Appendix A Ramsar criteria for identifying wetlands of international importance Group A of the criteria: sites containing representative, rare or unique wetland types Criterion 1: A wetland should be considered internationally important if it contains a representative, rare, or unique example of a natural or near- natural wetland type found within the appropriate biogeographic region. Group B of the criteria: sites of international importance for conserving biological diversity Criteria based Criterion 2: A wetland should be considered internationally important if it on species and supports vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered species or ecological threatened ecological communities. communities Criterion 3: A wetland should be considered internationally important if it supports populations of plant and/or animal species important for maintaining the biological diversity of a particular biogeographic region. Criterion 4: A wetland should be considered internationally important if it supports plant and/or animal species at a critical stage in their life cycles, or provides refuge during adverse conditions. Specific criteria Criterion 5: A wetland should be considered internationally important if it based on regularly supports 20,000 or more waterbirds. waterbirds Criterion 6: A wetland should be considered internationally important if it regularly supports 1% of the individuals in a population of one species or subspecies of waterbird. Specific criteria Criterion 7: A wetland should be considered internationally important if it based on fish supports a significant proportion of indigenous fish subspecies, species or families, life-history stages, species interactions and/or populations that are representative of wetland benefits and/or values and thereby contributes to global biological diversity. Criterion 8: A wetland should be considered internationally important if it is an important source of food for fishes, spawning ground, nursery and/or migration path on which fish stocks, either within the wetland or elsewhere, depend. Specific criteria Criterion 9: A wetland should be considered internationally important if it based on other regularly supports 1% of the individuals in a population of one species or taxa subspecies of wetland-dependent non-avian animal species. 120 Ecological character description Appendix B Macro-invertebrate species Common name or type of Historical Present Scientific name species circa 1984 circa 2007 Octopus Octopus Y Acetes sibogae australis swarming shrimp Y Alpheus edwardsi pistol shrimp Y Y Alvania sp. sea snails Y Ambuscintilla praemium Bivalve Y Anadara trapezia ark cockle Y Anomiidae jingle shell Y Aplysia parvula sea slug Y Assiminea relata Gastropod Y Australoplax tridentata tuxedo crab Y Austrocochlea constricta ribbed top shell Y Balanus amphitrite striped barnacle Y Bedeva paivae Gastropod Y Bembicum auratum grazing snail Y Cacozeliana lacertina Caenogastropod Y Callianassidae ghost shrimp Y Caridina type 1 Algae-eating shrimp Y Chiazacmea jacksoniensis Y Cingulina spina Gastropod Y Diogenes sp. hermit crabs Y Eliminius modestus Crustacean Y Eumarcia fumigata smoked venerid Y Glauconomya plankta Cockle Y Halicarcinus ovatus oval spider crab Y Halicarcinus sp. spider crab Y Heloecius cordiformis semaphore crab Y Y Helograpsus haswellianus grapsid crab Y Y Hemigrapsus sp. crab species Y Hippolytidae Shrimp Y Idiosepius notoides southern pygmy squid Y Y Ilyoplax paludicola ocypodid shore crab Y Laternula creccina lantern clam Y Latreutes pygmaeus hump-backed shrimp Y Y Latreutes sp. Shrimp Y Littorina scabra scratched littoraria Y Littorina sp. Y Macrobrachium grass shrimp Y Y intermedium Macrophthalmus setosus ghost or fiddler crab Y Macrophthalmus sp. (juv.) Y Matuta planipes two-spined burrowing sand crab Y Melosidula zonata Gastropod Y Metapenaeus macleayi school prawn Y Y Mictyris longicarpus soldier crab Y Mytilus edulis blue mussel Y Nassarius burchardi dog whelk Y Nassarius jonasii dog whelk Y Nerita atramentosa black nerite Y Towra Point Nature Reserve Ramsar site 121 Neritina oualaniensis Nerite Y Notospisula parva Bivalve Y producta Notospisula trigonella clam Y Okenia plana gastropod Y Onchidium damelli air breathing sea slug Y Ophicardelus ornatus air breathing snail Y Ophicardelus quoyi air breathing snail Y Ophicardelus sulcatus air breathing snail Y Ovalipes australiensis sand crab; surf crab Y Palaemon debilis estuarine shrimp Y Paragrapsus laevis mottled shore crab Y Y Penaeus esculentus tiger prawn Y Penaeus plebejus king prawn Y Y Petalifera sp. sea slug Y Pilumnopaeus serratifrons mud crab Y Polinices sordidus sordid sand snail Y Portunus pelagicus blue swimmer crab Y Y Prothalotia comtessei Comtesse’s top shell Y Pseudoliotia micans