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• Crowley, L.E.L.M. & Ivantsoff, W. 1990. A second hardyhead, Craterocephalus gloveri (Pisces: Atherinidae), from Dalhousie Springs, central Australia. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 1(2): 113-122
• Crowley, L.E.L.M. & Ivantsoff, W. 1991. Genetic similarity among populations of rainbowfishes (Pisces: Melanotaeniidae) from Atherton Tableland, northern Queensland. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 2(2): 129-137
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