Species profile—Maccullochella peelii (Murray cod)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Percichthyidae (basses and cods) → Maccullochella peelii (Murray cod)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Percichthyidae (basses and cods)
- Scientific name
- Maccullochella peelii (Mitchell, 1839)
- Common name
- Murray cod
- Type reference
- Mitchell, J. (1838). Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia, with descriptions of recently explored regions of Australia felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales: Vol. 1. T & W Boone, London. 351 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 27041
- Synonym(s)
- Maccullochella peelii peelii
Acerina peelii
Maccullochella peeli - Alternate name(s)
- goodoo
cod - Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- 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=27041.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
