Australian Freshwater Fishes

Peter J. Unmack


Mordaciidae
Mordacia mordax (Richardson 1846)
Mordacia praecox Potter 1968

Geotriidae
Geotria australis Gray 1851

Neoceratodontidae
Neoceratodus forsteri (Krefft 1870)

Anguillidae
Anguilla australis Richardson 1841
Anguilla bicolor McClelland 1844
Anguilla obscura Günther 1872
Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner 1867

Clupeidae
Nematalosa erebi (Günther 1868)
Potamalosa richmondia (Macleay 1879)

Engraulidae
Thyrssa scratchleyi (Ramsey & Ogilby 1886)

Osteoglossidae
Scleropages jardinii (Saville-Kent 1892)
Scleropages leichardti Günther 1864

Retropinnidae
Retropinna semoni (Weber 1895)
Retropinna tasmanica McCulloch 1920

Aplochitonidae
Lovettia sealii (Johnston 1883)

Lepidogalaxiidae
Lepidogalaxias salamandroides Mees 1961

Galaxiidae
Galaxias auratus Johnston 1883
Galaxias brevipinnis Günther 1866
Galaxias fontanus Fulton 1978
Galaxias fuscus Mack 1936
Galaxias johnstoni Scott 1936
Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns 1842)
Galaxias occidentalis Ogilby 1899
Galaxias olidus Günther 1866
Galaxias parvus Frankenberg 1968
Galaxias pedderensis Frankenberg 1968
Galaxias rostratus Klunzinger 1872
Galaxias tanycephalus Fulton 1978
Galaxias truttaceus Valenciennes (ex Cuvier) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846
Galaxiella munda McDowall 1978
Galaxiella nigrostriata (Shipway 1953)
Galaxiella pusilla (Mack 1936)
Neochanna cleaveri (Scott 1934)
Paragalaxias dissimilis (Regan 1906)
Paragalaxias eleotroides McDowall & Fulton 1978
Paragalaxias julianus McDowall & Fulton 1978
Paragalaxias mesotes McDowall & Fulton 1978

Prototroctidae
Prototroctes maraena Günther 1864

Ariidae
Cinetodus froggatti (Ramsey & Ogilby 1886)
Cochlefelis dioctes (Kailola 2000)
Nemapteryx armiger (De Vis 1884)
Neoarius berneyi (Whitley 1941)
Neoarius graeffei Kner & Steindachner 1867
Neoarius midgleyi Kailola & Pierce 1988
Sciades leptaspis (Bleeker 1862)
Sciades paucus (Kailola 2000)

Plotosidae
Anodontiglanis dahli Rendahl 1922
Neosiluroides cooperensis Allen & Feinberg 1998
Neosilurus ater (Perugia 1894)
Neosilurus brevidorsalis (Günther 1867)
Neosilurus gloveri Allen & Feinberg 1998
Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner 1867
Neosilurus mollespiculum Allen & Feinberg 1998
Neosilurus pseudospinosus Allen & Feinberg 1998
Neosilurus sp. Bulloo River false spined catfish
Porochilus argenteus (Zietz 1896)
Porochilus obbesi Weber 1913
Porochilus rendahli (Whitley 1928)
Tandanus bostocki Whitley 1944
Tandanus tandanus Mitchell 1838

Hemiramphidae
Arrhamphus sclerolepis Günther 1866
Zenochopterus novaeguineae Weber 1913

Belonidae
Strongylura krefftii (Günther 1866)

Atherinidae
Craterocephalus amniculus Crowley & Ivantsoff 1990
Craterocephalus centralis Crowley & Ivantsoff 1990
Craterocephalus cuneiceps Whitley 1944
Craterocephalus dalhousiensis Ivantsoff & Glover 1974
Craterocephalus eyresii (Steindachner 1883)
Craterocephalus fluviatilis McCulloch 1912
Craterocephalus gloveri Crowley & Ivantsoff 1990
Craterocephalus helenae Ivantsoff, Crowley, & Allen 1987
Craterocephalus lentigenosus Ivantsoff, Crowley, & Allen 1987
Craterocephalus marianae Ivantsoff, Crowley, & Allen 1987
Craterocephalus marjoriae Whitley 1948
Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum (Günther 1867)
Craterocephalus stramineus (Whitley 1950)

