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Etymology: Galaxias: Greek, galaxias, ou = a kind of fish (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Weber & deBeaufort.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal; depth range ? - 5 m (Ref. 86942). Tropical
Oceania: New Caledonia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.2 cm FL male/unsexed; (Ref. 13730)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Marquet, G. and N. Mary, 1999. Comments on some new Caledonian freshwater fishes of economical and biogeographical interest. p. 29-39. In Proc. 5th Indo-Pac. Fish Conf., Noumea, 1997 [Séret B. & J.-Y. Sire, eds]. Proc. 5th Indo-Pac. Fish Conf., Noumea, 1997. (Ref. 37398)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00206 - 0.01165), b=3.12 (2.91 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).