Galaxias olidus (Mountain Galaxias)
Galaxias olidus (Mountain Galaxias)
Family: Galaxidae (Galaxiid)
Status: Native
Size: Grows to 13.5 cm in length but is more commonly seen up to about 7cm.
Description: Small head, large mouth and short-based fleshy fins. Colouration is highly variable yellow green brown and may be blotched or mottled or plain and often displaying a series of small white yellow or pink spots, the result of nematode infection.
Location: Endemic, occurring on both sides of the Great Dividing Range from southern Queensland to eastern South Australia. This is the most commonly galaxiid recorded in the region.
Galaxias olidus is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga
Species information
- Galaxias olidus Scientific name
- Mountain Galaxias Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 995.8m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
