Interesting Info The dwarf goby is found only in a few freshwater streams and rivers of northern Queensland, particularly in the Wet Tropics region. Their body is slender and semi-transparent with faint mottling, helping them blend in with sand and…
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Interesting Info The Golden-Red Stiphodon is found in a few short, steep rainforest streams of northern Queensland, particularly in the Wet Tropics, and also occurs in parts of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Males are brilliantly coloured, flashing…
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Interesting Info The Freshwater Mangrove Goby is found in Queensland’s coastal rivers and swamps, often near mangroves and paperbark wetlands. Its body is slender, semi-transparent, and patterned with faint brown bands or mottling that help it blend into mangrove roots…
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Interesting Info The Swan Galaxias is a freshwater fish species endemic to eastern Tasmania. Today it survives only in a few tiny headwater streams of the Swan and Little Swan River catchments in eastern Tasmania. Its body is slender and…
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Interesting Info The Saddled Galaxias is endemic to Tasmania, found only in a handful of lakes and connected creeks in the Central Plateau. It is mostly confined to Great Lake and nearby tributaries, after disappearing from many of its historical…
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Interesting Info The Mountain Galaxias, unlike many other galaxias, is widespread, found across southeastern Australia in Victoria, New South Wales, the ACT, and parts of South Australia, as well as in Tasmania. Its body is slim and scaleless, coloured golden-brown…
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Interesting Info The Common Galaxias is found throughout Australia, from southern Queensland through New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia, mainly in coastal rivers and estuaries. Its body is semi-transparent and golden-brown with scattered dark spots and flecks along…
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Interesting Info The Spotted Galaxias is one of Australia’s largest galaxias, reaching up to 29 cm (11 in), though most are 15–20 cm (6–8 in) long. Its body is golden to olive-brown, covered in distinct black and gold leopard-like spots,…
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Interesting Info The Dalhousie Mogurnda is a freshwater fish species that is endemic to Australia. The species is found in thermal springs and adjacent waterways within the Dalhousie Springs complex in South Australia. Dalhousie Springs are a group of artesian…
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Interesting Info The freshwater tongue sole is found across northern Queensland, the Northern Territory, and northern Western Australia, especially in slow-flowing rivers and floodplain lagoons. It also has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution, including Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea, and the…
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Interesting Info The freshwater herring species is endemic to eastern Australia, found only in coastal rivers from southern Queensland to the Hunter River in New South Wales. Its body is slender and silvery with a greenish or bluish back and…
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Interesting Info The Australian lungfish is found only in southeastern Queensland, restricted to the Mary, Burnett, and Brisbane river systems. The Australian Lungfish is one of the world’s oldest living vertebrates, with a fossil record dating back over 100 million…
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Interesting Info The Freshwater longtom is found in coastal rivers, creeks, and lagoons of northern Australia, from Queensland across the Northern Territory to northern Western Australia. The species also occurs in New Guinea. Its body is silvery-grey with a greenish…
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Interesting Info The Marjorie’s Hardyhead is endemic to eastern Australia, occurring in clear coastal streams from the Mary River (Queensland) south to the Clarence River in northern New South Wales. Its body is slender and partly transparent, with a faint…
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Interesting Info The Deep Hardyhead is endemic to inland Australia, found in the Lake Eyre Basin, including rivers such as the Georgina, Diamantina, and Cooper Creek systems. Its body is slim and silvery, often with a faint golden or bluish…
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Interesting Info The Murray Hardyhead is endemic to the Murray–Darling Basin, once widespread across Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales, but now surviving only in a few isolated wetlands and saline lakes. Its body is slender and semi-transparent with…
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Interesting Info The Boofhead Catfish is found in northern Australia (Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia) and southern New Guinea, living in both rivers and estuaries. The body is dark grey to bluish on top and silvery below, with long whisker-like…
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Interesting Info The mouth almighty is found across northern Australia — from the Kimberley region of WA through the Northern Territory to Cape York Peninsula in Queensland — and also in southern New Guinea. Its body is pale brown to…
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Interesting Info The Pacific Shortfin Eel is found across northern Australia, from Queensland to the Northern Territory and into New Guinea and Pacific islands. Its body is dark olive-brown to almost black above and paler below, with a relatively shorter…
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Interesting Info The Southern Shortfin Eel is found across southeastern Australia, including Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and parts of New South Wales, and also occurs in New Zealand and some Pacific islands. The body is dark olive to brown on…
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Interesting Info The Longfin Eel is found along the eastern seaboard of Australia, from Cape York in Queensland through New South Wales and Victoria to eastern Tasmania, and also occurs in New Guinea and parts of the Pacific. Its body…
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Interesting Info The Indonesian Shortfin Eel is a widespread Indo-Pacific species, found from India and Southeast Asia through Indonesia and Papua New Guinea to northern Australia. In Australia it occurs mainly in Queensland, the Northern Territory, and northern Western Australia,…
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Interesting Info The Trumpeter Whiting is a medium-sized whiting found on the east coast of Australia, from southern Queensland to southern New South Wales, with occasional records further south into eastern Victoria. Its common name comes from the croaking or…
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