Image: Murray Cod with eggs in a cave
A large Murray Cod guarding its eggs in a cave at a depth of 4 m, Blowering Dam, near Tumut, New South Wales, 12 November 2011.
- Photographer:
- Sascha Schulz
- Rights:
- © Sascha Schulz
- Common name:
- Murray Cod
- Scientific name:
- Maccullochella peelii
- Family:
- Percichthyidae
- Order:
- Perciformes
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Percichthyidae, Murray Cod, eggs, cave, Maccullochella peelii,
2 comments
Goodoo -
4.11 PM, 22 November 2011
Beautiful, beautiful fish. Love the patterning on the forehead and the pectoral fins.
Agreed! I wish I had seen it.