Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary Identification Booklet Third Edition MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF ALGAE PORIFERAS CNIDARIANS ARTHROPODS MOLLUSCS BRYOZOANS ECHINODERMS ASCIDIANS FISH MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF ALGAE PORIFERAS CNIDARIANS ARTHROPODS MOLLUSCS BRYOZOANS ECHINODERMS ASCIDIANS FISH MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF ALGAE PORIFERAS CNIDARIANS ARTHROPODS MOLLUSCS BRYOZOANS ECHINODERMS ASCIDIANS FISH MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF ALGAE PORIFERAS CNIDARIANS ARTHROPODS MOLLUSCS BRYOZOANS ECHINODERMS BEWARE REEF BEWARE REEF BEWARE REEF BEWARE REEF BEWARE REEF BEWARE REEF BEWARE REEF BEWARE REEF BEWARE REEF BEWARE REEF
Acknowledgements
Many people contributed their knowledge, time and passion to put this Identification Booklet together.
We are grateful for the help of:
• Friends of Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary
• Coastcare Victoria – Gippsland
• Graham J. Edgar
• Parks Victoria
Acknowledgment: Steffan Howe, Mike Irvine, Lisa Petrus, Rodolfo Maia, Don Love Alan Wilkins and John Ariens.
Disclaimer Lots of effort was put in to provide accurate information, unfortunately this Identification Booklet may not be perfect. It is proposed to be a simple guide only and should be considered as such.
Photography by: Friends of Beware Reef
MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF ALGAE PORIFERAS CNIDARIANS ARTHROPODS MOLLUSCS BRYOZOANS ECHINODERMS ASCIDIANS FISH MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF ALGAE PORIFERAS CNIDARIANS ARTHROPODS MOLLUSCS BRYOZOANS ECHINODERMS ASCIDIANS FISH MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF ALGAE PORIFERAS CNIDARIANS ARTHROPODS MOLLUSCS BRYOZOANS ECHINODERMS ASCIDIANS FISH MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF ALGAE PORIFERAS CNIDARIANS ARTHROPODS MOLLUSCS BRYOZOANS ECHINODERMS ASCIDIANS FISH BEWARE REEF BEWARE REEF BEWARE REEF BEWARE REEF BEWARE REEF Table of Contents
1 Algae ...... 3
2 Poriferas (Sponges) ...... 7
3 Cnidarians (Jellyfish, Anemones, Corals and Hydroids) ...... 12
4 Arthropods (Crayfish, Sea Spiders and Shrimps) ...... 21
5 Molluscs (Snails, Cuttlefish, Octopus and Nudibranchs) ...... 23
6 Bryozoans (Lace Corals) ...... 28
7 Echinoderms (Seastars & Urchins) ...... 30
8 Ascidians ...... 35
9. Fish ...... 40
10 Out of Range Species ...... 50
MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF ALGAE PORIFERAS CNIDARIANS ARTHROPODS MOLLUSCS BRYOZOANS ECHINODERMS1 ASCIDIANS FISH MARINE SANCTUARY BEWARE REEF BEWARE REEF BEWARE ALGAE ALGAE GAE ALGAE AGAE ALGAE ALGAE GAEBeware ALGAE Reef ALGAE Friends GAE ALGAEof ALGAE GAE ALGAE ALGAE ALGAE ALGAE ALGAEMarine GAE ALGAEBeware ALGAE Reef GAE ALGAE ALGAE ALGAE ALGAE ALGAEALGAE Sanctuary The beginnings of this group came out of a discussion on Australia Day Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary 2005, about the underwater heritage encompasses a series of pinnacles lying within the boundaries of the newly of granite rock rising 30 metres formed Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary. off the sea floor, with only a small This heritage was in the form of three section at its northern extremity shipwrecks: the S.S. Auckland wrecked in rising some two metres above sea 1871, the Ridge Park wrecked in 1881 level. This underwater mountain and the steam trawler Brolga (Albert San) range runs for just over one wrecked in 1926. kilometre to the south-east from the drying part of the reef, and Since it was formed, members of the marine sanctuary that protects the group have given countless talks this unique reef covers an area and presentations to a wide variety of 220 hectares. The reef lies five of interested groups from Flinders on kilometres to the south-east of Western Port Bay, to Mallacoota in East Cape Conran and about three Gippsland and everywhere in between. kilometres offshore from the beach In 2012 the group catalogued at Yeerung River. invertebrates on Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary. This identification booklet that The reefs that lie below the surface you have in your hand is the end result of are rich in marine life and habitat, this fabulous project. with a unique mix of both warmer and cooler temperate species, due to its location between the Eastern Australian current flowing from the north and a cooler westerly current flowing through Bass Strait.
