Species Macquaria hoserae Hoser, 2020

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• Macquaria hoserae 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 [29].
  Zoobank Registration Number:53AC5FDF-308B-4074-9607-4F3748C39C93

  Type data:

   Holotype AM IB.7906, Grose River, immediately below and north of Blackheath, Blue Mountains, NSW [-33.63 S, 150.28 E].
  Paratype(s) NMV A31793-2, Bowens Creek, upstream of Mount Irvine/Bilpin Road, Blue Mountains, NSW [-33.50 S, 150.47 E]; NMV A21325, pool just below the Jack Evans walking track crossing at Erskine Creek, approx. 4 km north-west of Warragamba, NSW [-33.84 S, 150.58 E].

 

Introduction

Previously referred to as M. australasica but specimens from easterly flowing Hawkesbury-Nepean river system long thought to be a different species by various authors (e.g., Harris & Rowland, 1996; Allen et al. 2002), and formally named by Hoser (2020).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Upper reaches of Hawkesbury-Nepean River system around the Blue Mountains region, and southern tributaries of the Nepean River, NSW, and possibly Georges River, Sydney, NSW; temperate

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

 

General References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp.

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. [154]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	PERCICHTHYIDAE	16-Mar-2023	ADDED