Craterocephalus lentiginosus

Craterocephalus lentiginosus, the freckled hardyhead is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae endemic to the Kimberley region in the northwest of Australia. It is also called the Prince Regent hardyhead.

Craterocephalus lentiginosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Atherinidae
Genus: Craterocephalus
Species:
C. lentiginosus
Binomial name
Craterocephalus lentiginosus
Ivantsoff, Crowley & G. R. Allen, 1987[2]

This fish was first described in 1987.[3] It has been found in variety of habitats, brackish pools or flowing to turgid waters, in the Upper Roe River and one of its tributaries. The distribution range is within the Prince Regent National Park (formerly the Prince Regent Nature Reserve).[4] Little is known about the biology or ecology of the freckled hardyhead, but it is an omnivore.[5]

Conservation

The species was assessed as least concern on the Red List.[1] It is listed as rare under the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and as lower rish by the Australian Society for Fish Biology.[5]

References
  1. Moore, G. (2019). "Craterocephalus lentiginosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T5495A123377749.
  2. Ivantsoff, Walter; Crowley, L.E.L.M.; Allen, Gerald R. (1987). "Descriptions of three new species and one subspecies of freshwater hardyhead (Pisces: Atherinidae: Craterocephalus) from Australia". Records of the Western Australian Museum. 13 (2): 171–188. S2CID 86266533.
  3. "Craterocephalus lentiginosus Ivantsoff, Crowley and Allen, 1987". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Craterocephalus lentiginosus" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  5. Vanessa J. Thompson & Dianne J. Bray. "Craterocephalus lentiginosus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 22 July 2019.


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