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Butterflyfish, Angelfish, Bannerfish, Coralfish, Batfish
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Common Nudibranchs
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Nudibranchs with tufts and nodules
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Coffs Harbour Marine Life
Port Stephens: Boxfish, Tobies, Toadfish, Cowfish, Turretfish, Porcupinefish, Pufferfish, Pineapplefish
Eastern smooth boxfish -Male Anoplocapros inermis
Eastern smooth boxfish - Female Anoplocapros inermis
Eastern smooth boxfish - Juvenile Anoplocapros inermis
Stars & stripes toadfish - Adult - Arothron hispidis
Stars & stripes toadfish - Juvenile - Arothron hispidus
Fine lined toadfish-Arothron manilensis
Fine lined toadfish - Arothron manilensis
Blackspotted puffer-Arothron nigropunctatus
Starry toadfish - Adult - Arothron stellatus
Starry toadfish - Arothron stellatus
Bennett's puffer-Canthigaster bennetti
Bennett's puffer-Canthigaster bennetti
Clown toby - Canthigaster callisterna
Saddled toby - Canthigaster valentini
Saddled toby - Canthigaster valentini
Pineapple fish - Adult - Cleidopus gloriamaris
Pineapple fish - Juvenile - Cleidopus gloriamaris
Three-bar porcupinefish - Dicotylichthys punctulatus
Porcupinefish - Diodon histrix
Fine spotted porcupinefish - Diodon Holocanthus
Longhorn cowfish-Lactoria cornuta
Round belly cowfish - Lactoria diaphana
Thorny backed cowfish - Lactoria fornasini
Smooth Golden Puffer -Lagocephalus inermis
Yellow Boxfish -Ostracion cubicus
Yellow Boxfish - Juvenile - Ostracion cubicus
Yellow Boxfish -intermediate Ostracion cubicus
Black Boxfish - juvenile - Ostracion meleagris (Photo ML)
Smooth toadfish-Tetractenos glaber
Common toadfish-Tetractenos hamiltoni
Weeping toadfish-Torquigener pleurogramma
Turretfish - Tetrosomus reipublicae
Turretfish - Tetrosomus reipublicae