The Indian Ocean on the West Coast of Australia has a current that brings tropical fish down and being in the water here is like being in a tropical aquarium and we explored it at Yallingup, a three hour trip south of Perth.
From fish so green that to see them against the green plants is a fluke, to the fish that look like angel fish and a whole lot of others that were swimming around. The variety in one place is more than I have seen anywhere else.
Naturally I do not know what any of the fish are so started with "fish" but because of the wonderful Australasian Fishes Project, I dropped all of the fishy obs into that and got IDs for alot of them :D
I have selected a few of the different varieties that we saw to show the diversity that is in this one place.
A stunning fish that blends in with the white sand, but the stripe is the give away.
I think. Got this idea from
http://chaitt.blogspot.com.au/2010/04/snorkeling-in-yallingup-lagoon-for-last.html
I think this is the correct species because I heard that the ones in WA are a subspecies - something about the top fins being different from the ones in the eastern states.
Total guess.
Lurking around the bottom
I think.
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The Western Scalyfin and Moonlighter look more interested in getting there photo taken from you, just like our NZ bombers.. Nice variety , wish i was there.
True @rongoa - but there has not been any that can take the photo bomber title like the culprits at home! LOL
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