Freshwater
Macquarie perch
Macquaria australasica
Percichthyidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 46 cm
- Body shape
- Deep-bodied
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 2,126 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
More about the species
Description
Occurs in lakes and flowing streams usually in deep holes with rock or gravel substrates. Inhabits cool, clear water of rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Prefers slow-flowing, deep rocky pools. Solitary, swimming near the bottom or in mid-water, but form small shoals during the spawning season (October to December). Forms large shoals near shore. Fry feeds on zooplankton; adult on aquatic insects, crustaceans and mollusks. Male matures at 20 cm (2 y), female at 30 cm (3 y). Spawns upstream in spring or early summer; eggs hatch in 13-18 days; larvae of 7 cm TL. Moves into areas just upstream of shallow riffles over gravel or rocky bottoms to spawn. The female releases demersal eggs which sink into cracks in the substrate. Fish in reservoirs move into flowing feeder streams to spawn. Sexual maturity is reached after 2 years (20 centimeters) for males, 3 years (30 centimeters) for females. Tolerates temp. down to 9°C. Infected by nematodes and copepod Lernaea cyprinacea.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Dules christyi
- Dules viverrinus
- Murrayia bramoides
- Murrayia cyprinoides
- Murrayia guntheri
- Murrayia jenkinsi
In other languages
- Brun flodabborre
- Macquarie-aborre
- Australian bass, Black bream, Black perch, Bream, Gouldburn bream, Macca, Macquaries, Mountain perch, Murray bream, Murray perch, Silver-eye, Silvereye, White eye perch, White-eye
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