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King Wrasse (Coris sandageri) - male. Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
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Schooling Jewfish or Mulloway (Argyrosomus hololepidotus). Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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John Dory (Zeus faber). New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellow-tail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi). Sub-Tropical and Temperate seas of Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Blue Devil (Paraplesiops meleagris). Found in coastal and off-shore rocky reefs in caves and crevices throughout southern WA, SA and Vic, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Australian Mado (Atypichthys strigatus). Also known as Stripey, Stripy or Eastern Footballer. Found from southern Queensland to Eastern Tasmania. Photo taken in NSW, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Barber Sea Perch (Caesioperca Rasor). Portsea, Victoria, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Schooling Tarwhine (Rhabdosargus sarba). Also known as Silver Bream. Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sand Flathead (Platycephalus bassensis). Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rainbow Cale (Odax acroptilus) - male. Also known as Rainbow fish. Found on rocky kelp, coastal and offshore reefs throughout Southern Australia. Photo taken Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Eastern Star Gazer (Kathetostoma laeve). Restricted to the temperate waters of south-eastern Australia. Photo taken at Portsea, Victoria, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Moonlighter or Six-banded Coral Fish (Tilodon sexfasciatus), juvenile. Found in temperate waters of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Photo taken at Edithburg, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tunicate Coralfish or Western Talma (Chelmonops curiosus). Found from Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Robe, South Australia. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Magpie Perch (Cheilodactylus nigripes), juvenile. Found from Albany, Western Australia, to Kiama, New South Wales. Photo taken at Edithburgh, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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A small fish (possibly: Threefin), resting next to a clump of Blue Tunicates. Photo taken on a pylon at Edithburgh Jetty, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sweep (Scorpis lineolata). Often seen schooling and found in shallow coastal waters of Port Phillip Bay (Vic) to Noosa Head (Qld). Also Lord Howe Is. and New Zealand. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, off Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Morwong (Cheilodactylus fuscus). Found in eastern Bass Strait (Vic) to Hervey Bay (Qld). Common in NSW. Also New Zealand. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, off Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black-tipped Bullseye (Pempheris affinis). Found on coastal rocky reefs, ledges and caves from southern Qld to Montague Island, NSW. Photo taken at Solitary Islands, off Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Eastern Star Gazer (Kathetostoma laeve), burried in sand. Restricted to the temperate waters of south-eastern Australia. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Gurnard Perch (Neosebastes scorpaenoides). Found in coastal waters from Sydney, NSW, to Ceduna, SA. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Snook (Sphyraena novaehollandiae). Also known as Pike, Sea Pike and Short-fin Pike. A prized eating fish found in bays and estuaries of southern Australia. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blackfish, or Luderick (Girella tricuspidata) and Drummer (Kyphosus sp.), feeding beneath a crashing coastal wave. Photo taken near Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Deformed Dusky Morwong, or Strongfish (Dactylophora nigricans). It is thought that the deformation of these fish is caused by high levels of Zinc poisoning. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Moonlighter, or Six-banded Coral Fish (Tilodon sexfasciatus). Found in temperate waters of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Photo taken at Edithburg, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Moonlighter, or Six-banded Coral Fish (Tilodon sexfasciatus), juvenile. Found in temperate waters of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. Photo taken at Edithburg, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tunicate Coralfish, or Western Talma (Chelmonops curiosus), juvenile. Found from Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Robe, South Australia. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Magpie Perch (Cheilodactylus nigripes), juvenile. Found from Albany, Western Australia, to Kiama, New South Wales. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tunicate Coralfish, or Western Talma (Chelmonops curiosus), juvenile. Found from Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Robe, South Australia. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tunicate Coralfish, or Western Talma (Chelmonops curiosus). Found from Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Robe, South Australia. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Tunicate Coralfish, or Western Talma (Chelmonops curiosus), juvenile. Found from Shark Bay, Western Australia, to Robe, South Australia. Photo taken at Edithburgh, York Peninsula, South Australia, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Marble Dragonet (Bovichtus angustifrons). Also known as Thornfish and Marblefish. Found from southern NSW to eastern Great Australian Bight, including Tasmania. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Eastern Star Gazer (Kathetostoma laeve), buried in sand. Restricted to the temperate waters of south-eastern Australia. Photo was taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rainbow Cale (Odax acroptilus), male. Found in coastal sea grass and kelp beds in temperate waters of southern Australia. Photo taken in Western Port Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rainbow Cale (Odax acroptilus), male. Found in coastal sea grass and kelp beds in temperate waters of southern Australia. Photo taken in Western Port Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rainbow Cale (Odax acroptilus), male. Found in coastal sea grass and kelp beds in temperate waters of southern Australia. Photo taken in Western Port Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rainbow Cale (Odax acroptilus), male. Found in coastal sea grass and kelp beds in temperate waters of southern Australia. Photo taken in Western Port Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Blue Devil (Paraplesiops meleagris). Found in coastal and off-shore rocky reefs in caves and crevices throughout southern WA, SA and Vic. Photo taken at Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Magpie Perch (Cheilodactylus nigripes). Found from Albany, Western Australia, to Kiama, New South Wales. Photo taken at Flinders, Western Port, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue-throated Wrasse (Notolabrus tetricus), initial phase. Found in south-eastern Australia, from NSW to SA, including Tas. Photo taken at Flinders, Western Port, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Girdled Scalyfin (Parma unifasciata), juvenile. Also known as Girdled Parma. Endemic to coastal reefs from southern Queensland to southern New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken at Bermagui, New South Wales.
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Girdled Scalyfin (Parma unifasciata), juvenile. Also known as Girdled Parma. Endemic to coastal reefs from southern Queensland to southern New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken at Bermagui, New South Wales.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellow-Crested Weedfish (Cristiceps aurantiacus). Found in rocky reefs, kelp and seagrass beds in temperate waters of Australia. Photo taken in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
© Bill Boyle / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Velvetfish (Gnathanacanthus goetzeei) - juvenile. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Bill Boyle / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Velvetfish (Gnathanacanthus goetzeei), adult. Found in temperate waters of southern Australia, including Tasmania. Rarely encountered by divers due to its cryptic camouflage. Photo taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Bill Boyle / OceanwideImages.com |
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Southern Blue Devil (Paraplesiops meleagris). Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Bill Boyle / OceanwideImages.com |
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Short Boarfish (Parazanclistius hutchinsi). Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Rare species.
© Bill Boyle / OceanwideImages.com |
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Yellow-tail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi). Also known as Yellowtail Amberjack and Great Amberjack. Found in sub-tropical and temperate seas in the Pacific and Indian oceans.
© Chris & Monique Fallows / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Velvetfish (Gnathanacanthus goetzeei) - juvenile. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
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