For the last decade
NQ DRY TROPICS
has been working with people to
improve our environment

In the last five years
we have helped graziers install
136 watering points to
protect waterways

Improved
130,000 hectares
of grazing land in the
Burdekin region

Protected
104,000 hectares
of wildlife corridors

Improved the environmental sustainability of
40,000 hectares
of sugar, fruit and vegetable farms

Protected
25 hectares
of coastal vegetation

Reduced the use of fertiliser on
20,000 hectares of farmland near the
Great Barrier Reef

Improved
the quality of soil on
15,000 hectares
of land in the dry tropics region

We have removed barriers
to fish movement along
5,000 kilometres
of creeks and rivers

We have helped over
90 families in semi-urban areas
to protect native plants in their backyard

Bony Fish

The following is a list of fishes that can be found in the dry tropics region. Where available, both scientific and common names have been provided.

Family	Scientific Name	Common Name
Ambassidae	Ambassis agassizii	Agassiz's glassfish
Ambassidae	Ambassis agrammus	sailfin glassfish
Ambassidae	Ambassis macleayi	Macleay's glassfish
Ambassidae	Ambassis species	northwest glassfish
Anguillidae	Anguilla obscura	Pacific shortfin eel
Anguillidae	Anguilla reinhardtii	longfin eel
Apogonidae	Glossamia aprion	mouth almighty
Ariidae	Neoarius graeffei	blue catfish
Atherinidae	Craterocephalus marjoriae	silverstreak hardyhead
Atherinidae	Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum	flyspecked hardyhead
Belonidae	Strongylura krefftii	freshwater longtom
Centropomidae	Lates calcarifer	barramundi
Ceratodontidae	Neoceratodus forsteri	Australian lungfish
Chanidae	Chanos chanos	milkfish
Cichlidae	Oreochromis mossambicus	Mozambique mouthbrooder
Cichlidae	Tilapia mariae	spotted tilapia
Clupeidae	Nematalosa erebi	bony bream
Eleotridae	Giurus margaritacea	snakehead gudgeon
Eleotridae	Hypseleotris compressa	empire gudgeon
Eleotridae	Hypseleotris galii	firetail gudgeon
Eleotridae	Mogurnda mogurnda	northern purplespotted gudgeon
Eleotridae	Ophiocara porocephala	spangled gudgeon
Eleotridae	Oxyeleotris lineolata	sleepy cod
Eleotridae	Philypnodon grandiceps	flathead gudgeon
Eleotrididae	Mogurnda adspersa	southern purplespotted gudgeon
Family	ScientificName	CommonName
Gerreidae	Gerres filamentosus	threadfin silverbiddy
Gobiidae	Chlamydogobius ranunculus	tadpole goby
Gobiidae	Glossogobius giuris	tank goby
Gobiidae	Glossogobius species 1	false celebes goby
Gobiidae	Redigobius bikolanus	speckled goby
Hemiramphidae	Arrhamphus sclerolepis	snubnose garfish
Kuhliidae	Kuhlia rupestris	jungle perch
Lutjanidae	Lutjanus argentimaculatus	mangrove jack
Megalopidae	Megalops cyprinoides	oxeye herring
Melanotaeniidae	Melanotaenia splendida splendida	eastern rainbowfish
Melanotaeniidae	Melanotaenia spp.
Mugilidae	Mugil cephalus	sea mullet
Osteoglossidae	Scleropages jardinii	northern saratoga
Osteoglossidae	Scleropages leichardti	southern saratoga
Percichthyidae	Macquaria novemaculeata	Australian bass
Plotosidae	Neosilurus ater	black catfish
Plotosidae	Neosilurus hyrtlii	Hyrtl's catfish
Plotosidae	Neosilurus mollespiculum	softspine catfish
Plotosidae	Neosilurus pseudospinosus	falsespine catfish
Plotosidae	Porochilus rendahli	Rendahl's catfish
Plotosidae	Tandanus tandanus	freshwater catfish
Poeciliidae	Gambusia holbrooki	mosquitofish
Poeciliidae	Poecilia reticulata	guppy
Pseudomugilidae	Pseudomugil signifer	Pacific blue eye
Scatophagidae	Scatophagus argus	spotted scat
Scatophagidae	Selenotoca multifasciata	striped scat
Synbranchidae	Monopterus albus	belut
Synbranchidae	Ophisternon gutturale	swamp eel
Terapontidae	Amniataba percoides	barred grunter
Terapontidae	Bidyanus bidyanus	silver perch
Terapontidae	Hephaestus fuliginosus	sooty grunter
Terapontidae	Leiopotherapon unicolor	spangled perch
Terapontidae	Scortum hillii	leathery grunter
Terapontidae	Scortum parviceps	smallhead grunter
Toxotidae	Toxotes chatareus	sevenspot archerfish

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