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Arthurs paragalaxias

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Arthurs paragalaxias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Galaxiiformes
Family: Galaxiidae
Genus: Paragalaxias
Species:
P. mesotes
Binomial name
Paragalaxias mesotes

Arthurs galaxias (Paragalaxias mesotes) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Galaxiidae. It is endemic to Tasmania in Australia.

It is found at Arthurs Lake (Tasmania), Lake Woods and Lake River near Woods Lake dam,[2] in the Central Highlands (Tasmania).[3][4][5]

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

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References

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  1. ^ Freeman, R. (2019). "Paragalaxias mesotes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T16109A123378508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T16109A123378508.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "THE POWER PROBLEM". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XXXV, no. 46. Tasmania, Australia. 23 February 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 15 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Paragalaxias-mesotes.html Paragalaxias Mesotes entry in Fishbase
  4. ^ Allen, Gerald R; Allen, Gerald R. (1989), Freshwater fishes of Australia, T.H.F. Publications, ISBN 978-0-86622-936-4
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ [1] Threatened Tasmanian Galaxiidae
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