Hemiscyllium ocellatum, Great Keppel Is, QLD, Photo: Andrew Green
Hemiscyllium ocellatum, Coral Sea, Australia, Photo: Ian Shaw
Hemiscyllium ocellatum, Great Keppel Is, QLD, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Hemiscyllium ocellatum, Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Photo: Graham Edgar
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Numerous black spots on body and tail, and large black ocellus with white margin behind base of pectoral fin. 'Walks' using pectoral fins among shallow coral pools at night. Can survive intertidal pools heated by the sun with almost no oxygen.
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution.
It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Solitary (1 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: extract from RD Stuart-Smith, GJ Edgar, AJ Green, IV Shaw. 2015. Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia. Reed New Holland
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