Eldon's galaxias

Eldon's galaxias

Nationally Endangered (NZ TCS)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Galaxiiformes
Family: Galaxiidae
Genus: Galaxias
Species:
G. eldoni
Binomial name
Galaxias eldoni
McDowall, 1997
Map showing distribution of Eldon's galaxias (Galaxias eldoni), from data in the NIWA Freshwater Fish Database.
Range of Galaxias eldoni

Eldon's galaxias (Galaxias eldoni) is an endangered galaxiid fish endemic to New Zealand. One of several fishes in the genus Galaxias found in Central Otago, it has a very small home range and is at risk of being driven to extinction by trout introduced for recreational fishing.

  1. ^ Allibone, R.; Closs, G.; Hitchmough, R.; Ling, N.; David, B.; West, D.; Franklin, P.; Crow, S. (2014). "Galaxias eldoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T197292A2481584. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T197292A2481584.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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