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Tailor are one of the most popular recreational fishing species along the west coast of Western Australia. Learn more about what fisheries' scientists know of tailor from more than 15 years worth of data collection on this species.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
With their goggling, oddly placed eyes and their whisker-like pectoral filaments, threadfins are one of the weirder looking Western Australian fish species. Find out more about the biology of these weird looking fish and the commercial fishery in this fact sheet.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
Plankton are small or microscopic organisms, both plant and animal, that drift on the ocean currents.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
Barramundi are a highly opportunistic, dominant fish species in many tropical rivers. Delicious to eat and thrilling to catch, they live in both freshwater and saltwater and eat just about anything.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 09.06.2022
Students will identify fish adaptations and discuss how these may help the fish survive in its habitat.
Resource type: LessonLast updated: 12.04.2022
Resource type: UnitLast updated: 24.02.2022
Students will attempt to build a plankton model that has neutral buoyancy.
Resource type: LessonLast updated: 11.05.2021
Fishes are a large and varied group of aquatic animal, superbly designed for underwater life. Bony fish represent the largest and most diverse class of fishes, with well over 20,000 species. This interactive poster explores the internal anatomy of a bony fish.
Resource type: PosterLast updated: 13.04.2021
Fishes are a large and varied group of aquatic animal, superbly designed for underwater life. Bony fish represent the largest and most diverse class of fishes, with well over 20,000 species. This interactive poster explores the external anatomy of a bony fish.
Resource type: PosterLast updated: 13.04.2021
Typically found in estuaries and coastal waters off Western Australia, flounder have an interesting life history.
Resource type: Fun Fact SheetLast updated: 21.09.2020
Resource type: VideoLast updated: 21.09.2020
Resource type: VideoLast updated: 21.09.2020
Mangrove forests are one of Australia's most geographically widespread ecosystems. They provide a crucial role in the protection of Australia's coastline as well as being vital for the biological health and productivity of Australia's coastal waters.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 26.05.2020
Fish have adapted to live in an enormously wide range of aquatic habitats. Adaptations are features that increase the animals’ likelihood of surviving in their habitat.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 26.05.2020
Reefs provide a foundation for many plants and animals, supporting a great diversity of marine organisms that rely on the reef for food, protection, shelter and somewhere to reproduce. Reefs create a natural buffer to strong winds and waves that would otherwise erode the coastline.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 26.05.2020
The East Kimberley is home to the impressive Ord River, a 650 kilometre long watercourse with an expansive catchment area of around 55,100 square kilometres.
Resource type: Fact SheetLast updated: 12.05.2020
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
This presentation is associated with the Lesson: How fish live.
Resource type: PresentationLast updated: 26.04.2020
This Student Worksheet is associated with the Lesson: How fish live
Resource type: Student WorksheetLast updated: 15.04.2020
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
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