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Townsville Marine Life & Wildlife Guide

Wildlife · Destination Guide

Townsville

Central Great Barrier Reef access for the SS Yongala, underwater art, and island hiking

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Wildlife In Townsville

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Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), Moorea, French Polynesia

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

8 linked spots

Photo of Reef Manta Ray

rays

Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi

5 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )

Eagle Ray

4 linked spots

brown turtle in sea

Hawksbill Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

4 linked spots

green and black fish in body of water

Stingrays

4 linked spots

Photo of Whitetip Reef Shark

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus

4 linked spots

a blue and yellow fish on a coral reef

saltwater-fishes

Damselfish

3 linked spots

Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) Image ID: corl0207, NOAA's Coral Kingdom Collection Location: Pacific Remote Islands, Kingman Reef Photo Date: 2015 Photographer: Kevin Lino NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC/ESD

Grey Reef Shark

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

3 linked spots

Photo of Grouper/Basslets

saltwater-fishes

Grouper/Basslets

3 linked spots

Photo of Nudibranch

Nudibranch

3 linked spots

Photo of Shrimp

Shrimp

3 linked spots

Photo of Snapper

saltwater-fishes

Snapper

3 linked spots

A blacktip reef shark swims over sandy seabed.

Blacktip Reef Shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus

2 linked spots

Photo of Surgeonfish

saltwater-fishes

Surgeonfish

Acanthuridae

2 linked spots

Photo of Wrasse

saltwater-fishes

Wrasse

2 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in some water

saltwater-fishes

Angelfish

1 linked spots

a fish that is swimming in the water

saltwater-fishes

Barracuda

1 linked spots

A fish that is sitting in the sand

saltwater-fishes

Butterfly Fish

1 linked spots

orange and white clown fish

saltwater-fishes

Clownfish

1 linked spots

white shark under blue sky

Great Hammerhead Shark

Sphyrna mokarran

1 linked spots

Humpback Whale underwater shot

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

1 linked spots

Photo of Loggerhead Turtle

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta caretta

1 linked spots

Photo of Minke Whale

Minke Whale

1 linked spots

gray snake photography

Moray Eel

1 linked spots

gray shark in body of water

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

1 linked spots

Photo of Octopus

Octopus

1 linked spots

a fish swimming in water

saltwater-fishes

Parrotfish

1 linked spots

Photo of Spinner Dolphin

Spinner Dolphin

Stenella longirostris

1 linked spots

Photo of Sweetlips and Grunts

saltwater-fishes

Sweetlips and Grunts

1 linked spots

Photo of Wobbegong

Wobbegong

1 linked spots