CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Actinopterygii (class) » Perciformes (order) » Percichthyidae (family)

CAAB Code:	37 311033 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Percalates colonorum (Günther, 1863)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	37 - Pisces Fishes
Family:	37 311 Percichthyidae (Temperate Basses) - show full list
Standard Name (AS 5300):	Estuary Perch
Common Names List:	estuary perch
Organism Type:	a temperate bass
Synonyms:	Macquaria colonorum [in most references between 1978 & 2014]
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Freshwater Estuarine
Parent Codes:	37 311974 Percalates spp.
Previous Codes (if any):	311033

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Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions) Updated on 2025-01-29.
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Expected species depth range is from 0 to 15 m.

Taxon Notes:

Updated from Macquaria colonorum after several genetic studies (e.g. Jerry et al 2001, Near et al 2012, Lavoué et al 2014, Betancur et al 2017) showed this species and Macquaria noveamaculata group separately from other members of genus Macquaria so both species are moved to genus Percalates.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:47b9740a-327f-4ee5-b6bf-11bb8c7958b6 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2025-01-29 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281473 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2025-01-29 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report