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Australia country information
Common names:
Kosciuszko Galaxias
Occurrence:
native
Salinity:
freshwater
Abundance:
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Aquaculture:
never/rarely
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Regulations:
no regulations
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Type locality of Galaxias supremus, Mount Kosciuszko National Park, on Main Range Track, south-east of Blue Lake, Carruthers Creek. Confirmed records only from Blue Lake and the type locality at an elevation of 1900 to 1950 m asl. The Carruthers Creek is approximately 1.3 km (river distance) from the source (at 2100 m asl), in a catchment of approximately 3.5 km2 and that of Blue Lake approximately 1.6 km (river distance) from the source (at 2150 m asl), in a catchment of approximately 5.5 km2. Alien trout are abundant in the Snowy River approximately 2 km downstream from the Carruthers Creek and Blue Lake locations, and thus the populations of Galaxias supremus are considered to be currently restricted to the upper reaches of each system; within the Blue Lake Creek possibly to upstream of Hedley Tarn which is just over 1 km upstream from the Snowy River (Ref. 98815).
Conservation status. Critically endangered based on IUCN criteria (ISPS 2013): A2e; B1+2abc; C2a(i) with two locations/populations, estimated EOO of 6 km2
and AOO of 1.4 km2 (Ref. 98815).
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National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority:
http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences:
OccurrencesPoint map
Main Ref:
Raadik, T.A., 2014
National Database:
> Galaxiiformes (Southern smelts) > Galaxiidae (Galaxiids) > Galaxiinae
Etymology: Galaxias:Greek, galaxias, ou = a kind of fish (Ref. 45335); supremus:Name from Latin 'supremus', meaning highest, uppermost, referring to this species being found at the highest elevation of all the Galaxiidae, at over 2000 m asl on Mount Kosciuszko, Australia’s
highest mountain..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
पारिस्थितिकी
; स्वच्छ जल, अलवण जल बेनथोपिलाजिक; गैर प्रवासी; गहराई सीमा 0 - 1 m (Ref. 98815). Subtropical
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