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Australian Sweetwater Angling Species

The following fish species are likely to be encountered in Australian impoundments and rivers, depending on the location. They are either naturally occurring or have been introduced to the various locations. Many of the species below (eg Bass & Barramundi) cannot breed in the un-natural environment of man made lakes and will need to be constantly re-stocked on an annual basis to maintain numbers. Support your local fish stocking group to help guarantee your own fishing future.

Australian Native Fish

  Perch
Australian Bass

AUSTRALIAN BASS Macquaria novemaculeata
Information
Image: Garry Fitzgerald
Estuary Perch ESTUARY PERCH Macquaria colonorum
Image: Neil Slater
Barramundi

BARRAMUNDI / GIANT PERCH Lates calcarifer


Information

Image: Dale Sinclair
Jungle Perch JUNGLE PERCH / FLAGTAIL Kuhlia rupestris
Image: Garry Fitzgerald
Information at QDPI&F Website
Golden Perch/Yellowbelly

GOLDEN PERCH / YELLOWBELLY / CALLOP Macquaria ambigua
Information
Image: Garry Fitzgerald
Macquarrie Perch MACQUARRIE PERCH / MOUNTAIN PERCH Macquaria australasica
Information
Image: Jim Tait
Spangled Perch / Bobby Cod SPANGLED PERCH / BOBBY COD Leiopotherapon unicolor
Image: Garry Fitzgerald
  Grunters
Sooty Grunter SOOTY GRUNTER Hephaetus fuliginosus
Image: Ausfish.com.au
Silver Perch SILVER PERCH / BIDYAN / SILVER GRUNTER / BLACK BREAM / SILVER BREAM Bidyanus bidyanus
Image: Garry Fitzgerald
Barcoo Grunter

BARCOO GRUNTER / JADE PERCH Scortum barcoo
Information
Image: Ausyfish Pty Ltd
  WELCH'S GRUNTER Scortum hillii
Banded Grunter

BANDED GRUNTER / BARRED GRUNTER Amniataba percoides

Information

Image: Garry Fitzgerald
 
Cod
  BRISBANE RIVER COD EXTINCT
Eastern Cod EASTERN COD / EAST COAST COD Maccullochella ikei
 Information - Dept of Environment & Water Resources website
Image: John Mathews
Mary River Cod

MARY RIVER COD / MARY COD Maccullochella peelii mariensis
Information
Image Randall Gilbert / Chris Barnett
Murray Cod MURRAY COD Maccullochella peeli
Information - Dept of Environment & Water Resources website
Image: Garry Fitzgerald
Trout Cod. Image courtesy MDBC TROUT COD / BLUENOSE COD / BLUE COD Maccullochella macquariensis
Information
  Catfish
Eel-Tailed Catfish EEL-TAILED CATFISH / DEWFISH / TANDAN Tandanus tandanus
Image: Garry Fitzgerald
Freshwater Cobbler FRESHWATER COBBLER Tandanus Bostocki. South East Western Australia only
Image: http://www.fish.wa.gov.au
Fork-Tailed Catfish FORK-TAILED CATFISH / SALMON CATFISH / BLUE CATFISH Arius graffei
Image: Garry Fitzgerald
  SILVER COBBLER Arius midgleyi
  Other
Archer Fish ARCHER FISH / SEVEN SPOT ARCHER FISH / COMMON ARCHER FISH Toxotes chatareus (Hamilton 1822) . also
BANDED ARCHER FISH Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas 1767)
Image: Garry Fitzgerald
Big Eye Trevally BIG EYE TREVALLY Caranx sexfasciatus
Queensland Lungfish

LUNGFISH / QUEENSLAND LUNGFISH / CERATODUS Neoceratodus forsteri
Information
Image: Garry Fitzgerald

Mangrove Jack MANGROVE JACK Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskål, 1775)
Image: Brett Finger
  PINK EYE MULLET Trachystoma petardi
Saratoga (southern species)

SARATOGA [Southern] / CERATOTA / SPOTTED BARRAMUNDI / DAWSON RIVER SALMON Scleropages leichardti
Information
Image: Garry Fitzgerald

Northern Saratoga SARATOGA [nothern] / SPOTTED AROWANA Scleropages jardini
Sleepy Cod SLEEPY COD Oxyeleotris lineolatus
Image: Ausyfish Pty Ltd
Snub Nosed Gar SNUB NOSED GAR Arrhamphus sclerolepis
Image: Garry Fitzgerald
Australian Tarpon / Ox Eye Herring AUSTRALIAN TARPON / OX EYE HERRING Megalops cyprinoides
Image: Garry Fitzgerald
River Blackfish / Nicky Long Cod

RIVER BLACKFISH / NICKY LONG COD Gadopsis marmoratus

Image: Rob Meade - Clearwater Tours
Yellow Fin Bream YELLOW-FIN BREAM
Image: Garry Fitzgerald
Long Tom (Alligator Gar) LONG TOM / ALLIGATOR GAR Strongylura krefftii
Image: Qld DPI&F
Bony Bream BONY BREAM Nematalosa erebi
Image: Garry Fitzgerald
Long Finned Eel LONG-FINED EEL Anguilla reinhardti
Image: Marty Wilson
  SHORT FINNED EEL Anguilla australis
Australian Grayling AUSTRALIAN GRAYLING Prototroctes maraena
Information - Dept of Environment & Water Resources website
Image: Neil Slater

Non-Australia Fish

Tilapia

TILAPIA [NOXIOUS FISH]
Information
Image: Dave Downie
European Carp EUROPEAN CARP Cyprinus carpio[NOXIOUS FISH]
Image: Garry Fitzgerald
Redfin Perch REDFIN / ENGLISH PERCH / EUROPEAN PERCH Perca fluviatilis
Image: Peter Swanson
Rainbow Trout TROUT RAINBOW Oncorhynchus mykiss
Image: Neil Slater
Brown Trout TROUT BROWN Salmo trutta
Image: Neil Slater
  TROUT BROOK Salvelinus fontinalis
Alteantic Salmon ATLANTIC SALMON Salmo salar
Image: Gav Moloney
Chinook Salmon CHINOOK SALMON / KING SALMON Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Image: Neil Slater
  ROACH Rutilus rutilus
  TENCH Tinca tinca

Australian Crayfish

REdclaw Crayfish REDCLAW CRAYFISH / REDCLAW Cherax quadricarinatus
Image: Garry Fitzgerald
Crayfish BLUE CRAY / YABBIE Cherax destructor
Murray Crayfish MURRAY RIVER CRAYFISH / MURRAY CRAY Euastacus armatus
Marron MARRON Cherax tenuimanus
South East Freshwater Crayfish South East Freshwater Crayfish Euastacus bispinosa
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