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25.01.2022 Empire GudgeonHypseleotris compressa (Krefft, 1864)

25.01.2022 Meanwhile, Queensland still has a smidge over 8% despite government promises back in 2015 to protect 17%...

24.01.2022 Like green veins giving life to the outback! Ex-tropical cyclone Trevor and a monsoonal low caused a huge amount of rain in north and central Queensland during... the first three months of 2019. This led to increased run-off into waterways which, over a period several months, made its way south to the Channel country. Vegetation sprang to life, resulting in vivid green pattern in this photo. Having lived on a cattle station in Windorah, outback Queensland for the past 20 years, Helen Commens has seen her fair share of drought but she's also witnessed the odd flood, a time when the Channel Country comes alive. Helen recalls how floodwaters from the 2019 floods in northern Australia came down the famous Cooper Creek and spread through their property, Ourdel. 'The water flowed slowly down the channels and provided amazing feed for the cattle. For so many years we hadn't had a good run in the river, so when you get an event like this it's really amazing.' Helen's photo features in the 2021 Australian Weather Calendar. Make sure you get your copy at http://ow.ly/Cmyk50CjoCa #BOMCalendar : Helen Commons - Floodwaters and new growth in the Channel Country near Windorah, Queensland, 15 June 2019

24.01.2022 A nice example of a golden sleepy cod caught recently from the Pioneer River. I see Dave Wilson posted a photo of this colour variant quite a while ago: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1437384269848449/permalink/1506692932917582

24.01.2022 A group of illustrious Angfanauts headed out to Bush Heritage Australia's Edgbaston Reserve to volunteer their services to aid recovery efforts of the Red-finned Blue-eye (Scaturiginichthys vermeilipinnis). While inclement weather hampered our efforts, the crew persevered and assisted in clearing noxious Plague Minnow (Gambusia holbrooki - aka Mosquito fish) from an infested spring. This was the first step on a path to preparing the spring for assisted colonisation of Red-finned Blue-eyes and possibly other springs endemic flora and fauna.

24.01.2022 The students at Fig Tree Pocket State School have adopted a colony of Honey Blue-eyes (Psuedomugil mellis). They've been learning about food chains and life cyc...les and were very keen to talk about threatened species and what they could do to help Honey Blue-eyes. Their pond is set up right outside the classrooms so they can keep a close eye on the fish. A big thank you to our supply partners Aquapro and PondMax Australia!

24.01.2022 Melanotaenia irianjaya https://rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au/Irianjaya.htm

23.01.2022 Mungallala Creek Mungallala Western Queensland Australia.

23.01.2022 The staff and Students at St Mary of the Cross School at Windsor have adopted a colony of Spring Creek Ornate Rainbowfish (Rhadinacentrus ornatus). Nestled amon...g Brisbane's inner suburbs, the school has a beautiful outdoor teaching space with veggie gardens, native bees, and a frog pond, as well as their brand new fish pond :). Thanks to Trevor Evans for the Commonwealth Community Environment Grant, and to Aquapro and PondMax Australia!

23.01.2022 Melanotaenia sp. "Kaladiri"

23.01.2022 C R E E K C R A W L . With all this beautiful rain around, the rainforest is A L I V E and the creeks are flowing once again! . While we definitely recom...mend paying attention to warning signs and adventuring responsibly, nothing much compares to when you stumble across a little spot that fills your nature-loving, wanderlust soul. . . . Explore Tropical North Queensland | Visit Queensland, Australia | Australia.com See more

23.01.2022 Chilatherina Pricei looking good in quarantine

23.01.2022 Perfect for folk wanting to build up their fitness and confidence in tackling longer walks, the Stony Creek circuit in Byfield State Forest is a great 4 hour wa...lk of moderate difficulty through eucalypt forest and mature exotic pines along the beautiful Stony Creek. And the best thing about this walk is that you don’t need a 4WD to get there. All the walks in Byfield State Forest, just 25 minutes north of Yeppoon, are accessible by conventional vehicle. You will need a 4WD to the national and conservation parks though. : Orin Lucke Tourism and Events Queensland #GetActive #outdoorqld #QldParks #Qorf #TakeaHikeSEQld #ThinkOutside #Queensland #LiveLifeOutdoors #WeWalkQld

22.01.2022 Maranoa River running through Mitchell South Western Queensland Australia.

21.01.2022 Enjoying the extra space

21.01.2022 Pseudomugil gertrudae (Spotted Blue-eye) http://rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au/Gertrud.htm

21.01.2022 Peter losing an argument about whether dinosaurs are better than fish at Dino Encounters.

20.01.2022 Out today: our work on adaptation to future climates using Australian rainbowfishes is 'research highlight' in the leading journal of climate change!

