is very interesting and beautifully illustrated with many of his underwater photos. There is […]
Further sightings of the Western Crested Morwong at Port Noarlunga is a good summary of what we have learned about the Western Crested Morwong’s presence in SA. Interesting that, as far as I know, these recent sightings have all been at Port Noarlunga Reef and under the outer jetty. This […]
To quote Sara Criddle from Facebook, “It’s still there!” I refer to the Western Crested Morwong, Goniistius gibbosus (aka WA Magpie Morwong), that has been sighted at Port Noarlunga jetty and reef this year. As I reported in Observations made during our recent dive at Port Noarlunga Reef, “Western Crested […]
As I reported in the March issue of the SDFSA newsletter, “According to a Facebook post by ASFB (@AustSocFishBiol), “Report your observations of fish tool use! A new citizen science project by @TarielJuliette and @CulumBrown is inviting divers, snorkellers and aquarium-goers to submit their observations of tool use behaviour, in […]
Our dive plans at Port Noarlunga reef on 24th March didn’t quite go to plan, but then we had a chance to make a few observations during our swim back to the jetty in low visibility conditions. One such observation concerned this Zebra Fish that had quite a ‘hump-head’: – […]
40 years ago, back in 1983, there was no Internet whilst I was the Editor for our Society’s newsletter. I still could have done a little more research towards the April issue of our newsletter that year though. An elderly relative told me a tale about how a fish tagged […]
In 2011, this Common Weedfish, Heteroclinus perspicillatus, was stalking a Rockpool shrimp, Palaemon serenus, which it later consumed. (As posted at https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/10002537#activity_comment_948643c9-28f5-4479-b730-e7f9dd2e9a28 ) Both these weedfishes and shrimps are very common in these particular tide pools and channels at Haycock Point, Carrickalinga. The weedfishes and shrimps often appear at peace […]