Fish species rediscovered

A native fish species has been found in the Brisbane River for the first time in 70 years. High river flows during 2010--11 enabled greater fish migrations. As a result, a freshwater fish species that scientists believed was locally extinct, Cox's Gudgeon, has been found in the Brisbane River. There has been no record of the species since 1941 when a specimen was sent to the Queensland Museum.

The species was found at many sites along the Brisbane River and Sunshine Coast. This highlights the positive influence a flood can have on the survival of native fish species.

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• healthy waterways
• fish
• species
• extinct
• freshwater fish
• flood
• Brisbane River
• Sunshine Coast