Seadragon brochure for Victor Harbor Visitor Centre

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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 […]

‘Pretty Fishes’ File

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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 […]

Possible Shifts in the Ranges of Numerous Temperate Southern Australian Inshore Reef Fish Species

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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 […]

Further sightings of the Western Crested Morwong at Port Noarlunga

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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 […]

REPORT YOUR OBSERVATIONS OF FISH TOOL USE

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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 […]

Interactions Between Common Weedfish, Heteroclinus perspicillatus, and Rockpool Shrimp, Palaemon serenus

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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 […]