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
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
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
Phalloceros caudimaculatus one spot livebearer
Xiphophorus helleri green swordtail
Cyprinidae
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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This file was last modified: 18 March 2003