The flathead galaxias (''Galaxias depressiceps'') is a galaxiid of the genus '' Galaxias'', found primarily in the Taieri River catchment in

Otago Otago (, ; mi, Ōtākou ) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local government reg ...

, New Zealand. This species should not be confused with the Australian fish with the same common name: ''

Galaxias rostratus The flathead galaxias (''Galaxias rostratus'') is a freshwater fish found in lowland rivers, streams and associated billabongs, backwaters, and wetlands of the southern Murray-Darling river system in southeastern Australia. Flathead ga ...

''.

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NIWA June 2006
Galaxias Endemic freshwater fish of New Zealand Taxa named by Bob McDowall Fish described in 1996 {{Osmeriformes-stub