The cold waters from the Southern Australian reefs host some of the most fascinating fish in the World!
Male Port-Jackson sharks, for example, spend the whole year away from females and will swim over 800 km during breeding season to mate.
Sharks, rays and chimaeras
Port Jackson shark, oyster crusher, tabbigaw (Heterodontus portusjacksoni - Heterodontidae)
Southern fiddler ray (Trygonorrhina fasciata - Rhinobatidae)
Bony fish
Blue devil (Paraplesiops meleagris - Plesiopidae)
Magpie perch (Cheilodactylus nigripes - Cheilodactylidae)
Old wife (Enoplosus armatus - Enoplosidae)
Stripy (Microcanthus strigatus - Kyphosidae)
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