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Identifications
Identifications
515
Observations
Observations
283
Species
Species
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Top Species
1.
Octopus tetricus
17
2.
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826)
10
3.
Haematopus fuliginosus Gould, 1845
10
4.
Guinusia chabrus
9
5.
Thalasseus bergii (Lichtenstein, 1823)
7
6.
Microcanthus joyceae
7
7.
Chaetodon auriga
7
8.
Pictilabrus laticlavius
7
9.
Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)
6
10.
Coscinasterias muricata
6
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Top Species
1.
Octopus tetricus
17
2.
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae (Stephens, 1826)
10
3.
Haematopus fuliginosus Gould, 1845
10
4.
Guinusia chabrus
9
5.
Thalasseus bergii (Lichtenstein, 1823)
7
6.
Microcanthus joyceae
7
7.
Chaetodon auriga
7
8.
Pictilabrus laticlavius
7
9.
Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)
6
10.
Coscinasterias muricata
6
11.
Morwong fuscus
6
12.
Scutus antipodes
6
13.
Parma microlepis
5
14.
Vanellus miles (Boddaert, 1783)
5
15.
Microcarbo melanoleucos (Vieillot, 1817)
5
16.
Trichonephila plumipes (Latreille, 1804)
5
17.
Aplysia sydneyensis
5
18.
Atypichthys strigatus
5
19.
Girella zebra
5
20.
Actinopterygii
5
21.
Anthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790)
4
22.
Bathytoshia brevicaudata (Hutton, 1875)
4
23.
Tetractenos glaber
4
24.
Abudefduf vaigiensis
4
25.
Hypselodoris obscura
4
26.
Corynactis australis
4
27.
Chaetodon flavirostris
4
28.
Pomacentrus coelestis
4
29.
Haliaeetus leucogaster (Gmelin, 1788)
4
30.
Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1842
3
31.
Abudefduf vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
3
32.
Parupeneus spilurus
3
33.
Bathytoshia brevicaudata
3
34.
Umbraculum umbraculum
3
35.
Girella elevata
3
36.
Chaetodon vagabundus
3
37.
Platycephalus fuscus
3
38.
Eubalichthys mosaicus
3
39.
Chirodactylus spectabilis
3
40.
Aplysia
3
41.
Enoplosus armatus
3
42.
Siganidae
3
43.
Oulactis muscosa
3
44.
Dicotylichthys punctulatus
3
45.
Egretta sacra
3
46.
Meridiastra calcar
3
47.
Monacanthus chinensis
3
48.
Eulamprus
3
49.
Austrocochlea porcata (A.Adams, 1853)
3
50.
Sabellastarte australiensis (Haswell, 1884)
2
51.
Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck, 1822)
2
52.
Anthochaera chrysoptera (Latham, 1801)
2
53.
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (Brandt, 1837)
2
54.
Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758)
2
55.
Eucalyptus longifolia Link & Otto
2
56.
Homalanthus populifolius Graham
2
57.
Aulactinia veratra (Drayton, 1846)
2
58.
Guinusia chabrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
2
59.
Parupeneus spilurus (Bleeker, 1854)
2
60.
Acanthurus
2
61.
Tethya
2
62.
Monacanthidae
2
63.
Trygonoptera imitata
2
64.
Centropogon australis
2
65.
Gymnothorax prasinus
2
66.
Chironemus marmoratus
2
67.
Aplysia juliana
2
68.
Sabellastarte australiensis
2
69.
Pseudogoniistius nigripes
2
70.
Prionurus microlepidotus
2
71.
Naso unicornis
2
72.
Girella tricuspidata
2
73.
Labridae
2
74.
Pyura gibbosa
2
75.
Porifera
2
76.
Trygonoptera testacea
2
77.
Larus pacificus
2
78.
Microcarbo melanoleucos
2
79.
Haematopus fuliginosus
2
80.
Meuschenia freycineti
2
81.
Nelusetta ayraud
2
82.
Acanthurus dussumieri
2
83.
Cabestana spengleri
2
84.
Saccostrea glomerata
2
85.
Scorpis lineolata
2
86.
Centroberyx affinis
2
87.
Hippodamia variegata (Goeze, 1777)
2
88.
Eulamprus quoyii (Duméril & Bibron, 1824)
2
89.
Psophodes olivaceus (Latham, 1802)
2
90.
Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792)
2
91.
Sericornis frontalis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
2
92.
Columba leucomela Temminck, 1821
2
93.
Atypichthys strigatus (Günther, 1860)
2
94.
Parma microlepis Günther, 1862
2
95.
Sparidae
2
96.
Haematopus longirostris Vieillot, 1817
2
97.
Malurus cyaneus (Ellis, 1782)
1
98.
Accipiter novaehollandiae (Gmelin, 1788)
1
99.
Hydroprogne caspia (Pallas, 1770)
1
100.
Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
1
101.
Microcanthus joyceae Whitley, 1931
1
102.
Pelecanus conspicillatus Temminck, 1824
1
103.
Tethya burtoni
1
104.
Other Insects
1
105.
Auricularia cornea
1
106.
Ficus macrophylla
1
107.
Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng.
1
108.
Gynochthodes jasminoides (A.Cunn.) Razafim. & B.Bremer
1
109.
Notelaea venosa F.Muell.
1
110.
Lonicera japonica Thunb.
1
111.
Solanum americanum Mill.
1
112.
Ecklonia Hornemann, 1828
1
113.
Tetraclitella purpurascens
1
114.
Morwong fuscus (Castelnau, 1879)
1
115.
Coscinasterias muricata Verrill, 1867
1
116.
Pelargonium australe
1
117.
Asparagus scandens
1
118.
Gladiolus × hortulanus
1
119.
Coprosma repens
1
120.
Scarabaeoidea
1
121.
Aplysia argus
1
122.
Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot), 1786
1
123.
Batillaria australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
1
124.
Eudistoma constrictum
1
125.
Anoplognathus olivieri
1
126.
Eopsaltria australis (Shaw, 1790)
1
127.
Solanum aviculare G.Forst.
1
128.
Ozothamnus diosmifolius (Vent.) DC.
1
129.
Olearia tomentosa (J.C.Wendl.) DC.
1
130.
Wahlenbergia
1
131.
Zieria littoralis J.A.Armstr.
1
132.
Goodenia ovata Sm.
1
133.
Lantana camara
1
134.
Melaleuca armillaris armillaris
1
135.
Anthochaera chrysoptera
1
136.
Nectria wilsoni Shepherd & Hodgkin, 1966
1
137.
Pictilabrus laticlavius (Richardson, 1840)
1
138.
Trygonoptera imitata Yearsley, Last & Gomon, 2008
1
139.
Pseudogoniistius nigripes (Richardson, 1850)
1
140.
Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
1
141.
Scorpis lineolata Kner, 1865
1
142.
Botrylloides magnicoecus
1
143.
Plantae
1
144.
Sargassum
1
145.
Trachurus novaezelandiae
1
146.
Dasyatidae
1
147.
Notolabrus gymnogenis
1
148.
Rhaphiolepis indica
1
149.
Dipogon lignosus
1
150.
Cordyline australis
1
151.
Polygala myrtifolia
1
152.
Parablennius intermedius
1
153.
Parma unifasciata
1
154.
Monodactylus argenteus
1
155.
Austracantha minax
1
156.
Abudefduf sexfasciatus
1
157.
Myliobatis tenuicaudatus
1
158.
Aulactinia veratra
1
159.
Brachyura
1
160.
Hippocampus abdominalis
1
161.
Syphonota geographica
1
162.
Phaeophyceae
1
163.
Urolophidae
1
164.
Gastropoda
1
165.
Animalia
1
166.
Myliobatiformes
1
167.
Bassina pachyphylla
1
168.
Bankivia fasciata
1
169.
Octopodiformes
1
170.
Padina
1
171.
Haematopus longirostris
1
172.
Charadrius bicinctus
1
173.
Pelecanus conspicillatus
1
174.
Trygonorrhina dumerilii
1
175.
Trygonorrhina fasciata
1
176.
Dictyota
1
177.
Colpomenia
1
178.
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
1
179.
Westringia fruticosa
1
180.
Otariidae
1
181.
Arothron manilensis
1
182.
Serpula
1
183.
Hemiramphidae
1
184.
Corallinales
1
185.
Aplodactylus lophodon
1
186.
Torquigener pleurogramma
1
187.
Palaemon serenus
1
188.
Acanthurus triostegus
1
189.
Chrysophrys auratus
1
190.
