New damselfish at Lizard Island?

New damselfish at Lizard Island?

Do you recognise this fish? If so, tell Dr Anne Hoggett, director at the Lizard Island Research Station. Anne knows it is a species of damselfish.  But which one?    Anne is a director of the Lizard Island Research Station. She took this photo in November 2016...
Sailing with the Lizard Island Field Guide

Sailing with the Lizard Island Field Guide

Barbara Banks and her husband Paul are sailors and frequent visitors to Lizard Island aboard their yacht, Aquasafari.  Barbara is also a keen photographer and has contributed over 1,080 of the 28,250+ records in the Lizard Island Field Guide (LIFG). Barbara & Paul...
Lizard Island corals

Lizard Island corals

The Lizard Island Field Guide lists over 150 of the 600 species of coral found in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. To view them, begin at Corals and Similar Animals and click on the photos until you come to the end of each thread.  It is the next best thing to...
Citizen Science and the Purple Flying Gurnard

Citizen Science and the Purple Flying Gurnard

Science teacher Edward Sze-Tu visited the Lizard Island Research Station with a group of school students, where he made an exciting discovery.  This is his story: We were learning about classifications.  I thought it would be a great opportunity for the students to...
Meet some mighty coral polyps

Meet some mighty coral polyps

These little animals are only a millimetre or so in diameter, but together with countless of their close relatives they make a mighty contribution to our world.  Coral polyps build reefs, including Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. And reef are very important. Although...
The amazing Lizard Island Field Guide

The amazing Lizard Island Field Guide

Wherever you dive or snorkel near Lizard Island you encounter wonderful fish.  This one is a bicolour parrotfish (cetoscarus bicolor), but how could you know? How could you know that as a juvenile this same species would have an entirely different colouring and that...