Description and Diet
The Australian grayling is a streamlined fish with a streamlined, vaguely trout-like shape. Colouration is usually silver on the flanks and dusky olive on the back, overlain with a gold sheen.
Australian grayling commonly live for 2–3 years and reach around 20 cm in length, although rare individuals have been recorded up to 5 years in age and 33 cm in length. The fish has an omnivorous diet, feeding upon algae, shrimp, and small insects.
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