Species profile—Maccullochella mariensis (Mary River cod)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Percichthyidae (basses and cods) → Maccullochella mariensis (Mary River cod)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Percichthyidae (basses and cods)
- Scientific name
- Maccullochella mariensis (Rowland, 1993)
- Common name
- Mary River cod
- Type reference
- Rowland, S.J. (1993). Maccullochella ikei, an endangered species of freshwater cod (Pisces: Percichthyidae) from the Clarence River system, NSW and M. peelii mariensis, a new subspecies from the Mary River system, Qld. Records of the Australian Museum 45(2): 121-145.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 18169
- Synonym(s)
- Maccullochella peelii mariensis
Maccullochella peelii macquariensis
Maccullochella peeli
Maccullochella macquariensis
Oligorus macquariensis - Alternate name(s)
- Eastern Cod
Eastern Freshwater Cod - Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Endangered
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- High
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=18169
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
