Aplochiton marinus
Aplochiton marinus is a species of fish in the family Galaxiidae. It is an amphidromous fish migrating between ocean and fresh water.[1]
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| Aplochiton marinus Eigenmann, 1928 | |
A. marinus is endemic to Chile.[2] FishBase lists A. marinus as a synonym of A. taeniatus (also reported in Argentina),[1] but IUCN treats it as a distinct species of its own.[2]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2010). "Aplochiton taeniatus" in FishBase. April 2010 version.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Aplochiton marinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
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