Murry Cod

Murray cod are remarkable by any ecologist's standards in their adaptability and the diversity of habitats they occupy.  Murray cod habitat varies greatly, from quite small clear, rocky, upland streams with riffle and pool structure on the upper western slopes of the Great Dividing Range to large, meandering, slow-flowing, often silty rivers in the alluvial lowland reaches of the Murray-Darling Basin . Murray cod prefer deep holes with cover in the form of large rocks, fallen trees, stumps, clay banks and overhanging vegetation.

Murray Cod are large fish with adult fish regularly reaching 80-100cm in length in all but the very smallest waterways. Murray Cod are capable of growing well over 1 metre in length and the largest on record was over 1.8 metres in length and approximately 113kg in weight.