List of fishes found in freshwater throughout Queensland Family Scientific Name Author Common Name Primary Origin Habitat Petromyzontidae Mordacia sp. Dwarf Lamprey freshwater native Carcharhinidae Carcharhinus leucas (Muller & Henle, 1839) Bull Shark estuarine native Carcharhinidae Glyphis glyphis (Muller & Henle, 1839) Speartooth Shark freshwater native Pristidae Pristis pristis (Linnaeus, 1758) Freshwater Sawfish estuarine native Dasyatidae Dasyatis fluviorum Ogilby, 1908 Estuary Stingray estuarine native Dasyatidae Himantura dalyensis Last & Manjaji-Matsumoto, 2008 Freshwater Whipray freshwater native Ceratodontidae Neoceratodus forsteri (Krefft, 1870) Australian Lungfish freshwater native Elopidae Elops hawaiensis Regan, 1909 Giant Herring marine native Megalopidae Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) Oxeye Herring estuarine native Anguillidae Anguilla australis Richardson, 1841 Southern Shortfin Eel freshwater native Anguillidae Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Giant Longfin Eel freshwater native Anguillidae Anguilla obscura Gunther, 1872 Pacific Shortfin Eel freshwater native Anguillidae Anguilla reinhardtii Steindachner, 1867 Longfin Eel freshwater native Muraenidae Gymnothorax polyuranodon (Bleeker, 1853) Freshwater Moray estuarine native Clupeidae Clupeoides sp. Toothed River Herring estuarine native Clupeidae Herklotsichthys castelnaui (Ogilby, 1897) Southern Herring estuarine native FW_Fish_QLD_23.10.2017_updated-header+footer.doc Clupeidae Nematalosa erebi (Gunther, 1868) Bony Bream freshwater native Clupeidae Potamalosa richmondia (Macleay, 1879) Freshwater Herring freshwater native Engraulidae Thryssa scratchleyi (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) Freshwater Anchovy estuarine native Osteoglossidae Scleropages jardinii (Saville-Kent, 1892) Northern Saratoga freshwater native Osteoglossidae Scleropages leichardti Gunther, 1864 Southern Saratoga freshwater native Salmonidae Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792) Rainbow Trout freshwater exotic Retropinnidae Retropinna semoni (Weber, 1895) Australian Smelt freshwater native Galaxiidae Galaxias maculatus (Jenyns, 1842) Common Galaxias freshwater native Galaxiidae Galaxias olidus Gunther, 1866 Mountain Galaxias freshwater native Chanidae Chanos chanos (Forsskal, 1775) Milkfish estuarine native Cyprinidae Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) Goldfish freshwater exotic Cyprinidae Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 European Carp freshwater exotic Cyprinidae Puntius conchonius (Hamilton, 1822) Rosy Barb freshwater exotic Cyprinidae Tanichthys albonubes Lin, 1932 Mountain Minnow freshwater exotic Cobitidae Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) Oriental Weatherloach freshwater exotic Ariidae Neoarius berneyi (Whitley, 1941) Highfin Catfish freshwater native Ariidae Neoarius graeffei (Kner & Steindachner, 1867) Blue Catfish estuarine native Ariidae Sciades leptaspis (Bleeker, 1862) Boofhead Catfish estuarine native Ariidae Sciades paucus (Kailola, 2000) Shovelnose Catfish freshwater native Plotosidae Anodontiglanis dahli Rendahl, 1922 Toothless Catfish freshwater native Plotosidae Neosiluroides cooperensis Allen & Feinberg, 1998 Cooper Creek Catfish freshwater native Plotosidae Neosilurus ater (Perugia, 1894) Black Catfish freshwater native Plotosidae Neosilurus brevidorsalis (Gunther, 1867) Shortfin Catfish freshwater native Plotosidae Neosilurus hyrtlii Steindachner, 1867 Hyrtl's Catfish freshwater native Plotosidae Neosilurus mollespiculum Allen & Feinberg, 1998 Softspine Catfish freshwater native Plotosidae Porochilus sp. Gulf Catfish freshwater native FW_Fish_QLD_23.10.2017_updated-header+footer.doc 2 / 10 Plotosidae Porochilus argenteus (Zietz, 1896) Silver Catfish freshwater native Plotosidae Porochilus obbesi Weber, 1913 Obbes' Catfish freshwater native Plotosidae Porochilus rendahli (Whitley, 1928) Rendahl's Catfish freshwater native Plotosidae Tandanus tandanus (Mitchell, 1838) Freshwater Catfish freshwater native Plotosidae Tandanus tropicanus Welsh, Jerry & Burrows, 2014 Wet Tropics Tandan freshwater native Hemiramphidae Arrhamphus sclerolepis Gunther, 1866 Snubnose Garfish estuarine native Hemiramphidae Zenarchopterus dispar (Valenciennes, 1847) Spoonfin River Garfish estuarine native Hemiramphidae Zenarchopterus novaeguinae (Weber, 1913) Fly River Garfish freshwater native Hemiramphidae Zenarchopterus rasori (Popta, 1912) Short River Garfish estuarine native Belonidae Strongylura krefftii (Gunther, 1866) Freshwater Longtom freshwater native Poeciliidae Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 Mosquitofish freshwater exotic Poeciliidae Poecilia latipinna (Lesueur, 1821) Sailfin Molly freshwater exotic Poeciliidae Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859 Guppy freshwater exotic Poeciliidae Xiphophorus hellerii Heckel, 1848 Swordtail freshwater exotic Poeciliidae Xiphophorus maculatus (Gunther, 1866) Platy freshwater exotic Melanotaeniidae