Summary ²

Percalates novemaculeatus (commonly known as the Freshwater Perch or the Australian Bass) is a native Australian freshwater fish, found in south-eastern coastal rivers of Australia. They spend most of their juvenile and adult life in freshwater, then adults migrate into estuaries to spawn (dpi.nsw.gov).

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1. (c) Nick Lambert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Nick Lambert
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• iNaturalistAU taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• FishBase
• FishSource
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• VertNet
• World Register of Marine Species

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