Fotos of Phish at Bastion Point

As the tide was very low yesterday (28 November) at a sensible time (1700 hrs) we went to explore the rock pools at Bastion Point.  From other commitments we ended up getting there a tad early but could still make an assessment of what was around.

The hordes of large shellfish (eg abalone, elephant snails and tritons) which we have found in the past were absent from the rocky areas. I don't know why this was so, but recall that a similar situation was evident at Cape Conran on Monday. Perhaps it's a seasonal effect?

However there were lots of small fish in the pools to make things interesting. I have only managed to identify one species so far but hopefully iNaturalist.org will help with a couple of others.

I was disappointed that I couldn't get a photo of the first one we saw. A tiny fish - less than 2cm long and slim - it didn't look like much until it turned in the sun and flashed into brilliant green iridescence. It was also very fast moving.

A school of somewhat larger fish (~5cm) were more obliging. Hopefully 'someone' will be able to ID it for me!

 On consulting the Port Philip Bay site  I suspect this is a Dragonet (Bovichtus angustifrons) although it seemed very small.

 A collection of Southern Fan Worms (Sabellastarte australiensis) showing a wide range of fan-ness.

 A crab - or as the Museum of Tanzania might label it, based on our visit to that institution, a crap.

 A Smooth Toadfish  (Tetractenos glaber). Two of these were swimming around in one pool.