Australia
General data
- Continent: Australia & Oceania
- Climates: Tropical, Arid (desert)
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of 7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,300 sq mi), Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world’s sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical rainforests in the northeast, and mountain ranges in the southeast.
Oceans
Rivers
Seas
Natural lakes
Bays
Estuarys
Artificial lakes
Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Perciformes - Perches
Carangiformes - Jacks
Moroniformes - Temperate basses
Istiophoriformes - Barracudas
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Lamniformes - Mackerel sharks
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Torpediniformes - Electric rays
Orectolobiformes - Carpet shark
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Chimaeriformes - Chimaeras
Squatiniformes - Angelsharks
Heterodontiformes - Bullhead and horn sharks
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Hexanchiformes - Six-gill sharks
Rhinopristiformes - Shovelnose rays
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Zeiformes - Dories
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes
Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes
Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Lampriformes - Lamprids
Squaliformes - Sleeper and dogfish sharks
Siluriformes - Catfishes
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Acipenseriformes - Sturgeons and Paddlefish
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Myxiniformes - Hagfishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes
Gadiformes - Cods
Callionymiformes - Dragonets
Echinorhiniformes - Bramble sharks
Pristiophoriformes - Saw sharks
Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels
Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers
Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders
Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes
Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes
Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes
Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes
Beryciformes - Sawbellies
Trachichthyiformes - Rughies
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes
Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Osmeriformes - Smelts
Albuliformes - Bonefishes
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Coelacanthiformes - Coelacanths
Cypriniformes - Carps
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Ceratodontiformes - Lungfishes
Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues
