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
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Critical
- 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=27041
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