Ambassis jacksoniensis
1
191.
Aspidontus taeniatus
1
192.
Myxus elongatus
1
193.
Dactylophora nigricans
1
194.
Achoerodus viridis
1
195.
Mytilus
1
196.
Sillago
1
197.
Hormosira banksii
1
198.
Mullidae
1
199.
Beloniformes
1
200.
Trygonoptera
1
201.
Neoaratus hercules
1
202.
Abudefduf
1
203.
Hypoplectrodes maccullochi
1
204.
Upeneichthys lineatus
1
205.
Stigmatopora argus
1
206.
Chelmonops truncatus
1
207.
Botrylloides
1
208.
Pseudolabrus luculentus
1
209.
Chromis hypsilepis
1
210.
Amphichaetodon howensis
1
211.
Trachinops taeniatus
1
212.
Zanclus cornutus
1
213.
Upeneichthys
1
214.
Haliaeetus leucogaster
1
215.
Heliocidaris erythrogramma
1
216.
Hypselodoris bennetti
1
217.
Diodon nicthemerus
1
218.
Anoplocapros inermis
1
219.
Redigobius macrostoma
1
220.
Microspathodontinae
1
221.
Cyclochila australasiae (Donovan, 1805)
1
222.
Derocephalus angusticollis Enderlein, 1922
1
223.
Lamprolina Baly, 1855
1
224.
Jania micrarthrodia J.V.Lamouroux
1
225.
Coleoptera
1
226.
Larus novaehollandiae Stephens, 1826
1
227.
Ctenomorpha marginipennis Gray & G.R., 1833
1
228.
Insects - Beetles
1
229.
Endoxyla Herrich-Schäffer, 1858
1
230.
Dolichopodidae
1
231.
Chrysolopus spectabilis (Fabricius & J.C., 1775)
1
232.
Boreoides Hardy, 1920
1
233.
Austracantha minax (Thorell, 1859)
1
234.
Diptera
1
235.
Hellula hydralis Guenée, 1854
1
236.
Boreoides subulatus Hardy, 1920
1
237.
Geoplanidae
1
238.
Maratus scutulatus (L. Koch, 1881)
1
239.
Araneae
1
240.
Tiliqua scincoides (White, 1790)
1
241.
Austrosciapus Bickel, 1994
1
242.
Dasypodia selenophora Guenée, 1852
1
243.
Platycercus elegans (Gmelin, 1788)
1
244.
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790)
1
245.
Asilidae
1
246.
Agaricales
1
247.
Conuber Finlay & Marwick, 1937
1
248.
Scutiphora pedicellata (Kirby, 1826)
1
249.
Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck, 1825
1
250.
Musgraveia sulciventris (St?l, 1863)
1
251.
Braconidae Latreille, 1829
1
252.
Hemiptera
1
253.
Manorina melanophrys (Latham, 1801)
1
254.
Rhipidura albiscapa Gould, 1840
1
255.
Acanthiza pusilla (Shaw, 1790)
1
256.
Bembicium nanum (Lamarck, 1822)
1
257.
Dicotylichthys punctulatus Kaup, 1855
1
258.
Corynactis australis Haddon & Duerden, 1896
1
259.
Oulactis
1
260.
Girella elevata Macleay, 1881
1
261.
Egretta novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790)
1
262.
Tachyglossus aculeatus aculeatus
1
263.
Cabestana spengleri (Perry, 1811)
1
264.
Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)
1
265.
Bankivia fasciata (Menke, 1830)
1
266.
Nerita melanotragus E.A.Smith, 1884
1
267.
Balanus trigonus
1
268.
Arachnids
1
269.
Insects - Flies
1
270.
Notomithrax ursus
1
271.
Ascidiacea
1
272.
Girella
1
273.
Sterna striata Gmelin, 1789
1
274.
Plantago lanceolata L.
1
275.
Pomacentrus coelestis Jordan & Starks, 1901
1
276.
Charadrius ruficapillus Temminck, 1821
1
277.
Kennedia rubicunda (Schneev.) Vent.
1
278.
Chirodactylus spectabilis (Hutton, 1872)
1
279.
Irus crenatus
1
280.
Egretta sacra (Gmelin, 1789)
1
281.
Morus serrator (G.R.Gray, 1843)
1
282.
Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758
1
283.
Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802)
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