Fly-specked hardyhead

A Fly-specked Hardyhead at Sydney Aquarium A Fly-specked Hardyhead at Sydney Aquarium View full size Stuart Humphreys © Australian Museum Fly-specked Hardyhead, Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum Fly-specked Hardyhead, Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum View full size Stuart Humphreys © Australian Museum More

A school of Fly-specked Hardyhead at Sydney Aquarium. More

The Fly-specked Hardyhead (Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum) is a species of fish in the Atherinidae family that can be found in some of the freshwater streams of the Northern Territory down the east coast of Queensland into southern Queensland. More

Fly-specked Hardyhead - description The Flyspecked Hardyhead has a slender body covered with black dots. This pattern gave rise to the common name (and the scientific name). The fish is... More

Common names

Tawny hardyhead in English
Unspecked hardyhead in English

Order : Atheriniformes
Family : Atherinidae
Genus : Craterocephalus
Species : Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum stercusmuscarum
Authority : G