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Northern Purple Spotted Gudgeon

Scientific NameMogurnda mogurnda

Other Common NamesNorthern Trout Gudgeon, Trout Gudgeon, Australian Spotted Gudgeon, Chequered Gudgeon

SizeCommonly 100 mm up to 170 mm

Conservation StatusNot threatened

HabitatInhabits a wide variety of habitats from dams, billabongs and bores to rivers and including clear and muddy waters.  With wide physiochemical tolerances, M.Mogurnda can withstand short periods of low oxygen levels, water temperatures from 5 to at least 32°C and salinities up to 10,000 parts per million.

DistributionWidely distributed across Northern Australia and southern New Guinea.  In Australia, its distribution extends from Cape York, adjacent to the Gulf of Carpentria, throughout the gulf drainages, across Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory into Western Australia as far west as Fitzroy River.  Also found in the Lake Eyre drainage.

ReproductionSexual dim...