Melanotaenidae
Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides (Nichols & Raven 1928)
Iriatherina werneri Meinken 1974
Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau 1875)
Melanotaenia duboulayi (Castelnau 1878)
Melanotaenia eachamensis Allen & Cross 1982
Melanotaenia exquisita Allen 1978
Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau 1878)
Melanotaenia gracilis Allen 1978
Melanotaenia maccullochi Ogilby 1915
Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson 1843)
Melanotaenia pygmaea Allen 1978
Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castelnau 1875)
Melanotaenia splendida splendida (Peters 1866)
Melanotaenia splendida tatei (Zietz 1896)
Melanotaenia trifasciata (Rendahl 1922)
Melanotaenia utcheensis McGuigan 2000
Rhadinocentrus ornatus Regan 1914

Pseudomugilidae
Pseudomugil gertrudae Weber 1911
Pseudomugil mellis Allen & Ivantsoff 1982
Pseudomugil signifer Kner 1866
Pseudomugil tenellus Taylor 1964
Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis Ivantsoff, Unmack, Saeed, & Crowley 1991

Synbranchidae
Monopterus albus (Zouiev 1787)
Ophisternon candidum (Mees 1962)
Ophisternon gutturale (Richardson 1845)

Tetrarogidae
Notesthes robusta (Günther 1860)

Latidae
Lates calcarifer (Bloch 1790)

Ambassidae
Ambassis agassizii Steindachner 1867
Ambassis agrammus Günther 1867
Ambassis elongatus (Castelnau 1878)
Ambassis macleayi (Castelnau 1878)
Ambassis miops Günther 1872
Ambassis mulleri Klunzinger 1880
Denariusa bandata Whitley 1948
Parambassis gulliveri (Castelnau 1878)

Percichthyidae
Bostockia porosa Castelnau 1873
Gadopsis bispinosus Sanger 1984
Gadopsis marmoratus Richardson 1848
Guyu wujalwujalensis Pusey & Kennard 2001)
Maccullochella ikei Rowland 1986
Maccullochella macquariensis (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829)
Maccullochella peelii peelii (Mitchell 1838)
Maccullochella peelii mariensis Rowland 1993
Macquaria ambigua (Richardson 1845)
Macquaria australasica Cuvier 1830 in Cuvier & Valenciennes
Macquaria colonorum (Günther 1863)
Macquaria novemaculeata (Steindachner 1866)
Nannatherina balstoni Regan 1906
Nannoperca australis Günther 1861
Nannoperca obscura (Klunzinger 1872)
Nannoperca oxleyana Whitley 1940
Nannoperca variegata Kuiter & Allen 1986
Nannoperca vittata (Castelnau 1873)

Terapontidae
Amniataba percoides (Günther 1864)
Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell 1838)
Bidyanus welchi (McCulloch & Waite 1917)
Hannia greenwayi Vari 1978
Hephaestus carbo (Ogilby & McCulloch 1916)
Hephaestus epirrhinos Vari & Hutchins 1978
Hephaestus fuliginosus (Macleay 1883)
Hephaestus jenkinsi (Whitley 1945)
Hephaestus tulliensis De Vis 1884
Leiopotherapon aheneus (Mees 1963)
Leiopotherapon macrolepis Vari 1978)
Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther 1859)
Pingalla gilberti Whitley 1955
Pingalla lorentzi (Weber 1910)
Pingalla midgleyi Allen & Merrick 1984
Scortum barcoo (McCulloch & Waite 1917)
Scortum hillii (Castelnau 1878)
Scortum neili Allen, Larson & Midgley 1993
Scortum ogilbyi Whitley 1951
Scortum parviceps (Macleay 1883)
Syncomistes butleri Vari 1978
Syncomistes kimberleyensis Vari 1978
Syncomistes rastellus Vari & Hutchins 1978
Syncomistes trigonicus Vari 1978
Variichthys lacustris (Mees & Kailola 1977)

