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trout cod (Maccullochella macquariensis)
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Percichthyidae

trout cod

Maccullochella macquariensis

Vulnerable Fish from Australian Waters

  • Temperate
  • Upper river
  • Transcontinental
  • Freshwater fish
  • Oceania
  • Large
  • Temperate fish

trout cod is a freshwater fish of Oceania. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 85 cm.

Maximum length
85 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
Oceania: Murray-Darling basin, New South Wales, Australia - Mitta Mitta River, upper Murray River (Tintaldra, Mulwala area-Ref. 2906 ), MurrumbidgeeRiver, Cataract Dam (NepeanRiver), also in the Macquarie River (Ref. 2906 ). Stocked population in Seven Creeks River and Glenbawm Dam (HunterRiver) (Ref. 2906 ); also in Lake Sambell (Ref. 6071 ).
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

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