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O'Connor has or used to have 48 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Western Trout Minnow.

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.

Photo of Western Trout Minnow

Western Trout Minnow

Galaxias truttaceus

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 truttaceus has greater than 80% of its range within O'Connor

The Western Trout Minnow is a large, elongate, relatively deep-bodied and scaleless galaxiid reaching a maximum size of 12–14 cm. The Western Trout Minnow has brown to olive colouring with unmistakable pale-edged dark spots on the upper sides, a dark diagonal stripe below the eye, and reddish-orange median fins and pelvics with a dark posterior margin. Juveniles have a dark bar on each side that fragments with age. There may be 11–15 dorsal rays, 14–19 anal rays, and 13–16 pectoral rays.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Adverse fire regimesAdverse fire regimes

Changed surface and groundwater regimesChanged surface and groundwater regimes

Climate change and severe weatherClimate change and severe weather

Disrupted ecosystem and population processesDisrupted ecosystem and population processes

Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradationHabitat loss, fragmentation and degradation

Invasive species and diseasesInvasive species and diseases

Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.

O'Connor has or used to have 221 threatened plants found within its boundaries. Some of these might not be as photogenic as the Western Trout Minnow but they're just as important.

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