Overview
Family : Galaxiids ; Inhabits clear, flowing streams with gravel or boulder bottoms in mountainous terrain above the winter snowline.
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Barred Galaxias, Brown Galaxias
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
棕南乳魚, 棕南乳鱼
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Salmoniformes
()
- Suborder:
Galaxioidei
()
- Family:
Galaxiidae
()
- Subfamily:
Galaxiinae
()
- Genus:
Galaxias
()
- Cuvier, 1816
- Specific name:
fuscus
- Mack, 1936
- Scientific name: - Galaxias fuscus Mack, 1936
- Specific name:
fuscus
- Mack, 1936
- Genus:
Galaxias
(
- Subfamily:
Galaxiinae
(
- Family:
Galaxiidae
(
- Suborder:
Galaxioidei
(
- Order:
Salmoniformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Galaxias olidus Günther
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Mackie, D.B. Entomological service. Bulletin
of the California Department of Agriculture, 1936.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 25-Jul-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Galaxias
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. argenteus (Giant Kokopu) · G. auratus (Spotted Mountain Trout) · G. brevipinnis (Cox's Mountain Galaxias) · G. platei (Shannon Paragalaxias) · G. divergens (Dwarf Galaxias) · G. fasciatus (Banded Kokopu) · G. fontanus (Swan Galaxias) · G. fuscus (Barred Galaxias) · G. globiceps (Galaxias) · G. gracilis (Dwarf Inanga) · G. johnstoni (Clarence Galaxias) · G. macronasus (Bignose Galaxias) · G. maculatus (Common Jollytail) · G. niger (Black Galaxias) · G. occidentalis (Western Jollytail) · G. olidus (Marbled Galaxias) · G. parvus (Small Pedder Galaxias) · G. paucispondylus (Alpine Galaxias) · G. pedderensis (Pedder Galaxias) · G. postvectis (Shortjawed Kokopu) · G. prognathus (Upland Longjaw Galaxias) · G. punctifer (Eastern Little Galaxias) · G. rekohua (Chatham Mudfish) · G. rostratus (Flatheaded Jollytail) · G. tanycephalus (Spotted Mountain Trout) · G. titcombi (Black-Striped Minnow) · G. truttaceus (Ocellated Mountain Trout) · G. vulgaris (Common River Galaxias) · G. zebratus (Cape Galaxias)
More Info
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Further Reading
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 102.
- Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Mosman, New South Wales [etc.]The Society. url p. 39.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- FishBase
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Wager, R. 1996. Galaxias fuscus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
- Wager, R. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2480607
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-32425
- Fishbase Species ID: 7578
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 623450
- IUCN ID: 210338
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3277
Footnotes
- Wager, R. 1996. Galaxias fuscus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]
