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Chlamydogobius eremiusDesert Goby
Zietz, 1896
Max length60mm SL2.4in SLTank45 × 30cm18 × 12inTemp20–28°C68–82°FpH7.0–8.5Lake Eyre is a vast endorheic basin within which lies the lowest point in Australia at some 15 m BMSL. It only fills with water occasionally and when it does so forms the country's largest salt lake. C. eremius does not occur in the lake itself since no fishes are able to survive there, rather it inhabits isolated freshwater springs, flowing artesian bores (wells), and ephemeral waterholes where it tends to be associated with rocks and other submerged cover.
Cyprinodon alvareziPotosí Pupfish
Miller, 1976
Max length60mm SL2.4in SLTank60 × 30cm24 × 12inTemp17–26°C63–79°FpH7.0–8.0The type locality originally consisted of a single spring-fed pond located in an endorheic basin known as 'La Hediondilla' at the foot of the 'Cerro Potosí' mountain and around 1880 m AMSL. It had been modified to make it larger via an earth and rock dam, and below the pond were several distributaries running for a distance of 1-1.5 km.