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Teleostei (teleosts) > Galaxiiformes (Southern smelts) > Galaxiidae (Galaxiids) > Galaxiinae
Etymology: Galaxias: Greek, galaxias, ou = a kind of fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Ludwig Hermann Plate (1862–1937) was a German zoologist and geneticist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Steindachner.

Issue
This is the second largest member of the Galaxiidae. The only larger species is G. argenteus from New Zealand which reaches about 58 cm. See McDowall (1971b) for a detailed description.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243). Temperate; 40°S - 54°S

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South America: Central and southern Chile from about Valdivia through the Patagonian Andes in Argentina, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.9 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 34281)

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)

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McDowall, R.M., 1988. Diadromy in fishes: migrations between freshwater and marine environments. Croom Helm, London. (Ref. 26213)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 May 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00513 (0.00256 - 0.01028), b=3.13 (2.95 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.45 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Fec=16,500 (landlocked population)).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (28 of 100).

Galaxias platei Steindachner, 1898