Protecting the endangered Opal Cling Goby fish has further complicated the replacement of Noah Creek Bridge. Picture: Pyramid Views

The survival of the Daintree Rainbowfish is also being affected by the replacement of Noah Creek Bridge. Picture: Michael P Hammer/Museum and Gallery Northern Territory

A pair of small endangered fish species have been making the new Noah Creek Bridge project far more complicated - and presumably more expensive - than it would otherwise have been.

A temporary crossing being built to allow access to Cape Tribulation before the new bridge is constructed next year is being specifically designed to accommodate for the breeding cycle of both the Daintree Rainbowfish and the Opal Cling Goby - which biologists say are in danger of localised extinction if something

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