Maccullochella is a genus of large Australian predatory freshwater fish within the family Percichthyidae. The genus Maccullochella was named after an early Australian fish researcher with the surname McCulloch.
The Maccullochella species are called 'cod' in the vernacular.
At the time of European settlement of Australia, members of the genus Maccullochella dominated the Murray-Darling river system (Murray cod, M. peelii, and trout cod, M. macquariensis) and 4 East Coast river systems (eastern freshwater cod, M. ikei, of the Clarence and Richmond Rivers, Brisbane River cod, Maccullochella sp., and Mary River cod, M. mariensis).
As large, long-lived, top-order predators with delayed sexual maturity and relatively low fecundity (fertility) Maccullochella species are extremely vulnerable to overfishing, siltation and other forms of habitat degradation, and river regulation by dams and weirs that alter river environments and negatively affect spawning and recruitment (survival) of young fish.
The Maccullochella species have not fared well since European settlement. All are endangered or critically endangered except for Murray cod, which are considered 'Threatened' and 'Vulnerable' under national and state legislation. There are grave concerns over the future of wild Murray cod now, just as much as there is for all the Maccullochella species.
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The Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) is a large Australian predatory freshwater fish of the genus Maccullochella in the family Percichthyidae. Although...
cod (Maccullochella ikei), also known as the eastern cod or Clarence River cod, is a large predatory freshwater fish of the genus Maccullochella and the...
Maccullochella is a genus of large Australian predatory freshwater fish within the family Percichthyidae. The genus Maccullochella was named after an early...
The Mary River cod (Maccullochella mariensis) is a species of temperate perch native to the coastal Mary River system of southern Queensland, Australia...
The trout cod (Maccullochella macquariensis) or bluenose cod, is a large predatory freshwater fish of the genus Maccullochella and the family Percichthyidae...
the Australian freshwater cods such as the Murray cod of the genus Maccullochella. They are one of the most favoured freshwater fish in Australia for...
Richmond River cod was a form of Maccullochella cod, now believed to have been eastern freshwater cod, Maccullochella ikei, that occurred naturally in...
The Brisbane River cod was a unique form of Maccullochella cod that occurred naturally in the Brisbane River system, an east coast river system in south...
from the genus of Acinetobacter which has been isolated from the fish Maccullochella peelii peelii. Parte, A.C. "Acinetobacter". LPSN. "Acinetobacter piscicola"...
November 2018. Anon. (2004). New South Wales Eastern (Freshwater) Cod (Maccullochella ikei) Recovery Plan. New South Wales Department of Fisheries, Port Nelson...
specimen in question is far more likely to have been a Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii), which grow to far larger sizes than golden perch. Golden perch...
327. Egerton, p. 339. Bray, Dianne; Thompson, Vanessa. "Murray Cod, Maccullochella peelii". Fishes of Australia. Archived from the original on 9 October...
the Upper Murrumbidgee River alongside murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) and trout cod (Maccullochella macquariensis). This Australian native freshwater...
differences. The Gadopsis blackfish and the Maccullochella cods (such as the Murray cod, Maccullochella peelii) are strongly similar. There are some...
aurantiacum sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater pond used for Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii) culture". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 68 (11): 3397–3403...
an Australian outbreak of megalocytivirus among farmed Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) was linked to imported gouramis in pet shops. In addition, a...
from 2.5 cm in length (for Elassoma gilberti), to 1.8 meters for the Maccullochella peelii. The order Centrachiformes is not recognized in the 5th Edition...
the Murray-Darling system with special reference to the trout cod (Maccullochella macquariensis). Summary and source material for the draft publication...
bass and estuary perch) appears to be genetically closer to the genus Maccullochella (Murray cod and other cod species) than to the remnant genus Macquaria...
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