Australian Capital Territory
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
New South Wales
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
Macquaria ambigua (Golden Perch)
Family: Percichthyidae
Status: Native
Size: medium-sized fish, commonly 30–50 cm and 1–5 kg; but can attain 60 cm and 15 kg.
Description: olive bronze, yellow or gold coloured on the back with yellow paler belly and darker fins. It has a concaved forehead. Larger specimens have a reduced head size giving a hump shouldered appearance.
Location: Common in the lower sections of the Murrumbidgee River in the CNM region. It is stocked into impoundments.
Macquaria ambigua is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga
