Images by Christine Walsh

Ever since digital cameras became available I have been using them to take natural history pictures. I set out to see how many differnt species I could photograph and identify, and to try and understand how each creature fits into its given habitat. I made this website to display some of the things I've seen. The images were taken in various parts of Australia and noted in the labels. My identifications may not all be right, please dont hesitate to comment if you think i have it wrong

Friday, August 7, 2009

Seahorses and Seadragons - Southern Australia

These bizarre looking creatures, the seadragons and seahorses (along with pipefish ) are actually fish and are part of a family known as Syngnathidae. The first picture is of a Leafy seadragon which is endemic to South Australia and the Weedy seadragon, which is common in Victorian waters, is the states marine emblem.