Tapestries
Description: It is a member of the Snake eels family and is native to the Red Sea and East Africa to French Polynesia, north to the Ogasawara Islands, south to Australia. It resides in lagoons, estuaries and freshwater areas. It feeds on crustaceans and small fish. They are nocturnal hunters, often found buried or with their heads showing in mud or sand, waiting to ambush their prey. It can reach a maximum length of 108 cm (3.5 feet).
Description: It is a member of the Carp family and is native to Pakistan, India, Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh. It is found in rivers above tidal reaches and culture ponds. It is mainly a herbivorous, feeding on diatoms, blue-green and green algae, higher aquatic plants, insects and detritus. It can reach a maximum length of 91 cm (about 3 feet).
Description: It is a member of the Shark Catfishes family and is native to large rivers and estuaries of Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Pakistan. It feeds on snails, other mollusks and plants. It can reach a maximum length of 300 cm (9.8 feet)and has a maximum published weight of 300 kg (660 lb).
Description: It is a member of the Carp family and It is endemic to the Western Ghats in the Karnataka and Kerala rivers in India. It is a omnivore and feeds on a mix of aquatic insects, crustaceans, worms, algae, and other plant matter. It is a critically endangered species. It can reach a maximum length of 100 cm (3.3 feet).
Description: It is a member of the Carp family and is native to Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal. It inhabits rivers and is active during daylight hours. It feeds on plants. It can reach a maximum length of 200 cm (6.56 feet) and has a maximum published weight of 45 kg (319.67 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Catfishes genus in the Asian schilbeids family and is native to Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. It inhabits freshwater and tidal rivers. It feeds on insects, shrimps, crustaceans and small fish. It can reach a maximum length of 60.9 cm (24 inches).
Description: t is a member of the Porgies family and is native to the east coast of India and Sri Lanka east to Myanmar. It is found in both fresh and brackish waters and inhabits warm, shallow, and coastal waters, often entering river mouths and estuaries. It can reach a maximum length of 50 cm (19.7 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Snakeheads family and is also known as the Bullseye Snakehead. It is native from India to China, south to Thailand, Cambodia and Pakistan. It is usually found only in deep pools in rivers and occasionally in lakes. It feeds on fish, frogs, snakes, insects, earthworms and tadpoles and there are reports of it feeding on water birds, snakes, and rodents. It can reach a maximum length of 183 cm (6 feet) and a maximum published weight of 30 kg (66.1 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Carp family and is native to India. It inhabits fast flowing rivers and streams in forest areas. It feeds on a varied diet of small bugs, micro worms, crustaceans, zooplankton, algae, and detritus from plants. It has a maximum published length of 60 cm (23.6 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Carp family and is native to Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and China. It inhabits highland rivers, streams and lakes. It feeds mostly on aquatic insects, algae, zooplankton, and detritus . It can reach a maximum length of 56 cm (22 inches) and a maximum published weight of 1.3 kg (2.9 pounds).
