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Bloomfield River Cod
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Bloomfield River Cod

Macquaria wujalwujalensis

The Bloomfield River cod (Macquaria wujalwujalensis) or the tropical nightfish, is a species of temperate perch endemic to Australia. It is only found in an 11-km stretch of the Bloomfield River (between two large waterfalls) in the Daintree Rainforest of northern Queensland. These waterfalls appear to have blocked the migration of more aggressive tropical freshwater fish species such as the sooty grunter (Hephaestus fuliginosus) that have presumably naturally displaced the Bloomfield River cod from its former

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