Endangered species - eastern freshwater cod
Eastern freshwater cod.
Scientific name - Maccullochella ikei
Distribution - Eastern freshwater cod is only found in the Clarence and Richmond River catchments of northern NSW.
Size - Mainly less than 5kg and 660mm.
Characteristics - Eastern freshwater cod is a large, elongated, deep-bodied fish with relatively small eyes and a short, rounded, depressed snout with a distinctly concave profile; the lower jaw protrudes. It has a large mouth that extends below the back of the eye. They are generally a yellow green to golden colour, with a speckled pattern of black to very dark green spots.
Confusing species - Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii) and Mary River cod (Maccullochella peelii mariensis).