Interesting Info The Bullrout is a tough-looking little fish found only in eastern Australia, from southern New South Wales up into southern Queensland. It lives in estuaries, tidal rivers, and brackish creeks, often resting half-buried in sand or mud where…
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Interesting Info The Spangled Perch is one of Australia’s most tough and adaptable freshwater fish, found across almost the entire continent, even in arid inland regions. They get their name from the tiny iridescent blue and green spots (“spangles”) that…
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Interesting Info The Bellybar Pipefish are found across northern and eastern coasts, from Western Australia’s Kimberley region across the Top End, down the Queensland coast, and into New South Wales estuaries. It is a slender, snake-like fish that belongs to…
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Interesting Info Belut are native to Asia, but in Australia they are considered non-native introductions, sometimes appearing in northern Queensland wetlands. The Belut is not a “true eel” but a type of swamp eel. Unlike moray eels or freshwater eels,…
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Interesting Info The Brook Trout is not a true trout at all, but a type of char, closely related to Arctic char and lake trout. They prefer cold, clear, oxygen-rich streams and lakes, often in upland or alpine regions. In…
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Interesting Info Not native to Australia — Brown Trout were introduced from Europe in the 1860s and quickly established in cool southern rivers and lakes, especially in Tasmania, Victoria, and the Snowy Mountains. They are beautifully patterned fish, usually golden-brown…
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Interesting Info Atlantic Salmon come from the North Atlantic Ocean, but they were brought to Australia in the 1800s. Today, they are farmed almost entirely in Tasmania’s cool, clean coastal waters, where conditions mimic their natural environment. They are farmed…
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Interesting Info The Chinook Salmon, also called King Salmon, is the largest species of Pacific salmon, originally from the North Pacific Ocean and rivers of North America and Asia. They were first introduced to Australia in the late 1800s, around…
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Interesting Info Introduced to Australia in the 1890s, Rainbow Trout quickly became a favourite sport fish and are now widespread in cooler rivers and lakes of Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, and parts of South Australia and WA. They are…
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Interesting Info The Tasmanian Smelt is a small, silvery fish that’s found only in Tasmania, making it an endemic species — it lives nowhere else in the world. They have a slender, almost see-through body with a faint silver stripe…
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Interesting Info The Pacific Blue Eye is a small but striking freshwater and estuarine fish native to eastern Australia, from northern Queensland down through New South Wales. It’s one of the most colourful little fish in Aussie creeks. They are…
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Interesting Info The Congolli is a small to medium-sized native fish found in southeastern Australia, including rivers and estuaries of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, and New South Wales. They are slender-bodied, with a mottled brown to olive colouring, a pale…
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Interesting Info The Redfin (also known as the European Perch) is a freshwater fish introduced to Australia from Europe in the 1860s. It quickly spread and is now common in rivers, lakes, and reservoirs across southern and eastern Australia. They…
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Interesting Info The Macquarie Perch, often called “Macca” by anglers, is a medium-sized freshwater fish native to the Murray–Darling Basin and some coastal rivers of southeastern Australia. They are deep-bodied fish, usually dark grey to bluish-black, with lighter silver-grey bellies….
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Interesting Info The Trout Cod is an endangered freshwater fish native to the Murray–Darling Basin in southeastern Australia. Today, natural populations are confined to a few rivers in Victoria, New South Wales, and the ACT, with hatchery restocking programs helping…
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Interesting Info The Murray Cod is Australia’s largest exclusively freshwater fish and a true giant of the Murray–Darling Basin. Their body is deep and powerful, coloured cream to olive-green with darker mottled patterns that provide camouflage among snags and river…
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Interesting Info The River Blackfish is a native freshwater fish found in southeastern Australia, including Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, and parts of South Australia. It has a dark, mottled brown to black body with marbled patterns that help it…
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Interesting Info The Mary River Cod is one of Australia’s most endangered freshwater fish, found only in the Mary River system of southeast Queensland. They are a cultural icon of Queensland’s Mary Valley, valued by both Indigenous communities and modern…
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Interesting Info The Southern Pygmy Perch is a tiny native fish of southeastern Australia, once common in creeks, wetlands, and billabongs across South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania. Their body is short and deep, coloured golden-brown to olive,…
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Interesting Info The Yarra Pygmy Perch is a tiny freshwater fish found only in southeastern Australia, mainly in coastal drainages of western Victoria and southeastern South Australia. They have a short, deep body coloured olive-brown to golden, with darker blotches…
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Interesting Info The Variegated Pygmy Perch is a small freshwater fish found only in a few parts of southeastern Australia, mainly in western Victoria and southeastern South Australia. Their name comes from their mottled “variegated” colour pattern — olive-brown with…
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Interesting Info The Golden Perch, often called “Yellowbelly”, is one of Australia’s most popular and recognisable native freshwater fish. They are widespread across the Murray–Darling Basin, with other populations in Lake Eyre Basin and parts of Cooper Creek. Their adaptability…
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Interesting Info The Western Pygmy Perch is a tiny freshwater fish found only in southwestern Western Australia, making it an endemic species. Their body is deep and short, coloured golden-brown to olive with darker mottling. The species name vittata means…
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Interesting Info The Clarence River Cod is a large freshwater fish found only in the Clarence and Richmond River systems in northern New South Wales, making it a true endemic species. The species is closely related to Murray Cod and…
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