Craterocephalus
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Craterocephalus is a genus of small and slender brackish or freshwater fish
from Australia and New Guinea in the Atherinidae family.
It contains 25 species, some of them as follows:
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
from Australia and New Guinea in the Atherinidae family.
It contains 25 species, some of them as follows:
- Darling River hardyheadDarling River hardyheadThe Darling River hardyhead is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Source:* Wager, R. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
(Craterocephalus amniculus) - Rendahl's hardyhead (Craterocephalus capreoli)
- Finke River hardyheadFinke River hardyheadThe Finke River hardyhead is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Source:* Wager, R. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
(Craterocephalus centralis) - Dalhousie hardyheadDalhousie hardyheadThe Dalhousie hardyhead is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Source:* Wager, R. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
(Craterocephalus dalhousiensis) - Lake Eyre hardyhead (Craterocephalus eyresii)
- Murray hardyheadMurray hardyheadThe Murray hardyhead is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family. It is endemic to Australia.Murray hardyheads are a small freshwater fish native to inland parts of south-eastern Australia. They were once widespread and abundant in the Murray and Murrumbidgee river systems in southern NSW and...
(Craterocephalus fluviatilis) - Glover's hardyhead (Craterocephalus gloveri)
- Drysdale hardyheadDrysdale hardyheadThe Drysdale hardyhead is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Source:* Wager, R. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
(Craterocephalus helenae) - Kailola's hardyheadKailola's hardyheadKailola's hardyhead is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.-References:* Allen, G. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
(Craterocephalus kailolae) - Kutubu hardyheadKutubu hardyheadThe Kutubu hardyhead is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family. It is endemic to Lake Kutubu in the Kikori River system, Papua New Guinea....
(Craterocephalus lacustris) - Prince Regent hardyheadPrince Regent hardyheadCraterocephalus lentiginosus is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family. It is endemic to the a region in the northwest of Australia, and referred to by the common names of Prince Regent hardyhead or freckled hardyhead....
(Craterocephalus lentiginosus) - Magela hardyheadMagela hardyheadThe Magela hardyhead is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family. It is endemic to Australia.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
(Craterocephalus marianae) - Spotted hardyhead (Craterocephalus mugiloides)
- Pima hardyheadPima hardyheadThe Pima hardyhead is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.-Source:* Allen, G. 1996. . Downloaded on 4 August 2007....
(Craterocephalus pimatuae) - Fly-specked hardyheadFly-specked hardyheadThe Fly-specked Hardyhead is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family that can be found in some of the freshwater streams of the Northern Territory down the east coast of Queensland into southern Queensland. It forms shoals in streams' shallows...
(Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum)