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Australia has over 5000 described species of fish, a quarter of which are endemic. [1] Seafood and aquaculture are major and highly regulated industries, and fishing for marine and freshwater native fish is popular.
For its land-size, Australia has a low diversity of native freshwater fish with only 281 described species. [1] This is largely because Australia is a very dry continent with sporadic rainfall and large areas of desert. There is a higher diversity of salt water fish.
The most common freshwater fish are:
Other species include:
Abelites
Anlaby's
Abilene's