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This fortnight in Fish

  • Author(s)
    Mark McGrouther
  • Category
    Science
  • Published
    07 September 2012
  • Read time
    2 minutes

New movies:

A fish called Monty
Coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae
Eightbar Grouper scares a nautilus
Epaulette Shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum
Grey Carpetshark, Chiloscyllium punctatum (2 movies)
Largehead Hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus
Numbfish, Hypnos monopterygius
Orange Roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus
Scalloped Hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini
Tadpole Coffinfish, Chaunacops melanostomus
Yellowbanded Wirrah, Acanthistius cinctus

New fact sheets:

Banded Carpet Shark, Orectolobus halei
Grey Carpetshark, Chiloscyllium punctatum

New staff pages:

Dr Georgina Cooke
Edgar Ravenswood Waite

New images:

Flasher Sandgoby, Fusigobius signipinnis
Headband Humbug, Dascyllus reticulatus
Lea's Cardinalfish, Archamia leai
Longnose Lancetfish, Alepisaurus ferox
Port Jackson Sharks mating
Silver Jewfish - anal fin spine
Silver Jewfish, Nibea soldado

New documents:

Shark nets in the spotlight

New image gallery:

Jewfishes


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