Macrobrachium koombooloomba (Koomboolomba Prawn)
Species Account
A small, endemic, Australian species restricted to flowing rainforest streams in the upper Tully River catchment above Tully Falls in northeast Queensland. Rostrum short, upper margin convex; second chelipeds of dominant males broad, unequal in length, distal cutting edges of fingers crenulate. Body mottled olive-brown to olive-grey; second chelipeds covered in darker olive blotches. Body length to 65 mm. Eggs large (1.9 mm) and few in number.— John W. Short, 2026
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Colour photograph, 3600 x 2400 pixels (30 x 20 cm @ 300dpi), JPEG (3.0 MB). Photographed specimen from near Koombooloomba, upper Tully River catchment, John W. Short, June 1997.
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Attribution – John W. Short, BioAccess Australia.