Galaxias rostratus (Murray Jollytail, Flat-headed Galaxias)

 

Galaxias rostratus (Flathead Galaxias)  

Family: Galaxidae (Galaxiids)  

Status: Native. Critically endangered in NSW. Vulnerable in Vic. Critically endangered EPBC Act (Commonwealth).

Size: Small shoaling fish that grows to 150 mm, but is seldom over 100 mm.  

Description: Also commonly known as Murray Jollytail. Long slender fish with flattened head; greenish brown on back and sides with irregular darker grey- green blotches, and bright silvery below lateral line; eyes silvery; fins colourless.

Location: Endemic to the southern tributaries of the Murray-Darling River System; the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Lachlan Rivers and their tributaries. Previously reported in upper Macquarie River.

Galaxias rostratus is listed in the following regions:

Albury, Wodonga

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