Biodiversity Summary: South East Queensland, Queensland - Species List

Biodiversity Summary for NRM Regions

Species List

What is the summary for and where does it come from?

This list has been produced by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water,

Population and Communities (SEWPC) for the Natural Resource Management Spatial

Information System.

The list was produced using the Australian Natural Heritage Assessment Tool

(ANHAT), which analyses data from a range of plant and animal surveys and collections

from across Australia to automatically generate a report for each NRM region. Data

sources (Appendix 2) include national and state herbaria, museums, state governments,

CSIRO, Birds Australia and a range of surveys conducted by or for DEWHA.

For each family of plant and animal covered by ANHAT (Appendix 1), this document

gives the number of species in the country and how many of them are found in the region.

It also identifies species listed as Vulnerable, Critically Endangered, Endangered or

Conservation Dependent under the EPBC Act 1999.

A biodiversity summary for this region is also available.

For more information please see: www.environment.gov.au/heritage/anhat/index.html

Limitations

ANHAT currently contains information on the distribution of over 30,000 Australian taxa.

This includes all mammals, birds, reptiles, frogs and fish, 137 families of vascular plants

(over 15,000 species) and a range of invertebrate groups. Groups not yet covered in

ANHAT are not included in the list.

The data used come from authoritative sources, but they are not perfect. All species

names have been confirmed as valid species names, but it is not possible to confirm all

species locations. The list summarises the input data, so errors in the data received

would be reflected in this document.

The scientific names and taxonomic concepts used in this report reflect an ANHAT view

of the data and not necessarily that found in government censuses, databases or other

authoritative lists.

Species list for South East Queensland QLD

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Species List for NRM Region

South East Queensland, Queensland

This list was produced by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population

and Communities using the Australian Natural Heritage Assessment Tool (ANHAT). ANHAT

is a database and decision support tool which uses over 33 million specimen and survey

records for vertebrates, selected invertebrates and 137 vascular plant families (over 15,000

species). This species list does not include exotic or extinct species.

Species are shown only if they belong to the families covered in ANHAT as shown in

Appendix 1 and ANHAT holds records of the species from this region.

Proportion ofMost

EPBCsampled rangerecent

Common NameStatusin the region (%)record

Vertebrate fauna

Actinopterygii

AmbassidaeChanda Perches, (1 out of 12 species in Australia)

Glassfishes, Perchlets

Ambassis agassiziiAgassiz's Glassfish101994

ApogonidaeBig Eyes, Cardinal (1 out of 4 species in Australia)

Fishes, Cardinalfishes,

Gobbleguts, Soldier

Fishes

Glossamia aprion41993

AriidaeFork-tailed Catfishes(1 out of 16 species in Australia)

Ariopsis graeffeiBlue Catfish51990

AtherinidaeHardyheads, Silversides,(4 out of 20 species in Australia)

Whitebait

Atherinosoma microstomaSmallmouth Hardyhead21997

Craterocephalus fulvusUnspecked Hardyhead52002

Craterocephalus marjoriaeMarjorie's Hardyhead332002

Craterocephalus stercusmuscarumFlyspecked Hardyhead61993

ClupeidaeHerrings, Menhadens, (1 out of 11 species in Australia)

Pilchards, Sardines,

Shads, Sprats

Nematalosa erebiBony Bream