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I continue to make interesting observations of fish behaviour during my dives, especially at Rapid Bay jetty. One of my recent observations concerns some fish cleaning behaviour between Pencil Weed…
Chris Iwanicki came across a shovelnose ray in shallow water recently and he wanted to take some closeups of its eyes. “My vision was blurry at the time, and the…
Many blogs about fish behaviour have been posted to our website over the years. One such recent blog is Recent Fish Behaviour Sightings at Rapid Bay Jetty . Search our…
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…
Symonne Ellis, our latest Facebook follower, told us that she had “had an interesting couple of days with two observations that (she) thought may be of interest”. Symonne sent us…
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…
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 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,…