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Millions of native fish wash up dead in outback NSW

Photographer Geoff Looney found huge clusters of dead fish near the main weir at Menindee. Photo: AAP

Millions of native fish have washed up dead near Menindee in outback NSW, in a series of mass kills apparently caused by floods and hot weather.

The state Department of Primary Industries said fish such as bony herring, Murray cod and perch had died on the lower Darling-Baaka River, in the far west, along with carp.

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