Search results for "skin flaps"

• Raggy Scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis venosa (Cuvier, 1829)
  

  As its standard name suggests, this tropical marine species is covered with skin flaps and tentacles.

• Sargassum Anglerfish, Histrio histrio (Linnaeus, 1758)
  

  Unlike most other shallow-water anglerfishes the skin of the Sargassum Anglerfish is smooth rather than prickly. The species occurs in all tropical marine waters except the Eastern Pacific.

• Whiskered Pipefish, Halicampus macrorhynchus, Solomon Islands, 1998
  

   

• Giant Australian Cuttlefish
  

   

• Giant Australian Cuttlefish
  

   

• Pouch Lamprey, Geotria australis Gray, 1851
  

  The Pouch Lamprey is a jawless fish that has skin flaps around the mouth.

• Clever Chameleon - Jenny Ough
  

   

• Why are they called triggerfishes?
  

  Triggerfishes (Balistidae) and leatherjackets (Monacanthidae) have a first dorsal fin spine that can be locked into an erect position.

• This week in Fish: Red Rag to a Fish
  

  Another huge week, but not for the website.  We were too busy moving sharks and rays to a new area ... but more on that in an upcoming blog.

• Goram Dragonet, Diplogrammus goramensis
  

   

• Girdled Pipefish at Fly Point
  

   

• Girdled Pipefish, Festucalex cinctus
  

   

• Spotted Wobbegong, Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788)
  

  The Spotted Wobbegong has a pattern of dark saddles, white o-shaped spots and white blotches.  The species is widely distributed in subtropical and temperate Australian waters.

• Whitespotted Anglerfish, Phyllophryne scortea (McCulloch & Waite, 1918)
  

  The Whitespotted Anglerfish is variable in colour. It can be yellow, orange, brown or black. The species is endemic to Australia.

• Banded Wobbegong, Orectolobus ornatus (De Vis, 1883)
  

  The Banded Wobbegong is a distinctively coloured bottom-dwelling species that occurs on inshore reefs and near offshore islands.