Maccullochella peelii

Basic information
Scientific name	Maccullochella peelii	(No picture)
Common names	Murray cod, Murray River cod
Higher taxon	Lateolabracidae, Perciformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Murray Darling River System, SE Australia.
Habitat	River.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not introduced to Japan.
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route	Deliberate: Imported as pet.
Impact	Potentially: competition and predation on native species. Native organism(s) affected: Native fish, etc.
Regulation in Japan	Assigned as Critically Endangered (IUCN Red List).
Introduced range in other countries	Introduced into many lakes and dams within Australia.

Reference	Notes
DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki. (in Jpn) Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase. http://www.fishbase.org/ IUCN (2010) The IUCN Red List of Threatend Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org/ JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha. (in Jpn) etc.