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This photo of some Magpie perch Pseudogoniistius nigripes is another example of this species tending to hog many of the most prominent Western Cleaner Clingfish Cochleoceps bicolor sponge stations under…
What’s the connection between pairs of fish and ‘rocks’? Answer: Whenever you find female and male fish together, you will always find ‘rocks’! This photo shows a breeding pair of…
I did a solo dive around the outer end of the new jetty at Rapid Bay in the afternoon. I took this photo which features an unsharp and tiny juvenile…
This is Port LeHunte jetty at Point Sinclair: – Port LeHunte jetty at Point Sinclair If you look at the photo I took from the jetty towards shore, you can…
Octopus kaurna are quite common on night dives, rarely seen in daylight. I saw 3 on this particular night dive at Port Noarlunga jetty, all near or under the outer…
I took this photo of two wrasse/s at a fish cleaning station at Rapid Bay jetty during a dive last Sunday morning (11/8/24): – I suspect that the small juvenile*…
I sighted these two Southern Bobtail Squid, Euprymna tasmanica during a night dive at Port Noarlunga jetty on 1st August: – I posted details to iNaturalist at https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/233206918 , saying…
I recorded seeing at least 10 Leafy Seadragons (leafies) on my night dive at Second Valley on 15th June. I was one of 5 British Sub Aqua Club (BSAC) divers,…
I was diving at Second Valley on 15th June when I found this Slender Weed Whiting, Sheardichthys attenuates: – I have posted two photos of the weed whiting on iNaturalist,…
Other creatures seen during my recent “Interesting Encounter” at Port Noarlunga jetty include these crabs: – I saw no blue swimmer crabs or sand crabs on this dive. Here is…