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Galaxias niger Andrews, 1985

Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Galaxiiformes

Family: Galaxiidae

Genus: Galaxias

Species: Galaxias niger Andrews, 1985

Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • Oceania: Known only from the types collected from Reservoir Lakes, Tasmania.

    • Biology

    Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Occurs in lentic and lotic freshwater (Ref. 7300).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic