Description: The Cudgegong Giant Spiny Crayfish(Euastacus vesper) is a large spinose species whose occipital carapace may grow to 71mm. It is known from five sites across a restricted area in the upper Macquarie-Bogan Rivers Basin in NSW. It has been recorded at altitudes between 743m and 1123m above sea level.https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/species-protection/what-current/critically-endangered-species/cudgegong-giant-spiny-crayfishThe indicative distribution was created using the NSW topographic hydroline, https://www.spatial.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/60931/NSW_Topographic_Data_Dictionaryv8.pdf.Extent was determined using species records and expert opinion.
Description: The Kosciuszko Galaxias (Galaxias supremus) is a small freshwater fish growing to 85mm. It has only been found at a small number of sites within the within upper Snowy River catchment near Mount Kosciuszko. https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/species-protection/what-current/critically-endangered-species/kosciuszko-galaxiasThe indicative distribution was created using the NSW topographic hydroline, https://www.spatial.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/60931/NSW_Topographic_Data_Dictionaryv8.pdf.Extent was determined using species records and expert opinion.
Description: The Short-tail Galaxias (Galaxias brevissimus) is a small freshwater fish with an average length of 70-75mm. It is found at only four patchily distributed sites in the upper reaches of the Tuross River system in southern coastal NSW. https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/species-protection/what-current/critically-endangered-species/short-tail-galaxiasThe indicative distribution was created using the NSW topographic hydroline, https://www.spatial.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/60931/NSW_Topographic_Data_Dictionaryv8.pdf.Extent was determined using species records and expert opinion.
Description: Craterocephalus fluviatilisis a small freshwater fish, native to the floodplains of the southern MurrayDarling Basin. They were once widespread and abundant throughout their range; however the species has suffered a serious decline in abundance and distribution, and are now considered one of the most threatened vertebrate species in Australia. Murray Hardyhead is rare in NSW and only a few isolated populations occur in Victoria and South Australia. All populations are threatened by declining water levels, habitat loss and impacts of pest fish (including Gambusia, Redfin and Carp).It is listed as a ‘critically endangered’ species in NSW under the Fisheries Management Act 1994.https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/species-protection/what-current/critically-endangered-species/murray-hardyhead.This indicative distribution was derived from survey records and expert opinion.