Paragalaxias eleotroides

Paragalaxias eleotroides also known as the (Great Lake darter, and also the Great Lake galaxias) is a genus of freshwater fish of the family Galaxiidae, endemic to Tasmania, Australia.[2][3][4]

Great Lake darter
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Osmeriformes
Family:
Galaxiidae
Genus:
Paragalaxias
Species:
P. eleotroides
Binomial name
Paragalaxias eleotroides
McDowall & Fulton, 1978

The fish is only known to occur in the Central Highlands (Tasmania) and has been designated as vulnerable.[5]

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[6][7]

It is one of the species considered in the 2006 Threatened Tasmanian Galaxiidae recovery programme.[8]

See also

References
  1. Jenkins, A.; Kullander, F.F. & Tan, H.H. (2009). "Paragalaxias mesotes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T16109A5385688. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16109A5385688.en.
  2. https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Paragalaxias-eleotroides.html Fishbase entry
  3. Allen, Gerald R; Allen, Gerald R., 1942- (1989), Freshwater fishes of Australia, T.H.F. Publications, ISBN 978-0-86622-936-4CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Allen, Gerald R; Midgley, S. H. (Stephen Hamar); Allen, Mark, 1975-; Western Australian Museum (2003), Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Australia (Rev. ed.), Western Australian Museum, ISBN 978-0-7307-5486-2CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. "Commonwealth of Australia Inclusion of species in the list of threatened species under section 178 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (50)". Commonwealth Of Australia Gazette. Government Notices (GN46). Australia, Australia. 22 November 2006. p. 3217. Retrieved 15 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Paragalaxias in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  7. Fulton, W (1982), Observations on the ecology of four species of the Genus Paragalaxias (Pisces:Galaxiidae) from Tasmania, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 1982, retrieved 15 December 2018
  8. 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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