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Morays (Family Muraenidae)Observer
loudebeuzevilleDescription
I have NO idea what this was. At best I'd guess mollusc.
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Upsidedown Jellies (Genus Cassiopea)Observer
loudebeuzevilleDescription
Very tiny. Maybe 1-2cm across. And pulsating. Super cool.
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Urchin Cardinalfish (Siphamia tubifer)Observer
loudebeuzevilleDescription
A school packed in around an urchin (?Astropyga radiata?). Really cool and creepy ball of moving fish. Fastest I've ever seen an urchin move.
White dot behind dorsal fin and at base of pectorals.
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Kahawai (Arripis trutta)Observer
loudebeuzevilleDescription
quite large (?60cm) and swimming very fast but sort of all around us (?hunting?) Photos are crap as on snorkel with small camera but looked like this species I think.
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Surf Sardine (Iso rhothophilus)Observer
loudebeuzevilleDescription
swimming fairly fast in waves. And I could never find them when there weren't waves, so I'm not sure they weren't following the bubbles! which is why photo so rubbish. Very pronounced silver bellies but bodies normal shaped (so transparent after bellies).
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Senator Wrasse (Pictilabrus laticlavius)Observer
loudebeuzevilleDescription
QUESTION for anyone who can answer: is she preggas? Had a bulgey tummy.
oh my gosh it brought up the right species without me having to type it in. Photo recognition is amazing.
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Ringscale Threefin (Enneapterygius atrogulare)Observer
loudebeuzevilleDescription
I'm assuming same species. IDing based on RLS database descriptions: shorter first dorsal fin, mottled brown, small saddles, and no curve or lines under eye as in clarkei and atrogulare.
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Isara badiaObserver
loudebeuzevilleDescription
This was about 1-2cm long. I need to ID it for a survey. Not sure i've seen before. anyone?
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Winged Pocket Comb Jelly (Neis cordigera)Observer
loudebeuzevilleDescription
species?
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Ribbed Buccinum Whelk (Cominella eburnea)Observer
loudebeuzevilleDescription
No idea what this is. Outerlip not toothed. Was about ?2cm from memory. Maybe less.
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Banded Scalyfin (Parma polylepis)Observer
loudebeuzevilleDescription
Just off transect for an RLS survey...darn it!
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Bluebottle (Physalia physalis)Observer
loudebeuzevilleDescription
Quite small, diametre of maybe 1cm, several of them, near lots of dried up blue bottles and same colour as tentacles, but didn't seem to be tentacles. It didn't sting. Was soft. Wondered if it was some type of slug with spherical cerata?? or a tunicate? I have no idea.
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Genus DiopatraObserver
loudebeuzevilleDescription
perfectly formed hole in the ground, no tube visible above. Appeared to be alone. (Well, except for stinkfish and mysids!) Super funky/creepy looking.
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Ringscale Threefin (Enneapterygius atrogulare)Observer
loudebeuzevilleDescription
HOW can I tell if it's atrogulare or rufopilius if it doesn't match either description exactly? And yes, the photos aren't the best. Will add another screenshot of 2 pics of female for what it's worth. There were tonnes of them that day.
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Elysia coodgeensisObserver
loudebeuzevilleDescription
can't remember but think it's one with a name then sp2 after it. but can't remember the name! greenish blue dots. though this one looks like it is differently coloured.
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Ray-finned Fishes (Class Actinopterygii)Observer
loudebeuzevilleDescription
not the sergeant major, but the yellower bottom fish.
