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Australian lungfish are commonly found in deep pools of 3–10 m (9.8–32.8 ft) depth [14] and live in small groups under submerged logs, in dense banks of aquatic macrophytes, or in underwater caves formed by soil being washed away under tree roots on river banks. The lungfish is tolerant of cold, but prefers waters with temperatures in the ...
Introduced trout species dominate the upland reaches of rivers in southeast Australia, and may have negative effects on upland native fish like the mountain galaxias species, Macquarie perch and the unfortunately named trout cod, but due to their popularity as sport fish, lack of historical records, and loss of angling memories, their damaging ...
Labrus onitis Linnaeus, 1758. The tautog (Tautoga onitis), also known as the blackfish, is a species of wrasse native to the western Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to South Carolina. This species inhabits hard substrate habitats in inshore waters at depths from 1 to 75 m (5 to 245 ft). It is currently the only known member of its genus.
The common snook is a protandric hermaphrodite fish species. [5] Its spawning season spans from April to October. The peak spawning occurs during July and August. [6] Spawning typically occurs in near-shore waters with high salinities. [7] Following the spawning period, the juveniles then migrate to the brackish waters of the nearby estuarine ...
Outside Europe, the Mullidae are often called "goatfish". [7] Fish with common names including the word "mullet" may be a member of one family or the other, or even unrelated such as the freshwater white sucker (Catostomus commersonii). [8] However, recent taxonomic work has reorganised the family and the following genera make up the Mugilidae ...
Website. Cook Island Aquatic Reserve. Cook Island Aquatic Reserve is a marine protected area in the South Pacific Ocean, located around Cook Island, about 600 metres (2,000 ft) from the Fingal Head mainland of New South Wales . The aquatic reserve consists of the waters around the island within a radius of 500 metres (1,600 ft) of a survey ...
Lethrinus perselectus Whitley, 1933. Lethrinus nebulosus, the spangled emperor, green snapper, morwong, north-west snapper, sand bream, sand snapper, sixteen-pounder, sharie, sheri and yellow sweetlip, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors and emperor breams. This species is found the Indo-West ...
Chaetodon armatus J. White, 1790. Enoplosus armatus, commonly referred to as the old wife (plural: old wives), is a species of perciform fish endemic to the temperate coastal waters of Australia. [5] It is the only modern species in the family Enoplosidae. [6] Old wives are commonly found in pairs or large schools. [7]