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SpeciesScientists Discover Mysterious New Fish in the Red Sea – and Have Never Seen It Again OceanEye to eye with Britain's hidden sharks at SharkAdemy - Oceanographic RiversIn October, biologists surveying a New York harbor for invasive fish pulled up a bright yellow one. It wasn't an invasive species at all OceanShedd Aquarium Sends Shark Eggs to Bolster Wild Populations SpeciesA rare fish has been found in Lake Ontario, North America, whose entire body is golden. It is a nati..OceanThe Great Sea Reef Is Fiji’s Wildest Dive, and a New Frontier for Conservation OceanEckerd College professor contributes to designating Biscayne Bay an Important Shark and Ray Area SpeciesRio Verde Grande Survey Identifies Fifty-Three Fish Species Facing Flow Reductions FisheriesAdams River Salmon Run in Thompson-Nicola IndiaHilsa production dropped 26% in five years, fisheries minister tells parliament SpeciesScientists Discover Mysterious New Fish in the Red Sea – and Have Never Seen It Again OceanEye to eye with Britain's hidden sharks at SharkAdemy - Oceanographic RiversIn October, biologists surveying a New York harbor for invasive fish pulled up a bright yellow one. It wasn't an invasive species at all OceanShedd Aquarium Sends Shark Eggs to Bolster Wild Populations SpeciesA rare fish has been found in Lake Ontario, North America, whose entire body is golden. It is a nati..OceanThe Great Sea Reef Is Fiji’s Wildest Dive, and a New Frontier for Conservation OceanEckerd College professor contributes to designating Biscayne Bay an Important Shark and Ray Area SpeciesRio Verde Grande Survey Identifies Fifty-Three Fish Species Facing Flow Reductions FisheriesAdams River Salmon Run in Thompson-Nicola IndiaHilsa production dropped 26% in five years, fisheries minister tells parliament

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Fish of Oceania

76 fish from Oceania on EveryFish so far.

Fish places

Sydney Fish Market 4 The Great Barrier Reef 1

Events

Whale shark season at Ningaloo

Countries

🇦🇺 Australia 71 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇳🇿 New Zealand 18 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 9

🇦🇺 Australia and 2 moreWobbegong Camouflaged bottom-dwelling sharks found in the western Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean.Shark · Coasts and shelves

🇦🇺 AustraliaLongnose sawshark A slender Australian shark with a long, toothed snout.Shark · Coasts and shelves

🇦🇺 AustraliaGummy shark A bottom-dwelling shark from southern Australia known for its crushing teeth and commercial fillets.Shark · Coasts and shelves

🇯🇵 Japan and 3 moreFrilled shark An ancient, eel-like deep-sea shark with six pairs of gill slits and needle teeth.Shark · Open ocean · 1884

🇦🇺 AustraliaSpotted wobbegong A camouflaged carpet shark native to Australian coastal waters.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1778

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Wobbegong: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Longnose sawshark: William Buelow Gould (1801 - 1853). Reproduction by the Allport Librar, Public domain, source
Gummy shark: F. Schönfeld, Public domain, source
Frilled shark: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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