Macquarie perch
Macquaria australasica Cuvier, 1830
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Macquaria australasica A highly endangered Macquarie perch. This exceptionally large specimen was caught on a lure fitted with barbless hooks (visible in the picture) in a high altitude upland river dominated by introduced Trout species and was carefully released. The Macquarie perch is now extinct in most of its upland river habitats due to the total domination of these upland river habitats by introduced Trout species. Gross siltation from agricultural practices and flow regulation and thermal pollution by dams have also caused the extinction of Macquarie perch in some upland rivers.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Macquarie perch (Macquaria australasica) is an Australian native freshwater fish of the Murray-Darling river system. It is a member of the family Percichthyidae and is closely related to the golden perch (Macquaria ambigua).
The Macquarie perch derives its scientific name from the Macquarie River where the first scientifically described specimen was collected (Macquaria) and a derivation of the Latin word for "southern" (australasica).
Wikipedia contributors, Macquarie perch; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:03:56.788538+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Macquaria australasica Cuvier, 1830
- Name authority
- Cuvier, 1830
- Common name
- Macquarie perch
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Centrarchiformes
- Family
- Percichthyidae
- Genus
- Macquaria
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCentrarchiformes
- familyPercichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann, 1890
- genusMacquaria Cuvier, 1830
- speciesMacquaria australasica Cuvier, 1830
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Macquaria. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Macquaria ambigua (Richardson, 1845) | PercichthyidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dules viverrinus Krefft, 1868 Krefft, 1868 | synonym |
| Murrayia bramoides Castelnau, 1872 Castelnau, 1872 | synonym |
| Murrayia jenkinsi Macleay, 1885 Macleay, 1885 | synonym |
| Murrayia riverina Macleay, 1881 Macleay, 1881 | synonym |
| Dules christyi Castelnau, 1872 Castelnau, 1872 | synonym |
| Murrayia cyprinoides Castelnau, 1872 Castelnau, 1872 | synonym |
| Murrayia guntheri Castelnau, 1872 Castelnau, 1872 | synonym |
| Riverina fluviatilis Castelnau, 1872 Castelnau, 1872 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Cuvier, G., & Valenciennes, A. (1830). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome cinquième. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. Livre cinquième. Des Sciénoïdes. v. 5: i–xxviii + 1–499 + 4 pp., Pls. 100–140. [Cuvier authored volume. i–xx + 1–374 in Strasbourg edition.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3X24V. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.