A small slender, elongate olive-grey to amber Galaxias with irregular darker spots or blotches on the back and sides, a slightly forked tail, and the anal-fin origin directly below the dorsal-fin origin. The eyes, gill covers and belly are silvery-olive to white, and the fins are translucent. Adults migrate downstream and spawn in estuaries, laying their eggs amongst dense vegetation. On hatching, the larvae are washed out to sea and develop in the open ocean, returning as whitebait to the rivers and streams where they hatched.

At a glance

Habitat Occur in a wide variety of habitat, but mostly in still or slow-flowing waters, mainly in streams, rivers and lakes within a short distance of the sea
Size Can grow to around 19cm
Origin Native
Distribution South-Eastern Australia including around Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
South-Eastern Australia including around Tasmania
Habitat
Occur in a wide variety of habitat, but mostly in still or slow-flowing waters, mainly in streams, rivers and lakes within a short distance of the sea
Size
Can grow to around 19cm
Common Name Common Galaxias
Aliases Common Jollytail, Eel Gudgeon, Lananga, Pulangi, Slippery Tarki, Whitebait, Turket,
Origin Native
Conservation Least Concern
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassGnathostomata
ClassActinopterygii
SubclassEuteleostei
SuperorderProtacanthopterygii
OrderSalmoniformes
SuborderOsmeroidei
FamilyGalaxiidae
GenusGalaxias
SpeciesGalaxias maculatus
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