Dalhousie hardyhead

Dalhousie hardyhead
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Atheriniformes
Family:	Atherinidae
Genus:	Craterocephalus
Species:	C. dalhousiensis
Binomial name
	Craterocephalus dalhousiensis; Ivantsoff & Glover, 1974

The Dalhousie hardyhead (Craterocephalus dalhousiensis) is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family.^[1] It is endemic to the warm waters of the Dalhousie Springs in the Lake Eyre basin, Australia, along with the similar Craterocephalus gloveri.^[2] It inhabits shady areas in tropical freshwater streams at 20-39°C, but has been recorded at 41.8°C.^[2]

This is the only species in the Craterocephalus genus known to be sexually dimporphic.^[2]

References

^ Wager, R. 1996. Craterocephalus dalhousiensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c Thompson, Vanessa. "Dalhousie Hardyhead, Craterocephalus dalhousiensis". Fishes of Australia. Retrieved 15 October 2014.

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[1] Wager, R. 1996. Craterocephalus dalhousiensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.

[fishes-2] Thompson, Vanessa. "Dalhousie Hardyhead, Craterocephalus dalhousiensis". Fishes of Australia. Retrieved 15 October 2014.

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