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Common names: Black perch, Black bream, Bream
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Merrick, J.R. and G.E. Schmida, 1984
Importance: commercial | Ref:
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Arthington, A.H. and F. McKenzie, 1997
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Once widely distributed but now reduced to cooler upper reaches of Murray-Darling system due to commercial and game fishing. Introduced in the Wannon, Barwon, Yarra Rivers (Victoria) and Nepean and Shoalhaven Rivers (N.S.W.) (Ref. 7300). Adversely affected by Salmo trutta and Perca fluviatilis (Ref. 48787). Numbers have decreased in recent decades due to overfishing, siltation and a viral disease carried by introduced Redfin perch (Ref. 44894). Endangered (Ref. 57487).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

澳洲麦氏鲈, 澳洲麦氏鲈, Macquarie-aborre, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Centrarchiformes (Basses) > Percichthyidae (Temperate perches)
Etymology: More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 4 m. Temperate; 4°C - 25°C (Ref. 2060); 34°S - 37°S

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Macquaria australasica Cuvier, 1830

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology