Aplochiton marinus

Aplochiton marinus is a species of fish in the family Galaxiidae. It is an amphidromous fish migrating between ocean and fresh water.[1]

Aplochiton marinus
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A. marinus
Binomial name
Aplochiton marinus
Eigenmann, 1928

A. marinus is endemic to Chile.[2] FishBase lists A. marinus as a synonym of A. taeniatus (also reported in Argentina),[1] but IUCN treats it as a distinct species of its own.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Aplochiton taeniatus" in FishBase. April 2010 version.
  2. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Aplochiton marinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 4 August 2007.


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