Cardross Lakes

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Coordinates: 34°18′S 142°05′E / 34.300°S 142.083°E / -34.300; 142.083
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For other uses, see Cardross (disambiguation).

Cardross Lakes
Artificial lake
Basin countriesAustralia
Surface area360 ha (890 acres)

The Cardross Lakes are an

Victoria, Australia. The lakes are notable for being the only known occurrence within Victoria of the Southern Purple Spotted Gudgeon (Mogurnda adspersa), discovered in 1995,[1] believed to be extinct in Victoria since the 1930s.[2] The Murray hardyhead (Craterocephalus fluviatilis) can be found in the Cardross Basin.[3]

References

  1. Commonwealth of Australia
    . Retrieved 4 April 2008
  2. ^ "Southern purple spotted gudgeon". Native Fish Australia. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Protecting the Murray Hardyhead", Riverspace, 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2017.


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