Port Stephens Marine Life
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Fish
Common Fish
Bottom and Cave Dwelling Fish
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Pipefish, seahorses
Eels, catfish, clingfish
Gobys, Triplefins
Blennies, Hulafish
Seaperch, Hawkfish, Scorpionfish, Lionfish, Cod
Cardinals, Bullseyes, Roughy, Beardie, Soldierfish
Anglerfish, Weedfish, Lizardfish, Frogfish, Grubfish
Flatheads, Flatfish, Gurnards, Dragonets, Whiting, Sanddivers
Deep Bodied Fish
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Butterflyfish, Angelfish, Bannerfish, Coralfish, Batfish
Leatherjackets, Filefish
Boxfish, Tobies, Toadfish, Cowfish, Turretfish, Porcupinefish, Pufferfish, Pineapplefish
Snappers, Bream, Emperors, Fusiliers, Sweetlips, Anthias/Basslets
Surgeons, Sweep, Triggerfish
Damsels
Streamlined Fish
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Temperate Wrasses
Tropical Wrasses
Pigfish, Tuskfish, Parrotfish, Rabbitfish
Goatfish, Morwongs, Drummer, Cale
Sharks, Rays
Pelagics, Trevally, Mullet, Trumpeter
Baitfish, Garfish, Scad, Pike
Seasonal Variations in Fish
Molluscs
Nudibranchs and other sea slugs
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Common Nudibranchs
Nudibranchs with Cerata
Nudibranchs with lines or streaks
Nudibranchs with tufts and nodules
Nudibranchs with spots
Plain Nudibranchs
Seahares & Other Slugs
Nudibranchs mating and laying eggs
Sea slugs eating
Cowries and Other Shells
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Cowrie Shells
Other Shells
Octopus, Cuttlefish, Squid
Seaslug Census Results
Echinoderms
Sea Stars and Sea Cucumbers
Sea Urchins
Feather Stars, Brittle Stars, and Basket Stars
Crustaceans
Crabs and Spiders
Crayfish and Lobsters
Shrimps
Other Marine Life
Flatworms
Mammals & Birds
Corals and Anemones
Sponges and Ascidians
Contact
Links
Reef Life Survey
Coffs Harbour Marine Life
Port Stephens Sea Stars and Sea Cucumbers
Aquilonastra anomala
Asterodiscides truncatus
Astropecten polyacanthus
Spiny comb sand star - Astropecten vappa
Eleven-arm star - Coscinasterias muricata
Eleven-arm star-Coscinasterias muricata
Colemans seastar-Echinaster colmani
Many spotted seastar-Fromia polypora
Eight-armed seastar-Meridiastra calcar
Eight-armed seastar - Meridiastra calcar
Eastern six-arm star- Meridiastra oriens
Orange Armed Star - Ophidiaster confertus
Rockpool Star -Parvulastra exigua
Fire-brick star - Pentagonaster duebeni
Velvet star - Petricia vernicina
Velvet star-Petricia vernicina
Mosaic seastar - Plectaster decanus
Mosaic seastar - Plectaster decanus
Smilasterias irregularis
Tosia australis
Granular Star - Uniophora granifera
Granular Star-Uniophora granifera
Bohadschia marmorata
Football cucumber - Cladolabes perspicillum
Restless sea cucumber - Holothuria impatiens
Holothuria sp.
Mutant cucumber - Neoamphicyclus altoffi
Buried sea cucumber - Massinium magnum