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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
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Percichthyidae
- Collections
- CUMV, AM, ROM, QM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Australia, Australie
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.