Editing Eastern freshwater cod (section)

==Species description and etymology==
The Eastern freshwater cod was first formally [[Species description|described]] in 1986 by Stuart J. Rowland with the [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given as the confluence of the [[Nymboida River]] with the [[Mann River (New South Wales)|Mann River]] in New South Wales.<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record|spid=61285|title=''Maccolluchia ikei''|access-date=14 May 2020}}</ref> Rowland gave it the [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]] ''ikei'' in honour of his father Isaac "Ike" Morgan Rowland who was an angler and who enjoyed catching freshwater cod.<ref name=rowland_1993/>