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Odontodactylus scyllarus
The males of this species are mainly green in colour with a blue head, red eyes, and red and white front claws. Females and juveniles are a pale green to yellow on the body. They live in burrows that they construct and will defend the front of these quite ferociously.
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Solenostomus paradoxus
Their colour is highly variable from semi-transparent to black with spots, lines and rings scribbled over their body, that are red, yellow or white in colour. They have small soft spikes covering body particularly around head and tail.
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Flabellina rubrolineata
The Red-Lined Flabellina, Flabellina rubrolineata, is reddish with dark red or purple tips on the cerata. It feeds on hydroids. Illustrated below is another colour form
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Stenopus hispidus
The banded cleaner shrimp, Stenopus hispidus, is a slender shrimp with distinctive red and white banding along its body and long third legs.
They are often found in pairs of a female and a smaller male at cleaner stations near entrances to caves and crevices.
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Chelonia mydas
Green turtles are named so due to green fat underneath their shell. On top they tend to be a reddish mottled brown. The Green turtle are now considered an endangered species, in some areas they have been completely wiped-out.
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Carcharias taurus
Grey to brown coloured body above and pale grey underneath. They have dark grey spots on the side, which are not as evident on fully matured adults. It can usually be found in coastal waters around caves, ledges and drop offs.
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Neopetrolisthes maculosus
Porcelain crabs, Neopetrolisthes maculosus, are often found in pairs on anemones. They are cream or brown with red blotches. Males are usually bigger than females. Porcelain crabs are filter feeders.
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Pterois volitans
The Common Lionfish, Pterois volitans, has large feathery fins, bands on body, with dark spots on the fins, and light spots along lateral line. Appendages above the eye are highly variable to nonexistent. Colours vary from red to black.
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Caretta caretta
Loggerheads are carnivorous. They can sometimes be seen digging around and breaking off pieces of cunjevoi. When they do this, large numbers of fish will gather around for their share of the meal. Loggerheads also eat molluscs, crabs, jellyfish, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and fish.
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Bullina lineata
The shell of Bullina lineata is marked with fine red lines. The mantle is smooth with a bluish tinge. The animals eyes are just visible in the lower part of the photo. Bullina lineata eats worms.
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Gymnothorax prasinus
Green Moray Eels, Gymnothorax prasinus, are yellowish brown to bright green or orange. The colouring may be depth related as the green colouring is caused by algae in the skin. They generally hide in crevices during the day and go out into the open to feed at night.
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Exallias brevis
The Leopard Blenny, Exallias brevis, has very distinctive markings.It has branched tentacles above the eyes. The Leopard Blenny feeds on coral polyps and is usually found among branches of Pocillopora as shown above, or other corals.
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Hypselodoris bennetti
Faded purple-blue with reddish purple spots. Mantle is outlined with yellow.Size: 5cm in Length (Maximum)
Diet: Sponges, Polychaetes & Algae
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Pomacanthus semicirculatus
The Blue Angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus) is one of the most wide spread Angelfish throughout Australia, the Blue Angelfish differ greatly in appearance from juvenile to adulthood.
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Gymnothorax eurostus
Abbott's moray, Gymnothorax eurostus, has a yellowish brown body, with many small yellowish or white spots on the front of the body becoming larger at the rear. There are also dark spots towards the front and a yellow or white edge on tail.
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Cirripectes castaneus
The spotted-chin bleny, Cirripectes castaneus, has a series of dark bars along the sides.
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Ostracion cubicus
The juvenile boxfish can be easily recognised by its box like shape and striking bright yellow body covered in black spots. As adults, the bright yellow fades to a more subtle shade and the spots decrease in size and turn to a more brownish colour.
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Petroscirtes fallax
The Yellow Sabretooth Blenny, Petroscirtes fallax, is yellow above and white below, with two bold horizontal black stripes. They often swim in pairs.
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Dardanus pedunculatus
This strikingly coloured Hermit crab is best recognised by the orange to red bands that adorn its eye stalks. They eyes of the crab are generally jade green. Size: 12cm in length, Diet: Small Crustaceans, Detritus
