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==Flora and fauna== Plant and animal life found in or near the Swan-Canning Estuary include: {{div col |colwidth=30em}} * Over 130 species of fish<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swanrivertrust.wa.gov.au/science/catchment/Documents/Report%20for%20environmental%20flows%20and%20objectives%20Swan%20and%20Canning%20rivers.pdf |website=Swan River Trust |title=Report for Environmental Flows and Objectives Swan and Canning Rivers |date=March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221155435/http://www.swanrivertrust.wa.gov.au/science/catchment/Documents/Report%20for%20environmental%20flows%20and%20objectives%20Swan%20and%20Canning%20rivers.pdf |archive-date=21 February 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> including [[bull shark]]s{{efn|Sharks are present in the river, but rarely attack swimmers. {{As of|February 2023}} there have been seven recorded attacks, with two fatalities since 1923.<ref name=ABC_2023-02-05>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-05/fatal-swan-river-shark-attack/101821420|title=WA fisheries minister says bull shark 'likely' behind fatal bite on Perth teenager Stella Berry|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=5 February 2023|access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref>}}<ref name=ABC_2023-02-05/> (''Carcharhinus leucas''), rays, cobblers (''[[Cnidoglanis macrocephalus]]'', also known as Swan River catfish), [[herring]] (''[[Elops machnata]]''), [[pilchard]] (''Sardinops neopilchardus''), bream (''[[Kyphosus sydneyanus]]''),<!-- Best guess based on previous spelling --> [[flathead (fish)|flathead]]s, [[leatherjacket fish|leatherjackets]] and blowfish (''[[Tetraodontidae]]'') * Jellyfish including ''[[Phyllorhiza punctata]]'' and ''[[Aurelia aurita]]'' * [[Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin|Bottlenose dolphins]] * Crustaceans including [[Indian prawn|prawns]] and [[Portunus pelagicus|blue manna crabs]] * Amphipod ''Melita zeylanica kauerti'' described based on specimen that was collected from under Middle Swan Bridge<ref>{{Cite journal |author=J.L. Barnard |title=Gammaridean Amphipoda of Australia, Part I |date=1972 |journal=Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology |number=103 |pages=1β333}}</ref> * Molluscs including ''[[Mytilidae]]'', ''[[Galeommatidae]]'' * Birds including the eponymous [[black swan]], [[silver gull]], [[cormorants]] (locally referred to as "shags"), [[twenty-eight parrot]]s, [[rainbow lorikeet]], [[kingfisher]], [[red-tailed black cockatoo]], [[Australian pelican]], [[Australian magpie]], [[heron]] and [[ducks]] {{div col end}} {{Clear}}
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