This bibliography contains both direct references to fish that have been worked on within Central Australia, and to major papers on species that occur in Central Australia, but only populations outside of Central Australia have been worked upon. General Australian fish books are also included. In addition, popular and aquarium hobby articles have been included only if they directly relate to Central Australian fish populations. If anyone would like to suggest further references they feel should be included (I am especially interested in getting more aquarium articles) please email Peter Unmack

Allen, G. R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. T.F.H. Publications, New Jersey. 240pp.

Allen, G. R. 1995. Rainbowfishes: In Nature and the Aquarium. Tetra. Melle, Germany. 180pp.

Allen, G. R. & Burgess, W. E. 1990. A review of the glassfishes (Chandidae) of Australia and New Guinea. Records of the Western Australian Museum. Supplement No. 34. pp 139-206.

Allen, G. R. & Cross, N. J. 1982. Rainbowfishes of Australia and Papua New Guinea. T.F.H. Publications, New Jersey. 141pp.

Allen, G. R. & Feinberg, M. N. 1998. Descriptions of a new genus and four new species of freshwater catfishes (Plotosidae) from Australia. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology. 3: 9-18.

Allen, G. R. & Jenkins, A. P. 1999. A review of the Australian freshwater gudgeons, genus Mogurnda (Eleotridae) with descriptions of three new species. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology. 3(4): 141-156.

Allen, G. R. & Jenkins, A. P. 2000. Australian freshwater gudgeons, genus Mogurnda. Fishes of Sahual. 14(2): 686-689. (Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Allen, G. R., Midgley, S. H., & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth. 394pp.

Armstrong, N. 2001. Desert gobies Chlamydogobius. Fishes of Sahual. 15(2): 740-749. (Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Behler, D. A. 1989. The desert goby. Animal Kingdom. 92(6): 66-67.

Bishop, K. & Moses, R. 1983. Fish survey of the Bonnie and Kurundi Creek catchments of the Western Davernport and Murchison Ranges, Northern Territory, central Australia. Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region Research Institute. Jabiru, Northern Territory. pp.1-6.

Bishop, K. & Larson, H. K. 1994. Fish survey of the eastern drainage catchments of the Davenport and Murchison Ranges, Northern Territory, central Australia. Second Report.Supervising Scientist for the Alligator Rivers Region Research Institute. Jabiru, Northern Territory. pp. 1-12.

Briggs, G. 2001. Finke mogurnda. Fishes of Sahual. 15(2): 734-739. (Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Brown, P. 1992. Occurrence of a neosilurid catfish (Neosilurus sp.) in the Paroo River, Murray-Darling basin. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales. 113(4): 341-343.

Bunn, S. E. & Davies, P. M. 1999. Aquatic food webs in turbid, arid zone rivers: preliminary data from Cooper Creek, Queensland. In: Free-Flowing River: the Ecology of the Paroo River. Ed. Kingsford, R.T., New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney. pp 67-76.

Bunn, S. E., Davies, P. M., & Winning, M. 2003. Sources of organic carbon supporting the food web of an arid zone floodplain river. Freshwater Biology. 48: 619-635.

Castro, A. D. 1997. Desert goby. A nice little fish from Australia that's easy to keep and very hardy. Aquarium Fish Magazine. 9(4): 16-17.

Crowley, L. E. L. M. 1990. Biogeography of the endemic freshwater fish Craterocephalus (family Atherinidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 28(1): 89-98.

Crowley, L. E. L. M. & Ivantsoff, W. 1989. An historical overview of the genus Craterocephalus with special reference to the hardyheads from Dalhousie Springs. In, Natural History of Dalhousie Springs. Eds. Zeidler, W. & Ponder, W. F. South Australian Museum, Adelaide. pp 113-118.

Crowley, L. E. L. M. & Ivantsoff, W. 1990a. A second hardyhead, Craterocephalus gloveri (Pisces: Atherinidae), from Dalhousie Springs, central Australia. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 1(2): 113-122.

Crowley, L. E. L. M. & Ivantsoff, W. 1990b. A review of species previously identified as Craterocephalus eyresii (Pisces: Atherinidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 112(2): 87-103.

Crowley, L. E. L. M., Ivantsoff, W., & Allen, G. R. 1991. Freshwater fishes of the genus Craterocephalus (Atherinidae) from the southern drainages of Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya with reference to C. s. stercusmuscarum from Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 15(1): 33-52.

