Freshwater Fishes of North-Eastern AustraliaBrad Pusey, Mark Kennard, Angela Arthington Freshwater Fishes of North-Eastern Australia provides details of the ecology, systematics, biogeography and management of 79 species of native fish present in the region. It includes detailed information on their identification, evolutionary history, breeding biology, feeding ecology, movement patterns, macro-, meso- and micro-habitat use, water quality tolerances, conservation status and current threats, as well as environmental flow and management needs. Based on the results of extensive field surveys and a comprehensive review of existing literature, it is designed to assist environmental practitioners and managers to make informed decisions about future management strategies. It will also encourage a greater research effort into the region’s aquatic fauna by providing a comprehensive resource that enables other researchers to adopt a more quantitative and strategic framework for their research. Joint winner of the 2005 Whitley Medal. |
Contents
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Megalopidae | 64 |
Clupeidae | 92 |
Plotosidae | 112 |
Retropinnidae | 152 |
Belonidae | 166 |
Percichthyidae | 326 |
Terapontidae | 361 |
Kuhliidae | 401 |
Apogonidae | 409 |
Toxotidae | 419 |
Mugilidae | 426 |
Gobiidae | 434 |
prospects threats and information gaps | 575 |
Melanotaeniidae | 197 |
Pseudomugilidae | 247 |
Synbranchidae | 272 |
Scorpaenidae | 278 |
Chandidae | 284 |
Centropomidae | 313 |
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Freshwater Fishes of North-eastern Australia Brad Pusey,Mark J. Kennard,Angela H. Arthington Limited preview - 2004 |
Freshwater Fishes of North-Eastern Australia Brad Pusey,Mark Kennard,Angela Arthington Limited preview - 2004 |
Common terms and phrases
abundance adult Alligator Rivers Alligator Rivers region anal fin Anguilla aquatic macrophytes areas ater Australia barramundi Basin biomass Brisbane River Burdekin River Burnett River Cape York Peninsula catchment caudal fin colour Craterocephalus Creek depth diet Dissolved oxygen distribution dorsal fin downstream drainages eggs estuarine fecundity females fish collected fishway Fitzroy River floodplain lagoons flow forsteri freshwater gill graeffei habitats hatching hyrtlii individuals invertebrates Johnstone River juveniles larvae length leptaspis locations lowland m.sec males Mary River mature maximum mean mg.L Microhabitat midgleyi migration movement Murray River Neosilurus Normanby River northern number of fish observed pectoral period populations present range rays recorded reinhardtii reproductive ripe sample scales semoni sooty grunter South Wales south-eastern Queensland spawning specimens spine stercusmuscarum streams studies substrate suggested Table tandanus terrestrial tion tolerances tributary upstream vegetation water temperatures water velocity wet season Wet Tropics region woody debris