Australian Desert Fishes Descriptions


This is a complete listing of Australian desert fishes inhabiting the Lake Eyre, Bulloo-Bancannia, and Western Plateau Drainage Divisions. Both native, exotic, and introduced (ie translocated) native fishes are included. An abstract is provided for each species. If the species name is followed by a P or SM then the abstract contains one or more pictures of that species and a very small basic map. Click away!


Clupeidae

Nematalosa erebi bony bream P


Retropinnidae

Retropinna semoni Australian smelt P


Plotosidae

Neosilurus hyrtlii Hyrtl's catfish P

Neosilurus gloveri Dalhousie catfish P

Neosilurus sp Bulloo false-spined catfish P

Neosiluroides cooperensis Cooper Creek catfish P

Porochilus argenteus silver tandan P


Atherinidae

Craterocephalus centralis Finke hardyhead

Craterocephalus dalhousiensis Dalhousie hardyhead P, SM

Craterocephalus eyresii Lake Eyre hardyhead

Craterocephalus gloveri Glover's hardyhead SM

Craterocephalus sp Myross hardyhead


Melanotaeniidae

Melanotaenia splendida tatei desert rainbowfish P


Pseudomugilidae

Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis redfinned blue eye P


Ambassidae

Ambassis mulleri western chanda perch P


Percichthyidae

Macquaria sp spp Lake Eyre golden perch/yellowbelly/callop P

Macquaria sp ssp Bulloo golden perch/yellowbelly P


Terapontidae

Amniataba percoides banded grunter

Bidyanus welchi Welch's grunter P

Leiopotherapon unicolor spangled perch P

Scortum barcoo Barcoo grunter


Eleotridae

Hypseleotris kluzingeri western carp gudgeon P

Hypseleotris sp A Midgley's carp gudgeon P

Hypseleotris sp B Lake's carp gudgeon (?)

Mogurnda clivicola Flinders Ranges, Barcoo, or Bulloo mogurnda/purple spotted gudgeon P

Mogurnda larapintae Finke mogurnda/purple spotted gudgeon P

Mogurnda thermophila Dalhousie mogurnda/purple spotted gudgeon

Mogurnda sp Frew mogurnda/purple spotted gudgeon


Gobiidae

Chlamydogobius eremius desert goby P

Chlamydogobius gloveri Dalhousie goby P SM

Chlamydogobius japalpa Finke goby P

Chlamydogobius micropterus Elizabeth Springs goby P SM

Chlamydogobius squamigenus Edgbaston goby SM

Glossogobius giurus flathead goby


Exotic species


Poeciliidae

Gambusia holbrooki damnbusia

Phalloceros caudimaculatus one spot livebearer

Xiphophorus helleri green swordtail


Cyprinidae

Carassius auratus goldfish P

Cyprinus carpio Euorpean Carp P


Introduced species


Percichthyidae

Macullochella peelii peelii Murray cod

Macquaria ambigua ambigua Murray-Darling golden perch P


Terapontidae

Bidyanus bidyanus silver perch P


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The Australian desert fishes pages are compiled and maintained by Peter J. Unmack
Many thanks to Karen Randall for her excellent drawing of a desert goby that is
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This file was last modified:  18 March 2003