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  • Nº2074 # Date: 2008-02-10 - 11:30
  • # Max Depth: 20m Duration: 37mins
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Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (Wobbegong) The sluggish spotted wobbegong spends much of its day lying motionless on the bottom or hidden in caves, under overhangs or in shipwrecks. At night, the shark becomes more active, and swims, or moves about the sea floor, ...
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Heterodontus portusjacksoni (Meyer, 1793) (Port Jackson shark) A common shark of the continental shelves , from close inshore at the intertidal zone to 275 m . Segregates by sex and maturity stage . Nocturnal, hides in caves and rocky gullies during the day . Feeds on benthic inver...
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Sepia apama Gray, 1849 (Australian giant cuttlefish)
Achoerodus viridis (Steindachner, 1866) (Wrasse) Found in coastal rocky areas at depths to about 40 m . Max. length for female species . Protogynous hermaphrodite .
Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (Lacepède, 1804) (common sea dragon) These fish are slow-moving and rely on their camouflage as protection against predation; they drift in the water and with the leaf-like appendages resemble the swaying seaweed of their habitat . Individuals are observed ei...
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