20.01.2022 Iriatherina werneri: Threadfin Rainbowfish Photo nenad66 http://rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au/Werneri.htm

19.01.2022 A 'bow' from further north. First collected in 1996 by Eng Chua and Adrian Dawson in Wallaby Creek, a tributary of the Annan River south of Cooktown, Cape York ...Peninsula, north Queensland. From what I heard, no longer found on more recent visits. Its body shape and unpaired fins much like Melanotaenia trifasciata, the Banded or Regal Rainbowfish, but it does not display the bright nape band when courting, so typical for 'trifasciata'. These two males courtesy of Aimee and Steve Brooks. See more

19.01.2022 A calling male of an Ornate Burrowing Frog, Platypletrum ornatum in a turbid road side ditch near Emerald, Fitzroy River catchment, central eastern Queensland. Hundreds were calling after some heavy rain in Spring.

19.01.2022 Dive Bomber featuring Azure Kingfisher (Alcedo azura) and Banded Rainbow fish (Melanotaenia trifasciata, Gulbuwangay creek).

19.01.2022 My boesemanni's are feeling happy!

18.01.2022 Tateurndina ocellicauda: peacock gudgeon Photo Heinrich Gewinner http://www.aquagreen.com.au/pl/Tateurndina_ocellicauda.html

18.01.2022 NEW STUDY: Understanding a rediscovered outlying population of a secretive wetland fish The Australian mudfish (Neochanna cleaveri) is a small coastal wetland f...reshwater fish known from Tasmania and Victoria (and Flinders Island). There was a single historical record from 1974 in the southeast of South Australia, until it was rediscovered more than three decades later. Nick Whiterod (AquasaveNGT) and colleagues compiled multiple lines of researchincluding broad genetic analyses, targeted field surveys, migration sampling and otolith microchemistryto provide insight into the newly rediscovered population of the species. The species is ecologically intriguing and flexible, which may have contributed to its ability to persist in two heavily altered drain systems. The authors conclude that the opportunity provided by this chance rediscovery is to protect and enhance these habitats along with continuing to improve understanding of species which inhabit them. Wetlands Ecology and Management: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11273-020-09748-7 Citation: Whiterod N. S., Hammer M. P., Barnes T. C., Tucker M., Adams M., Raadik T. (2020). Clear as mud: the ecology and conservation of a secretive wetland fish (Neochanna cleaveri: Galaxiidae) in a heavily altered landscape. Wetlands Ecology and Management. DOI: 10.1007/s11273-020-09748-7.

18.01.2022 Gippsland Spiny Crayfish Euastacus kershawi from Toomuc Creek Packenham Vic. Female.

17.01.2022 Still young but already in full color

16.01.2022 A large female Lamington Spiny Crayfish (Euastacus sulcatus) taking advantage of the rain to walk the hiking trails. She was also carrying around babies under her tail despite being 10s of meters from water.

16.01.2022 Happy World Rivers Day! Here’s one of #australia s greatest - the mighty #fitzroyriver #martuwarra It’s a special river in the #kimberley Not dammed, not pumped..., not ruined by #irrigation like the #Murray-darling but it’s under serious threat. Sign the petition - https://www.environskimberley.org.au/protect_fitzroy Awesome Damian Kelly Photography #protectthekimberley #protectsawfish #sawfish #barramundi #barramundifishing #worldriversday

15.01.2022 You know if you are like me, you could do with some serious light relief at the moment. Involuntarily woke up early feeling positively sick to the core, went bi...rding and found camera battery flat so grabbed an infinitely more civilised coffee and croissant and thought about mudskippers. So here is a Bearded Mudskipper politely (not) encouraging a crab to vacate his 'pond'. Everyone who knows me well knows I am completely and utterly in LOVE with mudskippers. I mean, come on, look at that fiesty little dude? Stay calm. Drink coffee. Dream of mudskippers.

15.01.2022 Scartelaos histophorus in Brisbane River.

14.01.2022 Kamaka rainbows sparring, plus a few solo shots.

14.01.2022 Chilatherina spec. "Kali Web" after Waterchange

14.01.2022 C. sentaniensis are turning out to be a real treat. They are so calm all the time. Here is one carefully inspecting another one for crooked scales.

