Amendment to the list of threatened species under section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (123) (20/09/2012) (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Amendment to the list of threatened species under section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (123)

I, Tony Burke, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, pursuant to section 184(1) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, hereby amend the list referred to in section 178(1) of that Act by:

transferring from the vulnerable to the critically endangered category of the list:

• Thymichthys politus

transferring from the endangered to the critically endangered category of the list:

• Brachionichthys hirsutus

deleting from the vulnerable category of the list:

·Sympterichthys sp. [CSIRO #T1996.01]

TONY BURKE

Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

Dated this 20   day of 9 2012