Paragalaxias eleotroides also known as the (
Great Lake darter, and also the ''Great Lake galaxias'') is a genus of freshwater fish of the
family Galaxiidae, endemic to
Tasmania, Australia.
The fish is only known to occur in the
Central Highlands (Tasmania) and has been designated as vulnerable.
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
It is one of the species considered in the 2006 ''Threatened Tasmanian Galaxiidae recovery programme.
Threatened Tasmanian Galaxiidae
See also
* Arthurs paragalaxias
Arthurs galaxias (''Paragalaxias mesotes'') is a species of 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, in the Central Highlands ...
* Pedder galaxias
The Pedder galaxias (''Galaxias pedderensis'') is an Australian freshwater fish. It is considered to be extinct in the wild since 2005 by the EPBC Act, and was originally found only in Lake Pedder in Tasmania.
Range
Originally recorded only i ...
References
External links
Fishes of Australia : ''Paragalaxias eleotroides''
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Paragalaxias
Fish described in 1978
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