The Fish Fauna of Brackish Water Prawn Farming Ponds at Port Stephens, New South Wales
1982
Maguire, Greg B. | Bell, J.D.
A diverse fish fauna (49 species) was recorded in four tidal 0.11 ha prawn farming ponds which appear to act as fish traps. The potential deleterious effects of twelve of these species on prawn growth or survival are discussed in terms of the diet and reproductive biology of these fishes. Tarwhine <i>(Rhabdosargus sarba)</i> may be the most serious competitors with prawns for food while short- and long-finned eels <i>(Anguilla australis</i> and <i>A. reinhardtii)</i> are probably the greatest threat as predators especially as individuals appear to bypass the screens which act as filters during tidal water exchange.
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