Aplochiton marinus

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Aplochiton marinus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Galaxiiformes
Family: Galaxiidae
Genus: Aplochiton
Species:
A. marinus
Binomial name
Aplochiton marinus
Eigenmann, 1928
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Aplochiton marinus is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Galaxiidae. It is an amphidromous fish migrating between ocean and fresh water. [2]

A. marinus is endemic to Chile. [2] The species has previously been synonymised with A. taeniatus [1] but was confirmed as a full, valid species in 2013. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Cussac, V. (2022). "Aplochiton marinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T1866A176549381. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T1866A176549381.en . Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aplochiton marinus". FishBase . April 2010 version.
  3. ↑ Alò, D., C. Correa, C. Arias and L. Cárdenas, 2013. Diversity of Aplochiton fishes (Galaxiidea) and the taxonomic resurrection of A. marinus. PLoS ONE 8(8)(e71577):1-11


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