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Site 
No. 
Stream 
Altitude 
(m) 
Map. 
No. 
Grid Ref. 
Date 
No. 
Specimens 
Collector 
50 
Murrindindi R. 
360 
8023 
725 600 
27.6.89 
1 
* 
51 
Yea R. 
360 
7922 
605 468 
27.6.89 
1 
* 
52 
Kalatha Ck 
240 
7923 
633 590 
27.6.89 
1 
* 
53 
King Parrot Ck 
360 
7923 
450 560 
3.11.79 
20 
AS 
20.10.80 
7 
AS 
1.6.87 
5 
* 
5.5.89 
22 
* 
54 
King Parrot Ck 
360 
7923 
455 563 
26.10.78 
2 
PJ 
55 
King Parrot Ck 
280 
7923 
483 658 
11.10.78 
5 
PJ 
Table 1. Sites sampled and details of collections made. AB = Baxter 1985, AS = Sanger 1984, BT = B. 
Tunbridge, GP = G. Paras (angling record), JK = Koehn 1987, K = Kaiela Fisheries Research Station, NMV = 
Museum of Victoria, PJ = P. Jackson, * = this study. 
Fig. 1. Site localities and distribution of Gadopsis bispinosus in Victoria; squares indicate sites where G. mar- 
moratus occurs with G. bispinosus. 
G. bispinosus has also been collected recently 
from the Cotter River in the Australian Capital 
Territory (Lintermans & Rutzou 1990), and the 
Australian Museum contains specimens from 
the Geehi River (Kosciusko National Park, 
January 1975) and Micalong Creek (upstream of 
Wee Jasper, 1931) in New South Wales (T. Gill, 
Australian Museum, Sydney, pers. comm.). 
All sites in Victoria are in the upper reaches of 
streams, but G. bispinosus was absent from sev- 
