TY - JOUR
T1 - FISHES FROM FRESH AND BRACKISH WATERS OF ISLANDS IN TORRES STRAIT FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND
AU - Hitchcock, Garrick
AU - Finn, Marcus A.
AU - Burrows, Damien W.
AU - Johnson, Jeffrey W.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Until recently the freshwater fish fauna of Torres Strait was virtually unknown. This paper reports on museum collections of fishes obtained in the area prior to 2005 and on several collections made in the period 2005-2011 from fresh and brackish waters on seven islands in the region: Boigu, Saibai, Mabuiag, Badu, Mua, Thursday and Horn. Eight of the fifteen freshwater fish species reported are new records for the Torres Strait Islands. Information on other aquatic fauna is presented, and the potential threats of introduced (exotic) species and sea-level rise associated with climate change, are considered.
AB - Until recently the freshwater fish fauna of Torres Strait was virtually unknown. This paper reports on museum collections of fishes obtained in the area prior to 2005 and on several collections made in the period 2005-2011 from fresh and brackish waters on seven islands in the region: Boigu, Saibai, Mabuiag, Badu, Mua, Thursday and Horn. Eight of the fifteen freshwater fish species reported are new records for the Torres Strait Islands. Information on other aquatic fauna is presented, and the potential threats of introduced (exotic) species and sea-level rise associated with climate change, are considered.
M3 - Article
VL - 55
SP - 13
EP - 24
JO - Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: Nature series
JF - Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: Nature series
IS - Part 1
ER -