FISHES OF AUSTRALIA

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Australia has a relatively small number of species of native freshwater fish (194), but 71% of these species are endemic to Australia and New Guinea.

Due to threats facing Australia’s freshwater systems, 21% of native freshwater fish are considered either rare, vulnerable or endangered.

Australia’s coastal waters however are among the most species-rich on earth, with approximately 3400 species of fish alone, most of which are endemic (that is, found nowhere else).

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