The individual on the right is believed to be a Western Australian Salmon (speared by Ian Puckeridge). Note the more yellow pectoral fins. Image 2 is of the Western Salmon's gill rakers (short and thick). This is compared to image 3 of an Eastern Australian Salmon's gill rakers (thin and elongate). This has been checked with Julian Hughes who believes it is likely a Western Australian Salmon
Thought we had a rabbit digging up our garden. Delighted to see this!
Very curious individual, kept swimming close to the face of both me and my buddy (and i mean close, we kept backing away, and it kept touching the glass of our masks) and underneath us for a few minutes.
Blue mao mao. What a funky fish.
Adult in sea-grass on a shore dive. I've included 6 pics of the same individual. The last 3 pics all include a decorator crab,Naxia aurita,on the far side of the subject fish's head.In pics 4 and 5 it and the flat-head are both watching me closely,but in 6th pic the crab has decided to begin discretely moving away from this diver with his flashy camera,while the fish lingers.
Unidentified triplefin (Tripterygiidae).
~3cm length