14.01.2022 Chef David and Chef Graeme prepare dinner to a backdrop of party lights. At Bush Heritage Australia's Edgbaston Reserve. Rated PG for mild language.

13.01.2022 HAPPY SUNDAY Rungutjirpa (Simpsons Gap) - strikingly beautiful, and just 18k's west of Alice Springs. @missemou via: #abcmyphoto... Read more about Simpsons Gap here: https://bit.ly/3lhZyLl

13.01.2022 One of my favourite catfish, the Toothless Catfish, Anodontiglanis dahli, that occurs in many tropical Australian rivers. I swam with them in the Gregory River ...in NW-Qld and observed them in the South Alligator on the way to Gumlom Falls in Kakadu NP, NT. They bury their snouts up to their eyes in the sand and mud to sift out food. This is one I kept for a long period many years ago. See more

12.01.2022 Who could do with a refreshing swim in the waters of Maguk? @sofieweston via Instagram - thanks for sharing Sophie!

12.01.2022 What can you find in your recreation pond? Your own perennial aquatic garden. Here are some scats for you #gardeningaustralia #landscapingaustralia #naturalpool #swimponds #recreationpond

12.01.2022 Hopefully this will eventually mean good things for Edgbaston Reserve, Bush Heritage Australia.

11.01.2022 Hard to imagine that we don't have the same problem in urban centres here, especially given how much less flushing our creeks and rivers get during the dry.

11.01.2022 Well, enough about rainbowfish and books about them, here is a False-spined Catfish, Neosilurus pseudospinosus, from the Ord River in the Kimberley, WA. Thanks ...to Michael Hammer and Dave Wilson-Aquagreen. Should I do Volume 1 of the freshwater fish? Actually, I had done it when I lost the master copy in a PC crash (and the back-up turned out to be compromised). Doing it all again takes about 400 hours, so I really have to think hard about it. Luckily I have an early draft print-out. See more

11.01.2022 Chilatherina fasciata: Barred Rainbowfish Photo Dirk Godlinski http://rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au/Fasciata.htm

11.01.2022 Presently also called a Western Rainbowfish, Melanotaenia australis, this form occurs in the De Grey River catchment at the northern edge of the arid Pilbara re...gion of Western Australia. The type locality of the species is a bit further to the southwest, in the Fortescue River drainage. With Jason Sulda. See more

10.01.2022 Prior to the construction of a fishway at Paradise Road, Slacks Creek, only around 4 fish per day could successfully ascend a vertical drop at the base of a roa...d culvert. Most of the species caught were the few species capable of climbing: eels and striped gudgeon. After the rock ramp fishway was constructed, over 1300 fish per day were recorded successfully ascending the fishway and passing through the culvert. This included important commercial and recreational species such as sea mullet, that can now access additional upstream habitat, needed to complete their lifecycles. World Fish Migration Day is 24 October 2020. Check out how the rest of the world manages fish passage World Fish Migration Day . Thanks to Catchment Solutions for providing the monitoring and data on this great outcome.

10.01.2022 The name 'Jinibara' represents a collective gathering in a place where important decisions are made' for the four local Aboriginal Tribes: Dungidau; Dala; Nalbo...; and Garumaga. The staff and students at Jinibara State School at Narangba have adopted a colony of Honey Blue-eyes (Pseudomugil mellis). Everyone was very enthusiastic about being able to help out one of our southeast Queensland threatened species. Thank you to our supply partners PondMax Australia, Aquapro, and Suncoast Water Gardens.

09.01.2022 Congratulations to Erwin Binner, Octobers' photo competition winner with his stunning image of Chilatherina fasciata "Clearwater Creek"

09.01.2022 A very impressive Dragonfly -Green Striped Darner (Austroaeschna forcipata) from the lowland rainforests of far north Queensland. Hanging off a small stick at night, it was a perfect opportunity to capture the insects' intense colouration!

