Morphology
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 9; Analsoft rays: 8 - 10; Vertebrae: 50 - 56
Trophic Strategy
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Usually found in shallow, fast-flowing streams of the central South Island high-country. It commonly reaches 70-80 mm in total length, with a maximum recorded length of 112 mm (Stokell, 1949). Belong to a group of small, slender galaxiids which have a wholly freshwater life cycle.
Bonnett, M.L., R.M. Sagar and C.R. Docherty 1989 Diets of alpine galaxias (
Galaxias paucispondylus Stokell) and longjawed galaxias (
G. prognathus Stokell) in a South Island, New Zealand, high-country stream. N.Z. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 23(4):453-458.
- Recorder
- Lilibeth Miranda
Importance
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fisheries: of no interest