To date approximately 100 fish species, 4 marine mammals, 1 marine reptile, 28 seaweeds, 40 sponges and more than 180 other invertebrates have been catalogued within the Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary.
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Green Algae are closely related to some terrestrial plants such as mosses, fern and conifers. This particular group is less common at Beware Reef due to the physical nature of the reef and dominance of deep water, but a number of species are represented in some of the shallower sections of the reef especially around the exposed Green Algae, section to the north.
Brown Algae & Brown Algae are the most common Red Algae seaweeds seen at Beware Reef. They include most of the larger sized species attached to the reef, which is why they seem to dominate the shallower waters.
Red Algae are very common in southern waters and make up the largest group of marine plants. Identification of this species however is very difficult because it relies on differences between plant structures rather than overall appearances.
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Sawtooth Caulerpa
Caulerpa remotifolia
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Family: Caulerpaceae
Fern Caulerpa
Caulerpa flexilis
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Family: Caulerpaceae
Awled Cystophora
Cystophora cuspidata
Phylum: Heterokontophyta
Family: Cystoseiraceae
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Fanweed
Zonaria turneriana
Phylum: Heterokontophyta
Family: Dictyotaceae
Southern Peacockweed
Distromium flabellatum
Phylum: Heterokontophyta
Family: Dictyotaceae
Common Kelp
Ecklonia radiata
Phylum: Heterokontophyta
Family: Alariaceae
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Flat-branched Coralline
Amphiroa anceps
Phylum: Rhodophyta
Family: Corallinaceae
Rosy Coralline
Haliptilon roseum
Phylum: Rhodophyta
Family: Corallinaceae
Spongy Leafweed
Epiglossum smithiae
Phylum: Rhodophyta
Family: Rhodomelaceae
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Sponges are the dominant species on the deeper sections of Beware Reef. They are a very diverse species, some colourful, some free-standing whilst others are encrusting.
Their bodies are perforated by numerous pores called ostia, through which water is drawn, and a few large openings, the oscules from which the water is expelled.
Large volumes of water are passed through these sponges as they filter food as it passes through them. Because they are filter feeders they Sponges do best where there is a strong current or wave action.
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Ball Sponge
Ancorina geodides
Phylum: Porifera
Apricot Tube Sponge
Siphonochalina sp.
Phylum: Porifera
Cream Honeycomb Sponge
Holopsamma Laminaefavosa
Phylum: Porifera
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Cup Sponge
Carteriospongia caliciformis
Phylum: Porifera
Prickly Rose Sponge
Dendrilla rosea
Phylum: Porifera
Sponge
Euryspongia sp.
Phylum: Porifera
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Orange Dimpled Sponge
Cliona sp.
Phylum: Porifera
Sponge
Pseudoceratina sp.
Phylum: Porifera
Papilate Encrusting Sponge
Strongylacidon sp.
Phylum: Porifera
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Plate Sponge
Strepsichordaia caliciformis
Phylum: Porifera
Southern Golfball Sponge
Tethya bergquistae
Phylum: Porifera
Cream Columnar Sponge
Thorecta sp.
Phylum: Porifera
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This group of invertebrates is very widely represented within the Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary. There are two basic types of cnidarians (Pronounced: nye – dare – ee – ans).
Polyps – that have a tubular body attached at one end to the seabed, either individually or as part of a colony, with tentacles surrounding the mouth at the other.
Jellyfish, Medusae – are free swimming hemispherical bodied animals, Sea Pens, with tentacles surrounding a Anemones, central mouth on the under surface. Corals & An interesting characteristic of Hydroids Cnidarians is that they have stinging cells in the tentacles and body wall, for either protection or capturing prey.
