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AUSTRALIAWestern Australia
Fishes of the Fitzroy River, Western Australia,and their Gooniyandi names
jarbarr
Laarri
Girrwali
Kimberley Language Resource Centre
Goorloomangarri
Lesser Salmon CatfishLesser Salmon Catfish
Bony BreamBony Bream
Indian ShortIndian Short‐‐finned Eelfinned Eel
Toothless CatfishToothless Catfish
Black CatfishBlack Catfish
FalseFalse‐‐spine Catfishspine Catfish
Joonggali
HyrtlHyrtl’’s Tandans Tandan
RendahlRendahl’’s catfishs catfish
Freshwater LongtomFreshwater Longtom
Western RainbowfishWestern Rainbowfish
Langgaranyi
Walmadi
Prince Regent HardyheadPrince Regent Hardyhead
Northwest GlassfishNorthwest Glassfish
Fitzroy GlassfishFitzroy Glassfish
Mouth AlmightyMouth Almighty
Thamarli
Kimberley ArcherfishKimberley Archerfish
JarlandiBarred GrunterBarred Grunter
GreenwayGreenway’’s Grunters Grunter
Black Bream Black Bream (or Jenkin(or Jenkin’’s Grunter)s Grunter)
Jambinbaroo
Boornda
Spangled PerchSpangled Perch
Barnett River GudgeonBarnett River Gudgeon
Kimberley MogurndaKimberley Mogurnda
Giant GudgeonGiant Gudgeon
Nyagooma
Flathead GobyFlathead Goby
23 freshwater species (i.e. those that breed in freshwater) are found in the Fitzroy River. A number of these species are restricted to the Kimberley.
Bull SharkBull Shark
Freshwater SawfishFreshwater Sawfish
Galwanyi
Dwarf SawfishDwarf Sawfish
Freshwater WhiprayFreshwater Whipray
Tarpon or OxTarpon or Ox‐‐eye Herringeye Herring
Greenback MulletGreenback Mullet
Diamond MulletDiamond Mullet
BarramundiBarramundi
Barlga
Whipfin SilverWhipfin Silver‐‐biddybiddy
Spotted ScatSpotted Scat
Striped ButterfishStriped Butterfish
Merauke ToadfishMerauke Toadfish
A number of marine/estuarine species migrate large distances into the freshwaters of the Fitzroy River, where they use the river as a nursery and/or feeding ground. The Freshwater Sawfish and Dwarf Sawfish are listed as Critically Endangered (IUCN). The Critically Endangered Northern River Shark has also been found near the river mouth.
Northern River SharkNorthern River Shark
Photographs by: David Morgan, Mark Allen, Simon Visser & Dean Thorburn (Murdoch University)
Gooniyandi is the traditional language spoken in the Fitzroy Crossing region though to Margaret River. Language names of the fish were provided by Gooniyandi elders during field trips in 2001 and 2002 through a joint project by the Kimberley Land Council, Kimberley Language Resource Centre, Murdoch University’s Centre for Fish & Fisheries Research and the communities in the Fitzroy River. The project was funded by the Natural Heritage Trust and the poster production was funded by the Recreational Fishing Community Grants Programme. Contact the Department of Fisheries WA regarding fishing regulations in the river. Language provided by: Toppsy Chestnut, Mervyn Street, June Davis and their families (linguists: Tamsin Wagner, Colleen Hattersley )
For more information email: [email protected] or visit wwwscieng.murdoch.edu.au/centres/fish/ to download this poster or posters in Bunuba, Ngarinyin, Nyikina or Walmajarri.
Joonggali
Joonggali
Thinbidi
Walmadi
Walmadi
Galwanyi
Wayoo
Goolgara
Goolgara
Nyarlarlingarri
Wirlingirri
Joongali
Nyagooma
Nganggoo
Baya
Nganggoo
Boornda
