Western Carp Gudgeon at Wodonga, VIC
Identification history
| Hypseleotris klunzingeri | 19 Sep 2025 | DougT | ||
| Hypseleotris sp. | 19 May 2025 | DougT | ||
| Unverified | 22 Dec 2024 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
These fish looked different to the gambusi. THey were four times the size of the large females. They came up from the depths, swam along the surface and then disappeared back under. Its quite colourful. But I don't know what they are. The dorsal fin/s? has a reddish edging.
2 comments
KylieWaldon
wrote:
23 Dec 2024
Wondering if this is Hypseleotris galii - Firetail Gudgeon - https://tooheyforesteec.eq.edu.au/support-and-resources/teacher-resources/firetail-gudgeon ??
DougT
wrote:
19 May 2025
This is a gudgeon of some type, probably Firetail or Western Carp. The presence of two dorsal fins means this is not a Gambusia.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.886951-36.115686
- Places Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 10 Abundance
- 21 Dec 2024 07:29 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
KylieWaldon NatureMapr Albury, Wodonga Hypseleotris klunzingeri Gudgeon and Sleeper Gobies Native Fish Fish
Additional information
- Less than 1m Depth of sighting
Species information
- Hypseleotris klunzingeri Scientific name
- Western Carp Gudgeon Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 586m Recorded at altitude
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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