Table of contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Origins, structure and classification of fishes

Key to the native and alien fishes of north-eastern Australia

Study area, data collection, analysis and presentation

Ceratodontidae

Neoceratodus forsteri – Queensland lungfish

Osteoglossidae

Scleropages leichardti – Saratoga

Megalopidae

Megalops cyprinoides – Tarpon

Anguillidae

Anguilla australis, Anguilla obscura, Anguilla reinhardtii – Eels

Clupeidae

Nematalosa erebi – Bony bream

Ariidae

Arius graeffei, Arius leptaspis, Arius midgleyi – Fork-tailed catfishes

Plotosidae

Neosilurus hyrtlii – Hyrtl's tandan

Neosilurus ater – Black catfish

Neosilurus mollespiculum – Soft-spined catfish

Porochilus rendahli – Rendahl's catfish

Tandanus tandanus – Eel-tailed catfish

Retropinnidae

Retropinna semoni – Australian smelt

Hemiramphidae

Arrhamphus sclerolepis – Snub-nosed garfish

Belonidae

Strongylura krefftii – Freshwater longtom

Atherinidae

Craterocephalus marjoriae – Marjorie's hardyhead

Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum – Fly-specked hardyhead

Melanotaeniidae

Rhadinocentrus ornatus – Ornate rainbowfish

Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides – Cairns rainbowfish

Melanotaenia splendida – Eastern rainbowfish

Melanotaenia duboulayi – Duboulay's rainbowfish

Melanotaenia eachamensis – Lake Eacham rainbowfish

Melanotaenia utcheesis – Utchee Creek rainbowfish

Melanotaenia maccullochi – MacCulloch's rainbowfish

Pseudomugilidae

Pseudomugil mellis – Honey blue-eye

Pseudomugil signifer – Pacific blue-eye

Pseudomugil gertrudae – Spotted blue-eye

Synbranchidae

Ophisternon gutturale, Ophisternon spp.? – One-gilled swamp eels

Scorpaenidae

Notesthes robusta – Bullrout

Chandidae

Ambassis agrammus – Sailfin glassfish

Ambassis agassizii – Agassiz's glassfish

Ambassis macleayi – Macleay's glassfish

Ambassis miops – Flag-tailed glassfish

Denariusa bandata – Pennyfish

Centropomidae

Lates calcarifer - Barramundi

Percichthyidae

Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria sp. B – Yellowbelly

Macquaria novemaculeata – Australian bass

Guyu wujalwujalensis – Bloomfield River cod

Maccullochella peelii mariensis – Mary River cod

Nannoperca oxleyana – Oxleyan pygmy perch

Terapontidae

Amniataba percoides – Barred grunter

Leiopotherapon unicolor – Spangled perch

Hephaestus fuliginosus – Sooty grunter

Hephaestus tulliensis – Khaki bream, Tully grunter

Scortum parviceps – Small-headed grunter

Kuhliidae

Kuhlia rupestris – Jungle perch

Apogonidae

Glossamia aprion – Mouth almighty

Toxotidae

Toxotes chatareus – Seven-spot archerfish

Mugilidae

Mugil cephalus – Sea mullet

Gobiidae

Glossogobius sp. 1 – False Celebes goby

Glossogobius aureus, Glossogobius giuris – Golden goby, Flathead goby

Glossogobius sp. 4 – Mulgrave River goby

Redigobius bikolanus – Speckled goby

Awaous acritosus – Roman-nosed goby

Mugilogobius notospilus – Pacific mangrove goby

Schismatogobius sp. – Scaleless goby

Eleotridae

Eleotris fusca, Eleotris melanosoma – Brown gudgeon, Ebony gudgeon

Bunaka gyrinoides – Greenback gauvina

Oxyeleotris lineolatus, Oxyeleotris selheimi – Sleepy cod, Striped sleepy cod

Oxyeleotris aruensis – Aru gudgeon

Giurus margaritacea – Snakehead gudgeon

Hypseleotris compressa – Empire gudgeon

Hypseleotris galii, Hypseleotris sp. 1 – Firetailed gudgeon, Midgley's carp gudgeon

Hypseleotris klunzingeri – Western carp gudgeon

Gobiomorphus australis – Striped gudgeon

Gobiomorphus coxii – Cox's gudgeon

Mogurnda adspersa, Mogurnda mogurnda – Purple-spotted gudgeon, Northern trout gudgeon

Philypnodon grandiceps – Flathead gudgeon

Philypnodon sp. – Dwarf flathead gudgeon

Conclusion: prospects, threats and information gaps

Glossary of terms used in the text

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Bibliography

Appendix 1: Fish species composition in rivers of north-eastern Australia

Appendix 2: Studies undertaken in rivers of north-eastern Australia

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