Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.
Indi has or used to have 38 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Trout Cod.
We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.
Trout Cod
Maccullochella macquariensis
Status: Endangered
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories
Maccullochella macquariensis is found across 12 electorates.
The Trout Cod is a large, elongated fish, bluish grey in colour or sometimes dark to light brown. It has been known to grow to 85 cm and 16 kg but mostly grows to between 40 to 50 cm and less than 5 kg. It has small dark irregular spots or bars extending onto lower sides and the base of the dorsal and caudal fins, few or absent markings on the head and dusky grey to brownish fins with white or creamy margins.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Changed surface and groundwater regimes
Climate change and severe weather
Disrupted ecosystem and population processes
Invasive species and diseases
Overexploitation and other direct harm from human activities
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
- Phantom Wattle (Acacia phasmoides)
- River Swamp Wallaby-grass (Amphibromus fluitans)
- Shining Cudweed (Argyrotegium nitidulum)
- Mueller Daisy (Brachyscome muelleroides)
- Crimson Spider-orchid (Caladenia concolor)
- Don's Spider Orchid (Caladenia cremna)
- Curtis' Colobanth (Colobanthus curtisiae)
- Matted Flax-lily (Dianella amoena)
- Pale Golden Moths (Diuris ochroma)
- Lima Stringybark (Eucalyptus alligatrix subsp. limaensis)
- Warby Range Swamp Gum (Eucalyptus cadens)
- Silver Gum (Eucalyptus crenulata)
- Purple Eyebright (Euphrasia collina subsp. muelleri)
- Thick Eyebright (Euphrasia crassiuscula subsp. glandulifera)
- Bogong Eyebright (Euphrasia eichleri)
- Clover Glycine (Glycine latrobeana)
- Euroa Guinea-flower (Hibbertia humifusa subsp. erigens)
- Kelleria (Kelleria bogongensis)
- Winged Pepper-cress (Lepidium monoplocoides)
- Lobelia gelida (Lobelia gelida)
- Concave Pomaderris (Pomaderris subplicata)
- Round-leaf Pomaderris (Pomaderris vacciniifolia)
- Gorae Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum diversiflorum)
- Mignonette Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum morganii)
- Sturdy Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum validum)
- Green-striped Greenhood (Pterostylis chlorogramma)
- Leafy Greenhood (Pterostylis cucullata)
- Blue-tongued Orchid (Pterostylis oreophila)
- Fern-leaf Baeckea (Sannantha crenulata)
- Turnip Copperburr (Sclerolaena napiformis)
- Large-fruit Fireweed (Senecio macrocarpus)
- Swamp Fireweed (Senecio psilocarpus)
- Small Purple-pea (Swainsona recta)
- Metallic Sun-orchid (Thelymitra epipactoides)
- Austral Toadflax (Thesium australe)
- Swamp Everlasting (Xerochrysum palustre)
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