Delventhal, N. R. 2002. Sex change in desert gobies: could there be two explanations for the rumour? Fishes of Sahul. 16(2): 848-849. (Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Dulhunty, J. A. & Merrick, J. R. 1976. The waters and fish of the Lake Eyre Basin. Part I. The Royal Society of NSW Newsletter No. 13.

Dulhunty, J. A. & Merrick, J. R. 1976. The waters and fish of the Lake Eyre Basin. Part II. The Royal Society of NSW Newsletter No. 14.

Fletcher, H. O. 1937. Collecting in central and northern Australia. Australian Museum Magazine. 6(5): 157-164.

Gee, J.H. & Gee, P.A. 1991. Reactions of gobioid fishes to hypoxia: Buoyancy control and aquatic surface respiration. Copeia. 1991(1): 17-28.

Glover, C. J. M. 1971. The taxonomy and biology of Chlamydogobius eremius (Zietz, 1896). M.Sc. Thesis, University of Adelaide.

Glover, C. J. M. 1973. Adaptations of a central Australian gobiid fish. Bulletin of the Australian Society for Limnology. 5: 8-10.

Glover, C. J. M. 1979. Studies on central Australian fishes: further observations and records, part 1. South Australian Naturalist. 53(4): 35-44.

Glover, C. J. M. 1980. Fishes. In, A Field Guide to the Flinders Ranges. Ed. Corbett, D. W. P., pp 217-223. Rigby, Adelaide.

Glover, C. J. M. 1982. Adaptations of fishes in arid Australia. In, Evolution of the Flora and Fauna of Arid Australia. Eds. Barker, W. R. & Greenslade, P. J. M., pp 241-246. Peacock Publications, Adelaide.

Glover, C. J. M. 1984. Additions to the fish fauna of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 109(1): 59-60.

Glover, C. J. M. 1989. Fishes. In, Natural History of Dalhousie Springs. Eds. Zeidler, W. & Ponder, W. F., pp 89-112. South Australian Museum, Adelaide.

Glover, C. J. M. 1990. Fishes. In, Natural History of the North-East Deserts. Eds. Tyler, M. J., Twidale, C. R., Davies, M., & Wells, C. B., pp 189-198. Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide.

Glover, C. J. M. & Sim, T. C. 1978a. A survey of central Australian ichthyology. Australian Zoologist. 19(3): 245-256.

Glover, C. J. M. & Sim, T. C. 1978b. Studies on central Australian fishes: a progress report. South Australian Naturalist. 52(3): 35-44.

Hammer, M. 2002. Natural habitat, spawning & rearing of the Dalhousie catfish. Fishes of Sahul. 16(1): 820-827. (Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Horsthemke, H. 1989. Die Australische Wustengrundel Chlamydogobius eremius (Zeitz, 1896). Die Aquarien - und Terrarien - Zeitschrift. 42(5): 288-293.

Howe, E. 1999. The breeding and embryology of the desert goby, Chlamydogobius eremius (Zeitz 1896). Fishes of Sahul. 13(2): 611-613. (Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Ivantsoff, W. I. & Glover, C. J. M. 1974. Craterocephalus dalhousiensis n.sp., a sexually dimorphic freshwater teleost (Atherinidae) from South Australia. Australian Zoologist. 18: 88-98.

Ivantsoff, W., Unmack, P., Saeed, B., & Crowley, L. E. L. M. 1991. A redfinned blue-eye, a new species and genus of the family Pseudomugilidae from central Western Queensland. Fishes of Sahul. 6(4): 277-282. (Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Jackson, P. D. 1992. Australian Threatened Fishes, 1992 Supplement. Australian Society for Fish Biology Newsletter. 22(2): 17-22.

Kodric-Brown, A. & Brown, J. H. 1993. Highly structured fish communities in Australian desert springs. Ecology. 74(6): 1847-1855.

Kodric-Brown, A. & Brown, J. H. 1993. Incomplete data sets in community ecology and biogeography: a cautionary tale. Ecological Appliactions. 3(4): 736-742.

Lake, J. S. 1967. Rearing experiments with five species of Australian freshwater fishes. I. Inducement to spawning. Australian Journal of Freshwater and Marine Research. 18(2): 137-153.

