Fish Bits
Photos, visitors, weird and wonderful specimens, news from the field.
This week in Fish: Mr Blobby on the Gruen Transfer
The big news for the week was the starring role that Mr Blobby played on the opening show of The Gruen Transfer. Additions to the site include some pretty 'nasty' images of damage inflicted by a Smalltooth Cookie Cutter Shark, new fieldwork galleries and finally an image of the mouth of a lamprey.
Mr Blobby the superstar
You just have to look at this fish! The famous Mr Blobby was the star of 'The Pitch' on The Gruen Transfer.
Cookiecutter Shark feeding scars
The Smalltooth Cookiecutter Shark, which grows to no more than 50 cm leaves distinctive scars on the bodies of larger fishes and mammals. You may not want to look at this gallery if you are squeamish or about to eat...
Fish Fieldwork galleries
A new fieldwork gallery has been made for the NORFANZ expedition. It was during this trip that Mr Blobby was caught. The gallery contains images of many of the strange deepsea fishes that were collected. The Central NSW fieldwork gallery has been migrated from the old site.
New images
Juvenile Choat's Wrasse (Dave Harasti)
Mouth of a Lamprey (Mark McGrouther)
Spotted Wobbegong below Old Man's Hat (Erik Schlögl)
Zebra Lionfish at Fly Point (Jonathan Regan)
Dam climbing fish
Small fish, large wall! A Tale of Climbing Galaxias shows fish climbing the wall of Winburndale Dam. The page has been migrated from the old site.
Big Fish
We took receipt of a large Smoothnose Wedgefish, Rhynchobatus laevis, from Sydney Aquarium. The head only is now in the Fish Collection.
Tags Mr Blobby, Gruen Transfer, fishes, ichthyology, dam, Smalltooth Cookiecutter Shark,
Blobfish, Psychrolutes (aka Mr Blobby) View full size
Kerryn Parkinson
© NORFANZ founding parties
Cookiecutter Shark bite on a Goblin Shark View full size
John Paxton
© Australian Museum
A Fangtooth trawled off Norfolk Island View full size
Mark Norman
© NORFANZ Founding Parties
Zebra Lionfish at Fly Point View full size
Jonathan Regan
© Jonathan Regan