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Typically found in estuaries and coastal waters off Western Australia, flounder have an interesting life history.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 17.05.2020
Owing to similarities in shape, adult herring can easily be confused with juvenile Australian salmon.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 06.05.2020
Hammerhead sharks are easily identifiable by their distinctive hammer-like heads.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 05.05.2020
There are around 1,000 different species of chitons worldwide. In Australia, South Australia has the greatest concentration of species.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 04.05.2020
There are 1,200 species of barnacles around the world that come in a variety of shapes and sizes.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 04.05.2020
I am brightly coloured and have a pattern of zebra-like stripes over my body. These stripes are usually white and either red, maroon or brown.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 04.05.2020
Dhufish are endemic to Western Australia, meaning they are found no where else in the world.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 30.04.2020
I am a predator species that lives on coral reefs.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 30.04.2020
Humpback whales are found in all the world’s major oceans.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 30.04.2020
Manta rays are the largest species of rays in the world.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 29.04.2020
Swaying in the current, anchored by their grasping tails, seahorses are actually a type of small fish - with bony plates protecting their bodies instead of scales.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 29.04.2020
With eight arms, three hearts and blue blood, cuttlefish could easily be mistaken for something from outer space.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 29.04.2020
Bumphead Parrotfish are one of the largest fish to be found on the coral reefs of the Indian Ocean Territories.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 01.04.2020
The common name 'sweetlip' is used in the Indian Ocean Territories to describe a couple of emperor species - the orange-striped emperor and the yellowlip emperor.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 01.04.2020
Two species of mullet are found in the lagoon at Cocos (Keeling) Islands; diamond scale mullet and sea mullet.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 01.04.2020
Of the large trevally family, the most well-known is the Giant Trevally.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 01.04.2020
The loggerhead turtle is one of six marine turtles found in Australia, including the green, leatherback, olive ridley, hawksbill and flatback turtles.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 01.04.2020
Humphead maori wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) are a large and long-lived species of wrasse that can be found on Indo-Pacific coral reefs in water ranging from 1 to 100 metres depth.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 01.04.2020
White sharks are warm blooded. They have a heat-exchanging circulatory system that allows them to maintain their body temperature above that of the surrounding seawater. This allows them to swim at high speeds through cooler water.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 20.08.2019
Barracuda are pelagic fish, meaning they are found near the surface of the water, and are one of the fastest fish in the sea!
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 20.08.2019
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