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[9] [10] The five other freshwater lungfish species, four in Africa and one in South America, are very different morphologically from N. forsteri. [9] The Queensland lungfish can live for several days out of the water, if it is kept moist, but will not survive total water depletion, unlike its African counterparts. [7]
The golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) is a medium-sized, yellow or gold-coloured species of Australian freshwater fish found primarily in the Murray-Darling River system, though a subspecies is found in the Lake Eyre-Cooper Creek system, and another subspecies, suspected to be ancestral to all other populations, is found in the Fitzroy River system in Queensland. [3]
The freshwater fish of Australia include approximately 280 species. ... Freshwater fish of Queensland ... (species complex)
The Mary River cod (Maccullochella mariensis) is a species of temperate perch native to the coastal Mary River system of southern Queensland, Australia. [2] Mary River cod are one of Australia's most endangered freshwater fishes [3] and are notable for being the most northerly of the four Maccullochella cods found or once found in coastal river systems of eastern Australia.
For its land-size, Australia has a low diversity of native freshwater fish with only 281 described species. [1] This is largely because Australia is a very dry continent with sporadic rainfall and large areas of desert. There is a higher diversity of salt water fish. The most common freshwater fish are: Murray cod; Australian bass; Other ...
The river blackfish (Gadopsis marmoratus) is a freshwater fish endemic to the temperate waters of south-eastern Australia. [2] It is found from southern Queensland through to central Victoria, including in the Murray-Darling river system. It is also found in some eastern and southern flowing coastal rivers.
The honey blue-eye (Pseudomugil mellis) is an endangered species of fish in the subfamily Pseudomugilinae. It is endemic to southeastern Queensland, Australia, where it is found in mildly acidic, often tannin-stained, ponds and streams in wallum habitat.