Table 12. EPBC-listed shark species within the study area. Common Species EPBC status Type of presence Occurrence in name the area Green sawfish Pristis zijsron Vulnerable Species or species Recorded in habitat may occur Gladstone within region area Whale shark Rhincodon typus Vulnerable Species or species Possible habitat may occur within area Mackeral Lamna nasus Migratory Species or species Possible shark habitat may occur within area Bony Fishes Thirty-nine bony fish species potentially occurring in the search area are EPBC-listed. These include a variety of pipefishes and seahorses. EPBC-listed bony fishes species in the study area. Table 13. Common name Scientific name Common name Species Shortpouch pygmy Acentronura Blue-speckled pipefish Hippichthys pipehorse tentaculata cyanospilos Tryon's pipefish Madura pipefish Campichthys tryoni Hippichthys heptagonus Pacific Choeroichthys Beady pipefish Hippichthys penicillus pipefish brachysoma Fijian banded Corythoichthys Pygmy seahorse Hippocampus pipefish amplexus bargibanti Reticulate pipefish Corythoichthys Spotted seahorse Hippocampus kuda flavofasciatus Reef-top pipefish Corythoichthys Flat-face seahorse Hippocampus haematopterus planifrons Australian Corythoichthys Zebra seahorse Hippocampus zebra messmate pipefish intestinalis Orange-spotted Corythoichthys Javelin pipefish Lissocampus runa pipefish ocellatus Paxton's pipefish Corythoichthys Anderson's pipefish Micrognathus paxtoni andersonii Schultz's pipefish Corythoichthys thorntail pipefish Micrognathus schultzi brevirostris
Table 12. EPBC-listed shark species within the study area. Common name Species EPBC status Type of presence Occurrence in the area Green sawfish Pristis zijsron Vulnerable Species or species habitat may occur within area Recorded in Gladstone region Whale shark Rhincodon typus Vulnerable Species or species habitat may occur within area Possible Mackeral shark Lamna nasus Migratory Species or species habitat may occur within area Possible Bony Fishes Thirty-nine bony fish species potentially occurring in the search area are EPBC-listed. These include a variety of pipefishes and seahorses. Table 13. EPBC-listed bony fishes species in the study area. Common name Scientific name Common name Species Shortpouch pygmy pipehorse Acentronura tentaculata Blue-speckled pipefish Hippichthys cyanospilos Tryon's pipefish Campichthys tryoni Madura pipefish Hippichthys heptagonus Pacific pipefish Choeroichthys brachysoma Beady pipefish Hippichthys penicillus Fijian banded pipefish Corythoichthys amplexus Pygmy seahorse Hippocampus bargibanti Reticulate pipefish Corythoichthys flavofasciatus Spotted seahorse Hippocampus kuda Reef-top pipefish Corythoichthys haematopterus Flat-face seahorse Hippocampus planifrons Australian messmate pipefish Corythoichthys intestinalis Zebra seahorse Hippocampus zebra Orange-spotted pipefish Corythoichthys ocellatus Javelin pipefish Lissocampus runa Paxton's pipefish Corythoichthys paxtoni Anderson's pipefish Micrognathus andersonii Schultz's pipefish Corythoichthys schultzi thorntail pipefish Micrognathus brevirostris