Free fish photo identification !

[Markmcg]

Hi Mark, what about things that aren't fish? Sponges, molluscs, corals etc?

Observations of sponges, molluscs, corals etc can all be added to iNaturalist along with just about any plant and animal group you can think of. Naturally only fish observations can be added to Australasian Fishes.

 

[Markmcg]

Click the report button and ask a mod to change the title for you.

Thank you. Done.

 

[Markmcg]

Probably also worth pointing out that this is a government supported project and not just a bunch of people trying to scam photographers for free photos

I have to admit that was my initial thought until I clicked through (it's happened on these forums before), so you might want to clarify that upfront in your postings.

Thank you WetPup. That's an interesting point. I'm so naive!
Sadly, I can't see a way to open and edit my original post.

 

[CaptainCalamari]

Thanks Mark, I uploaded some pictures last night and had one ID by morning.

 

[Markmcg]

That's great. Thank you. Please let me know your iNaturalist username, and I'll invite you to the Australasian Fishes project. If you would rather not post it here, feel free to PM me via the iNaturalist site. My username is markmcg. FYI, there are much easier ways to upload more than one image at a time. See Australasian Fishes - observation upload guide - Australian Museum.

 

[WetPup]

When you say "Australasian", does this include PNG? I notice all your existing entries are Australian or Kiwi, so didn't want to upload anything from our northern neighbour without checking first.

 

[Markmcg]

Hi WetPup. Thank you for asking. At the moment the project covers just Australia and NZ. As it expands we may bring PNG on board but for now Aust and NZ are keeping us very busy. No reason why you couldn't upload your PNG photos to iNaturalist though. They just wouldn't form part of the Australasian Fishes project.

 

[CaptainCalamari]

Hey Mark, my handle there is the same as here CaptainCalamari.

I also found the mobile app, which makes image upload easy.

 

[Markmcg]

Thanks for that. I've just sent you an invitation to Australasian Fishes. Thank you for your interest.