Prince Regent hardyhead

Prince Regent hardyhead
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae
Genus: Craterocephalus
Species: C. lentiginosus
Binomial name
Craterocephalus lentiginosus
Ivantsoff, Crowley & G. R. Allen, 1987

The Prince Regent hardyhead (Craterocephalus lentiginosus) is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family endemic to the Kimberley region in the northwest of Australia. It is also called the freckled hardyhead.

This fish was first described in 1987.[1] It has been found in variety of habitats, brackish pools or flowing to turgid waters, in the Upper Roe River and one of its tributaries. The distribution range is within the Prince Regent National Park (formerly the Prince Regent Nature Reserve).[2] Little is known about the biology or ecology of the Prince Regent hardyhead, but it is an omnivore.[3]

Conservation

The species was assessed as near threatened on the 1996 Red List, and in need of reassessment in 2008.[4] It is listed as rare under the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and as lower rish by the Australian Society for Fish Biology.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Craterocephalus lentiginosus Ivantsoff, Crowley and Allen, 1987". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ↑ Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.; Ortañez, Auda Kareen (2009-01-15). "Craterocephalus lentiginosus Prince Regent hardyhead". FishBase. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  3. 1 2 Thompson, Vanessa; Bray, Dianne. "Freckled Hardyhead, Craterocephalus lentiginosus". Fishes of Australia. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Wager, R. 1996. Craterocephalus lentiginosus. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 11 April 2009.


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