Category
Listing(s) |
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Darling |
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| Darling River -
Native Fish Species |
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Golden perch |
Family:
Percichthyidae (Freshwater Perches,
Cods and Bass) |
| Other
names: Yellow Belly, Callop,
Freshwater Perch |
| Genus:
Macquaria |
| Scientific
name: Macquaria ambigua (Richardson,
1845) |
Conservation
status: Numbers have declined,
although still present in good numbers
in many locations |
| Known
distribution: NSW, QLD, SA,
VIC, NT |
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External
Links;
For more information about Golden
perch (yellowbelly) please follow
external link.
Web site link - http://www.perch.com.au |
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Silver perch |
Family: Terapontidae
(Grunters) |
| Other
names: Black Bream, Grunter,
Bidyan |
| Genus:
Bidyanus |
| Scientific
name: Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell,
1838) |
Conservation
status:Threatened
Sadly all self sustaining populations
are gone from the darling river system!
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distribution: Silver
perch were once widespread and
abundant throughout the entire Murray-Darling
Basin. Unfortunately silver perch
have now declined close to the point
of extinction in the wild. Only
a few natural self sustaining
populations still occur in their original
range. |
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External
Links;
For more information about Silver
perch please follow external
link.
Web site link - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia |
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Freshwater catfish |
Family: Plotosidae
(Eel-tailed Catfishes) |
| Other
names: Catfish, Eeltail catfish,
Jewfish |
| Genus:
Tandanus |
| Scientific
name: Tandanus tandanus (T.
L. Mitchell, 1838) |
Conservation
status: Declining
Sadly all self sustaining populations
are gone from the darling river system!
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distribution: Freshwater
Catfish (Tandanus Tananus) were
once widespread and abundant throughout
the entire Murray-Darling Basin. Unfortunately
nearly all these
self sustaining populations have now disappeared
from their original range.
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External
Links;
For more information about Tandanus
tandanus please follow external
link.
Web site link - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia |
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Murray cod |
Family: Percichthyidae
(Freshwater Perches, Cods and Bass) |
| Other
names: |
| Genus:
Maccullochella |
| Scientific
name: Maccullochella peelii
(Mitchell, 1838) |
| Conservation
status:
Threatened. |
| Known
distribution: SA, VIC, NSW, ACT,
Qld |
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Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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External
Links;
For more information about Murry
cod please follow external
link.
Web site link - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia |
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Hyrtl’s tandan |
Family: Plotosidae
(Eel-tailed Catfishes) |
| Other
names: Hyrtl's catfish, yellow-finned
catfish |
| Genus:
Neosilurus |
| Scientific
name: Neosilurus hyrtlii (Steindachner,
1867) |
| Conservation
status: Not
Evaluated |
| Known
distribution: NSW, Qld, NT, WA,
SA |
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External
Links;
For more information about Hyrtl's
tandan please follow external
link.
Web site link - Fish Base |
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Spangled perch |
Family: Terapontidae
(Grunters) |
| Other
names: Spangled grunter, Jewel
perch |
| Genus:
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| Scientific
name: Leiopotherapon unicolor
(Günther, 1859) |
| Conservation
status: Widespread
and abundant |
| Known
distribution: NSW, QLD, NT, WA,
SA |
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External
Links;
For more information about Spangled
perch please follow external
link.
Web site link - Fish Base (The
FishBase Information and Research Group,
Inc. (FIN) is a domestic non-stock, non-profit,
non-governmental organization established
in the Philippines in September 2003)
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more about FishBase. |
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Australian smelt |
Family: Retropinnidae
(Smelts) |
| Other
names: |
| Genus:
Retropinna |
| Scientific
name: Retropinna semoni (M. C.
W. Weber, 1895) |
| Conservation
status: Widespread
and abundant |
| Known
distribution: SA, Vic, NSW, ACT,
Qld |
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External
Links;
For more information about Australian
smelt please follow external
link.
