''Dolomedes facetus'', commonly known as clever fishing spider, is a species of medium to large-sized

fishing spider ''Dolomedes'' is a genus of large spiders of the family Nursery web spider, Pisauridae. They are also known as fishing spiders, raft spiders, dock spiders or wharf spiders. Almost all ''Dolomedes'' species are semiaquatic, with the exception o ...

, which is endemic to Australia, where it lives in freshwater ponds and waterways in the coastal areas, ranging from

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Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi ...

. It is common in northern parts of Australia, particularly

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and the

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References

Taxa named by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch Spiders described in 1876 facetus {{pisauridae-stub