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Pages in category "Freshwater fish of Tasmania" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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.
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 ...
The Tasmanian whitebait (Lovettia sealli), also known as the Australian whitebait or Derwent whitebait, is a semi-anadromous ray-finned fish of the family Galaxiidae, found only in Tasmania and southern Victoria, Australia. It is the only species in the genus Lovettia.
In Tasmania it remains relatively common. [9] The reasons for the decline and continuing threats to this species includes invasive alien fish species such as eastern mosquitofish, brown trout, [5] European carp, redfin, [6] and European perch, as well as cold water pollution, and habitat fragmentation and destruction. [5]
The Clarence galaxias is a freshwater species and inhabits lakes as well as swamps and streams connected to lakes. [3] It is endemic to Tasmania's Derwent River catchment, including the Clarence Lagoon. Only seven breeding populations are currently known. [2]
Crayfish Creek is listed as a protected forest reserve in North West Tasmania, Australia.It is home to the endangered Tasmanian giant freshwater crayfish (Astacopsis gouldi) [1] and - theoretically, rather than in practice - subject to federal protection under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Galaxias fontanus, the Swan galaxias, is a species of fish in the family Galaxiidae. It is endemic to eastern Tasmania, Australia. [3] The brownish-olive fish is only found in the trout-free headwaters of the Swan and Macquarie River catchments. [4] The streams occupied by the species have a low gradient and shallow waters.