| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | ACTINOPTERYGII | PERCIFORMES | PERCICHTHYIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Maccullochella peelii | |||
| Species Authority: | (Mitchell, 1838) | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Critically Endangered C2a ver 2.3 | |||||||||
| Year Assessed: | 1996 | |||||||||
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s | Wager, R. | |||||||||
| History: |
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| Range Description: | Found throughout most of the Murray-Darling River system of South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland, except for the upper reaches of the southern tributaries. Has been introduced into many lakes and dams throughout Victoria and New South Wales. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria)
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| Population: | Their abundance has been drastically reduced across their natural range and they are now considered rare in many Victorian tributaries. |
| Habitat and Ecology: | Live in a wide range of habitats, from clear, rocky streams to slow flowing, turbid rivers and billabongs. |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Citation: | Wager, R. 1996. Maccullochella peelii. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010. |
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