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Big guy about 1m long

1 of 4 or 5 individuals checking me out while spearfishing at cheese and onion rocks, Makara.

About 8-10mm long

Blue Hochstetter Frog found in an old gold mine tunnel

Dredged at 740m

p.68: https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/uploads/public/Publications/Fauna-of-NZ-Series/FNZ78print.pdf

found in 8m in Cavalli Islands

Was very small, and lived among the gaps between mussels.

This is (my best guess) ID for the fish.

Many seen in one hour snorkel

Out on the sand. Paradoris dubia?

He killed the other sparrow

Length c. 70 cm TL.

Observation and images courtesy of Lewis Turnbull.

Observation and images copyright Lewis Turnbull.

Very happy to find this one. Was just at the edge of a random overhang quite deep.
Interesting that it was almost exactly a year ago these were last seen around here.

~1cm long
~3m subtidal

On mid tide shaded rocks.

Duplicate https://inaturalist.nz/observations/130846052

Getting confused with the descriptions of these species. Limnichthys? Tewara? @clinton?

I assume this is a juvenile stargazer. I came across it along the high water mark. Still alive. So I returned it to the sea.

Variable triple fin eating a blue-eyed triple fin.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/107387471 apparenlty, though really doesn't look much like most of them

Big one hiding in a massive sponge.

~10cm long
~3m subtidal

Edit: I went back almost six months later and it is still there in the exact same spot. 29/09/22

Shark 2 F (Crew sighted female). Hanging out with Shark 1 sighted as male

With eggs. Under a rock at approx. -1m.
See here: http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5822

Tiny orange fishes in the left in front of the purple blob

Size: ~80mm
Location: Low tide, Bull creek scenic reserve near Dunedin

Common in bottles/cans. 2022 Ghost Diving Annual Harbour Cleanup.

Living on subtidal rock wall in an overhang.

In Lessonia.

~5cm long
<1m Depth

Hiding in Lessonia.

~4cm long
<1m Depth

Herpetological survey with Mr Knox. 5 individuals shown. Alpine rock systems.

Cool to find these again, and now I know where they live. There were lots of them in the upper intertidal area of the rocks, this was around high tide. Habitat shots last.

~3-5mm long
<1m depth

This was a surprise. Two shy individuals within a rock. One larger than the other.
Tasmanian blenny?

I estimate ~5cm long
~1.5m depth

6 orca in the estuary feeding at low tide

between gobies, glass gobies and shrimp

~6cm long

In a shallow rock pool, close to the water line at low tide, pabout 5cm long.

approximately 6m deep

dried dead gecko blown by wind and caught in between two rocks. freeeeaaaakkkkyyyy!

post-larval "puerulus" stage, P1,P2,P3 and P4 stages

Species? imaged atop eggs.

Dark toadfish.

Image courtesy of Lindsay Chadderton.

Eggs on the stem of Sabella spallanzanii

The Anemone/coral cup, the Ceratosoma is identified in a separate sighting on this dive