Site 3A
TL 4.5-5cm on kelp covered limestone reef at 6-7m depth. 8 sets of fluorescent spots along dorsal ridge. Dorsal and caudal fin rays with red stripes/spacers. Red eyebrows. Larger brown spots overlying finely dark spotted base yellow/green pigmentation.
Spotted by M.Kammermann.
Site 5B
Approx 3mm long, in about 2.5m of water
About 2-3cm. Night dive. similar to my last two.
Mimic Shiner, similar to ghost shiner. Distinguishable by the lateral line that the ghost shiner doesn't have. Fairly thick debris in the water at this location. Mimic shiner is less transparent than the ghost shiner.
Fish, post larval but possibly not juvenile, only about 4 cm. Long. It was collected when harvesting Ecklonia radiata kelp in Tasmania.
Taken and dropped by heron near roosting site. Submitted to iNaturalist with permission of photographer, Russ Capper.