Animalia > Chordata > Osmeriformes > Galaxiidae > Galaxias > Galaxias brevipinnis

Galaxias brevipinnis (Broad-finned galaxias; Climbing galaxias; Cox's mountain galaxias; Cox's mountain trout; Koaro; Lake trout; Lowland galaxias; Mersey jollytail; Mountain trout; Pieman galaxias; Pieman jollytail; Short-fin galaxias; St. Claire trout; Whitebait)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The climbing galaxias or koaro (Galaxias brevipinnis) is a fish of the family Galaxiidae found in Australia, New Zealand, and nearby islands. The name climbing galaxias is used in Australia, and koaro or kōaro in New Zealand. Further vernacular names include short-finned galaxias, broad-finned galaxias, Cox's mountain galaxias, and Pieman galaxias.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Amphidromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Kosciuszko National Park II 1705480 New South Wales, Australia
Lavinia Nature Reserve State Reserve II 17390 Tasmania, Australia    
South Taupo Wetland   North Island, New Zealand      

Prey / Diet

Predators

Galaxias brevipinnis (Broad-finned galaxias)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (freshwater white spot disease)[4]
Phyllodistomum anguillae <Unverified Name>[5]
Stegodexamene anguillae[5]
Telogaster opisthorchis[5]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2DIET AND FEEDING OF KOARO (GALAXIAS BREVIPINNIS) IN FORESTED, SOUTH WESTLAND STREAMS, M.R. MAIN and M.J. WINTERBOURN, MAURI ORA, 1987, 14: 77-86
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0