Species Galaxias fontanus Fulton, 1978

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• Galaxias fontanus Fulton, W. 1978. A new species of Galaxias (Pisces : Galaxiidae) from the Swan River, Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 63: 1-8 figs 1-4 [2, figs 1-2, 3B].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMH D.1317, Swan River, eastern Tasmania, where state forestry MG road crosses this river.
  Paratype(s) AM I.20157-001 (4); QVM 1978:5:72; TMH D1318-21 (4), collected with Holotype.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Upper reaches of the Swan River, eastern TAS (42º01´S); temperate.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater.

 

General References

Allen, G.R. 1989. Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Neptune, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 240 pp., 63 pls. [37]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [98]

Crook, D.A. & Sanger, A.C. 1998. Threatened Fishes of the world: Galaxias fontanus Fulton, 1978 (Galaxiidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 53.: 32

McDowall, R.M. 2006. Crying wolf, crying foul, or crying shame: alien salmonids and a biodiversity crisis in the southern cool-temperate galaxioid fishes? Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 16: 233-422 [329]

McDowall, R.M. & Frankenberg, R.S. 1981. The galaxiid fishes of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 33(10): 443-605 figs 1-47 [498]

McDowall, R.M. & Fulton, W. 1996. Chapter 10. Family Galaxiidae — galaxiids. pp. 52-77 in McDowall, R.M. (ed.). Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [59]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [84]

Paxton, J.R., Allen, G.R., Gates, J.E., Bray, D.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Galaxiidae. pp. 402-411 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [404]

Raadik, T.A. 2011. Systematic revision of the Mountain Galaxias, Galaxias olidus Günther, 1866 species complex (Teleostei: Galaxiidae) in eastern Australia. Ph.D thesis, University of Canberra. pp. i-xxiii, 1-493 [357]

Raadik, T.A. 2014. Fifteen from one: a revision of the Galaxias olidus Günther, 1866 complex (Teleostei, Galaxiidae) in south-eastern Australia recognises three previously described taxa and describes 12 new species. Zootaxa 3898(1): 1-198 [159]

 

Common Name References

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [98] (Swan Galaxias)

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [84] (Swan Galaxias)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Swan Galaxias)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jun-2016	ARGENTINIFORMES	16-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
06-Jun-2016	ARGENTINIFORMES	06-Jul-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED