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This week in Fish: Whiskered Prowfish and Weedy Seadragon mortality

It's a 'short'week' due to the Easter break. We feature some great new movies and factsheets along with an interesting telephone call from past Australian Museum staff member Phil Colman.

New fish species pages

New images

New movies

Weedy Seadragon deaths

Retired Australian Museum malacologist Phil Colman rang during the week to report the deaths of 17 Weedy Seadragons along northern Sydney beaches.  Phil reported the issue to The Manly Daily and has heard from a number of people who have found dead Weedy Seadragons.  He was directed to the New South Wales Dragon Search Project web page that shows a wealth of information including a table displaying beach washup statistics.


Mark McGrouther , Collection Manager, Ichthyology
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Whiskered Prowfish at Samson Bay

Whiskered Prowfish at Samson Bay View full size
Steve Dreezer © Steve Dreezer

The head of a Weedy Seadragon

The head of a Weedy Seadragon View full size
Sascha Schulz © Sascha Schulz