Common name	Family	Genus	Species	Reason for introduction	Distribution
Three-spot gourami	Belontiidae	Trichogaster	trichopterus	ornamental	Sheepstation Creek (near Ayr)
Red devil / Midas cichlid	Cichlidae	Amphilophus	citrinellus (Gunther)	ornamental	Townsville (Aplin Weir) and Gold Coast (Hinze Dam)
Oscar	Cichlidae	Astronotus	ocellatus (Agassiz)	ornamental	Townsville (Aplin Weir) and Cairns (Freshwater Ck)
Three-spot cichlid	Cichlidae	Cichlasoma	trimaculatum	ornamental	Gold Coast (Hinze Dam)
Victoria Burton’s haplochromine	Cichlidae	Haplochromis	burtoni (Gunther)	ornamental	Gold Coast (Hinze Dam)
Mozambique mouth-brooder	Cichlidae	Oreochromis	mossambicus (Peters)	ornamental	Brisbane, Townsville and Cairns regions, the Barron River and (tilapia) Freshwater Creek, Lake Tinaroo, the lower Mulgrave River and the lower North and South Johnstone Rivers
Black mangrove or Niger cichlid (tilapia)	Cichlidae	Tilapia	mariae (Boulenger)	ornamental	Cairns area, the lower Barron River, Leslie Creek and lower south Johnstone River, Mulgrave River and the Russell River
Oriental weatherloach	Cobitidae	Misgurnus	anguillicaudatus	ornamental	Chambers Flat (Logan and Albert catchment)
Goldfish	Cyprinidae	Carassius (Linnaeus)	auratus auratus	ornamental	extends from the Burnett Rivers in Queensland to the south-west of Western Australia
Carp	Cyprinidae	Cyprinus (Linnaeus)	carpio carpio	ornamental and aquaculture	Condamine—Balonne catchment, the Paroo River, Warrego River, Nebine Creek, Culgoa River, Barwon River, MacIntyre River and Logan and Albert Rivers
Eastern gambusia or mosquito fish	Poeciliidae	Gambusia	holbrooki (Girard)	aquarium and biological control	mainland coastal drainages near towns e.g. Brisbane, Mackay and Cairns, lakes on the large sand islands and in the Bulloo—Bancannia river system
Sailfin molly	Poeciliidae	Poecilia	latipinna (Leseur)	ornamental and aquaculture	coastal drainages of south-eastern Queensland and Brisbane rivers; Hervey Bay and Sandgate Lagoon
Guppy	Poeciliidae	Poecilia	reticulata (Peters)	ornamental and aquaculture	coastal drainages extending from northern New South Wales to Cairns and the Wet Tropics Region
Swordtail	Poeciliidae	Xiphophorus	helleni (Heckel)	ornamental and aquaculture	coastal drainages of south-eastern Queensland; particularly abundant in urban streams of the greater Brisbane region and extending as far west as Ipswich
Platy	Poeciliidae	Xiphophorus	maculatus (Gunther)	ornamental and aquaculture	many coastal drainages in eastern Queensland; urban creeks in the Brisbane region and the Wet Tropic Region
Brown trout	Salmonidae	Salmo	trutta trutta (Linnaeus)	acclimatisation	Spring Creek near Stanthorpe

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