Species: Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)
Date: 19 December 2013.
Location: Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong.
Thursday, 19 December 2013
Common Tailorbird in Discovery Bay on 19 December 2013
Species: Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
Date: 19 December 2013.
Location: Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong.
Japanese White-eye in Nim Shue Wan on 19 December 2013
Species: Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonica)
Date: 19 December 2013.
Location: Nim Shue Wan, Lantau, Hong Kong.
Chinese Bulbul enjoying berries for breakfast on 15 December 2013
Species: Chinese Bulbul (Pycnonotus
sinensis)
Date: 15 December 2013.
Location: Sam Pak Wan, Lantau, Hong Kong.
Red-whiskered Bulbul enjoying berries for breakfast on 15 December 2013
Species: Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
Date: 15 December 2013.
Location: Sam Pak Wan, Lantau, Hong Kong.
Friday, 13 December 2013
Spadenose sharks on sale in Tai Po Hui market on 13 December 2013
Species: Spadenose
shark (Scoliodon laticaudus)
Location: Tai Po
Hui Market, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Date: 13 December
2013
Spadenose shark on sale in Luen Wo Hui market on 13 December 2013
Species: Spadenose
shark (Scoliodon laticaudus)
Location: Luen Wo
Hui Market, Fanling, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Date: 13 December
2013
Sunday, 8 December 2013
Daurian Redstart in Nim Shue Wan on 8 December 2013
Species: Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreas)
Date: 8 December 2013
Saturday, 7 December 2013
Daurian Redstart at Num Shue Wan on 5 December 2013
Species: Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreas)
Date: 5 December 2013
Location: Nim Shue Wan, Lantau, Hong Kong.
Scaly-breasted Munia feeding at Nim Shue Wan on 5 December 2013.
Species: Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
Date: 5 December 2013
Kestrel over Discovery Bay on 5 December 2013
Species: Kestrel (Falco
tinnunculus)
Date: 5 December 2013
Location: Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong.
Kestrel over Discovery Bay on 6 December 2013
Species: Kestrel (Falco
tinnunculus)
Date: 6 December 2013
Long-tailed Shrike with stick insect for breakfast on 7 December 2013
Species: Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)
Date: 7 December 2013
Location: Nim Shue Wan, Lantau, Hong Kong.
Thursday, 5 December 2013
Spadenose sharks in Chai Wan market on 5 December 2013
Species:
Spadenose shark (Scoliodon laticaudus)
Location: Chai
Wan market, 338 Chai Wan Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.
Date: 5 December
2013.
Comment: This is
a small shark – these are adults.
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Spadenose shark in San Hui Market, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong on 2 December 2013.
Species: Spadenose
shark (Scoliodon laticaudus)
Location: San Hui
Market, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Date: 2 December
2013
Comment: This is
a small shark – these are adults.
Spadenose shark in Yeung Uk Road Market, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong on 2 December 2013.
Species: Spadenose
shark (Scoliodon laticaudus)
Location: Yeung
Uk Road Market, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Date: 2 December
2013
Comment: This is
a small shark – these are adults.
Friday, 22 November 2013
Spadenose sharks in Tai Po Hui Market, Hong Kong on 22 November 2013
Species:
Location: Tai Po
Hui Market, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Date: 22 November
2013
Hammerhead Shark in Yeung Uk Road Market, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong on 15 November 2013
Species: Hammerhead
Shark (Sphyrna spp)
Location: Yeung
Uk Road Market, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Date: 15 November
2013
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Seahorse caught near Discovery Bay, Lantau on 29 October 2013.
Species: Hippocampus spp., possibly H. Kuda
Date/Time: Early
morning. 29 October 2013
Location: At a
location near Discovery Bay, Lantau, Hong Kong.
Circumstances of
capture: A local fisherman caught the seahorse using a net at a regular
fishing location of his. He has previously caught seahorses at the same
location, suggesting there is a colony living there.
Friday, 11 October 2013
Mating pair of Tachypleus tridentatus caught at Ha Pak Nai, Deep Bay, Hong Kong on 8 October 2013.
Date: 8 October 2013
Location: Ha Pak Nai, Deep Bay, Hong Kong.
Comment: Mating pair of Tachypleus
tridentatus caught by a local fisherman close to the shore at Ha Pak Nai,
Deep Bay, Hong Kong.
Female: 33 cms across prosoma. 67 cms long.
Male: 25 cms across prosoma. Length not measured because of broken tail.
Female: 33 cms across prosoma. 67 cms long.
Male: 25 cms across prosoma. Length not measured because of broken tail.
The fisherman donated the pair to the horseshoe crab breed
and release programme being run by City University and Ocean Park in Hong Kong.
This is them in their new home.
Male and female together
Male on the right.
Female
In T. tridentatus,
sexual dimorphism is shown by the presence of notches on the anterior margin of
the male prosoma (head shield) and these are a secondary sexual characteristic –
they are not apparent in the juveniles. These notches assist the male in attaching
to the female during mating and are only present in male T. tridentatus – this is one of the distinguishing features of the
male of this species.
The scars on the female opisthoma caused by prolonged
attachment of the male. This female was carrying no eggs, suggesting this
marked the end of a successful spawning season for the pair.
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