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With a parasitic isopod attached (see separate observation).
And a little baby leafy emerging from the egg mass...
"Leafy 5"

Bluestriped Goatfish (Upeneichthys lineatus)
Bare Island (west), Sydney
24/4/2023
Depth
©2023 Mike Jones

Eastern Blue Devil (Paraplesiops bleekeri)
Bare Island (west), Sydney
24/4/2023
Depth
©2023 Mike Jones

With eggs clearly visible in the mouth cavity

Actinia tenebrosa feeding on a blue bottle.

Displaying to the female

First photo credit Carole Harris
Blurry second photo - Mine!

Holding eggs...

Looking at Australian Museum website I don’t think this is a Southern Velvetfish.

Size was a few cm’s in length

Found two, yes, TWO, Ornate Ghost Pipefish today......oh my god, soooooo amazing

Mating

66 mm long

Mating pair

Some already hatched and these are ready to hatch..

Bare Island

Trying to eat a Fortescue

Never seen one of these before. Gaetano pointed him out to me. He is pictured here resting against a pylon on the pier.

night dive and came across this, never seen one before

not sure what this little fishy is

about 15cm have other photos if required, full body

Bare Island

Banded wobbygong eating an Ornate wobbygong

Egg laying under low rock shelf almost at the shoreline.

SE21

Clifton Gardens

Nembrotha purpureolineata at The Steps. 11.3m DSC_1875

Astrosierra amblyconus at The Steps. 11.4m DSC_1884