Exploring a "Tropical Aquarium"

The Indian Ocean on the West Coast of Australia has a current that brings tropical fish down and being in the water here is like being in a tropical aquarium and we explored it at Yallingup, a three hour trip south of Perth.

From fish so green that to see them against the green plants is a fluke, to the fish that look like angel fish and a whole lot of others that were swimming around. The variety in one place is more than I have seen anywhere else.

Naturally I do not know what any of the fish are so started with "fish" but because of the wonderful Australasian Fishes Project, I dropped all of the fishy obs into that and got IDs for alot of them :D

I have selected a few of the different varieties that we saw to show the diversity that is in this one place.

由使用者 tangatawhenua tangatawhenua2018年03月26日 07:38 所貼文

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什麼

Girella zebra

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tangatawhenua

日期

2月 15, 2018 21:28 NZDT

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Wagging school so on its own :)

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tangatawhenua

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2月 15, 2018 21:31 NZDT

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A stunning fish that blends in with the white sand, but the stripe is the give away.

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tangatawhenua

日期

2月 15, 2018 21:33 NZDT

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Total guess so probably wrong.

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tangatawhenua

日期

2月 15, 2018 21:34 NZDT

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盔姥鲈 (Enoplosus armatus)

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tangatawhenua

日期

2月 15, 2018 21:39 NZDT

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I think this is the correct species because I heard that the ones in WA are a subspecies - something about the top fins being different from the ones in the eastern states.

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花并/斑馬蝶 (Microcanthus strigatus)

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tangatawhenua

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2月 16, 2018 15:24 NZDT

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Total guess.

Lurking around the bottom

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虹彩异岩鱚 (Heteroscarus acroptilus)

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tangatawhenua

日期

2月 16, 2018 21:28 NZDT

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tangatawhenua

日期

2月 16, 2018 21:30 NZDT

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I think.

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The Western Scalyfin and Moonlighter look more interested in getting there photo taken from you, just like our NZ bombers.. Nice variety , wish i was there.

發佈由 rongoa 約 6 年 前

True @rongoa - but there has not been any that can take the photo bomber title like the culprits at home! LOL

發佈由 tangatawhenua 約 6 年 前

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