Description: Australia’s freshwater fish comprises about 300 native species. It is the smallest for any continent of a similar size. Both primary freshwater species and secondary freshwater species are found in Australia. Primary freshwater fishes evolved entirely in freshwater, whereas secondary freshwater fishes are derived from marine ancestors. Row 1: Barramundi, Milkfish, Largetooth Sawfish, Yellow Perch, Khaki Grunter Row 2 : Macqurie Perch, Welch's Grunter , Fourfinger Threadfin, Australian Bass, Bullrout Row 3: Australian Lungfish, Hawaiian Ladyfish, Barcoo Grunter, River Blackfish, Eeltail Catfish Row 4: Welch’s Grunter, Warrior Catfish, Bull Shark, Sleepy Cod Row 5: Sooty Grunter, Nurseryfish, Southern Shortfin Eel, Mangrove Jack
Description: It is a member of the Temperate perches family and is native throughout most of the Murray-Darling River system of South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland, Australia. It is one of the world's largest freshwater fish. It lives in a wide range of habitats, from clear, rocky streams to slow flowing, turbid rivers and billabongs. It feeds on invertebrates, fish, amphibians and occasionally reptiles, birds and aquatic mammals. It can reach a maximum length of 180 cm (5.9 feet)
Description: It is a member of the Threadfins family and is native to the Persian/Arabian Gulf, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka (except the Red Sea and East Africa) to northern Australia and New Guinea. It resides mainly over shallow muddy bottoms in coastal waters and during winter, adults ascend the rivers. It feeds on prawns and fish. It can reach a maximum length of 200 cm (6.6 feet) and a maximum published weight of 145 kg (319.7 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Porgies family and is endemic to southern Australia. It is found in in coastal areas, rivers and estuaries and is most abundant in river mouths and estuaries. It feeds on shellfish, worms, crustaceans, small fish and algae. It can reach a maximum length of 60 cm (23.6 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Sea catfishes family and is native to the Purari, Fly-Strickland and Digul river systems in central-southern New Guinea and Roper River system in the Northern Territory, Australia. It inhabits slow-flowing, often turbid rivers and coastal waters. Also occurs in slow-moving freshwater streams, favors turbid coastal shallows and brackish estuaries. It feeds on gastropod and bivalve mollusks, which it swallows hole. It can reach a maximum length of 48 cm (about 19 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Temperate Perches family and is native to the upper reaches of Murray-Darling basin, New South Wales, Australia. It inhabits lakes and flowing streams usually in deep holes with rock or gravel substrates. It feeds on shrimps and small aquatic insect larvae. It can reach a length of 46 cm (18.1 inches). It is considered an endangered species.
Description: It is a member of the Australian Basses family and is endemic to eastern and southern Australia. It is found in tidal reaches of rivers, lakes and coastal lagoons. It feeds on small fishes, mollusks, worms, shrimps and other crustaceans. It can reach a maximum length of 75cm (29.5 inches) and a maximum published weight of 10 kg (22 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Grunters family and is endemic to northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is found in faster flowing sections of rivers, including riffles, over gravel, cobble and rocky bottoms. It feeds on crustaceans, aquatic and terrestrial insects, and algae. It can reach a maximum length of 30 cm (11.8 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Sea Catfishes family and is native to northern Australia and New Guinea. It lives in rivers and smaller streams, frequently in slow-flowing, turbid conditions and in lakes and lagoons. It feeds on aquatic plants, crustaceans, insect larvae, bottom detritus and fish. It can grow to a maximum length of 45 cm (17.7 inches).
Description: It is also known as the Mangrove Red Snapper and is a member of the Snappers family. It is native to East Africa to Samoa and the Line Islands, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia. It can live in fresh, brackish and salt water environments. It on feeds mostly on fishes and crustaceans. It has a maximum length of 150cm (59 inches) and a maximum published weight of 8.7 kg (19.2 pounds).
Description: It is a member of the Gudgeon Gobies family and is native to northern Australia from the Adcock River, western Australia to the vicinity of Cooktown. It inhabits rivers, creeks and billabongs, usually in quiet or slow flowing water among vegetation, around log debris or undercut banks. A nocturnal carnivore, feeds on fishes, crustaceans, and aquatic insects. It can reach a maximum length of 55 cm (21.7 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Grunters family and is endemic to Australia. It inhabits clear, rapid streams (sometimes very small creeks) flowing over sand, mud and rocky pools. It feeds on crustaceans (especially prawns) and small fishes. It can reach a maximum length of 31 cm (12.2 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Moray eels family and is native to Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Borneo, New Guinea, Philippines, Fiji and Australia. It is found in shallow marine coastal waters, estuaries, river mouths, and for short distances upriver. Its diet consists almost entirely of fish, and occasionally shrimp, bivalves, and worms, and it prefers to eat live food. It spends much of its life in freshwater but migrates to saltwater to spawn. It can reach a maximum length of 150 cm (59 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Grunters or tigerperches family and is native to Australia and New Guinea. It lives in coastal marine waters, but also found in estuaries and freshwater sections of rivers. It feeds mainly on bristle worms. It can reach a maximum length of 30 cm (about 12 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Mullet family and is native throughout New Zealand and the Chatham Islands; also from eastern, western Australia, southern Australia and Tasmania. It is found over sandy and muddy bottoms of coastal waters, bays, estuaries, and may ascend rivers into freshwater. It is omnivores, feeding mostly on decomposed organic matter, algae and small invertebrates. It can reach a maximum length of 50 cm (19.7 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Porgies family and is endemic to to eastern Australia, from Townsville in Queensland to the Gippsland Lakes in Victoria. It inhabits estuaries, coastal rivers, creeks, lakes and bays, usually in marine or brackish water, but in dry seasons they penetrate the lowermost reaches of freshwater. It feeds on mollusks, crustaceans, worms, fish and ascidians (Sea Squirts). It can reach a maximum length of 66.0 cm (26 inches) and a maximum published weight of 4.5 kg (10 lbs).
