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Galaxias rostratus Klunzinger, 1872

Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Galaxiiformes

Family: Galaxiidae

Genus: Galaxias

Species: Galaxias rostratus Klunzinger, 1872

Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • Oceania: Murray River and tributaries in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales, Australia. Has also been reported from several major tributaries of the eastern Murray system including Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, Loddon, Goulburn, Ovens and Mitta Mitta Rivers.

    • Biology

    Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Inhabits stream margins over rock or sand bottoms, sometimes among aquatic vegetation. Still or gently flowing water on the margins of lakes, billabongs and streams. Usually swims in midwater over rock or sand bottoms, also in the vicinity of aquatic plants. Shoal forming (Ref. 44894). Feeds on a wide range of aquatic insects and crustaceans. Spawning has been recorded between August and September (Ref. 44894). Each spawning female releases 3,000-7,000 eggs which are slightly adhesive and settle to the bottom. Hatching in nine days at 9-14°C; newly hatched fry are 6-7 mm long.

    Habitat

    benthopelagic