AUSTRALIAN BASS - Macquaria novemaculeata
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The PERCH MAN ABN 42 065 149 145
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It prefers cooler water but will tollerate tropical temperatures.
Its flesh is white and flakey.
It has a delisiously delicate flavour.
They will live in full sea water or completely fresh water.
This makes many disease out breaks very easy to manage because most diseases can't survive in high salt.
Their natural range is from Bundaberg in Southern Queensland all the way down to Wilsons promontory, the southernmost tip of Victoria, and the southernmost part of Australia.
They are found in the uppermost reaches of freshwater rivers and streams during summer, and move down to estuaries during winter.
The oldest bass recorded was 47 years old.
Australian bass vary in colour from metallic gold to greenish bronze.
Their colour will change according to the surroundings.
See to bass being spawned Click to see half a million tiny baby bass
