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A Murray cod. 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.
Marine fish of Australia (3 C, 66 P) L. Fish of Lord Howe Island (21 P) V. Fish of Victoria (state) (27 P) W. Fish of Western Australia (2 C)
More than 5000 species of fish inhabit Australia's waterways; [133] [134] of these, 24% are endemic. However, because of the relative scarcity of freshwater waterways, Australia has only about 300 species of freshwater fish. [135] Two families of freshwater fish have ancient origins: the arowana or bonytongues, and the Queensland lungfish. [136]
Freshwater fish of Australia are limited to approximately 280 species, even though the Australian continent is larger than the contiguous United States. [1] The small scale of species found in Australian inland waters is in some part due to the dry conditions of the continent. Rainfall is sporadic over much of the continent, and fish cannot ...
List of introduced fish. American flagfish, Jordanella floridae[ 1] Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar[ 2] Brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis[ 2] Brown trout, Salmo trutta[ 2] Chinook Salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha[ 2] Common carp, Cyprinus carpio[ 3] Convict cichlid, Archocentrus nigrofasciatus[ 4][ 5] Domingo mosquitofish, Gambusia dominicensis[ 6]
The freshwater fish of Australia include approximately 280 species. ... Pages in category "Freshwater fish of Australia" The following 85 pages are in this category ...
The list of marine animals of Australia (temperate waters) is a list of marine and shore-based species that form a part of the fauna of Australia. This list includes animals which either live entirely marine lives, or which spend critical parts of their lives at sea. The geographical range is south of Perth, Western Australia and the border of ...
Aquaculture in Australia is the country's fastest-growing primary industry, accounting for 34% of the total gross value of production of seafood. [1] 10 species of fish are farmed in Australia, and production is dominated by southern bluefin tuna, Atlantic salmon and barramundi. [2] Mud crabs have also been cultivated in Australia for many ...