| Bignose galaxias | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Galaxiiformes |
| Family: | Galaxiidae |
| Genus: | Galaxias |
| Species: | G. macronasus |
| Binomial name | |
| Galaxias macronasus | |
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| Approximate known distribution (in red) of the bignose galaxias on a map of the South Island. | |
Bignose galaxias (Galaxias macronasus) is a galaxiid of the genus Galaxias , found in the upper Waitaki River catchment in the Mackenzie Basin in Otago, New Zealand. [2] The species was described in 2003, after morphology and DNA sequencing distinguished it as a new species, closely related to other pencil galaxias species. [3]
The species is non-diadromous, spending its entire life in freshwater unlike some other native galaxiids. [4] Spawning is likely to take place during winter. [3]
