Image: Macquarie perch

Size of this preview: 800 × 443 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 177 pixels | 1,062 × 588 pixels.

Original image ‎(1,062 × 588 pixels, file size: 67 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Description: Macquaria australasica A highly endangered Macquarie perch. This exceptionally large specimen was caught on a lure fitted with barbless hooks (visible in the picture) in a high altitude upland river dominated by introduced Trout species and was carefully released. The Macquarie perch is now extinct in most of its upland river habitats due to the total domination of these upland river habitats by introduced Trout species. Gross siltation from agricultural practices and flow regulation and thermal pollution by dams have also caused the extinction of Macquarie perch in some upland rivers.
Title: Macquarie perch
Credit: Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Common Good using CommonsHelper.
Author: The original uploader was Codman at English Wikipedia
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Attribution Required?: Yes

Image usage

The following 4 pages link to this image:

All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise.