Freshwater Fish

The Freshwater Fish Group at Murdoch University provides an important resource for the conservation of Western Australia's unique inland fishes.

[Culum Brown @BrownCulum13576]

Troubled waters in the land down under: Freshwater fish are in trouble https://t.co/inwKkKtNOk

[Freshwater Fish @FreshFishMurd]

Who’s ya kin!
Exciting paper on Green Sawfish in Western Australia - kinship relationships.

https://t.co/aNgGLdkTkq

[Freshwater Fish @FreshFishMurd]

NEW PAPER Ectoparasites of the Critically Endangered green sawfish and sympatric elasmobranchs in Western Australia by Ingelbrecht et al. https://t.co/xGy1gjYp6D
Pictured: the fate of a newly discovered monogenean parasite might be intrinsically linked to that of its host.

[ASFB @AustSocFishBiol]

NEW STUDY: Effects of coastal development on sawfish movements - Need for marine animal crossing solutions

Lear et al. compared catch rates & movement behaviour (via acoustic telemetry) of juvenile sawfish before/after construction in a nursery habitat.

https://t.co/GS9emO9IEf

[Freshwater Fish @FreshFishMurd]

We just came across a de-sawed Freshwater Sawfish in the Fitzroy River, Western Australia. The fish was skinny as a result, and is likely to starve in time. Not only cruel, it is an offence to take the saw.
https://t.co/PaFVKY8UNm

[Freshwater Fish @FreshFishMurd]

Check out our recent publication on "The Pouched Lamprey (Geotria australis Gray, 1851) in Mediterranean streams of the Southern Hemisphere"
https://t.co/Ia4DCvtMUf
@MUniResearch @FishFisheries

[Freshwater Fish @FreshFishMurd]

Freshwater Crocodiles on the Fitzroy River, Kimberley, Western Australia, July 2023 #crikey #Martuwarra

[Freshwater Fish @FreshFishMurd]

A 2.2 m Freshwater Sawfish we tagged last week (July 2023) in the Fitzroy River, Kimberley, Western Australia following the largest wet season discharge ever recorded. One of three over 2 m in length captured. @FishFisheries @MurdochUni #sawfish https://t.co/sqCs9KB4HY

[Protect Ningaloo @protectningaloo]

This is Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo.
It’s incredible. It’s also under threat.
Add your name to our letter to let the Federal Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek know Exmouth Gulf needs protection https://t.co/PqBT4X7aRI

🎥 Andre Rerekura and Nush Freedman

[Freshwater Fish @FreshFishMurd]

Interested in further research? Send us an email: [email protected]
We have 25 years experience in the field in northern WA

[Freshwater Fish @FreshFishMurd]

We are making inroads into the invasive Carp population in one of Perth’s most well-loved wetlands, Herdsman Lake. 347 kg of Carp removed in two days. Thanks to DBCA for supporting this restoration initiative. @MurdochUni @FishFisheries

[Freshwater Fish @FreshFishMurd]

A new paper published by our team on the 'Growth and morphology of Critically Endangered green sawfish Pristis zijsron in globally important nursery habitats'
https://t.co/qg4uwseV7b
@KarissaLear @Recesito @FishFisheries @MurdochUni @MUniResearch

[Karissa Lear @KarissaLear]

New paper out! Two decades of sampling fish communities in the dynamic dryland Fitzroy River, Western Australia. @FreshFishMurd Drawing by Brendon Ebner: main channel pool vs floodplain creek aquatic communities
https://t.co/6rxfZxywno

[Freshwater Fish @FreshFishMurd]

We are excited to offer a series of post-graduate Accelerated Masters Projects
1. UAVs to detect endangered sawfish
2. Freshwater Sawfish wet season movements in the Kimberley’s Fitzroy River
3. Estuarine Pilbara fish fauna
@MurdochUni email: [email protected] @KarissaLear

[ASFB @AustSocFishBiol]

Next year, @AustSocFishBiol's annual conference will be held in conjunction with the 2023 Indo-Pacific Fish Conference in Auckland, New Zealand. This is the first time since 2013 that our annual conference has been held across the pond in New Zealand.

https://t.co/Wdv3wvFKCi

[Colin Simpfendorfer @SharkColin]

And with that the shark and ray proposals at #CITESCoP19 have been finalised in plenary. The requiem sharks, the rest of the hammerhead sharks, guitarfishes and some freshwater stingrays will be placed on Appendix II (to regulate international trade). #CITES4Sharks

[Murdoch University @MurdochUni]

61 baby southwestern snake-necked turtles 🐢 have been released into Bibra Lake as part of a significant incubation project in conjunction with @MurdochUni #HarryButlerInstitute researchers & @CityOfCockburn aiming to boost up waning numbers. Find out more https://t.co/YfgJIXpJZw

[Freshwater Fish @FreshFishMurd]

Green Sawfish in Onslow Western Australia last week. 20 sawfish in total. @FishFisheries @fin_focus_ @MUniResearch

[Protect Ningaloo @protectningaloo]

Photography by @brookepykephoto who writes:

‘This is the Exmouth Gulf, lesser known than the Ningaloo reef yet one cannot survive without the other. Research has shown just how interconnected both ecosystems are.’

[Freshwater Fish @FreshFishMurd]

The Onslow elusive croc