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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 freshwater fish of Australia include approximately 280 species. Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. ...
Marine fish of Australia (3 C, 69 P) L. Fish of Lord Howe Island (21 P) V. Fish of Victoria (state) (28 P) W. Fish of Western Australia (2 C) Pages in category "Fish ...
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 live in many of the desert regions of South Australia and Western Australia. Most freshwater species are found in tropical or subtropical regions. [1]
Pages in category "Fishing in Australia" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... Fish in Australia; A. Australian Fisheries Management ...
This is a list of fish recorded from the Coral Sea, bordering Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. This list comprises locally used common names, scientific names with author citation and recorded ranges. Ranges specified may not be the entire known range for the species, but should include the known range within the waters ...
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 ...
Seafood in Australia comes from local and international commercial fisheries, aquaculture and recreational anglers. [1] It is an economically important sector, and along with agriculture and forestry contributed $24,744 million to Australia's GDP in year 2007–2008, out of a total GDP of $1,084,146 million.