- Source: Fish in Australia
Australia has over 5000 described species of fish, a quarter of which are endemic. Seafood and aquaculture are major and highly regulated industries, and fishing for marine and freshwater native fish is popular.
Species of freshwater fish
For its land-size, Australia has a low diversity of native freshwater fish with only 281 described species. This is largely because Australia is a very dry continent with sporadic rainfall and large areas of desert. There is a higher diversity of salt water fish.
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
Marine fish
Abelites
Starry triggerfish
Abelites stellates
Anlaby's
Anlaby's taenianotus
Abilene's
Flat needlefish
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Pulau Natal
- Little Fish (film)
- POF (situs web kencan)
- Mardy Fish
- Selandia Baru
- Platipus
- Semah
- Oseania
- Cere
- Ikan oskar
- Fish in Australia
- Freshwater fish of Australia
- Fish
- Jack Dempsey (fish)
- Fauna of Australia
- Flathead (fish)
- Synanceia
- Rhiannon Fish
- Flake (fish)
- Stargazer (fish)