Lake, J. S. 1967. Rearing experiments with five species of Australian freshwater fishes. II. Morphogenesis and ontogeny. Australian Journal of Freshwater and Marine Research. 18(2): 155-173.

Lake, J. S. 1971. Freshwater Fishes and Rivers of Australia. Thomas Nelson Australia Ltd, Melbourne. 61pp.

Lake, J. S. 1978. Freshwater fishes of Australia. An Illustrated Field Guide. Nelson, Melbourne. 160pp.

Langdon, J. S., Gudkovs, N., Humphrey, J. D., & Saxon, E. C. 1985. Deaths in Australian freshwater fishes associated with Chilodonella hexasticha infection. Australian Veterinary Journal. 62(12): 409-413.

Larson, H.K. & Martin, K.C. 1990. Freshwater Fishes of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin. 102pp.

Larson, H. K. 1995. A review of the Australian endemic gobiid fish genus Chlamydogobius, with description of five new species. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory. 12: 19-51.

Larson, H. K. 1996. New names for desert gobies. ANGFA Bulletin. 24: 5-6. (Bulletin of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Larson, H. K. 2001. A revision of the gobiid fish genus Mugilogobius (Teleostei: Gobioidei), and its systematic placement. Records of the Western Australian Museum. Supplement No. 62: 1-233.

Leggett, R. & Merrick, J. R. 1987. Australian Native Fishes for Aquariums. J. R. Merrick Publications. Sydney. 245pp.

Lehane, R. & Skepsey, B. 1996. Scales of survival. Australian Geographic. Number 42: 104-119.

Llewellyn, L. C. 1968. Adaptations of Madigania unicolor to temporary water. Australian Society for Limnology Newsletter. 6(1): 6-7.

Llewellyn, L. C. 1973. Spawning, development, and temperature tolerance of the spangled perch, Madigania unicolor (Gunther), from inland waters in Australia. Australian Journal of Freshwater and Marine Research. 24: 73-94.

Llewellyn, L. C. & Pollard, D. A. 1980. Family Plotosidae. In, Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Ed. McDowell, R. M. Reed, Sydney. pp 91-93.

Lloyd, L. N. & Tomasov J. F. 1985. Taxonomic status of the mosquitofish, Gambusia affinis (Poeciliidae), in Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 36, 447-51.

Lucas, A. H. 1894. Notes and exhibits - Two small fishes from central Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 9(2): 361-362.

McCulloch, A. R. & Ogilby, J. D. 1919. Some Australian fishes of the family Gobiidae. Records of the Australian Museum. 12(10): 193-291, Pls 31-37.

McCulloch, A. R. & Waite, E. R. 1917. Results of the South Australian Museum expedition to Strzelecki and Cooper Creeks. September and October, 1916. (k) Pisces. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 41: 472-475.

McDowall, R. M. 1996. Freshwater Fishes of South-Eastern Australia, 2nd ed. Reed Books, Sydney. 247pp.

Merrick, J. R. 1980. Some aspects of the taxonomy and biology of the fish family Teraponidae. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Sydney.

Merrick, J. R. & Barker, J. 1975. The Barcoo grunter rediscovered. Australian Society for Limnology Newsletter. 12(4): 20-21.

Merrick, J. R. & Midgley, S. H. 1981. Reproduction and development in the freshwater grunters Therapon fuliginosus and T. welchi (Theraponidae: Teleostei). Australian Society for Limnology Newsletter. 13(3): 19-20.

Merrick, J. R. & Schmida, G. E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes: Biology and Management. Griffith Press Ltd. 409pp.

Midgley, S. H., Midgley, M., & Rowland, S. J. 1991. Fishes of the Bulloo-Bancannia drainage division. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 30(3): 505-508.

Miller, P. J. 1987. Affinites, origin and adaptive features of the Australian desert goby Chlamydogobius eremius (Zietz, 1896) (Teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of Natural History. 21(3): 687-705.

Musyl, M. K. & Keenan, C. P. 1992. Population genetics and zoogeography of Australian freshwater golden perch, Macquaria ambigua (Richardson 1845) (Teleostei: Percichthyidae), and electrophoretic identification of a new species from the Lake Eyre Basin. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 43(6): 1585-1601.

