Freshwater Fish Fact Sheets

Fact Sheets are provided on the following species of freshwater fish and invertebrates currently found in Tasmania.

1. Pedder galaxias (Galaxias pedderensis)
2. Swan galaxias (Galaxias fontanus)
3. Clarence galaxias (Galaxias johnstoni)
4. Golden galaxias (Galaxias auratus)
5. Swamp galaxias (Galaxias parvus)
6. Saddled galaxias (Galaxias tanycephalus)
7. Shannon paragalaxias (Paragalaxias dissimilis)
8. Arthurs paragalaxias (Paragalaxias mesotes)
9. Western paragalaxias (Paragalaxias julianus)
10. Great Lake paragalaxias (Paragalaxias eleotroides)
11. Jollytail (Galaxias maculatus)
12. Climbing galaxias (Galaxias brevipinnis)
13. Spotted galaxias (Galaxias truttaceus)
14. River Blackfish (Gadopsis marmoratus)
15. Mudfish (Neochanna cleaveri)
16. Dwarf galaxias (Galaxiella pusilla)
17. Pygmy Perch (Nannoperca australis)
18. Long-finned Eel (Anguilla reinhardtii)
19. Short-finned Eel (Anguilla australis)
20. Pouched Lamprey (Geotria australis) and Short-headed Lamprey (Mordacia mordax)
21. Tasmanian whitebait (Lovettia sealii)
22. Grayling (Prototroctes maraena)
23. Sandy (Pseudaphritis urvillii)
24. Smelt  (Retropinna tasmanica)
25. Giant Freshwater Lobster (Astacopsis gouldi)
26. Brown Trout (Salmo trutta)
27. Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
28. Redfin (Perca fluviatilis)
29. Freshwater Invertebrates
30. Whitebait Identification
31. Tasmanian Freshwater Crayfish
32. Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
33. Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)
34. Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
35. Goldfish  (Carassius auratus)
36. Tench (Tinca tinca)
37. Eastern Gambusia (Gambusia holbrooki)