My Weekend Dives (Snorkel & Scuba)
I saw lots of salmon during yesterday’s snorkel at Haycock Point yesterday. I wondered just why the salmon were hanging around in such shallow water. They were mostly relaxed in…
Cleaner Rockpool Shrimps Cleaning a Dusky Morwong
I recently observed some Cleaner Rockpool Shrimps cleaning a Dusky Morwong, Dactylophora nigricans, at Edithburgh jetty (Jan 27, 2025). I reported this via iNaturalist,where I wrote: “In all images (1st…
Striped Sea Louse on Ornate Cowfish
I have reported via iNaturalist my sighting of a Striped Sea Louse, Creniola laticauda, on an Ornate cowfish, Aracana ornata, at Edithburgh jetty on 21st September 2025. As I posted…
Male Blue Weed-Whiting Colours Retained or Enhanced After Death
I have been writing about The Colour of Fish on and off since 1979. There have been several blogs on the topic since 2014. It is generally thought that most…
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The Marine Life Society of South Australia online library
We have an online library through Librarika Each of the items in our library are given ‘Categories’ for topics from ‘Animal behaviour’ to ‘Wildlife’. Most items have some relevance to…
White-nose Pigfish, Perryena leucometopon, Sightings
Both Charmain Rogers and Eben Viljoen have photographed the rarely seen, very colourful, juvenile White-nose pigfish, Perryena leucometopon recently. These were seen at both Edithburgh and Port Hughes. (Photo courtesy…
The Future of the Maugean Skate Looks Bleak
The Maugean skate, Zearaja maugeana is being threatened by pollution caused by salmon farming in their Macquarie Harbour habitat in Tasmania. The Federal Government allocated $28.6m in the Mid-year Economic…
Injured Rock Ling Sighting
One of our members recently came across an injured Rock Ling, Genypterus tigerinus, and filed the following report: – “It was not doing well, having a significant injury on the…
“Pretty Fishes of Yankalilla Bay” Update
We reported at ‘Pretty Fishes’ File that we had started a file of David Muirhead’s regular column titled “Pretty Fishes of Yankalilla Bay” for the monthly issues of Yankalilla Regional…
Odd Growth seen on Smooth Toadfish, Tetractenos glaber
As posted on iNaturalist , “This Smooth Toadfish, Tetractenos glaber, has an odd growth or hypertrophic tissue response to something like a traumatic or parasitic injury on its head: –…