- Dwarf inanga
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Dwarf inanga Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Osmeriformes Family: Galaxiidae Subfamily: Galaxiinae Genus: Galaxias Species: G. gracilis Binomial name Galaxias gracilis
McDowall, 1967The dwarf inanga, Galaxias gracilis, is a galaxiid of the genus Galaxias, found in the North Island of New Zealand.
It is a landlocked galaxiid present in only 11 lakes on the west coast of the North Island within 50 km of Dargaville, and in Lake Ototoa on the South Kaipara Head, where it was introduced in 1986.
References
- McDowall & Simons (1996). Galaxias gracilis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU A1ce, B1+2cd, D2 v2.3)
- "Galaxias gracilis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=623453. Retrieved 6 June 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Galaxias gracilis" in FishBase. March 2006 version.
- NIWA June 2006
- Distribution and conservation status of the dwarf inanga Galaxias gracilis (Teleostei: Galaxiidae) an endemic fish of Northland dune lakes
- DOC New Zealand non-migratory galaxiid fishes recovery plan 200313
- Creating and destroying species: the ‘new’ biodiversity and evolutionarily significant units among New Zealand's galaxiid fishes N. Ling1,*, D. M. Gleeson2, K. J. Willis1,†, S. U. Binzegger
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