Species profile—Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum (flyspecked hardyhead)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Atherinidae (hardyheads) → Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum (flyspecked hardyhead)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Atherinidae (hardyheads)
- Scientific name
- Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum (Günther, 1867)
- Common name
- flyspecked hardyhead
- WildNet taxon ID
- 26920
- Synonym(s)
- Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum fulvus
Craterocephalus worrelli
Atherinichthys maculatus
Atherina stercusmuscarum
Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum stercusmuscarum - Alternate name(s)
- fly-specked hardyhead
western freshwater hardyhead
Mitchellian hardyhead
fly speckled hardyhead
line-eye - Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=26920.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
