Murray Cod Fish Mount 24" Taxidermy Replica Wood Carving Sculpture Wall Art
Price: $89.00
This Murray Cod fish mount is hand-made from Albizia Furcata wood. It is hand-painted using an air brush with a nitrocellulose lacquer top coat for a "wet-look" finish. This fish sculpture was carefully carved to create a fish replica. It is a half mount with a flat back with two holes for hanging on a wall. It is a beautiful hand-crafted piece of fish art that will surely get noticed by everyone who sees it.
| Length: | 24" (60 cm) |
| Height: | 9" (23 cm) |
| Thickness: | 2.5" (5 cm) |
| Weight: | 2.8 lb (1.2 kg) |
| Material: | Albasia Furcata Wood |
FISH FACTS
| Family: | Percichthyidae |
| Genus: | Maccullochella |
| Species: | peelii |
| Scientific Name: | Maccullochella peelii |
| Other Names: | Cod, Greenfish, Goodoo |
| Length: | To 5' 11" (180 cm), usually 1' 11.6" (60 cm). |
| Weight: | To 250 lb (113.5 kg) |
| Habitat: | Demersal; potamodromous; freshwater; depth range to5 m |
| Range: | Oceania: throughout most of the Murray-Darling River system of South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland, except for the upper reaches of the southern tributaries. Introduced into many lakes and dams throughout Victoria and New South Wales. Their abundance has been drastically reduced across their natural range and they are now considered rare in many Victorian tributaries. |
| Comments: | Although the species is a called cod in the vernacular, it is not related to the northern hemisphere marine cod (Gadus) species. |
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