TL~3cm, found on same reef and kelp patch as 14/5/24 specimen.
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.
Black spots, black edge to dorsal fin, +30cm TL, at 5m depth on night dive in seagrass along with Tarwhine and Goldspotted Sweetlips.
Port Hedland WA - Cemetery Beach
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopteri
Order Scorpaeniformes
FAM Scorpaenidae
Dampierosa daruma
Whitley, 1932
Port Hedland WA - CB/Simpson Street
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopteri
Order Scorpaeniformes
FAM Scorpaenidae
Dampierosa daruma
Whitley, 1932
Black spots, black edge to dorsal fin, +30cm TL, at 5m depth on night dive in seagrass along with Tarwhine and Goldspotted Sweetlips.
Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) and Old Wives (Enoplosus armatus)
Sorry about the blurry image.
Found on one of several small patches of seagrass, east of wreck on way to the rock wall.
2.5m depth. Group of 4 dragons.