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Monash has or used to have 33 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
Climate change and severe weather
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Invasive species and diseases
Pollution
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
- River Swamp Wallaby-grass (Amphibromus fluitans)
- Tall Astelia (Astelia australiana)
- French Island Spider-orchid (Caladenia insularis)
- Eastern Spider Orchid (Caladenia orientalis)
- Thick-lipped Spider-orchid (Caladenia tessellata)
- Matted Flax-lily (Dianella amoena)
- Strzelecki Gum (Eucalyptus strzeleckii)
- Purple Eyebright (Euphrasia collina subsp. muelleri)
- Clover Glycine (Glycine latrobeana)
- Round-leaf Pomaderris (Pomaderris vacciniifolia)
- Maroon Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum frenchii)
- Dense Leek-orchid (Prasophyllum spicatum)
- Alpine Leafy Liverwort (Pseudocephalozia paludicola)
- Green-striped Greenhood (Pterostylis chlorogramma)
- Leafy Greenhood (Pterostylis cucullata)
- Swamp Greenhood (Pterostylis tenuissima)
- Swamp Fireweed (Senecio psilocarpus)
- Austral Toadflax (Thesium australe)
- Swamp Everlasting (Xerochrysum palustre)
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