Hi @amandahay and @mackmcg I found this one today, a bit shallower at 27 metres. Only had my macro lens on so I couldn't fit the whole fish in the image, but I did get a shot of the eggs (?).
Spotted on 24jun22 then again on 25jun22. Size about 5cm
Male and female (bottom) hanging in the tulips together
Juvenile found on the edge of the sand line, took a while for it to get used to me but got some decent video (will supply a link when I get the video up) 4 to 5cm long
Eocallionymus papilio
These two males were putting up quite a fight, mainly jaw biting. Fight for territorial rights!?!
Love the orange colouration, was hanging on a pilon near orange ascidian
first time seen in the harbour?
Short G, Trevor-Jones A (2020) Stigmatopora harastii, a new species of pipefish in facultative associations with finger sponges and red algae from New South Wales, Australia (Teleostei, Syngnathidae). ZooKeys 994: 105-123. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.994.57160