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Introduced
Species
Other Fish sites:
Conger
EelRed
rock cod
Pipefish,
Seahorse, Seadragon
Gurnard
Flathead
Barber
Perch
Cardinal
fish, Gobbleguts
Marble
Fish /Stinky
Groper
Jackass
Morwong
Bastard
Trumpeter
Stripey
Trumpeter
Blue Throat
Wrasse
Purple
Wrasse
Rock
Whiting
Stargazer
Greenback
Flounder
Leatherjacket
Cowfish
Porcupine
(Globe) Fish
- Phyllopteryx taeniolatus - Weedy Sea Dragon
- (Edgar, 1997)
- Hippocampus breviceps - Short Headed
Seahorse
- (Edgar, 1997)
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At the Marine Discovery Centre, we are lucky
enough to regulary find Big Belly Seahorses and Spotted Pipefish (both
described below). In the waters around Tasmania, you may also be lucky
enough to find Weedy Seadragons and another type of seahorse, the
Short-headed Seahorse (both pictured below). Neither of these are kept
at the Marine Discovery Centre for they are very sensative to their
environment and do not survive well in captivity.
- Hippocampus abdominalis - Big Bellied
Seahorse
- This picture shows a male (large belly) and
female.
- (Grant, 1987)
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- Habitat:
Sheltered and moderately exposed reef; 0 - 12 m depth
- Distribution:
SA to NSW, and around Tasmania
- Maximum
Size:
Length to 250 mm
- Diet:
Small Shrimps (Mysids)
- Comments:
- This species of seahorse is commonly found
around Tasmania. Seahorses are unique because the males have
the babies! That is, they incubate the eggs until they are
ready to hatch. This species is under threat due to large
numbers being dried and exported to Asia for use as
aphrodisiacs. This demand has seen the success of the Seahorse
Farm at Beauty Point, Tasmania, who breed seahorses and
provide them to the aquarium trade.
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- Stigmatopora argus - Spotted
Pipefish
- (Edgar, 1997)
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- Habitat: Sheltered seagrass, algae; 0
- 8 m depth
- Distribution: WA to NSW and around
Tasmania
- Maximum Size: Length to 260 mm
- Diet: Small shrimp
- Comments:
- These pipefish are caught regularly in our
dredges. They are so well camouflaged that they are extremely
difficult to see.
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