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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

81 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 79 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇳🇿 New Zealand 25 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 9

🇦🇺 AustraliaDwarf sawfish Smallest sawfish species, native to tropical Australia and New Guinea.Ray · Estuaries and mangroves

🇦🇺 AustraliaGiant moray A large Indo-Pacific eel known for its size and role in reef ecosystems.Eel · Coral reefs

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

🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreSpeartooth shark Rare river shark of northern Australia and New GuineaShark · Rivers and lakes · 1839 🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreNorthern river shark Rare requiem shark of northern Australian and Papuan riversShark · Rivers and lakes · 2008

🇦🇺 Australia and 2 moreTasselled wobbegong A camouflaged carpet shark with a fringed head.Shark · Coasts and shelves · 1867

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

🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreNarrow sawfish A rare ray with a toothed snout found in Indo-Pacific waters.Ray · Coasts and shelves

🇦🇺 Australia and 4 moreLongcomb sawfish A critically endangered sawfish with a toothed rostrum.Ray · Coasts and shelves

Photo credits on this page

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

Dwarf sawfish: Gant223, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Giant moray: Nhobgood Nick Hobgood, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Wobbegong: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Speartooth shark: Bill Harrison, CC BY 2.0, source
Tasselled wobbegong: Lakshmi Sawitri, CC BY 2.0, source
Narrow sawfish: Hamid Badar Osmany, CC BY 3.0, source
Longcomb sawfish: Flavio Ferrari, CC BY-SA 2.0, source

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