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Maccullochella
Sign in to saveMaccullochella 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyPercichthyidae
Habitatfreshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Percichthyidae
- Collections
- CUMV, AM, ROM, QM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Australia, Australie
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Percichthyidae
- Image
- Murray cod02 melb aquarium.jpg
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- Maccullochella
- taxon name
- Maccullochella
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Maccullochella
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maccullochella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.