Orr, T. M. & Milward, N. E. 1984. Reproduction and development of Neosilurus ater (Perugia) and Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner (Teleostei: Plotosidae) in a tropical Queensland stream. Australian Journal of Freshwater and Marine Research. 35: 187-195.

Pearson, B. 1999. An experience with the redfin blue-eye. ANGFA Bulletin. 42: 1, 3-4. (Bulletin of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Pierce, B. E. 1992. Why chase fish in the desert? South Australia's inland water stock assessment program. SAFISH Magazine. 17(1): 4-9. (previously published by the South Australian Fisheries Department)

Pierce, B. E. 1993. "Up the creek" South Australia's channel country and its major waterways. SAFISH Magazine. 17(4): 4-8. (previously published by the South Australian Fisheries Department)

Puckridge J. T. 1999. The role of hydrology in the biology of dryland rivers. In: Free-Flowing River: the Ecology of the Paroo River. Ed. Kingsford, R.T., New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Sydney. pp 97-112.

Puckridge, J. T., Walker, K. F., Langdon, J. S., Daley, C., & Beakes, G. W. 1989. Mycotic dermatitis in a freshwater gizzard shad, the bony bream, Nematalosa erebi (Gunther), in the River Murray, South Australia. Journal of Fish Diseases. 12(3): 205-221.

Puckridge, J. T. & Walker, K. F. 1990. Reproductive biology and larval development of a gizzard shad, Nematalosa erebi (Gunther) (Dorosomatinae: Teleostei), in the River Murray, South Australia. Australian Journal of Freshwater and Marine Research. 41: 695-712.

Puckridge, J. T., Walker, K. F., & Costelloe J. F. 2000. Hydrological persistence and the ecology of dryland rivers. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management. 16(5): 385-402.

Ralph, D. & Ralph, R. 1988. Breeding Australia's desert goby. Tropical Fish Hobbyist. 36(12): 38-40.

Reid, J. R. W. & Puckridge, J. T. 1990. Coongie Lakes. In, Natural History of the North-East Deserts. Eds. Tyler, M. J., Twidale, C. R., Davies, M., & Wells, C. B. Royal Society of South Australia, Adelaide. pp 119-131.

Reynolds, L. F. 1983. Migration patterns of five fish species in the Murray-Darling River system. Australian Journal of Freshwater and Marine Research. 34(6): 857-871.

Rinne, J. N., Ivantsoff, W., Crowley, L. E. L. M., & Lobon-Cervia, J. 1996. Conservation of desert fishes: Spain, Australia, and the United States. In, Biodiversity in Managed Landscapes: Theory and Practice. Eds. Szaro, R. C. & Johnston, D. W. Oxford University Press, New York. pp 377-400.

Ruello, N. V. 1976. Observations on some fish kills in Lake Eyre. Australian Journal of Freshwater and Marine Research. 27: 667-672.

Souter, G. 1974. Quest for the desert hardyhead. Parts I and II. The Sydney Morning Herald. June 1st (p11) and June 8th (p 12).

Souter, G. 1974. Delusions of an inland sea. Hemisphere. 18(10): 26-30.

Shipway, B. 1947. Rains of fishes? Western Australian Naturalist. 1(2):47-48.

Spencer, B. 1896. Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia, 4 Vols. Melville, Mullin and Slade, Melbourne.

Steindachner, F. 1884. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Fische Australiens. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie Wissenschaften, Wien. 88: 1065-1108, Pls i-vii.

Steptoe, W. 1988. Expedition to Min Min country. Modern Fishing. December 1988. (Australian fishing magazine).

Tappin, A. 1995. On the eve of extinction. Practical Aquariums and Watergardens. 10: 18-19.

Tappin, A. 1995. The red-finned blue eye: Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis. Rainbowfish. 10(2): 25-27. Or, in German: Das Rotflossige Blauauge: Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis. Regenbogenfisch. 10(2):30-35. Both have a followup comment as follows: Appendix to Adrian Tappins report, written by Norbert Grunwald on pages 28-29. (Regenbogenfisch is the journal of the International Rainbowfish Group or Internationale Gesellschaft fur Regenbogenfische (IRG) which is based in Europe.)

Tappin, A. 1996. Springs of the Great Artesian Basin Elizabeth Springs. ANGFA Bulletin. 24: 1, 3. (Bulletin of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Tappin, A. 1999. Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis: some further observations. ANGFA Bulletin. 42: 11. (Bulletin of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Thompson, G. 1982. Fish collecting on a part round Australia trip. Fishtales. 13(7): 6-10. (Journal of the Eastern Districts Aquarium Society, Melbourne, Australia).

