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Scientific Name Melanotaenia australis  (Castelnau, 1875)
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Type Locality Coast of Swan River Colony, Western Australia.
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Size 110mm or 4.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Oceania: widespread in northwestern Australia; throughout the Pilbara region of Western Australia between the Ashburton and DeGrey Rivers and in the Kimberley region in the extreme northern part of Western Australia between the Fitzroy River and the Northern Territory border. Also in the northwestern sector of the Timor Sea drainage of the Northern Territory as far as the Adelaide River just east of Darwin.
IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Reposrt and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria., pp 32.
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Last Update 2020 Oct 26 15:21 (species record created: 2018 Sep 22 03:44)