Arthurs galaxias (Paragalaxias mesotes) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Galaxiidae. It is endemic to Tasmania in Australia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Galaxiiformes |
| Family: | Galaxiidae |
| Genus: | Paragalaxias |
| Species: | P. mesotes
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| Paragalaxias mesotes | |
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It is found at Arthurs Lake (Tasmania), Lake Woods and Lake River near Woods Lake dam,[2] in the Central Highlands (Tasmania).[3][4][5]
It is one of the species considered in the 2006 Threatened Tasmanian Galaxiidae recovery programme.[6]
See also
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edit- ^ Freeman, R. (2019). "Paragalaxias mesotes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T16109A123378508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T16109A123378508.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "THE POWER PROBLEM". The Daily Telegraph. Vol. XXXV, no. 46. Tasmania, Australia. 23 February 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 15 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Paragalaxias-mesotes.html Paragalaxias Mesotes entry in Fishbase
- ^ Allen, Gerald R; Allen, Gerald R. (1989), Freshwater fishes of Australia, T.H.F. Publications, ISBN 978-0-86622-936-4
- ^ Allen, Gerald R.; Midgley, S. H. (Stephen Hamar); Allen, Mark; Western Australian Museum (2003), Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Australia (Rev. ed.), Western Australian Museum, ISBN 978-0-7307-5486-2
- ^ [1] Threatened Tasmanian Galaxiidae
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