Arthurs paragalaxias

Arthurs galaxias (Paragalaxias mesotes) is a species of fish in the family Galaxiidae. It is endemic to Tasmania in Australia.

Arthurs paragalaxias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Osmeriformes
Family:
Galaxiidae
Genus:
Paragalaxias
Species:
P. mesotes
Binomial name
Paragalaxias mesotes
McDowall & Fulton, 1978

It is found at Arthurs Lake (Tasmania), Lake Woods and Lake River near Woods Lake dam,[2] in the Central Highlands (Tasmania).[3][4][5]

It is one of the species considered in the 2006 Threatened Tasmanian Galaxiidae recovery programme.[6]

See also

References
  1. Freeman, R. (2019). "Paragalaxias mesotes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T16109A123378508.
  2. "THE POWER PROBLEM". The Daily Telegraph. XXXV (46). Tasmania, Australia. 23 February 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 15 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Paragalaxias-mesotes.html Paragalaxias Mesotes entry in Fishbase
  4. Allen, Gerald R; Allen, Gerald R. (1989), Freshwater fishes of Australia, T.H.F. Publications, ISBN 978-0-86622-936-4
  5. Allen, Gerald R.; Midgley, S. H. (Stephen Hamar); Allen, Mark; Western Australian Museum (2003), Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Australia (Rev. ed.), Western Australian Museum, ISBN 978-0-7307-5486-2
  6. http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/50013/20140620-0705/www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/6fd0ad0c-3a93-4d41-9cb5-116710d7fe12/files/tasmanian-galaxiidae.pdf Threatened Tasmanian Galaxiidae


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