Thompson, G. 1983. The desert goby, Chlamydogobius eremius. Fishes of Sahul. 1(2): 17-20. (Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia). Also in, Fishtales. 1983. 14(2): 8-13. (Journal of the Eastern Districts Aquarium Society, Melbourne, Australia).

Thompson, G. 1990. Fish in Australian salt lakes. Salinet. 4: 41-45.

Unmack, P. 1992. Further observations on the conservation status of the redfinned blue-eye. The Bulletin. 12: 8-9. (Bulletin of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Unmack, P. J. 1995. Desert fishes down under. Proceedings of the Desert Fishes Council 1994. 26: 71-95.

Unmack, P. J. 1996. The unique Cooper Creek catfish from central Australia. Fishes of Sahul. 10(2): 460-464. (Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Unmack, P. J. 1999. Biogeography of Australian Freshwater Fishes. M.Sc. Thesis, Arizona State University.

Unmack, P. J. 2000. The genus Hypseleotris of southeastern Australia: its identification and breeding biology. Fishes of Sahul. 14:645-657. (Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Unmack, P. J. 2001. Corrected identifications and lectotype designation for Porochilus argenteus (Zietz) (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes: Plotosidae). Records of the South Australian Museum. 34: 57-59.

Unmack, P. J. 2001. Fish persistance and fluvial geomorphology in central Australia. Journal of Arid Environments. 49: 653-669.

Unmack, P. J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography. 28: 1053-1089.

Unmack, P. & Brumley, C. 1991. Initial observations on the spawning and conservation status of the redfinned blue-eye, (Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis). Fishes of Sahul. 6(4): 282-284. (Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Unmack, P. J. & Wager, R. N. E. (in press) Threatened fishes of the world, Chlamydogobius micropterus. Environmental Biology of Fishes.

Unmack, P. J. & Wager, R. N. E. (in prep.) The Elizabeth Springs goby, its aquarium care, habitat and conservation status.

Vari, R. P. 1978. The Terapon perches (Percoidei, Teraponidae). A cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 159(5): 175-340.

Wager, R. 1994. The Distribution and Status of the Red-finned Blue Eye. Final Report Part B: The distribution of two endangered fish in Queensland. Endangered species unit project number 276.

Wager, R. 1995. Elizabeth Springs Goby and Edgbaston Goby: Distribution and Status. Endangered Species Unit Project Number 417. (Final Report).

Wager, R. & Jackson, P. 1993. The Action Plan for Australian Freshwater Fishes. Australian Nature Conservation Agency. pp. 122.

Wager, R. N. E. & Unmack, P. J. (2000) Fishes of the Lake Eyre Catchment of Central Australia. Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane. 90pp.

Wager, R. N. E. & Unmack, P. J. (in press) Threatened fishes of the world, Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis. Environmental Biology of Fishes.

Walker, T. G. 1995. Mogurnda species "Balcanoona." Fishes of Sahul. 9(2): 414-416. (Journal of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Whitley, G. P. 1945. The Simpson Desert expedition 1939. Scientific Reports: No. 5 Biology-Fishes. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 69(1): 10-13.

Whitley, G. P. 1960. Native Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Jacaranda Press, Brisbane. 127pp.

Wilson, D. 1987. Chlamydogobius eremius - desert goby. Tank Talk. 11(3): ?. (Magazine of the Canberra and District Aquarium Society). Reprinted in 1992. The Bulletin. 13: 3. (Bulletin of the Australian New Guinea Fishes Association, Australia).

Zeidler, W. & Ponder, W. F. 1989. Natural History of Dalhousie Springs. South Australian Museum, Adelaide. 125pp.

Zietz, A. H. C. 1896a. Pisces. In, Spencer, B. Ed. Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to central Australia. Part 2. Zoology. Melville, Mullin and Slade, Melbourne. pp 176-180, pl 16.

Zietz, A. H. C. 1896b. Description of an additional new species of fish from the Finke and Barcoo rivers. In, Spencer, B. Ed. Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to central Australia. Part 2. Zoology. Melville, Mullin and Slade, Melbourne. pp 410-411, pl 16.

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