Galaxias globiceps

Galaxias globiceps
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osmeriformes
Family:	Galaxiidae
Genus:	Galaxias
Species:	G. globiceps
Binomial name
	Galaxias globiceps; C. H. Eigenmann, 1928

Galaxias globiceps is a species of fish in the family Galaxiidae endemic to Chile.

Habitat

Galaxias globiceps lives in a freshwater environment[1] in a temperate climate.[2]

The average length of an unsexed male Galaxias globiceps is about 10.7 centimetres (4.2 in).[2]

The species is known only from the type locality at Los Alerces near Puerto Montt, Chile.[2]

"Galaxias globiceps". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
"Galaxias globiceps". Fish Base. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Galaxias globiceps. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Galaxias globiceps" in FishBase. February 2010 version.

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