Species Guide — Order

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Scorpaeniformes

Every species recorded at or below this order.
Animalia › Chordata › Vertebrata › Gnathostomata › Actinopterygii › Euteleostei › Acanthopterygii

7 species documented

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Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Common Gurnard Perch

Neosebastes scorpaenoides

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Platycephalus fuscus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Platycephalus laevigatus

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Bluespotted Flathead

Platycephalus speculator

Green Australian Map shape with the word Native over it

Southern Red Scorpionfish

Scorpaena papillosa

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Southern Sand Flathead

Platycephalus bassensis

Green Australian Map shape with the word Endemic over it

Platycephalus richardsoni

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A small brown and white crab underwater

Three-Pronged Spider Crab Halicarcinus ovatus

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Hermit crab in a shell underwater

A small hermit crab species this guy is under 10mm in size

Thin white bivalve shells laying on sand

Limaria imitans

Limaria imitans a marine bivalve species washed up along Tomahawk Beach

A sea-slug on a rock underwater

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)

Macleay’s sea-slug (Baeolidia macleayi)<br><br> https://tomahawk.org.au/flora-fauna/view-species/baeolidia-macleayi