Description: It is a member of the Sea Catfishes family and is native to Northern Australia. It inhabits lakes, billabongs, rivers and to a lesser extent brackish estuaries and the tidal portion of rivers. Found in clear or turbid freshwater reservoirs and waterholes. It feeds mainly on fishes, prawns and crayfish. It can reach a maximum length of 140 cm (55.1 inches).
Description: It is also known as the Jungle Perch and is a member of the Aholeholes family. It is native to East Africa to Samoa, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland, Australia and New Caledonia. It primarily a freshwater inhabitant but may move into adjacent marine habitats. It is omnivorous, feeding on small fishes, insects, crustaceans and fruits (figs) that drop into the water. It can reach a maximum length of 45 cm (17.7 in).
Description: It is a member of the Temperate Perch family and is native to the Murray-Darling basin in Australia. It can be found in riffle and boulder areas in relatively small upland streams to larger deeper rivers and lakes. It feeds on insects, crayfish, shrimp, and small fishes. It can reach a maximum length of 85 cm (33.5 inches) and can reach a maximum published weight of 16 kg ( 35.3 pounds). It is considered a vulnerable species.
Description: It is a member of the Grunters family and is endemic to Australia. It inhabits turbid water of gently flowing rivers and waterholes. It is capable of withstanding high temperatures and brackish water conditions. It feeds on small fishes, crustaceans and worms. It can reach a maximum length of 40 cm (15.7 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Gudgeon gobies family and is native to Northern Australia and central-southern New Guinea. It inhabits rivers, creeks and billabongs, usually in quiet or slow-flowing water among vegetation, around log debris or beneath undercut banks. It feeds on on insects, fishes and crustaceans. It can reach a maximum length of 45 cm (17.7 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Requiem sharks family. It inhabits coastal marine waters and tidal reaches of large tropical rivers in northern Australia and New Guinea. It feeds primarily on fish. It is a protected species in Australia and is also considered a vulnerable species. It can reach a maximum length of 100 cm (39. 4 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Sea catfishes family and is native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It inhabits freshwater rivers and lagoons, as well as brackish estuaries and coastal marine waters. It feeds on arthropods, insects, aquatic plants, mollusks, prawns, crayfish, fishes and bottom detritus. It can reach a maximum length of 60 cm (23.6 inches).
Description: It is a member of the Freshwater Eel family. It is widespread in the tropical Indian Ocean and western Pacific. Known in Australia only from streams in the Kimberley regions of northern western Australia. It is a migratory species which breeds in the ocean and lives in fresh water areas as an adult. They return to the ocean to breed. It is found in rivers and creeks, commonly over rock bottoms and in deeper pools. It feeds on small fishes, crustaceans and mollusks. It can reach a maximum length of 123 cm (48.4 inches).
Description: It is a a member of the Gizzard shads family and is native to rivers of Australia and southwestern Papua New Guinea. It commonly inhabit streams coursing through relatively dry eucalyptus-scrub or desert areas, preferring sluggish or quiet waters. It feeds on algae, insects and small crustaceans. It can reach a maximum length of 48 cm (18.9 inches).
