Macquaria ambigua

Basic information
Scientific name	Macquaria ambigua	(No picture)
Common names	Golden perch
Higher taxon	Percichthyidae, Perciformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	E Australia. Murray-Darling system (except in higher tributaries), Dawson-Fitzroy system of southeastern Queensland.
Habitat	Plant zones in gentle stream, pond, lake, reservoir, etc.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route	Deliberate (distributed as pet animal in Japan)
Impact	Potentially: Predation on native aquatic animals Native organism(s) affected: Fishes, crustaceans, etc.
Regulation in Japan	No legal control in Japan.
Introduced range in other countries	Under Construction.

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