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McEwen has or used to have 26 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Barred Galaxias.

We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.

Barred Galaxias

Galaxias fuscus

Status: Endangered

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories

Galaxias fuscus is found across 4 electorates.

The barred galaxias is a reddish brown fish growing to 15 cm long, but commonly reaches 7-9 cm long. It has dark oval blotches on its side with at least one to four usually very distinct. It has clear to reddish brown fins. Mid-lateral bars vary geographically, and are very occasionally absent, though this is extremely rare. Bars on fish from around Lake Mountain are the largest. Putative hybridisation with Galaxias olidus can cause difficulties in the identification of some individuals.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Adverse fire regimes