gastropod Y pyramid shells, parasitic sea Pyramidellidae sp. A Y snails pyramid shells, parasitic sea Pyramidellidae sp. B Y snails Pyrazus ebeninus Hercules club whelk Y Saccostrea cucullata common milky oyster Y Salinator fragilis air breathing snail Y Salinator solida air breathing snail Y Y Scylla serrata mudcrab Y Semelidae bivalve Y Sepiidae spp. cuttlefish Y Y Sepioloidea sp. squid species Y Y Sesarma erythrodactyla red-fingered marsh crab Y Y Sphaeroma quoyana crustacean Y Tatea rufilabris hydrobiid snail Y Tellina deltoidalis sunset shell Y Teredo sp. burrowing bivalve Y Thalamita sima four-lobed swimmer crab Y Y Trichomya hirsuta hairy mussel Y Velacumantis australis Australian mud whelk Y Wallucina assimilis Cockle Y Xenostrobus securis Pygmy mussel Y Source: ALS (1977); SPCC (1981a); Bell et al. (1984); Roach (2000); Williams (2000); Williams et al. (2004); Mazumder et al. (2005, 2006a, 2006b); Saintilan et al. (2007) 122 Ecological character description Appendix C Fish species # Historical Present Scientific name Common name circa 1984 circa 2007 Acanthogobius flavimanus yellowfin goby Y Acanthopagrus australis# yellowfin bream Y Y Achlyopa nigra black sole Y Achoerodus gouldii western blue groper Y Afurcagobius tamarensis Tamar River goby Y Y Aldrichetta forsteri yelloweye mullet Y Ambassis jacksoniensis glassfish Y Y Ambassis marianus estuary perchlet Y longsnout (or large Ammotretis rostratus# Y Y toothed) flounder Anguilla australis short-finned eel Y Anguilla reinhardtii long-finned eel Y Y Antennarius striatus striped anglerfish Y Arenigobius bifrenatus bridled goby Y Y Arenigobius frenatus half-bridled goby Y Y Argyrosomus japonicus mulloway Y eastern Australian Arripis trutta Y salmon Atherinomorus vaigiensis Ogilby’s hardyhead Y Y Bathygobius krefftii Krefft’s goby Y Y Batrachomoeus dubius frogfish Y Y Belone ferox banded needlefish Y Brachaluteres jacksonianus pygmy leatherjacket Y Brachaluteres trossulus pigmy leatherjacket Y Centropogon australis eastern fortescue Y Y Chaetodon ephippium saddle butterflyfish Y Chelidonichthys kumu red gurnard Y Cnidoglanis macrocephalus estuary catfish Y eastern (short-finned) Conger wilsoni Y conger eel Cristatigobius cristatus goby Y Cristiceps australis crested weedfish Y Y Dendrochirus zebra fire fish (zebra lionfish) Y Dermatopsis macrodon fleshfish Y Dicotylichthys myersi Myer's pufferfish Y Dinolestes lewini longfin pike Y Engraulis australis Australian anchovy Y Enoplosus armatus# old wife Y Y Epinephelus daemelii black cod Y Euristhmus lepturus longtailed catfish Y Favonigobius exquisitus exquisite sand goby Y Y Favonigobius lateralis long finned goby Y Y Favonigobius sp. goby Y Filicampus tigris tiger pipefish Y Fistularia petimba rough flutemouth Y Gerres ovatus# silver biddy Y Gerres subfasciatus# silver biddy Y Y Girella tricuspidata# luderick Y Y Gobiomorphus australis striped gudgeon Y Y Towra Point Nature Reserve Ramsar site 123 Gobiopterus semivestitus glass goby Y Y Herklotsichthys castelnaui southern herring Y Heteroclinus spp. weedfish Y Hippocampus whitei White’s seahorse Y Hyperlophus vittatus sandy sprat Y Hypnos monopterygium electric ray (numbfish) Y Hyporhamphus australis eastern sea garfish Y Leptatherina presbyteroides silverfish Y Liza argentea# flat-tail mullet Y Y Meuschenia freycineti# six-spined leatherjacket Y Y variable (yellow tailed) Meuschenia trachylepis# Y Y leatherjacket Microcanthus strigatus stripey Y Monacanthus chinensis# leatherjacket Y Y Monodactylus argenteus silver batfish Y Mugil cephalus# sea mullet Y Y Mugilidae mullet Y Mugilogobius paludis mangrove goby Y flat-backed mangrove Mugilogobius platynotus Y goby checkered mangrove Mugilogobius stigmaticus Y Y goby Myliobatus australis eagle ray Y Myxus elongatus# sand mullet Y Y Neodax balteatus little rock-whiting Y Nesogobius sp.nov. goby Y Omobranchus anolius oyster blenny Y Ophisurus serpens serpent eel Y Y Orectolobus maculatus spotted wobbegong shark Y Pagrus auratus snapper Y Pandaculus lidwilli Y Paramonacanthus otisensis dusky leatherjacket Y Paraplagusia sp. tongue sole sp Y Paraplagusia unicolor lemon tongue sole Y Y Pelates quadrilineatus# trumpeter Y Pelates sexlineatus# eastern striped trumpeter Y Y Petroscirtes lupus brown sabretooth blenny Y Y Platycephalus arenarius# flag-tail flathead Y Platycephalus fuscus# dusky flathead Y Y Platycephalus speculator# yank flathead Y Pomatomus saltatrix# tailor Y Y Poutawa habenata little conger eel Y Pranesus ogilbyi hardy head Y Priopidichthys marinanus Y Pseudocaranx dentex white trevally Y Pseudogobius olorum blue spot goby Y Y Pseudomugil signifer southern blue-eye Y Y Pseudorhombus arsius# large toothed flounder Y Y Pseudorhombus jenynsii# small-toothed flounder Y Y Pseudorhombus sp sand flounder Y Redigobius