Common Name
Pacific Blue Eye
Alternate name
Pacific Blue-eye
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Comment
Probably common and widespread in fresh and brackish water.
Stronghold population
True
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Local distribution
Found in all Gold Coast city river catchments and in a variety of habitats from freshwater streams to mangrove estuaries
Known location
Wolffdene, Clagiraba, Pimpama River, Currumbin Creek, Tallebudgera Creek, Jacobs Well, Albert River,
Other locality
Probably common and widespread but patchily distributed , in rivers and streams. Found in saline canals at Surfer's Paradise, Tallebudgera and Nerang River.
General ecology
Rivers, streams, estuaries,canals.
Specific ecology
Needs access to the sea to breed. Dams are a barrier.
Habitat comment
Lives in both fresh and brackish water. A suitable fish for stocking slightly brackish ponds on real estate developments.
Threats
Weirs and dams prevent migration into salt water, where it breeds. May suffer competition from the introduced mosquito fish (Gambusia affinis).
Management
Moderately useful as an indicator of stream quality.
