Species Macquaria australasica Cuvier, 1830
Macquarie Perch, Black Bream, Black Perch, Bream, Gouldburn Bream, Macca, Macquaries, Mountain Perch, Murray Bream, Murray Perch, Silvereye, White Eye Perch, White-eye
- Macquaria australasica Cuvier, G.L. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1830. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. Paris : Levrault Vol. 5 499 pp. pls 100-140. [377, pl. 131] [as Macquaria australasiae on plate].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP 7743, the Macquarie River, Bathurst, NSW.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP 7744.Subsequent designation references:
Eschmeyer, W.N. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences 2905 pp., 3 vols. (treated as holotype and paratypes by Bauchot, M.-L. & Desoutter, M. 1986. Catalogue critique des types de Poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. (Suite) Sous-ordre des Percoidei (familées des Apogonidae [thru] Teraponidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 4A 8(4, supplement): 51-130). - Dules viverrinus Krefft, G. 1868. Descriptions of some new Australian freshwater fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 942-944 [for publication date McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1–534 [47, 141]] [943].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.1145, Murray River, NSW. - Dules christyi Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 1: 29-242 1 pl. [57].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, the Edwards River near Deniliquin. - Murrayia guntheri Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 1: 29-242 1 pl. [61].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 1877–454 two dry specimens, the Murray River and from Deniliquin; MNHP A.5625 two dry specimens, the Murray River and from Deniliquin; AM A.7135 one specimen (lost and possibly not a syntype), the Murray River and from Deniliquin. - Murrayia cyprinoides Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 1: 29-242 1 pl. [62].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 1875–83, Murray River, Australia. - Murrayia bramoides Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 1: 29-242 1 pl. [63].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP 1877–525 skins, Murray River, Australia. - Riverina fluviatilis Castelnau, F.L. de 1872. Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. 1. The Melbourne fish market. Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria 1: 29-242 1 pl. [64].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP A.5642, Murray River, Australia. - Murrayia riverina Macleay, W.J. 1881. Descriptive catalogue of the fishes of Australia. Part 1. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 5(3): 302-444 [358] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Dules viverrinus Krefft, 1868].
- Murrayia jenkinsi Macleay, W.J. 1885. New fishes from the upper Murrumbidgee. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10(2): 267-269 [268].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.16321–001, the upper Murrumbidgee River at Yass, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- MacDonald, C.M. 1978. Morphological and biochemical systematics of Australian freshwater and estuarine percichthyid fishes. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29(5): 667-698 figs 1-11 [693]
Introduction
The species is listed as Endangered under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. In the ACT the species is listed as Endangered under the Nature Conservation Act 1980. In New South Wales the species is listed as Endangered under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 and in Victoria listed as Endangered under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988. In 1996 the IUCN listed the species as Data Deficient.
Records of this species from the easterly flowing Hawkesbury-Nepean River system in NSW were recently recognised as a separate species, see Hoser (2020).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Scattered localities in the Murray-Darling system and westward flowing tributaries on the Great Dividing Range, the range appears to be decreasing with a single record from SA uncertain, replaced in the Hawkesbury-Nepean river system by M. hoserae; temperate.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Cobar Peneplain (CP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Freshwater.
General References
Harris, J.H. & Rowland, S.J. 1996. Family Percichthyidae. pp. 150-163 in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [153]
Hoser, R.T. 2020. Two new species of fish, previously confused with the Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica Cuvier 1830 (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Percichthyidae) from east coast drainages in Australia. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 43: 27-32
Lake, J.S. 1971. Freshwater Fishes and Rivers of Australia. Melbourne : Nelson 61 pp. [32]
Lake, J.S. 1978. Australian Freshwater Fishes. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson 160 pp. 140 figs. [46]
Lintermans, M. 2009. Fishes of the Murray-Darling Basin — An Introductory Guide. Canberra : Murray-Darling Basin Commission 157 pp. [MDBC Publication Number 10/07] [74]
MacDonald, C.M. 1978. Morphological and biochemical systematics of Australian freshwater and estuarine percichthyid fishes. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 29(5): 667-698 figs 1-11
McCulloch, A.R. 1929. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Part I. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5: 1–144 [141]
Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [155] (946)
Roughley, T.C. 1951. Fish and Fisheries of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 343 pp. [149]
Unmack, P.J. 2001. Biogeography of Australian freshwater fishes. Journal of Biogeography 28: 1053-1089 [1062]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [41] (785)
Common Name References
Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [106] (Black Perch, Gouldburn Bream, Murray Bream, Murray Perch)
McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1980. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 208 pp., figs, 32 pls. [146] (Black Bream, Bream, Silvereye, White-eye)
Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [213] (Macquarie Perch, Mountain Perch)
Prokop, F. 2002. Australian Fish Guide. Croydon South, Victoria : Australian Fishing Network 256 pp. [18] (Macca, Macquaries, White Eye Perch)
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Macquarie Perch)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-Jul-2023 | PERCICHTHYIDAE | 16-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 29-Mar-2018 | PERCICHTHYIDAE | 09-Mar-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Doug Hoese |
| 21-Nov-2012 | 20-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |