Chapter 12. Ecology of Fish in Seagrass
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Beginning with Waite’s (1923) Fishes of South Australia, the marine fishes of South Australia (SA) have been increasingly well documented. Waite, Scott (1962) and Gomon et al. (1994) have recorded >210 species of cartilaginous and bony fishes for Gulf St Vincent (GSV) and Investigator Strait (IS). While this is potentially a bewildering array of sizes, shapes and colours, observant fishers and divers know that species group according to different habitats.
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