© 2017. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. Functional diversity of the lateral line system among populations of a native Australian freshwater fish Lindsey Spiller 1 , Pauline F. Grierson 1 , Peter M. Davies 2, Jan Hemmi 1,3 , Shaun P. Collin 1,3 , Jennifer L. Kelley 1* 1 School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia. 2 Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management, The University of Western Australia, Albany, Western Australia, Australia. 3 UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia. * Corresponding author: Jennifer.kelley@uwa.edu.au Keywords: population variation, altered flow regimes, sensory evolution, adaptation Journal of Experimental Biology  Advance article http://jeb.biologists.org/lookup/doi/10.1242/jeb.151530 Access the most recent version at J Exp Biol Advance Online Articles. First posted online on 10 April 2017 as doi:10.1242/jeb.151530