Web site link - The Australian
Museum |
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Bony bream |
Family: Clupeidae
(Herrings) |
| Other
names: Bony herring |
| Genus:
Nematalosa |
| Scientific
name: Nematalosa erebi (Günther,
1868) |
| Conservation
status: Widespread
and abundant |
| Known
distribution: Vic, NSW, Qld,
NT, WA, SA |
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External
Links;
For more information about Bony
bream please follow external
link.
Web site link - The Australian
Museum |
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Flathead gudgeon |
Family: Eleotridae
(Gudgeons) |
| Other
names: |
| Genus:
Philypnodon |
| Scientific
name: Philypnodon grandiceps
(Krefft, 1864) |
| Conservation
status: |
| Known
distribution: SA, Tas, Vic, NSW,
Qld |
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External
Links;
For more information about Flathead
gudgeon please follow external
link.
Web site link - The Australian
Museum |
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Un-specked hardyhead |
Family: Atherinidae
(Silversides or Hardyheads)
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| Other
names: Fly-specked Hardyhead,
Non-specked Hardyhead |
| Genus:
Craterocephalus |
| Scientific
name: Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum
fulvus (Ivantsoff, Crowley & Allen,
1987) |
| Conservation
status: Threatened
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| Known
distribution: Qld, NT, NSW, Vic |
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External
Links;
For more information about Flyspecked
hardyhead please follow external
link.
Web site link - The Australian
Museum |
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Murray-Darling rainbowfish |
Family: Melanotaeniidae
(Rainbowfishes)
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| Other
names: Australian rainbowfish,
Murray river rainbowfish, Crimson-spotted
rainbowfish |
| Genus:
Melanotaenia |
| Scientific
name: Melanotaenia fluviatilis
(Castelnau, 1878) |
| Conservation
status: Uncommon |
| Known
distribution: SA, Vic, NSW, Qld |
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External
Links;
For more information about Murray
darling rainbowfish please follow
external link.
Web site link - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia |
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Murray hardyhead |
Family: Atherinidae
(Silversides or Hardyheads)
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| Other
names: |
| Genus:
Craterocephalus |
| Scientific
name: Craterocephalus fluviatillis
(McCulloch, 1912) |
| Conservation
status: Endangered |
| Known
distribution: SA, Vic, NSW |
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External
Links;
For more information about Murray
hardyhead please follow external
link.
Web site link - Australian Society
for Fish Biology |
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Olive perchlet |
Family: Ambassidae
(Glassfishes) |
| Other
names: Agassiz 's glassfish,
glass perchlet, Western chanda perch |
| Genus:
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| Scientific
name: Ambassis agassizii (Steindachner
1866) |
| Conservation
status: Endangered
EPBC |
Known
distribution: SA, NSW, Qld
The western population of the olive perchlet
was once widespread throughout the Murray-Darling
system of South Australia, Victoria, western
New South Wales and southern Queensland.
This population has suffered a serious
decline and is now found only at a few
sites in the Darling River drainage. |
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External
Links;
For more information about Olive
perchlet please follow external
link.
Web site link - NSW Department
of Primary Industries (Fishing and Aquaculture) |
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Southern Purple-spotted gudgeon |
Family:
Eleotridae (Gudgeons) |
| Other
names: Chequered gudgeon, trout
gudgeon |
| Genus:
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| Scientific
name: Mogurnda adspersa (Castelnau,
1878) |
| Conservation
status: Endangered |
| Known
distribution: Vic, NSW, Qld |
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External
Links;
For more information about Purple
spotted gudgeon please follow external
link.
Web site link - NSW Department
of Primary Industries (Fishing and Aquaculture) |
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Western carp gudgeon |
Family: Eleotridae
(Gudgeons) |
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their common name, carp gudgeon are
in no way related to carp (Cyprinus
carpio) or other members of the Cyprinidae
family. |
| Other
names: |
| Genus:
Hypseleotris |
| Scientific
name: Hypseleotris klunzingeri
(Ogilby, 1898) |
| Conservation
status: Widespread and abundant |
| Known
distribution: SA, NSW, Vic,
Qld |
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the free encyclopedia |
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External
Links;
For more information about Western
carp gudgeon please follow external
link.
