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Arrhamphus sclerolepis krefftii in Australia
Southeastern snub-nosed garfish

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Arrhamphus sclerolepis krefftii   (Steindachner, 1867)
Family:	Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks) , subfamily: Hemiramphinae			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Beloniformes  (needle fishes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Southeastern snub-nosed garfish
Max. size:	27.7 cm SL (female)
Environment:	pelagic-neritic
Climate:	temperate
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Resilience:
Distribution:	Southwest Pacific: Australian waters from south of Rockhampton, Queensland to Sydney.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-16; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 15-17; Vertebrae: 48-50. Lower jaw proportionately longer at larger sizes. Anal fin rays usually 16; vertebrae usually 49; gill rakers usually 19-21 on the first arch.
Biology:
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Collette, Bruce B.
Main Ref:	Collette, B.B.. 1974. (Ref. 10988)
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Australia country information
Common names:	Southeastern snub-nosed garfish		Ref:  Collette, B.B., 1974
Status:	endemic		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Occurs in Australian waters, from south of Rockhampton, Queensland to Sydney (Ref. 9843). Lives and breeds in freshwater in Queensland from Gladstone to the Brisbane area, penetrating more than 150 km upstream into freshwater in the Mary River and in the freshwater reaches of most large rivers south from Rockhampton. A number of self perpetuating reservoir populations have been established just by stocking a few hundred adults (e.g., Somerset and North-Pine Dams near Brisbane, Cania Dam near Monto and Cassava Lagoon near Hervey Bay). These stocked populations quickly breed to become extremely common throughout the reservoir. Other reservoir populations have also established because snub-nosed gar naturally occurred upstream of the dam wall. (e.g., Awoonga Dam near Gladstone, Wivenhoe Dam, near Brisbane) (Michael Hutchinson, pers. comm. 9/2006). Also Ref. 10988.
States/Provinces:	New South Wales (native) Queensland (native)
States/Provinces Complete?:	No
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/as.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.csiro.au/
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Collette, B.B., 1999
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	Modified:  Capuli, Estelita Emily	Entered:  Binohlan, Crispina B.

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
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