Found in Murray-Darling River system of South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and southern Queensland. Also occurs in coastal drainages of eastern Australia from Cape York, Queensland, to Clarence River, northern New South Wales (Ref. 5259). Known from Mulgrave and South Johnstone rivers, Wet Tropics, Northern Queensland (Ref. 40054); Burdekin River (Ref. 40171). Conservation status : Vulnerable in Victoria (Ref. 48666). Also found from the Hawkesbury river (New South Wales) to the Daintree river north of Cairns (Queensland) (Ref. 44894).