Arthurs paragalaxias
Arthurs galaxias (Paragalaxias mesotes) is a species of fish in the family Galaxiidae. It is endemic to Tasmania in Australia.
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| Species: | P. mesotes |
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| Paragalaxias mesotes McDowall & Fulton, 1978 | |
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]
See also
References
- Freeman, R. (2019). "Paragalaxias mesotes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T16109A123378508.
- "THE POWER PROBLEM". The Daily Telegraph. XXXV (46). Tasmania, Australia. 23 February 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 15 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Paragalaxias-mesotes.html Paragalaxias Mesotes entry in Fishbase
- Allen, Gerald R; Allen, Gerald R. (1989), Freshwater fishes of Australia, T.H.F. Publications, ISBN 978-0-86622-936-4
- 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
- http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/50013/20140620-0705/www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/6fd0ad0c-3a93-4d41-9cb5-116710d7fe12/files/tasmanian-galaxiidae.pdf Threatened Tasmanian Galaxiidae
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