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The Donnelly River is a river in the South West of Western Australia. The main tributaries of the Donnelly River are Barlee Brook and Carey Brook. The first European to sight the river was Lieutenant William Preston in 1831. The river was named by James Stirling, the Governor of Western Australia, in the 1830s after a friend of his family, Admiral Sir Ross Donnelly. The river runs primarily through state forest reserves, although 43 land-holdings do have river frontage. The clearing of the catchment area is estimated at 15–20% with the land mostly being used for perennial horticulture, dairy and grazing. == Fauna == The Donnelly is one of the few catchments left in the state that contains all of the region's endemic freshwater fishes. Native freshwater species include salamanderfish (''Lepidogalaxias salamandroides''), freshwater cobbler (''Tandanus bostocki''), western minnow (''Galaxias occidentalis''), western mud minnow (''Galaxiella munda''), black-stripe minnow (''Galaxiella nigrostriata''), western pygmy perch (''Nannoperca vittata''), Balston's pygmy perch (''Nannatherina balstoni''), nightfish (''Bostockia porosa''), and pouched lamprey (''Geotria australis''). Many estuarine fish are found close to the mouth of the river, these include black bream (''Acanthopagrus butcheri''), flathead mullet (''Mugil cephalus''), yellow-eye mullet (''Aldrichetta forsteri''), Australian herring (''Arripis georgianus''), and freshwater cobbler (''Tandanus bostocki'').〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fish Fauna of the Donnelly River, Western Australia )〕 Several species have been introduced into the river, including eastern mosquitofish (''Gambusia holbrooki''), European perch (''Perca fluviatilis''), and rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss''). The latter is the most common, being specifically introduced for angling purposes, with over 500,000 being stocked into the system between 1999 and 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Donnelly River Action Plan )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donnelly River (Western Australia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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