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This week in Fish: Fantastic fish feeding footage
This week we feature an incredible movie that shows Marlin, whales and seals feeding on baitfish - definitely watch this one. We have also added great video footage of sharks and an Oilfish from deep water in the Coral Sea. Many new images have been added of both fishes and people.
Fantastic fish feeding footage:
This spectacular movie clip shows Mahi Mahi, Striped Marlin, California Sea Lions, and even a Bryde's whale, feeding on a school of baitfish off the Baja Pacific coast. You must watch this! Fantastic Fish Feeding Footage
New visiting researcher:
New Movies:
Eastern Blue Groper and Striped Catfish
False Catshark at Osprey Reef
Oilfish, Ruvettus pretiosus
Sixgill Shark bites bait
Sixgill Shark, Hexanchus sp.
Spiny Gurnard at Bare Island
New images (fishes):
Some of these images were on the old site and were added as part of the ongoing migration.
Barred Leatherjacket, Cantherhines dumerilii
Billfish skeleton
Billfish vertebrae
Blacksaddle Toby at Pixie's Pinnacle
Cookiecutter bite on sonar dome
Coral Sea Gregory at Erscott's Hole
Doubleheader - initial phase
Juvenile Whitespot Parrotfish
Lord Howe Conger - head pores
Many-toothed Garden Eel, Heteroconger perissodon
Redfin, Perca fluviatilis
Shrimp and goby on a nudibranch
Southern Pygmy Leatherjacket
Spangled Gudgeon, Ophiocara porocephala
Subadult Whitespot Parrotfish
Tasselled Leatherjacket, Chaetodermis penicilligera
White Shark washed up at Byron Bay
Whitedotted Grouper, Epinephelus polystigma
Zebra Lionfish, Dendrochirus zebra
Zebra Moray caught off Oahu
New images (people):
These images have been added to the new site as part of the ongoing migration.
Andrew Bowie
Fish Collection Move
Dr Hisashi Imamura
Ian Shaw
Krystle Keller
Lawrie Davis and Kerryn Parkinson
New Species Factsheets
Barred Leatherjacket, Cantherhines dumerilii (Hollard, 1854)
New Blog Posts:
Eastern Blue Groper and Striped Catfish
Fantastic fish feeding footage
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Dr Stuart Welsh View full size
Mark McGrouther
© Australian Museum
Blacksaddle Toby at Pixie's Pinnacle View full size
Erik Schlögl
© Erik Schlögl
Cookiecutter bite on sonar dome View full size
Anonymous
© Australian Museum
Coral Sea Gregory at Erscott's Hole View full size
Erik Schlögl
© Erik Schlögl
Many-toothed Garden Eel, Heteroconger perissodon View full size
Erik Schlögl
© Erik Schlögl
Snakehead Gudgeon, Giuris margaritacea View full size
Chris Starkey
© Chris Starkey