09.01.2022 Melanotaenia cf. fasinensis "Sungai Sawiat"

08.01.2022 Showing off their colours tonight

07.01.2022 Back to some freshwater fish. This is one that many of you want to get identified on FB. It is known as one of the many forms of Western Rainbowfish, Melanotae...nia australis and hails from the Fish River, a tributary of the mighty Daly River in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is one of the more colourful forms. Specimens courtesy of Dave Wilson/Aquagreen and Aimee and Steve Brooks. See more

07.01.2022 I always seem to forget just how screwed up habitats are around Inverell We sampled around 12 ish sites in the region, one had no fish, one had no exotics (the... only fish present was Mountain Galaxias) and besides those two one other lacked Gambusia, but trout were present (along with Darling Hardyhead). Most sites were swarming with Gambusia, with a few goldfish thrown in for good measure. At many sites there was limited riparian vegetation and tons of grazing damage. Still fairly dry up here, many sites were only barely flowing. Even one of the native fish pops we found was introduced! Firetail Gudgeons were found in one creek along with a previously recorded pop from Pindari Dam. The Pindari ones had come from around Grafton based on their genetics. We did find that Darling Hardyhead have returned to the lower bits of the Macintyre around Graman after the drought which was great to see. They seem to be present up and down the Macintyre main channel which is good to see. But we didn’t find any elsewhere except for upper Swan Brook, which was one of the few sites lacking Gambos. Darling Hardyhead were quite abundant in that creek. I’ve added captions to the photos to provide a bit more context.

07.01.2022 We all know that celebrities and paparazzi have an eternal love/hate relationship with each other. The paparazzi need the celebs in order to earn their money an...d as much as the celebs hate them, the paparazzi do give them more exposure and press which in return also means more money and fame for them. However sometimes the celebs react to paps in a rather unflattering way. We recently caught up with the one and only Betty Botox and her mystery beau and all she had to say or rather yell was. WHAT THE @#&& ARE YOU LOOKING AT ! Giant mudskippers going off. See more

07.01.2022 Lagoon Creek Barcaldine Central Queensland Australia.

05.01.2022 Just when you thought the platypus couldn't get weirder...

05.01.2022 Great way to support recovery of an endangered species.

05.01.2022 What a shot! The photo was taken in the heart of Channel Country near Innamincka, on the SA-Qld border. Cloncurry Mustering Company (via ABC Western Queensland)

05.01.2022 Storm clouds forming over the arid landscape of Edgbaston Reserve Central Queensland Australia.

05.01.2022 In the water it moves as elegantly as can be, outside of it it feels and looks like a wet rag. The Arafura File Snake, Achrochordus arafurae, a truly aquatic snake from tropical freshwater habitats of northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Specimen courtesy of Troy Cooper.

04.01.2022 These breathtaking photos look like Indigenous paintings don't they? They're actually aerial photos of wetlands in Gayini, NSW. Gayini is part of the Lowbidgee ...floodplain the largest remaining area of wetlands in the Murrumbidgee Valley, within the southern Murray-Darling Basin. It's such a massive wetland that it's been dubbed "Kakadu of the South". It’s also an area of national and international conservation significance. Learn more about Gayini and what makes it so special > https://www.natureaustralia.org.au/gayini Annette Ruzicka Photography #NariNariTribalCouncil Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation

04.01.2022 A pair of Brolga (Grus rubicunda) in a field near Aramac Central Queensland Australia, I am surprised at how many Queenslanders don't know this, the Brolga has ...featured on the Queensland Coat of Arms since 1977. It wasn't until January 1986 that it was announced as the official bird emblem of Queensland. See more

04.01.2022 Not the best pic, but one of my young male Affinis "Pagwi". Amazing fish. Rob McAllister.

03.01.2022 Mimicking Nature. Is there nothing our fishy friends cant help us with. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-71434-8

02.01.2022 The Northern River Shark was first recorded in Western Australia (King Sound) in 2001 by Murdoch's Dave Morgan, and was only officially described as Glyphis gar...ricki in 2008. This latest paper demonstrates that the population in King Sound is distinct to others across the north. Check it out for an interesting read at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com//e/10.1111/1755-0998.13204 See more

02.01.2022 #MurrayCod, a magnificent fish from the Murray-Darling river basin! We want to share with you all the beautiful fish facts visual that we have created Did yo...u know that after spawning the males remain to guard the eggs, and they continue to watch the newly hatched larvae until they are about a week old? How do you like this visual? Do you have any other particular fact to share about this amazing endemic Australian fish? Let us know in the comments #migratoryfish #fishmigration

02.01.2022 Eastern Dwarf Sedge Frogs (Litoria fallax) in the western suburbs of Brisbane Queensland.

02.01.2022 Sandstone Long-necked turtle (Chelodina walloyarrina) Northern Kimberley Region, WA

02.01.2022 Can you guess what’s going to pop up?

01.01.2022 Endangered fish swimming amongst endangered plants at Bush Heritage Australia's Edgbaston Reserve.