Fish in Australia
Australia has over 5000 described species of fish, a quarter of which are endemic.[1] Seafood and aquaculture are major and highly regulated industries, and fishing for marine and freshwater native fish is popular.
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Species of freshwater fish
A Murray Cod
For its land-size, Australia has a low diversity of native freshwater fish with only 281 described species.[1] This is largely because Australia is a very dry continent with sporadic rainfall and large areas of desert.
The most common freshwater fish are:
- Murray Cod
- Australian bass
Other species include:
- Australian Grayling
- Australian Smelt
- Climbing galaxias
- Common Galaxias
- Eastern Freshwater Cod
- Eel-tailed Catfish
- Estuary perch
- Flathead galaxias
- Golden Perch
- Halfbeak/Garfish
- Jardini
- Inanga
- Macquarie Perch
- Mary River Cod
- Mountain Galaxias
- Queensland Lungfish
- Rainbowfish
- Retropinnidae
- River Blackfish
- Saratoga
- Salamanderfish
- Short-finned Eel
- Sleepy Cod
- Trout Cod
- Two-spined blackfish
- Western Carp Gudgeon
References
- Bray, Dianne. "Introduction to Australia's Fishes". Fishes of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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