Kuhliidae
Kuhlia marginata (Cuvier 1829)
Kuhlia rupestris (Lacépède 1802)

Lutjanidae
Lutjanus argentimaculatus Forsskal 1775

Apogonidae
Glossamia aprion (Richardson 1842)

Toxotidae
Toxotes chatareus (Hamilton 1822)
Toxotes lorentzi Weber 1910
Toxotes oliglepis Bleeker 1876

Mugilidae
Myxus petardi (Castelnau 1875)

Bovichtidae
Pseudaphritis urvillii (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832)

Eleotridae
Gobiomorphus australis (Krefft 1864)
Gobiomorphus coxii (Krefft 1864)
Hypseleotris aurea (Shipway 1950)
Hypseleotris barrawayi Katherine River carp gudgeon
Hypseleotris compressa (Krefft 1864)
Hypseleotris ejuncida Hoese & Allen in Allen 1982
Hypseleotris galii (Ogilby 1898)
Hypseleotris kimberleyensis Hoese & Allen in Allen 1982
Hypseleotris klunzingeri (Ogilby 1898)
Hypseleotris regalis Hoese & Allen in Allen 1982
Hypseleotris sp. A Midgley's carp gudgeon
Hypseleotris sp. B Lake's carp gudgeon
Hypseleotris sp. C Murray carp gudgeon
Kimberleyeleotris notata Hoese & Allen 1987
Kimberleyeleotris hutchinsi Hoese & Allen 1987
Milyeringa veritas Whitley 1945
Mogurnda adspersa (Castelnau 1878)
Mogurnda clivicola Allen & Jenkins 1999
Mogurnda larapintae (Zietz 1896)
Mogurnda mogurnda (Richardson 1844)
Mogurnda oligolepis Allen & Jenkins 1999
Mogurnda thermophila Allen & Jenkins 1999
Ophieleotris aporos (Bleeker 1854)
Ophiocara porocephala (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837)
Oxyeleotris aruensis (Weber 1911)
Oxyeleotris fimbriata Weber 1907
Oxyeleotris gyrinoides (Bleeker 1853)
Oxyeleotris lineolata (Steindachner 1867)
Oxyeleotris nullipora Roberts 1978
Oxyeleotris selheimi (Macleay 1884)
Philypnodon grandiceps (Krefft 1864)
Philypnodon macrostomus Hoese & Reader 2006

Gobiidae
Awaous acritosus Watson 1994
Chlamydogobius eremius (Zietz 1896)
Chlamydogobius gloveri Larson 1995
Chlamydogobius japalpa Larson 1995
Chlamydogobius micropterus Larson 1995
Chlamydogobius squamigenus Larson 1995
Glossogobius aureus Akihito & Meguro 1975
Glossogobius celebius (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1837)
Glossogobius concavifrons (Ramsey & Ogilby 1886)
Glossogobius giurus (Hamilton 1822)
Glossogobius sp. A dwarf goby
Glossogobius sp. B Mulgrave goby
Glossogobius sp. C square-blotch goby
Pseudogobius olorum (Sauvage 1880)
Pseudogobius sp. 9 eastern blue spot goby
Redigobius bikolanus (Herre 1927)
Stiphodon alleni Watson 1996

Kurtidae
Kurtus gulliveri Castelnau 1878

Soleidae
Aseraggodes klunzingeri (Weber 1907)
Brachirus salinarum Ogilby 1910
Brachirus selheimi (Macleay 1882)