Cairnsichthys rhombosomoides (Nichols & Raven, 1928) Cairns Rainbowfish freshwater native Melanotaeniidae Iriatherina werneri Meinken, 1974 Threadfin Rainbowfish freshwater native Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia duboulayi (Castelnau, 1878) Crimsonspotted Rainbowfish freshwater native Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia eachamensis Allen & Cross, 1982 Lake Eacham Rainbowfish freshwater native Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia fluviatilis (Castelnau, 1878) Murray River Rainbowfish freshwater native Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia maccullochi Ogilby, 1915 McCulloch's Rainbowfish freshwater native Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia nigrans (Richardson, 1843) Blackbanded Rainbowfish freshwater native Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia splendida inornata (Castelnau, 1875) Chequered Rainbowfish freshwater native Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia splendida splendida (Peters,1866) Eastern Rainbowfish freshwater native Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia splendida tatei (Zietz, 1896) Desert Rainbowfish freshwater native Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia trifasciata (Rendahl, 1922) Banded Rainbowfish freshwater native FW_Fish_QLD_23.10.2017_updated-header+footer.doc 3 / 10 Melanotaeniidae Melanotaenia utcheensis McGuigan, 2001 Utchee Rainbowfish freshwater native Melanotaeniidae Rhadinocentrus ornatus Regan, 1914 Ornate Rainbowfish freshwater native Pseudomugilidae Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis Allen and Sarti, 1983 Blueback Blue Eye estuarine native Pseudomugilidae Pseudomugil gertrudae Weber, 1911 Spotted Blue Eye freshwater native Pseudomugilidae Pseudomugil mellis Ivantsoff and Allen, 1982 Honey Blue Eye freshwater native Pseudomugilidae Pseudomugil signifer Kner, 1866 Pacific Blue Eye freshwater native Pseudomugilidae Pseudomugil tenellus Taylor, 1964 Delicate Blue Eye estuarine native Pseudomugilidae Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis Ivantsoff,Unmack,Saeed & Crowley, 1991 Redfin Blue Eye freshwater native Atherinidae Craterocephalus eyresii (Steindachner, 1883) Lake Eyre Hardyhead freshwater native Atherinidae Craterocephalus marjoriae Whitley, 1948 Marjorie's Hardyhead freshwater native Atherinidae Craterocephalus munroi Crowley & Ivantsoff, 1988 Munro's Hardyhead estuarine native Atherinidae Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum (Gunther, 1867) Flyspecked Hardyhead freshwater native Atherinidae Craterocephalus stramineus (Whitley, 1950) Blackmast freshwater native Syngnathidae Hippichthys heptagonus Bleeker, 1849 Madura Pipefish estuarine native Syngnathidae Hippichthys penicillus (Cantor, 1849) Beady Pipefish estuarine native Syngnathidae Hippichthys spicifer (Ruppell, 1838) Bellybar Pipefish estuarine native Syngnathidae Microphis brachyurus (Bleeker, 1853) Shorttail Pipefish freshwater native Syngnathidae Microphis cf leiaspis (Bleeker, 1853) Freshwater Pipefish freshwater native Synbranchidae Monopterus albus (Zuiew, 1793) Belut freshwater native Synbranchidae Ophisternon cf bengalense McClelland, 1844 Onegill Eel freshwater native Synbranchidae Ophisternon gutturale (Richardson, 1845) Swamp Eel freshwater native Scorpaenidae Notesthes robusta (Gunther, 1860) Bullrout freshwater native Latidae Lates calcarifer (Bloch, 1790) Barramundi estuarine native Ambassidae Ambassis agassizii Steindachner, 1867 Agassiz's Glassfish freshwater native Ambassidae Ambassis agrammus Gunther, 1867 Sailfin Glassfish freshwater native Ambassidae Ambassis elongatus (Castelnau, 1878) Elongate Glassfish freshwater native FW_Fish_QLD_23.10.2017_updated-header+footer.doc 4 / 10 Ambassidae Ambassis gymnocephalus (Lacepede, 1802) Barehead Glassfish estuarine native Ambassidae Ambassis interrupta Bleeker, 1852 Longspine Glassfish estuarine native Ambassidae Ambassis macleayi (Castelnau, 1878) Macleay's Glassfish freshwater native Ambassidae Ambassis marianus Gunther, 1880 Estuary Glassfish estuarine native Ambassidae Ambassis miops Gunther, 1871 Flagtail Glassfish estuarine native Ambassidae Ambassis sp. Northwest Glassfish freshwater native Ambassidae Ambassis vachellii Richardson, 1846 Vachell's Glassfish estuarine native Ambassidae Denariusa australis (Steindachner, 1867) Pennyfish freshwater native Ambassidae Parambassis gulliveri (Castelnau, 1878) Giant Glassfish freshwater native Percichthyidae Guyu wujalwujalensis Pusey & Kennard, 2001 Bloomfield River Cod freshwater native Percichthyidae Maccullochella mariensis Rowland, 1993 Mary River Cod freshwater native Percichthyidae Maccullochella peelii peelii (Mitchell, 1838) Murray Cod freshwater native Percichthyidae Macquaria ambigua ambigua (Richardson, 1845) Murray-Darling Yellowbelly freshwater native Percichthyidae Macquaria ambigua oriens Musyl & Keenan, 1992 Fitzroy River Yellowbelly freshwater native Percichthyidae Macquaria novemaculeata (Steindachner, 1866) Australian