The Gollum galaxias (''Galaxias gollumoides'') is a galaxiid of the genus '' Galaxias'', found only in New Zealand, on Stewart Island/Rakiura, throughout the Catlins and Southland, and in the

Nevis River The Nevis River is in Otago, New Zealand. It flows north for through rough country before meeting the Kawarau River, of which it is a tributary. A prominent rock outcrop close to this junction is known as the Nevis Bluff. The river was one ...

. It grows to a length of up to 15 cm.

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NIWA June 2006
Galaxias Endemic freshwater fish of New Zealand Taxa named by Bob McDowall Fish described in 1999 Organisms named after Tolkien and his works {{Osmeriformes-stub