Cotter River, ACT. Photo credit: Mark Lintermans

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Web sources of additional information on the fish of the Murray-Darling Basin

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Since 2013, Finterest has been sharing great stories and information about the work being undertaken across Australia to bring back our native fish, particularly across the Murray-Darling Basin. It's a great source of inspiration and knowledge for anyone interested in Australian freshwater fish and native fish, and is updated with new stories regularly.
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Become a Native Fish Expert:
Fishes of the Murray-Darling Basin

The second edition of Fishes of the Murray-Darling Basin by Mark Lintermans is available now! This edition has been fully revised, incorporating new ecological knowledge on each species and additional species accounts.

Fishes of the Murray-Darling Basin remains the only book of its kind, devoted exclusively to the fishes of Australia’s largest river system, containing rigorous information on the identification, habitats, biology and distribution of the freshwater fish of the Murray-Darling Basin, as well as background information on the threats to fish and aquatic ecosystems. It is an invaluable resource for naturalists, students, fishers, scientists and anyone else interested in the life within our rivers.
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Fishes of the
Murray-Darling Basin

This page is an extract from
Fishes of the Murray-Darling Basin (second edition)
and should be cited as
"Lintermans, M. 2023, Fishes of the Murray–Darling Basin,
Australian River Restoration Centre, Canberra."

All material © Mark Lintermans and
The Australian River Restoration Centre 2023.