Great Lake darter | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Galaxiiformes |
Family: | Galaxiidae |
Genus: | Paragalaxias |
Species: | P. eleotroides
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Binomial name | |
Paragalaxias eleotroides McDowall & Fulton, 1978
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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.[2][3][4]
The fish is only known to occur in the Central Highlands (Tasmania) and has been designated as vulnerable.[5]
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[6][7]
It is one of the species considered in the 2006 Threatened Tasmanian Galaxiidae recovery programme.[8]