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Aequorea eurhodina
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Hydroida
Lion’s Mane Jelly
Cyanea annaskala
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Great Sea Pen
Sarcoptilus grandis
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Pennatulacea
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Corynactis australis
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Corallimorpharia
Apricot Jewell Anemone
Corynactis australis
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Corallimorpharia
Anemone
Epiactis sp.
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Actiniaria
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Phlyctenactis tuberculosa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Actiniaria
White-striped Anemone
Actiniid sp. 3
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Actiniaria
Southern Sea Anemone
Phlyctenanthus australis
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Actiniaria
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Mopsella sp.
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
Jetty Octocoral
Carijoa sp.
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
Johnstone’s Soft Coral
Capnella johnstonei
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
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Acabaria sp.
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
Blue Green Soft Coral
Capnella sp.
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
Delicate Soft Coral
Clavularia sp.
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
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Mopsea sp.
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Alcyonacea
Elongate Seagrass Hydroid
Stereotheca elongata
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Hydroida
Yellow Feathery Hydroid
Halopteris campanula
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Hydroida
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Gymnangium sp.
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Hydroida
Wilson’s Hydroid
Clathrozoon wilsoni
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Hydroida
Sea Fern
Sertularia macrocarpa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Hydroida
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Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Zoanthiniaria
Yellow Zoanthid
Parazoanthus sp. 1
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Zoanthiniaria
Little Coral
Culicia tenella
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
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Crayfish, Sea Spiders & Shrimps
Crayfish, Southern Rock Lobster
Jasus edwardsii
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
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CNIDARIANS&Serrated Hinge-back Shrimp CNIDARIANS & &
Rhynchocinetes serratus
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Evan’s Sea Spider
Anoplodactylus evansi
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Pycnogonida
Gippsland Sea Spider
Pallenopsis gippslandiae
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Pycnogonida
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CNIDARIANS&Serrated Hinge-back Shrimp CNIDARIANSMolluscs &are a very diverse & group making it difficult to generalise on features across the group. Rhynchocinetes serratus All molluscs have body structures Phylum: Arthropoda of the same basic pattern, they have a head and muscular foot Subphylum: Crustacea which may be modified to form tentacles. Class: Malacostraca Molluscs may have a single shell like snails, a pair of shells hinged Snails, together such as in mussels, have internal shells such as cuttlefish or Shells, sea hares, or can be completely Nudibranchs & absent shells such as nudibranchs and octopus. Octopus
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CNIDARIANS& CNIDARIANSElephant Snail & & CNIDARIANS &
Scutus antipodes
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Smooth Helmet Shell
Phalium pyrum
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Marine Snail
Caledoniella contusiformis
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
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CNIDARIANS& CNIDARIANS & Pink & Top Shell CNIDARIANS &
Calliostoma armillatum
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Patterned Chiton
Rhyssoplax calliozona
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Ridged File Shell
Limatula strangei
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
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Hypselodoris benetti
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Opisthobranchia
Sweet Ceratosoma
Ceratosoma amoenum
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Opisthobranchia
Tasmanian Chromodorid
Chromodoris tasmaniensis
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Opisthobranchia
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CNIDARIANS& CNIDARIANS & Marigold & Dorid CNIDARIANS & Neodoris chrysoderma
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Opisthobranchia
Gloomy Octopus
Octopus tetricus
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Tasmanian Chromodorid Cuttlefish Chromodoris tasmaniensis Sepia apama Phylum: Mollusca Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Class: Cephalopoda Subclass: Opisthobranchia
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BRYZO Bryozoans are minute animals that form colonies on top of each other to build coral like structures up to one metre across.
Each animal (zooids) builds a hard case around itself, but on dying a new animal builds next to the old case, thus, over time forming a structure.
