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. 2013 Jun 20;8(6):e67026. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067026

Table 1. Number of fish entrained within the experimental pump system.

Common name Scientific name Electrofishing/Seine Entrained by pump
0.1 m/s 0.5 m/s Grand total
no mesh 5 mm 10 mm 20 mm total no mesh 5 mm 10 mm 20 mm total pump
Goldfish Carassius auratus 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flyspecked hardyhead Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum fulvus 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Common carp Cyprinus carpio 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern gambusia Gambusia holbrooki 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Carp gudgeon Hypseleotris spp. 200 7 0 7 1 15 38 38 11 36 123 138
Spangled perch Leiopotherapon unicolor 24 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 1 8 8
Golden perch Macquaria ambigua 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Murray cod Maccullochella peelii peelii 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Murray-Darling rainbowfish Melanotaenia fluviatilis 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bony herring Nematalosa erebi 268 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Australian smelt Retropinna semoni 37 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 14 10 28 29
Freshwater catfish Tandanus tandanus 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 837 10 0 7 1 18 45 41 27 47 160 178

Catches are pooled within each velocity and mesh combination. The electrofishing/seine column demonstrates the composition and relative abundance of fish captured at all the experimental site using electrofishing and seine netting.