Animalia > Chordata > Osmeriformes > Retropinnidae > Prototroctes > Prototroctes maraena

Prototroctes maraena (Australian grayling; Cucumber herring; Cucumber mullet; Cucumberfish; Grayling; Yarra herring)

Synonyms: Prototroctes maraema
Language: Finnish; German; Mandarin Chinese; Russian

Wikipedia Abstract

The Australian grayling (Prototroctes maraena) is a primarily freshwater fish found in coastal rivers in south-eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania. In past decades it has also been known as the “cucumber mullet” or “cucumber herring,” for its cucumber-like odor.
View Wikipedia Record: Prototroctes maraena

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Prototroctes maraena

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [2]  6 years
Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Prey / Diet

Austrosimulium furiosum[3]
Austrosimulium torrentium[3]
Hydroptila scamandra[3]
Oxyethira columba[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0