Bryozoans & Lace Corals
Green Soft Bryozoan
Bugula dentata
Phylum: Bryozoa
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Folded-plate Bryozoan
Steginoporella chartacea
Phylum: Bryozoa
Lace Coral, Lace Bryozoan
Triphyllozoon muniliferum
Phylum: Bryozoa
Green Soft Bryozoan
Bugula dentata
Phylum: Bryozoa
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All Echinoderms have a radially symmetrical body, a unique internal water transport system, and have tube feet which are used for movement and gas exchange.
Nevertheless, echinoids are animals that have an internal calcareous skeleton, like vertebrates.
They have a remarkable power of Feather Stars, regeneration. Many can grow new limbs and guts if damaged. And Sea Cucumbers, some deliberately shed arms as Brittle Stars, a reproduction process known as fission. Sea Urchins & Seastars
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Tasmanian Feather Star
Comanthus tasmaniae
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Feather Star
Cenolia trichoptera
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Southern Sea Cucumber
Australostichopus mollis
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Holothuroidea
Family: Stichopodidae
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Southern Basket Star
Conocladus australis
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Family: Gorgonocephalidae
Schayer’s Brittle Star Ophionereis schayeri Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Ophiuroidea Family: Ophionereidae
Heart Urchin
Echinocardium cordatum
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
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Inflated Egg Urchin
Holopneustes inflatus
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Family: Temnopleuridae
Hollow-spined Urchin, Black Urchin
Centrostephanus rodgersii
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Opisthobranchia
Family: Diadematidae
Common Urchin
Heliocidaris erythrogramma
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Family: Echinometridae
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Eleven-armed Seastar
Coscinasterias muricata
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Family: Asteriidae
Many-spotted Seastar
Fromia Polypora
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Family: Ophidiasteridae
Spotted Seastar
Nectria ocellata
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Family: Oreasteridae
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Ascidians have two widely different stages of development. When in the larval stage (juvenile), they have a tadpole like appearance so as to be easily dispersed by wind and currents. When a suitable place to settle is found they attach themselves to the reef and grow into a mature animal.
Ascidians are essentially filter feeders that rely on the currents and wave action to bring the food to it, as it is unable to move once it has secured itself to the reef.
Ascidians
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Magnificent ascidian
Botrylloides magnicoecum
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Ascidiacea
Family: Styelidae
Ascidian Cnemidocarpa radiocosa Phylum: Chordata Class: Ascidiacea Family: Styelidae
Deadman’s fingers
Botrylloides perspicuus
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Ascidiacea
Family: Styelidae
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Spongy Compound Ascidian
Didemnum lissoclinum
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Ascidiacea
Family: Didemnidae
Ascidian
Leptoclinides frustus
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Ascidiacea
Family: Didemnidae
Brain Ascidian
Sycozoa cerebriformis
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Ascidiacea
Family: Holozoidae
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Key-shape Ascidian
Pseudodiazona claviformis
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Ascidiacea
Family: Diazonidae
Grape Ascidian Clavelina cylindrica Phylum: Chordata Class: Ascidiacea Family: Clavelinidae
Blue Flask Ascidian
Prodoclavella sp.
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Ascidiacea
Family: Clavelinidae
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Giant Jelly Ascidian Polycitor giganteus Phylum: Chordata Class: Ascidian Family: Polycitoridae
Sluiter’s Compound Ascidian
Aplidium multiplicatum
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Ascidiacea
Family: Polyclinidae
Blue Flask Ascidian Southern Sea Tulip
Prodoclavella sp. Pyura australis
Phylum: Chordata Phylum: Chordata
Class: Ascidiacea Class: Ascidiacea
Family: Clavelinidae Family: Pyuridae
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Fish are the most easily identifiable species that humans readily associate with the sea. Because they are a major food source they are of an economic value as well. Beware Reef, like the rest of the southern Australian coastline, is well represented with a wide variety of fish species. They are divided into a number of basic groups:
Cartilaginous fish – have a flexible skeleton made of cartilage, rigid fins, have bodies covered in fine Cartilaginous Fish & tooth like scales called denticles, and have more than one gill slit. Bony Fish Bony fish – have a bony skeleton, with a single gill opening on either side of the head, and most are covered in a scaly skin.
