Temperate Perches - Family: Percichthyidae
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Clarence River Cod - Maccullochella ikei
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Trout Cod - Maccullochella macquariensis (possible occurrence)
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Murray Cod - Maccullochella peelli
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Golden Perch - Macquaria abigua
Oxleyan Pygmy Perch - Nanoperca oxleyana
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Superorder: Acanthomorpha (Spiny-rayed Fishes
> Order: Centrarchiformes (Freshwater Sunfishes, Grunters and Allies)
> Suborder: Centrarchoidei (Freshwater Sunfishes and Allies)
> Family: Perichthyidae (Temperate Perches)
> Genus: Maccullochella
> Species: M. ikei - Clarence River Cod
> Species: M. macquariensis - Trout Cod ^
> Species: M. peelli - Murray Cod
> Genus: Macquaria
> Species: M. ambigua - Golden perch
> Genus: Nanoperca
> Species: N. oxleyana - Oxleyan Pygmy Perch
^ = possibly
* = likely
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