Port Stephens Marine Life
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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
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Port Stephens Sharks, Rays
Long-snout shovelnose ray - Aptychotrema rostrata
Spotted catshark-Asymbolus analis
Blindshark-Brachaelurus waddi
Great White Shark - Carcharodon carcharias
Grey Nurse shark-Carcharias taurus
Grey Nurse shark - Carcharias taurus
Smooth stingray - Dasyatis brevicaudata
Black stingray - Dasyatis thetidis
Slender suckerfish - Echeneis naucrates
Port Jackson shark - Heterodontus portusjacksoni
Port Jackson shark aggregation - Heterodontus portusjacksoni
Crested Horn Shark - Heterodontus galeatus
Pink whipray-Himantura fai
Numbfish / Numbray - Hypnos monopterygius
Eagle ray-Myliobatis australis
Eagle ray-Myliobatis australis
Coral Sea Maskray - Neotrygon trigonoides
Banded wobbegong - Orectolobus halei
Banded wobbegong - Orectolobus halei
Spotted wobbegong - Orectolobus maculatus
Spotted wobbegong - Orectolobus maculatus
Dwarf Ornate wobbegong - Orectolobus ornatus
Cownose Ray - Rhinoptera neglecta
Cownose ray Rhinoptera neglecta
Whitespotted Guitarfish -Rhynchobatus australiae
Great Hammerhead Shark - Sphyrna mokarran
Great Hammerhead Shark - Sphyrna mokarran
Angel shark - Squatina australis
Eastern Shovelnose Stingaree Trygonoptera imitata
Eastern Shovelnose Stingaree - Trygonoptera imitata (no dorsal fin on tail)
Common stingaree - Trygonoptera testacea (has small dorsal fin / skin flap on tail)
Fiddler ray - Trygonorrhina fasciata
Kapala Stingaree - Urolophus kapalensis