Maori treasures

The Australian Museum respects and acknowledges the Gadigal people as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways on which the Museum stands.

Image credit: gadigal yilimung (shield) made by Uncle Charles Chicka Madden

Maori treasures

Blackmargin Maori Wrasse, Oxycheilinus nigromarginatus Randall, Westneat & Gomon, 2003

Redbreast Maori Wrasse, Cheilinus fasciatus (Bloch, 1791)

In pictures: The opening of Whales | Tohorā

Tripletail Maori Wrasse, Cheilinus trilobatus Lacépède, 1801

Dream weavers

Humphead Maori Wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus Rüppell, 1835

Maori Rockcod, Epinephelus undulatostriatus (Peters, 1867)

Southern Maori Wrasse, Ophthalmolepis lineolatus (Valenciennes, 1839)

Waitangi Day and the Australian Museum

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