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Paragalaxias eleotroides

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Great Lake darter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Galaxiiformes
Family: Galaxiidae
Genus: Paragalaxias
Species:
P. eleotroides
Binomial name
Paragalaxias eleotroides

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

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

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

References

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  1. ^ Freeman, R. (2019). "Paragalaxias eleotroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T122904106A123382196. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T122904106A123382196.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Paragalaxias-eleotroides.html Fishbase entry
  3. ^ Allen, Gerald R; Allen, Gerald R. (1989), Freshwater fishes of Australia, T.H.F. Publications, ISBN 978-0-86622-936-4
  4. ^ 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
  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. No. GN46. Australia. 22 November 2006. p. 3217. Retrieved 15 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ [1] Threatened Tasmanian Galaxiidae
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