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Schooling Bannerfish, Heniochus diphreut

Schooling Bannerfish, Heniochus diphreutes Jordan, 1903

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Mark McGrouther
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19/12/18
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Schooling Bannerfish, Heniochus diphreutes — A Schooling Bannerfish at a depth of 10 m, Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, February 2011. Image: Richard Vevers
© Richard Vevers

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fishes of sydney harbour Chaetodontidae

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Bigeye Sixgill Shark, Hexanchus nakamurai Teng, 1962
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