Conference paper
The fish and fishery of the Swan Estuary
Curtin University Environmental Studies Group
Proceedings of a symposium on the Swan-Canning River Estuarine System, Western Australia (Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 10/10/1986–11/10/1986)
1987
Abstract
A checklist is provided for the fish that have been caught in the Swan estuary. These species each fall into one of the following categories: 1. marine stragglers, 2. Marine species which use estuaries extensively at some stage of their life cycle but spawn at sea, 3. estuarine species, i.e. those species which can pass through the whole of their life cycle in the estuary, 4. anadromous species, i.e. those species which migrate from the sea through the estuary to breeding grounds in reduced salinities or fresh water. Examples of different life cycles are provided by reference to mullets (Mugil cephatus and Aldrichetta forsteri), gobbleguts (Apogon ruepellii), five species of hardyhead (Atherinidae), Perth herring (Nematalosa vlaminghi) and cobbler (Cnidoglanis macrocephalus). Details are provided (or the commercial fish catches in the Swan estuary and for the recreational fishery for teleosts and prawns.
Details
- Title
- The fish and fishery of the Swan Estuary
- Authors/Creators
- N.R. Loneragan (Author/Creator)I.C. Potter (Author/Creator)R.C.J. Lenanton (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- Proceedings of a symposium on the Swan-Canning River Estuarine System, Western Australia (Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 10/10/1986–11/10/1986)
- Publisher
- Curtin University Environmental Studies Group; Perth, Western Australia
- Identifiers
- 991005540041607891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Note
- In John J. (Ed) The Swan River Estuary ecology and management. Curtin University Environmental Studies Group Report No. 1 pp 178-201
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