| Eastern freshwater cod | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Centrarchiformes |
| Family: | Percichthyidae |
| Genus: | Maccullochella |
| Species: | M. ikei
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| Binomial name | |
| Maccullochella ikei Rowland, 1986
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The eastern freshwater cod (Maccullochella ikei), also known as the eastern cod or Clarence River cod, is a large predatory freshwater fish of the genus Maccullochella and the family Percichthyidae, 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 threatened by poaching [i.e. illegal take], habitat degradation, catastrophic natural events such as bushfires, and inbreeding from low genetic diversity. They are currently classified as endangered and protected by law from human exploitation of any kind.
- ^ Butler, G. (2019). "Maccullochella ikei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T12573A123378170. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T12573A123378170.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.