The Western carp gudgeon (Hypseleotris klunzingeri) is a species of freshwater Gobiiform fish endemic to southeastern Australia. H. klunzingeri is a social species that forms loose shoals within slow moving waters of the Murray–Darling, Lake Eyre & North-East coast drainage basins. All Hypseleotris species are opportunistic predators with a diet primarily made up of aquatic invertebrates such as Insect Larvae, freshwater Plankton and small crustaceans.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Western carp gudgeon being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hypseleotris galii
- Hypseleotris compressa
- Hypseleotris bucephala
- Galaxias zebratus
- Lucania parva
- Micropercops swinhonis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Gobiiformes
- Family
- Eleotridae
- Genus
- Hypseleotris
- Species
- Hypseleotris klunzingeri
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