Species Kingdom

Species Class

Galaxias platei Steindachner, 1898

Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Galaxiiformes

Family: Galaxiidae

Genus: Galaxias

Species: Galaxias platei Steindachner, 1898

Climate Zone

Temperate

Location

South America: Central and southern Chile from about Valdivia through the Patagonian Andes in Argentina, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands.

Biology

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

freshwater