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Biodiveristy_State of Environment report - Mission Beach Cassowaries

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Appendix 6.5Results <strong>of</strong> DPI&F Long-term Monitoring Program - FreshwaterSource: Jebreen et al. 2002, DPI&F 2005 - Base data reproduced with permission <strong>of</strong> Queensland Department <strong>of</strong> PrimaryIndustries and Fisheries - Copyright <strong>State</strong> <strong>of</strong> Queensland, 2005.Note: This does not represent complete diversity, as some species are not susceptible to the electro-fishing method utilisedby the QFS. The data presented here details diversity each survey year, and for most species the average catch per uniteffort. This is an average <strong>of</strong> how many fish were caught per half an hour <strong>of</strong> electro-fishing. Ticks represent speciespresence, but no catch per unit effort data.Species Common Name 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004Time spent surveying (minutes) ? ? ? 289.69 308.31Acanthopagrus australis yellowfin bream 1.01 0.1Acanthopagrus berda pikey bream 4.92 1.01 0.62 0.1Ambassis agrammus sail-fin glassfish 1 Ambassis interrupta Glassfish 1.75Ambassis miops Flag-Tailed Glassfish 3.89Ambassis spp. Glassfish 92.62 96.79 13.05Anguilla obscura South Pacific eel 1.01 0.1Anguilla reinhardtii longfin eel 4.45 3.52 2.17 4.28Anguillidae - undifferentiated freshwater eels Arrhamphus sclerolepis snubnose garfish 0.98 3.01 Awaous acritosus roman nosed goby 2.49 6.23Butis butis crimsontipped flathead gudgeon 1 Caranx sexfasciatus bigeye trevally 0.98 2.01 0.1Chaetodontidae Pomacanthidae - undifferentiated 0.93Chanos chanos Milkfish Clupeidae - undifferentiated herrings Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum hardyhead 1 14.6 2.82Eleotris fusca gudgeon 1.01 Eleotris melanosoma gudgeon Eleotris spp gudgeon 0.62 0.68Gerres filamentosus silver biddy 25.35 17.1 7.46 2.24Gerres spp Silver biddy species 23.82 20.92 1.36Glossogobius celebius Celebes Goby 0.29Glossogobius circumspectus Circumspect Goby 1.26Glossogobius giuris goby 3.03 0.49Glossogobius sp 1 Anchovy 2.14Glossogobius sp C Square Blotched Goby 29.72 1.35 0.58Glossogobius spp goby 11.06 7.2 0.1Gobiidae spp. gobies 1.01 Hemiramphidae - undifferentiated garfishes Hephaestus fuliginosus sooty grunter 21.56 16.52 12.94 9.44Herklotsichthys castelnaui southern herring 0.98 1.35Hephaestus tulliensis khaki grunter 4.04 1.07Hephaestus spp. grunter Hippichthys heptagonus Pipefish 0.1Hypseleotris compressa gudgeon 23.61 23.33 27.03 7.59Kuhlia marginata northern jungle perch (spotted flagtail) 1 1.01 Kuhlia rupestris jungle perch 3.2 2.27 0.21 0.68Lates calcarifer barramundi 2.49 2.27 1.04 0.29Leiognathus equulus narrow-banded ponyfish 43.01 6.04 3.21 0.1Leiognathus spp pony fish 1.01 0.41Lutjanus argentimaculatus mangrove jack 1.97 3.52 1.66 2.53Melanotaenia splendida rainbowfish 11.79 21.12 56.23 28.9Melanotaenia trifasciata banded rainbowfish 24.11 Mesopristes argenteus silver grunter 1.5 2.01 0.31 0.78xx

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