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dc.contributor.authorMorgan, David L
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Gerald R
dc.contributor.authorPusey, Bradley J
dc.contributor.authorBurrows, Damien W
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:26:57Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:26:57Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-04-04T22:21:13Z
dc.identifier.issn1175-5326
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/44252
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides an overview of the freshwater fishes of the remote and sparsely populated Kimberley region of Western Australia, an area that has been subject to minimal scientific surveys, most of which have occurred in the last 30 years. A total of 49 freshwater fish species are reported from the region, but this number will likely grow as a result of future discoveries. It is an endemic hotspot, with ~40% of the species found nowhere else; many of which are known from only a few localities. The fauna is dominated by members of the Terapontidae (10 species) and Eleotridae (10 species), followed by the Plotosidae (five species), Melanotaeniidae (five species), Atherinidae (four species) and Ambassidae (four species). Additionally, in terms of freshwater fishes of the Kimberley, there are two species each in the Toxotidae and Ariidae, and a single species from each of the Anguillidae, Clupeidae, Hemiramphidae, Belonidae, Apogonidae, Gobiidae and Soleidae. There are currently no introduced fishes found in any major catchments of the Kimberley, however, there are records of the Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) from Cape Leveque (Morgan et al. 2004c) and the Redclaw Crayfish (Cherax quadquicarinatus), which have recently been found within the Ord River basin (Doup頥t al. 2004).
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMagnolia Press
dc.publisher.placeNew Zealand
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2816.html
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto64
dc.relation.ispartofjournalZootaxa
dc.relation.ispartofvolume2816
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEvolutionary biology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchZoology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchZoology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3104
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3109
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310999
dc.titleA review of the freshwater fishes of the Kimberley region of Western Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPusey, Bradley J.


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