WoRMS taxon details
Macquaria australasica Cuvier, 1830
991274 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:991274)
accepted
Species
Dules christyi Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted (synonym)
Dules viverrinus Krefft, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murrayia bramoides Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted
Murrayia cyprinoides Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted
Murrayia guntheri Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Murrayia jenkinsi Macleay, 1885 · unaccepted
Murrayia riverina Macleay, 1881 · unaccepted
Riverina fluviatilis Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted
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.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Macquaria australasica Cuvier, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=991274 on 2026-01-05
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Nomenclature
original description
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.]. [details]
original description (of Dules christyi Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Murrayia jenkinsi Macleay, 1885) Macleay, W. (1885). New fishes from the Upper Murrumbidgee. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 10 (pt 2): 267-269. [details]
original description (of Murrayia riverina Macleay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 5 (pt 3): 302-444. [details]
original description (of Murrayia cyprinoides Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 62 [details]
original description (of Murrayia bramoides Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 63 [details]
original description (of Riverina fluviatilis Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 64 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Dules christyi Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Murrayia jenkinsi Macleay, 1885) Macleay, W. (1885). New fishes from the Upper Murrumbidgee. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 10 (pt 2): 267-269. [details]
original description (of Murrayia riverina Macleay, 1881) Macleay, W. (1881). Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part I. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 5 (pt 3): 302-444. [details]
original description (of Murrayia cyprinoides Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 62 [details]
original description (of Murrayia bramoides Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 63 [details]
original description (of Riverina fluviatilis Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl.
page(s): 64 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Macquarie perch | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macquaria australasica)
To FishBase (from synonym Dules christyi Castelnau, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Dules viverrinus Krefft, 1868)
To Fishbase (from synonym Murrayia jenkinsi Macleay, 1885)
To Fishbase (from synonym Murrayia riverina Macleay, 1881)
To Fishbase (from synonym Murrayia cyprinoides Castelnau, 1872)
To Fishbase (from synonym Murrayia bramoides Castelnau, 1872)
To Fishbase (from synonym Riverina fluviatilis Castelnau, 1872)
To GenBank (3458 nucleotides; 406 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macquaria australasica)
To FishBase (from synonym Dules christyi Castelnau, 1872)
To FishBase (from synonym Dules viverrinus Krefft, 1868)
To Fishbase (from synonym Murrayia jenkinsi Macleay, 1885)
To Fishbase (from synonym Murrayia riverina Macleay, 1881)
To Fishbase (from synonym Murrayia cyprinoides Castelnau, 1872)
To Fishbase (from synonym Murrayia bramoides Castelnau, 1872)
To Fishbase (from synonym Riverina fluviatilis Castelnau, 1872)
To GenBank (3458 nucleotides; 406 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
