Fish Fieldwork - NORFANZ, May - June 2003
Over 20 scientists from Australia, New Zealand, France and the USA surveyed the fish and marine invertebrate faunas of seamounts along the two major submarine mountain ranges in the Tasman Sea.
Blobfish, Psychrolutes (aka Mr Blobby)
Kerryn Parkinson
© NORFANZ Founding Parties
For four weeks during May and June 2003, Mark McGrouther, John Paxton and Kerryn Parkinson participated in the joint New Zealand and Australia Norfolk Ridge - Lord Howe Rise Biodiversity Voyage (NORFANZ).
Over 150 trawls were made at depths down to 2000 m to collect specimens from these poorly known areas. A large number of new species were collected including the famous 'Mr Blobby'.
- Australian Burrfish
- Ballina Angelfish
- Beaked Salmon
- Blue Grenadier
- Longhead Dreamer
- Ingolf Duckbill Eel
- Dwarf Dory
- Fanfin Angler
- Fangtooth
- Gelatinous Blindfish
- Gilbert's Halosaur
- Hammerjaw
- Humpback Blackdevil
- King Gar
- Largescale Neoscopelid
- Longray Spiderfish
- Pacific Spookfish
- Pelican Eel
- Orange Roughy
- Plunket's Dogfish
- Portuguese Dogfish
- Red Little Gurnard Perch
- Ribbon Barracudina
- Sharpnose Sevengill Shark
- Shortsnout Lancetfish
- Short-tail Torpedo Ray
- Silver Lightfish
- Temperate Snaggletooth
- Snubnosed Eel
- Soft Leafvent Angler
- Southern Spineback
- Spangled Tubeshoulder
- Eucla Slickhead
- Spiky Oreodory
- Stoplight Loosejaw
- Triplewart Seadevil
- Viperfish
The NORFANZ voyage was funded by the National Oceans Office and the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries. Scientific support was provided by CSIRO and the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd.
The full cruise report can be viewed on the Department of Environment and Heritige website.
View further information including a photo gallery and a daily voyage diary.
Mark McGrouther
, Collection Manager, Ichthyology
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