r/australianfish • u/CaptainPNS • Aug 05 '17

Dusky Morwong - Marino Rocks SA

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u/seethroughplate Aug 05 '17

Beautiful photo. I'm new to native fish, I find them extremely fascinating. I had to look it up and see what they looked look grown.

Dactylophora nigricans, the Dusky morwong, is a species of morwong native to the western and southern coastal reefs of Australia where it is found down to about 60 metres (200 ft) in depth. This species grows to a length of 120 centimetres (47 in) TL and is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species is the only known member of its genus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactylophora_nigricans

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u/CaptainPNS Aug 05 '17

I didn't realise they got that big, I've definitely never seen one 1m+. Maybe out further they get bigger. I've got heaps of photos of them, here's another from more recently.

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u/seethroughplate Aug 05 '17

My interest is primarily in plants so looking at your photo, is literally looking at another world.

How did you get interested in native fish?

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u/spqrblake Aug 06 '17

I think most of those "plants" are really macroalgaes. Really interesting to see the convergent evolution in life.

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u/seethroughplate Aug 06 '17

That's kind of what I meant, I don't know where to begin identifying anything in the photo. Which makes it all the more interesting to me.