The Fish Department - Fieldwork
NORFANZ
May - June 2003
For four weeks during May and June 2003, Mark McGrouther, John Paxton and Kerryn Parkinson participated in the joint New Zealand and Australia Norfolk Ridge - Lord Howe Rise Biodiversity Voyage (NORFANZ).
Over 20 scientists from Australia, New Zealand, France and the USA surveyed the fish and marine invertebrate faunas of seamounts along the two major submarine mountain ranges in the Tasman Sea.
Over 150 trawls were made at depths down to 2000 m to collect specimens from these poorly known areas. A large number of new species were collected. View the amazing 'Mr Blobby'.
- Australian Burrfish
- Ballina Angelfish
- Beaked Salmon
- Blue Grenadier
- A deepsea anglerfish (no common name)
- Duckbilled Eel
- Dwarf Dory
- A fanfin anglerfish
- Fangtooth
- Gelatinous Blindfish
- Gilbert's Halosaur
- Gulper Eel
- Hammerjaw
- Humpback Blackdevil
- King Gar
- Largescale New Laternfish
- Little Red Gurnard Perch
- Longray Spiderfish
- Orange Roughy
- Plunket's Dogfish
- Portuguese Dogfish
- Ribbon Barracudina
- Sharpnose Sevengill Shark
- Shortsnout Lancetfish
- Short-tail Torpedo Ray
- Silver Lighthouse Fish
- A snaggletooth (no common name)
- Snubnosed Eel
- Soft Leafvent Angler
- Southern Spineback
- Spangled Tubeshoulder
- Sparkling Slickhead
- Spiky Oreo
- Stoplight Loosejaw
- Triplewart Seadevil
- Viperfish
The NORFANZ voyage was funded by the National Oceans Office and the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries. Scientific support was provided by CSIRO and the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd.
The full cruise report can be viewed on the Department of Environment and Heritige website.
Click on the NORFANZ logo, below, to view further information including a photo gallery and a daily voyage diary at the National Oceans Office website.