Web site link - Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia |
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Introduced Fish |
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Common carp |
Family:
Cyprinidae |
| Other
names: Oriental carp, European
carp, common carp, koi. |
| Genus:
Cyprinus |
| Scientific
name: Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus,
1758) |
| Conservation
status: Invasive
species |
| Known
distribution: |
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Mark Hull |
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External
Links;
For more information about Common
carp please follow external
link.
Web site link - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia |
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Goldfish |
Family:
Cyprinidae |
| Other
names: Gold carp |
| Genus:
Carassius |
| Scientific
name: Carassius auratus (Linnaeus,
1758) |
| Conservation
status: Invasive
species |
| Known
distribution: |
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External
Links;
For more information about Goldfish
please follow external link.
Web site link - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia |
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Eastern mosquitofish |
Family:
Poeciliidae |
| Other
names: Gambusia holbrooki |
| Genus:
Gambusia |
| Scientific
name: Gambusia holbrooki (Girard,
1859) |
| Conservation
status: Invasive
species |
| Known
distribution: Found in the rivers
of all Australian mainland states |
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External
Links;
For more information about Eastern
mosquitofish please follow external
link.
Web site link - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia |
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Redfin perch |
Family: Percidae
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| Other names:
European perch, perch, redfin perch or
English perch |
| Genus:
Perca |
| Scientific
name: Perca fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Conservation
status: Invasive
species |
| Known distribution:
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External Links;
For more information about Redfin
perch please follow external link.
Web site link - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Common yabby |
Family:
Parastacidae |
| Other
names: |
| Genus:
Cherax |
| Scientific
name: Cherax destructor (Clark,
1936) |
| Conservation
status: |
| Known
distribution: |
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External
Links;
For more information about Common yabbie
please follow external link.
Web site link - |
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Freshwater Shrimp |
Family:
Atyidae |
| Other
names: |
| Genus:
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| Scientific
name: Paratya australiensis |
| Conservation
status: |
| Known
distribution: NSW, Qld, Sa, Vic,
Tas, Act |
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External
Links;
For more information about Freshwater
shrimp please follow external
link.
Web site link - |
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McCullochs caridina |
Family:
Atyidae |
| Other
names: |
| Genus:
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| Scientific
name: Caridina mccullochi |
| Conservation
status: |
| Known
distribution: NSW, Vic |
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External
Links;
For more information about McCallochs
caridina please follow external
link.
Web site link - |
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River prawn |
Family:
Palaemonidae |
| Other
names: |
| Genus:
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| Scientific
name: Macrobrachium australiense |
| Conservation
status: |
| Known
distribution: NSW, Vic, Qld |
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External
Links;
For more information about River prawn
please follow external link.
Web site link - |
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| References |
| Darling River
- Native Fish Species |
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Golden perch - A list of all freshwater
perch species of Australia |
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Silver perch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tandanus tandanus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Murray cod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hyrtl's tandan - Fish Base |
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Spangled perch - Fish Base |
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Australian smelt - The Australian Museum |
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Bony bream - The Australian Museum |
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Flathead gudgeon - The Australian Museum |
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Flyspecked hardyhead - The Australian Museum |
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Murray darling rainbowfish - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia |
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Murray hardyhead - Australian Society for Fish
Biology |
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Olive perchlet - NSW Department of Primary
Industries (Fishing and Aquaculture) |
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Purple spotted gudgeon- NSW Department of Primary
Industries (Fishing and Aquaculture) |
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Western carp gudgeon - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia |
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| Darling River
- Introduced Fish |
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European carp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carp - Introduction and distribution of carp
in Australia - http://www.feral.org.au - PDF |
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Eastern mosquitofish - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia |
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Redfin perch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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| Darling River
- Crayfish |
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Common yabbie |
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Freshwater shrimp |
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McCallochs caridina |
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| Darling River
- Prawns |
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River prawn |
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