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.

Publicado el marzo 26, 2018 07:38 MAÑANA por tangatawhenua tangatawhenua

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Chopa Cebra (Girella zebra)

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tangatawhenua

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Febrero 15, 2018 a las 09:28 TARDE NZDT

Descripción

Wagging school so on its own :)

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Coris Real del Oeste (Coris auricularis)

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tangatawhenua

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Febrero 15, 2018 a las 09:31 TARDE 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

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Febrero 15, 2018 a las 09:33 TARDE NZDT

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Total guess so probably wrong.

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tangatawhenua

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Febrero 15, 2018 a las 09:34 TARDE NZDT

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Pez Gallo Bastardo (Enoplosus armatus)

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tangatawhenua

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Febrero 15, 2018 a las 09:39 TARDE NZDT

Descripción

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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Chopa Rayada (Microcanthus strigatus)

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tangatawhenua

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Febrero 16, 2018 a las 03:24 TARDE NZDT

Descripción

Total guess.

Lurking around the bottom

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tangatawhenua

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Febrero 16, 2018 a las 09:28 TARDE NZDT

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Teniente Occidental (Parma occidentalis)

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tangatawhenua

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Febrero 16, 2018 a las 09:30 TARDE 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.

Publicado por rongoa hace alrededor de 6 años

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

Publicado por tangatawhenua hace alrededor de 6 años

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