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Dr Augy Syahailatua

Augy Syahailatua at the Australian Museum, September 2007. Photo: M. McGrouther © Australian Museum. View larger image.

Augy Syahailatua is an ichthyologist at the Research Centre for Oceanography - LIPI, Jakarta, Indonesia. He is currently a visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales under the 2007 Endeavour Australia Program.

His current research focuses on the diversity, distribution and abundance of flyingfishes in Indonesian waters.

Augy examined specimens in the Australian Museum Fish Collection on a number of occasions during September and October 2007 and January 2008.