Eastern freshwater cod, Maccullochella ikei, also known as eastern cod, are a large and striking predatory freshwater fish of the Maccullochella genus and the Percichthyidae family, that occur in the coastal Clarence River system of north-eastern New South Wales. Eastern freshwater cod are closely related to the Murray cod of the Murray-Darling river system, and are considered an icon of the Clarence River system.
A long-lived, slow-growing species, eastern freshwater cod are gravely threatened by poaching, habitat degradation and catastrophic natural events such as bushfires. Eastern freshwater cod are now protected by law.
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