Draughtboard Shark, Swell Shark
Cephaloscyllium laticeps
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
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Banjo Ray, Fiddler Ray
Trygonorrhina fasciata
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Family: Rhinobatidae
Port Jackson Shark
Heterodontus portusjacksoni
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Family: Heterodontidae
Draughtboard Shark, Swell Shark
Cephaloscyllium laticeps
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
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White Pointer Shark
Carcharodon carcharias
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Family: Lamnidae
Green Moray
Gymnothorax prasinus
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Muraenidae
Largetooth Beardie
Lotella rhacinus
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Moridae
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Red Rock Cod
Scorpaena papillosa
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Scorpaenidae
Barber Perch (female)
Caesioperca rasor
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Serranidae
Largetooth Beardie Halfbanded Seaperch
Lotella rhacinus Hypoplectrodes maccullochi
Phylum: Chordata Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Moridae Family: Serranidae
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Hypoplectrodes nigroruber Parequula melbournensis
Phylum: Chordata Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Serranidae Family: Gerreidae
Yellow-banded Seaperch Hypoplectrodes annulatus Phylum: Chordata Class: Osteichthyes Family: Serranidae A/N: Yellow-banded Seaperch generally lives upside down in caves.
Red Gurnard Butterfly Perch Helicolenus alporti Caesioperca lepidoptera Phylum: Chordata Phylum: Chordata Class: Osteichthyes Class: Osteichthyes Family: Scorpaenidae Family: Serranidae
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Melbourne Silverbelly, Lowfin
Parequula melbournensis
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Gerreidae
Longsnout boarfish
Pentaceropsis recurvirostris
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Pentacerotidae
Red Gurnard
Helicolenus alporti
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Scorpaenidae
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Chromis hypsilepis
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Pomacentridae
Jackass Morwong, Sea Bream, Silver Perch
Nemadactylus macropterus
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Cheilodactylidae
Striped Seapike Southern Maori Wrasse
Sphyraena sp Ophthalmolepis lineolatus
Phylum: Chordata Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Shyraenidae Family: Labridae
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Senator Wrasse (male)
Pictilabrus laticlavitus
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Labridae
Blue-Throat Wrasse
Notolabrus tetricus
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Labridae
Striped Seapike Southern Maori Wrasse
Sphyraena sp Ophthalmolepis lineolatus
Phylum: Chordata Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Shyraenidae Family: Labridae
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Rosy Weedfish
Heteroclinus roseus
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Clinidae
Horseshoe Globefish, Porcupine Fish Leatherjacket Diodon nicthemerus Meuschenia hippocrepis Phylum: Chordata Phylum: Chordata Class: Osteichthyes Class: Osteichthyes Family: Diodontidae Family: Monacanthidae
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Sixspine Leatherjacket
Meuschenia freycineti
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Monacanthida
Bastard Trumpeter
latridopsis forsteri
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Latrididae
Globefish, Porcupine Fish
Diodon nicthemerus
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Diodontidae
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Barred Leatherjacket Class: Osteichthyes
Cantherhines dumerilii Family: Pomacentridae Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Latrididae
Round Belly Cowfish
Lactoria diaphana
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Ostraciidae
Seven-armed Seastar
Tasselled Kelpfish Astrostole scabra
Chironemus georgianus Phylum: Echinodermata Phylum: Chordata Class: Asteroidea Class: Osteichthyes Family: Asteriidae Family: Chironemidae
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Victorian Scalyfin
Parma vistoriae
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Family: Pomacentridae
Thompsons Chromodoris
Chromodoris thompsoni
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Opisthobranchia
Seven-armed Seastar
Astrostole scabra
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Family: Asteriidae
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Acknowledgements
Many people contributed their knowledge, time and passion to put this Identification Booklet together.
We are grateful for the help of:
• Friends of Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary
• Coastcare Victoria – Gippsland
• Graham J. Edgar
• Parks Victoria
Acknowledgment: Steffan Howe, Mike Irvine, Lisa Petrus, Rodolfo Maia, Don Love Alan Wilkins and John Ariens.
Disclaimer Lots of effort was put in to provide accurate information, unfortunately this Identification Booklet may not be perfect. It is proposed to be a simple guide only and should be considered as such.
Photography by: Friends of Beware Reef
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