These wetland habitat types typically have low densities of aquatic animal populations due to the very low nutrients available. Some of the fauna associated with this habitat include the following:
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Birds
Low bird population density, because of the typically low nutrient, low flora density and low fish numbers.
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Fish
Oxleyan pygmy perch Nannoperca oxleyana
honey blue eye Pseudomugil mellis
ornate rainbowfish Rhadinocentrus ornatus
poreless gudgeon Oxyeleotris nullipora
onegill eel Ophisternon bengalense
northern purplespotted gudgeon Mogurnda mogurnda
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Amphibians
wallum froglet Crinia tinnula
Cooloola sedgefrog Litoria cooloolensis
wallum rocketfrog Litoria freycineti
wallum sedgefrog Litoria olongburensis
northern sedgefrog Litoria bicolor
shrill whistlefrog Austrochaperina gracilipes
tawny rocketfrog Litoria nigrofrenata
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Reptiles
Fraser Island short-neck turtle Emydura macquarii nigra
estuarine crocodile Crocodylus porosus
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Microcrustaceans
Calamoecia tasmanica
Calamoecia ultima
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Insects
Order Hemiptera
Order Odonata
Order Coleoptera
Order Chironomidae
Last updated: 22 March 2013
This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Coastal and subcoastal non-floodplain sand lake—Perched – Fauna, WetlandInfo website, accessed 12 April 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/aquatic-ecosystems-natural/lacustrine/non-floodplain-perched-lake/fauna.html
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— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
