Aplochiton marinus

Aplochiton marinus is a species of fish in the family Galaxiidae. It is an amphidromous fish migrating between ocean and fresh water.[2]

Aplochiton marinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Galaxiiformes
Family: Galaxiidae
Genus: Aplochiton
Species:
A. marinus
Binomial name
Aplochiton marinus
Eigenmann, 1928

A. marinus is endemic to Chile. Aplochiton marinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 4 August 2007.</ref> FishBase lists A. marinus as a synonym of A. taeniatus (also reported in Argentina),[2] but IUCN treats it as a distinct species of its own.[1]

References

  1. Cussac, V. (2022). "Aplochiton marinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T1866A176549381. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2010). "Aplochiton taeniatus" in FishBase. April 2010 version.
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