At a time when marine life is disappearing from the world's oceans, researchers are celebrating the discovery of a new species of coral reef fish in the southern waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Named the Lady Elliot Shrimp Goby, the previously unknown fish was found as part of a University of the Sunshine Coast-led project that is mapping the changing biodiversity on and around Lady Elliot Island, a tiny coral cay at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.

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WAKE UP GUYS NEW GOBY DROPPED!!!

everybody please welcome the lady elliot shrimp goby!!!!

Turtles can do many things with their flippers - including chastise! Reposted from @maestro320 - "Spank You!" - 🔵Maestro's Notes: Even seaturtles get a little smack for misbehaving. Thats what this juvenile green seaturtle got for that little nip on the flipper of the older turtle as shown in this amazing footage filmed on location off Lady Elliot Island, Australia courtesy of Marine Biologist, Passionate Marine Conservationist, Underwater Photographer and Videographer, Good Friend, Jacinta Shackleton @jacintashackleton - That’s what you get for being a naughty turtle😂🐢 This green sea turtle wasn’t in the mood for games while visiting the local day spa (cleaning station) where fish aggregate to pick off algae and parasites. This area is visited by hundreds of turtles daily which can snap the coral off and even use it as a scratching post hence the way this area looks!🛁🚿 • A cleaning station is a location where aquatic life congregate to be cleaned by smaller creatures. Such stations exist in both freshwater and marine environments, and are used by animals including fish, sea turtles and hippos. The cleaning process includes the removal of parasites from the animal's body (both externally and internally), and is performed by various smaller animals including cleaner shrimp and numerous species of cleaner fish, especially wrasses and gobies (Elacatinusspp.). When the animal approaches a cleaning station, it will open its mouth wide or position its body in such a way as to signal that it needs cleaning. The cleaner fish will then remove and eat the parasites from the skin, even swimming into the mouth and gills of any fish being cleaned. This is a form of cleaning symbiosis. Cleaning stations may be associated with coral reefs, located either on top of a coral head or in a slot between two outcroppings. Other cleaning stations may be located under large clumps of floating seaweed or at an accepted point in a river or lagoon. Some species of combtooth blenny, most notably the false cleanerfish, mimic the appearance and behaviour of cleaners, then tear away scales or flesh when suitably close to the victim. - #regrann #turtles #parenting https://www.instagram.com/p/BxGFH2nA_w8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12f083nmspvit