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
- 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 Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://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.
