COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import Amendment
(Sixteen species of rainbowfish) Instrument 2023
I, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, pursuant to subparagraphs 303EC(1)(a)(i) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, and having considered a report prepared for the purposes of paragraph 303EC(5)(a) of that Act, make the following amendments by including in Part 1 of the List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import (29/11/2001) under the heading ‘Vertebrate Animals’, ‘Bony fishes (Osteichthyes)’, ‘Freshwater Fish’, in the appropriate alphabetic positions:
Taxon | Common Name |
Chilatherina bulolo of minimum length 4 cm SL | Bulolo rainbowfish |
Chilatherina campsi of minimum length 4 cm SL | highland rainbowfish |
Chilatherina lorentzii of minimum length 4 cm SL | Lorentz’s rainbowfish |
Glossolepis kabia of minimum length 4 cm SL | Kabia rainbowfish |
Glossolepis multisquamata of minimum length 4 cm SL | Mamberamo rainbowfish |
Further, I, Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, pursuant to subparagraphs 303EC(1)(a)(i) and 303EC(1)(a)(iii) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, and having considered a report prepared for the purposes of paragraph 303EC(5)(a) of that Act, make the following amendment by including in Part 2 of the List of Specimens Taken to be Suitable for Live Import (29/11/2001) under the heading ‘Vertebrate Animals’, ‘Bony fishes (Osteichthyes),’ in the appropriate alphabetic position:
Taxon | Common Name | Conditions for import |
Chilatherina alleni | Allen’s rainbowfish | Captive-bred specimens only, of minimum length 4 cm SL |
Chilatherina axelrodi | Axelrod’s rainbowfish | Captive-bred specimens only, of minimum length 4 cm SL |
Chilatherina bleheri | Bleher’s rainbowfish | Captive-bred specimens only, of minimum length 4 cm SL |
Chilatherina pagweinsis | Pagwi rainbowfish | Captive-bred specimens only, of minimum length 4 cm SL |
Chilatherina pricei | Price’s rainbowfish | Captive-bred specimens only, of minimum length 4 cm SL |
Chilatherina sentaniensis | Sentani rainbowfish | Captive-bred specimens only, of minimum length 4 cm SL |
Glossolepis dorityi | Grime rainbowfish | Captive-bred specimens only, of minimum length 4 cm SL |
Glossolepis maculosa | spotted rainbowfish | Captive-bred specimens only, of minimum length 4 cm SL |
Glossolepis pseudoincisus | Tami rainbowfish | Captive-bred specimens only, of minimum length 4 cm SL |
Glossolepis ramuensis | Ramu rainbowfish | Captive-bred specimens only, of minimum length 4 cm SL |
Glossolepis wanamensis | Lake Wanam rainbowfish | Captive-bred specimens only, of minimum length 4 cm SL |
This instrument commences the day after registration.
Dated:
18.10.23
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TANYA PLIBERSEK
Minister for the Environment and Water