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Species Neochanna cleaveri (Scott, 1934)

Australian Mudfish, Cleaver's Mud-trout, Eel Mud-trout, Eel-gudgeon, Mud Galaxias, Mud Trout, Tasmanian Mud-trout, Tasmanian Mudfish

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Northern, western and southern TAS and Flinders Island (Bass Strait), and more recently from low lying areas along southern VIC coast from Wilsons Promontory (146°26'E) to the Aire River, Otway Ranges (143°28'E), and coastal habitat between Beachport and Robe (ca. 37°11'S, 139°56'E), and Bool Lagoon (37°07'S, 140°42'E), SA; temperate.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Estuary, freshwater, inshore, marine, migratory.

Extra Ecological Information

Exhibits aestivation - a state of animal dorminancy

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [36] (as Galaxias cleaveri)

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [97] (as Galaxias cleaveri)

Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. (as Galaxias cleaveri)

Gomon, M.F., Glover, C.J.M. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds) 1994. The Fishes of Australia's South Coast. Adelaide : State Printer 992 pp. 810 figs. [236] (as Galaxias cleaveri)

Green, R. 1974. A catalogue of the type material in the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 52: 1-15 [3] (as Galaxias cleaveri)

Hammer, M. & Tucker, M. 2011. Baseline study and community monitoring of Australian Mudfish in South East, South Australia. Report to Department for Water, South Australian Government. Aquasave Consultants, Adelaide. pp. 35

Jackson, P.D. & Davies, J.N. 1982. Occurrence of the Australian Mudfish, Galaxias cleaveri Scott, on Wilsons Promontory - first record from mainland Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 94(1): 49-52

Jackson, P.D. & Davies, J.N. 1983. The freshwater and estuarine fishes of Wilsons Promontory National Park. Fisheries and Wildlife Division, Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands. pp. 68. [32]

Koehn, J.D. & Raadik, T.A. 1991. The Australian Mudfish, Galaxias cleaveri Scott, 1934, in Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 103(2): 77-86

McDowall, R.M. 1997. Affinities, generic classification and biogeography of the Australian and New Zealand mudfishes (Salmoniformes: Galaxiidae). Records of the Australian Museum 49(2): 121-137 [129]

McDowall, R.M. 2006. Crying wolf, crying foul, or crying shame: alien salmonids and a biodiversity crisis in the southern cool-temperate galaxioid fishes? Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 16: 233-422 [347]

McDowall, R.M. & Frankenberg, R.S. 1981. The galaxiid fishes of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 33(10): 443-605 figs 1-47 [519]

McDowall, R.M. & Fulton, W. 1996. Chapter 10. Family Galaxiidae — galaxiids. pp. 52-77 in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [64] (as Galaxias cleaveri)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [32] (226, as Saxilaga cleaveri, p. 33, 227, as Saxilaga anguilliformis, 232, as Galaxias upcheri)

Paxton, J.R., Allen, G.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Galaxiidae. pp. 402-411 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [409]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [176] (as Galaxias cleaveri)

Raadik, T.A. 2006. Chapter 13. Freshwater fishes. pp. 133-148 in Museum Victoria and CSIRO Publishing. Melbourne's Wildlife. A Field Guide to the Fauna of Greater Melbourne. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 348 pp. [139]

Raadik, T.A. 2008. Family Galaxiidae. pp. 217-222 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [222]

Raadik, T.A. 2014. Fifteen from one: a revision of the Galaxias olidus Günther, 1866 complex (Teleostei, Galaxiidae) in south-eastern Australia recognises three previously described taxa and describes 12 new species. Zootaxa 3898(1): 1-198 [160]

Waters, J.M. & McDowall, R.M. 2005. Phylogenetics of the Australasian mudfishes: Evolution of an eel-like body-plan. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37: 417–425 [419]

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (260-262, as Galaxias cleaveri)

 

Common Name References

Hammer, M.P., Adams, M. & Foster, R. 2012. Update to the catalogue of South Australian freshwater fishes (Petromyzontida & Actinopterygii). Zootaxa 3593: 59–74 [63] (Australian Mudfish)

McDowall, R.M. 1997. Affinities, generic classification and biogeography of the Australian and New Zealand mudfishes (Salmoniformes: Galaxiidae). Records of the Australian Museum 49(2): 121-137 (Australian Mudfish)

McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1980. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 208 pp., figs, 32 pls. [63] (Mud Galaxias, Mud Trout)

McDowall, R.M. & Fulton, W. 1996. Chapter 10. Family Galaxiidae — galaxiids. pp. 52-77 in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [64] (Tasmanian Mudfish)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [91] (Tasmanian Mudfish)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [32] (Cleaver's Mud-trout, Eel Mud-trout, Tasmanian Mud-trout)

Raadik, T.A. 2006. Chapter 13. Freshwater fishes. pp. 133-148 in Museum Victoria and CSIRO Publishing. Melbourne's Wildlife. A Field Guide to the Fauna of Greater Melbourne. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 348 pp. [139] (Australian Mudfish)

Raadik, T.A. 2008. Family Galaxiidae. pp. 217-222 in Gomon, M.F., Bray, D.J. & Kuiter, R.H. (eds). Fishes of Australia's Southern Coast. Sydney : Reed New Holland 928 pp. [222] (Australian Mudfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Tasmanian Mudfish)

Skene, W., Smith, S., Smith, I. & Raadik, T. 2001. Australian Mudfish Neochanna cleaveri. Action Statement 115. Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988. Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria. 4 pp. (Australian Mudfish)

Whitley, G.P. 1956. List of native freshwater fishes of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1954-55: 39-47 [39] (Eel-gudgeon)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016 ARGENTINIFORMES 06-Jul-2015 MODIFIED Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
27-Jul-2010 MODIFIED