2010 International Year of Biodiversity
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity – established by the United Nations to increase worldwide awareness of biodiversity and its importance, and to engage more people in its conservation.
Organisations like us all over the world will be running programs and events to celebrate biodiversity and to reveal both the threats and the success stories. Next year, the Australian Museum will be joining in this worldwide effort – giving you the chance to see our collections, share in our research efforts and find out how our resources can help you discover and conserve our biodiversity.
Our Biodiversity site will grow and develop throughout 2010. It is your museum, so join in – find out about our program, and give us your thoughts and ideas on what you would like to see and do here. Make connections, share your biodiversity stories, and become part of the International Year of Biodiversity.
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Brooke Carson-Ewart
1.03 PM, 12 March 2010
Hi Graham, Thank you so much for your comment and attached photo we love getting possible extensions of habitat for species! Can I ask you to possibly copy and past your comment on to our Ringscale Triplefin factsheet though so that it goes to our Ichthyology department who will most definitely be able to help you. It also means that other people who are particularly interested in fish will see both your comment and photo. Thanks again and I look forward to seeing what the Ichthyologists have to say!
GrahamMc
12.03 AM, 04 March 2010
All of my reference books, and the Australian Museum website, show that the distribution of the fish Ring-scale Triplefin (Enneapterygius atrogulare) is along the East coast of Australia. I think I have identified it in Cockburn Sound, Western Australia. Please could you check the identification of the fish in the attached image taken on 28 Feb 2010 at a depth of 3m~5m (I've had to drop the resolution to 72dpi in order to upload it). Assuming it is the Ring-scale Triplefin, do you know of any other reported sightings from Western Australia?
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