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The Maugean skate or Port Davey skate [2] (Dipturus maugeanus) is an endangered species of fish in the family Rajidae. Also known as the ‘thylacine of the sea’. It is endemic to Tasmania, only found in the brackish estuarine waters of Macquarie Harbour and Bathurst Harbour. [1] [3] The species was discovered in 1988 by Dr Graham Edgar. [4]
A bottom-dwelling fish, it is endemic to Australia, occurring in relatively shallow waters from near-shore to 170 metres. [2] The thornback skate can grow up to 52 cm long. The species was collected by Thomas Lempriere from Tasmanian waters and described and named in Lempriere's honour by John Richardson. [3]
The Clarence galaxias (Galaxias johnstoni) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Galaxiidae endemic to Tasmania. Description
Hook, Line and Sinker is an Australian fishing television program, produced by HLS Productions in Hobart, Tasmania.It is hosted by Nick Duigan and Andrew Hart. [1] The program premiered in 2001 and is broadcast nationally through the Southern Cross Seven and 7mate networks.
The Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish (Astacopsis gouldi), also called Tasmanian giant freshwater lobster, is the largest freshwater invertebrate and the largest freshwater crayfish species in the world. The species is only found in the rivers below 400 metres (1,300 ft) above sea level in northern Tasmania, an island-state of Australia.
The animals are part of a pod of 157 whales that beached near Arthur River, a township in Tasmania. What caused them to beach remains unclear. Video: Nearly 100 beached whales in Tasmania ...
The program received $200,000 funding from the Government of Tasmania in September 2018 [5] with the series produced for $1.4 million overall. [3] The series was commissioned for the Seven Network's male-skewing multichannel 7mate [6] and is co-produced by Fredbird Entertainment and Tasmanian-based Winning Post Productions, and distributed internationally by TCB Media Rights.
Spotted galaxias has a very wide distribution, being found in southern Victoria, all of Tasmania, offshore islands in between, as well as south-west Western Australia.. On the mainland spotted galaxias is generally recognised as a freshwater fish species with a marine larval phase (larvae are swept out to sea and return to freshwater habitats as early stage juveniles), and thus only found in ...