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of 75 cm (30 in). Most individuals only reach around 40 cm (16 in). The greatest recorded weight for a specimen of this species is 10 kg (22 lb), there is very little evidence for this, most people assume it was a typo i.e. it was 10 lb and not 10 kg.
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during their winter spawning migrations. However, recently declining numbers mean the species is now protected from
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496:"Estuary Perch, Macquaria colonorum"
801:IUCN Red List least concern species
422:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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494:Bray, Dianne; Thompson, Vanessa.
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317:Macquaria novemaculeata
816:Fish described in 1863
390:occasionally apply on
533:"Macquaria colonorum"
523:www.nativefish.asn.au
415:Percalates colonorum
392:recreational fishing
213:Percalates colonorum
594:Macquaria_colonorum
565:Macquaria colonorum
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464:Macquaria colonorum
299:, where it prefers
281:Macquaria colonorum
179:Macquaria colonorum
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307:Appearance
244:Klunzinger
806:Macquaria
712:Q62609377
505:31 August
376:game fish
297:Australia
225:Castelnau
155:Species:
148:Macquaria
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87:Eukaryota
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706:Wikidata
659:10570458
580:Q5237190
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542:11 March
471:FishBase
338:Victoria
301:brackish
196:Synonyms
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293:endemic
286:species
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321:length
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760:WoRMS
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620:3X24W
607:11141
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