Murray cod

E282684

The Murray cod is a large, long-lived freshwater fish native to the Murray–Darling river system in Australia and is one of the country’s most iconic and culturally significant native species.

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Label Occurrences
Murray cod canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish species ⓘ
freshwater fish ⓘ
native Australian fish ⓘ
binomialName Maccullochella peelii ⓘ
linked to: Maccullochella
bodyColor cream to olive-green with darker mottling ⓘ
bodyShape large and elongated ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName Murray cod ⓘ
conservationStatus vulnerable in parts of its range ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
culturalSignificance iconic Australian native fish ⓘ
important to Indigenous Australian communities ⓘ
diet carnivorous ⓘ
distribution New South Wales ⓘ
Queensland (Murray–Darling catchment) ⓘ
South Australia (Murray–Darling catchment) ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
economicUse aquaculture ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
family Percichthyidae ⓘ
genus Maccullochella ⓘ
habitat billabongs ⓘ
freshwater rivers ⓘ
lakes ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifespan more than 40 years ⓘ
managementAction closed seasons for fishing ⓘ
size and bag limits for anglers ⓘ
stocking programs in some waterways ⓘ
maximumLength about 1.8 metres ⓘ
maximumWeight over 100 kilograms ⓘ
nativeTo Australia ⓘ
Murray–Darling Basin ⓘ
order Perciformes ⓘ
parentalCare male guards eggs ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
preysOn crustaceans ⓘ
fish ⓘ
frogs ⓘ
small mammals ⓘ
reproduction egg-laying ⓘ
spawningHabitat hard substrates such as logs and rocks ⓘ
spawningSeason spring to early summer ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threat barriers to fish migration ⓘ
habitat degradation ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
river regulation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Murray River → supportsSpecies → Murray cod ⓘ
Murray cod → commonName → Murray cod ⓘ
Lake Burrendong → hasFishSpecies → Murray cod ⓘ
subject linked to: Lake Burrendong (nearby)
Lake Burrendong → hasFishSpecies → Murray cod ⓘ
Maccullochella → notableSpecies → Murray cod ⓘ